Now, a Shenzhen-based startup called Makeblock has raised $30 million in Series B venture funding to serve all those parents with programmable robots, and robot-building kits for kids and teens.

Kids love taking things apart and trying to put them back together, and Makeblock Co. Ltd. wants to use that curiosity to teach children all about robotics. Today, the Shenzhen-based startup ...

SAN FRANCISCO , Oct. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Makeblock (Makeblock Co., Ltd), a leading DIY robotics construction platform, creator of the robot mBot anyone can build and code, has launched a ...

Makeblock has raised $30 million in a second round of funding for robotics with an educational twist. Evolution Media China and Shenzhen Capital Group led the financing for Shenzhen, China-based ...

It’s being billed as “Lego for adults” and could mean your fondness for construction toys may no longer be just a guilty pleasure.

SHENZHEN, China, March 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Makeblock Co., Ltd, the STEM education and robotics startup, today announced it has closed a $30 million Series B round at a $200 million ...

SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to invest in Makeblock Co., a Chinese maker of DIY robotics, people familiar with the matter said.

It’s being billed as “Lego for adults” and could mean your fondness for construction toys may no longer be just a guilty pleasure.