** Shares of sidewalk delivery robots maker Serve Robotics
SERV.O slide 13.3% to $19.84 premarket
** Co says it has agreed with certain institutional
investors for the sale of 4.2 mln shares in a registered direct
offering, expected to fetch gross proceeds of about $80 mln
** SERV intends to use the money for general corporate
purposes, including working capital
** Northland Capital Markets is the placement agent for the
transaction
** SERV has 44.3 mln outstanding shares and $1.01 bln market
capitalization - LSEG data
** Ride-hailing co Uber Technologies UBER.N and chip giant
Nvidia NVDA.O are the two biggest SERV shareholders
** SERV was spun off from Uber in 2021 as an independent
company
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))