Italian startup WIB (Warehouse in a box) granted a 750k euros financing round from 16 business angels and Vertis Venture and RedSeed Venture funds (download here the Italian press release).
Angel investors have been identified thanks to a crowdfunding campain on SiamoSoci crowdfunding platform,
Fouded in Sicily by Nino Lo Iacono, WIB was born thanks to Palermo University’s Arca incubator and was accelerated by the Seed-lab program.
WIB is a fully automatic, modular, e-commerce enabled vending store able to handle hundreds of different products with different shapes and packagings. Consumers can purchase through its touch screen interface or through the e-commerce platform, picking up their purchase conveniently 24/7 at the choosen store.
WIB is now launching its product, the first store being realized for IperCoop Sicilia supermarkets chain.
