Dusty Robotics, Mountain View, Calif., closed a $5 million seed round led by NextGen Venture Partners, Baltimore, Md., and joined by returning investors Baseline Ventures, San Francisco; Root Ventures, San Francisco; and Cantos Ventures, San Francisco.

Dot Foods announced plans to build its first fully-automated warehouse at the company’s corporate headquarters in Mt. Sterling, Ill.

Soft Robotics, Bedford, Mass., announced a strategic partnership with FANUC, Japan, to accelerate the adoption of integrated soft robotic solutions into high-growth automation markets worldwide.

The next-generation supply chain market is scheduled to reach $75 billion by 2030, up from $32 billion in 2019, according to “Next-Gen Supply Chain Market – Global Forecast to 2030,” a study released by LogisticsIQ, Singapore.

DHL Supply Chain shared the three supply chain trends set to have the greatest impact on operations in North America in the coming year.

Tompkins Robotics, Raleigh, N.C., announced a strategic partnership with Bastian Solutions, Indianapolis, Ind., to expand delivery of its t-Sort solution.

Lakeside Foods, Inc., Manitowoc, Wis., transitioned its frozen vegetable packaging processes to new automated production lines.

Bowery Farming, Inc., New York, raised an additional $50 million in a B+ round of financing from existing investors, including Temasek, Singapore, and Henry Kravis, co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., New York.

enVista, Indianapolis, Ind., expanded into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with additional offices in Singapore and Sydney, Australia.