Berlin’s Almetra raises €16.3M to turn factory video into live data
The Berlin startup points cameras at production lines, converts the footage into live data, and says it has lifted output at Bosch and ABB plants. Now it wants the US.
Berlin startup that films what happens on a factory floor and turns it into live production data has raised €16.3M in Series A funding.
Almetra, until recently known as Deltia, mounts AI cameras above assembly lines at companies including Bosch, Siemens Energy and ABB, then analyses each work step to find where output is being lost.
According to the company, customers have raised productivity by roughly 20% as a result.
The round was led by blisce/, the transatlantic fund behind Spotify and Pinterest, with participation from NAP, Merantix Capital, Robin Capital, Underline, Critical Ventures and a group of business angels.
Almetra’s own customer figures are more specific: eBike Systems, a Bosch subsidiary, reported a 19% increase in output within...
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