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156 past transactions

Rotimatic

Series B in 2015
Zimplistic is a kitchen robotics startup founded by husband-wife duo Rishi Israni and Pranoti Nagarkar in 2008. We aspire to help people lead a healthier lifestyle by building intelligent solutions to hard problems. By integrating consumer robotics and Internet of Things (IoT), Zimplistic aims to create enterprising appliances that make healthier eating easier and sustainable. At Zimplistic, our mission is to tackle real-world problems to improve the daily lives of people. This gave rise to Rotimatic, our flagship product. It is the world's first kitchen robot that makes fresh, healthy, homemade rotis with a touch of a button. About Rotimatic - Rotimatic is a roti-making appliance that uses artificial intelligence to make rotis (flatbreads) without the need for human supervision. It is a fully automatic robot that processes all the essential ingredients and produces hot and delicious rotis in under a minute. Rotimatic is a technology marvel, packed with some cutting-edge technology innovated by a talented group of health-conscious people. A complete game changer globally - it is compact, user-friendly, and makes preparing rotis a cakewalk. Since its launch in 2016, Rotimatic has disrupted the kitchen appliances segment by piquing the interest of many. By knocking the hassle out of healthy eating, and helping everyone eat fresh food made at home with handpicked ingredients, we believe that people will eat healthier and live better with Rotimatic. It's become a worldwide kitchen sensation with over 3 million rotis served in thousands of households until June 2017. Rotimatic is available for purchase in Singapore, US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Order now - https://rotimatic.com/order/

Rotimatic

Series C in 2018
Zimplistic is a kitchen robotics startup founded by husband-wife duo Rishi Israni and Pranoti Nagarkar in 2008. We aspire to help people lead a healthier lifestyle by building intelligent solutions to hard problems. By integrating consumer robotics and Internet of Things (IoT), Zimplistic aims to create enterprising appliances that make healthier eating easier and sustainable. At Zimplistic, our mission is to tackle real-world problems to improve the daily lives of people. This gave rise to Rotimatic, our flagship product. It is the world's first kitchen robot that makes fresh, healthy, homemade rotis with a touch of a button. About Rotimatic - Rotimatic is a roti-making appliance that uses artificial intelligence to make rotis (flatbreads) without the need for human supervision. It is a fully automatic robot that processes all the essential ingredients and produces hot and delicious rotis in under a minute. Rotimatic is a technology marvel, packed with some cutting-edge technology innovated by a talented group of health-conscious people. A complete game changer globally - it is compact, user-friendly, and makes preparing rotis a cakewalk. Since its launch in 2016, Rotimatic has disrupted the kitchen appliances segment by piquing the interest of many. By knocking the hassle out of healthy eating, and helping everyone eat fresh food made at home with handpicked ingredients, we believe that people will eat healthier and live better with Rotimatic. It's become a worldwide kitchen sensation with over 3 million rotis served in thousands of households until June 2017. Rotimatic is available for purchase in Singapore, US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Order now - https://rotimatic.com/order/

XMOS, Ltd.

Series E in 2017
XMOS Limited provides voice and music processing and control ICs to audio companies worldwide. The company offers voice controller solutions for designers to prototype their voice capture applications, including array microphones, smart microphones, and virtual digital assistants applications; multi-channel audio connectivity products; multicore microcontrollers, including voice and audio processors; and xTIMEcomposer tools, a C/C++ based software development environment that delivers real-time performance with validation. The company also provides support services. It sells its products through a network of distributors and sales representatives. XMOS Limited was founded in 2005 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Light Field Lab, Inc.

Series A in 2019
Light Field Lab, Inc. develops holographic capture display technology systems. It offers integrated processing and imaging solutions that allow immersive visuals to be delivered over commercial network speeds. The company also develops a universal application programming interface to streamline the process of bringing existing content to a light field display with holographic media. Light Field Lab, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Morgan Hill, California.

Heliatek GmbH

Series B in 2009
Heliatek GmbH develops and manufactures organic solar films and photovoltaics cells. Its product includes HeliaSol, an organic photovoltaics (OPV) solution that can be applied to surfaces. The companys’s product is used for building, automotive, and pilot projects applications. The company serves building and construction material companies, automotive manufacturers, and suppliers. Heliatek GmbH has strategic partnerships with AGC Glass Europe, and Reckli China. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Dresden, Germany.

The Yield

Venture Round in 2016
The Yield Technology Solutions Pty Ltd, an agriculture technology company, develops farm decision-making and customer yield solutions in Australia. The company’s platform helps growers to make decisions. It also offers Sensing+, a microclimate sensing system, which mirrors the natural ecosystem on farm; and growers' app that provides information on the growing conditions. The company was formerly known as Second Sense Pty. Ltd. The Yield Technology Solutions Pty Ltd was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

CropX

Series A in 2016
CropX Ltd., an ag-analytics company, develops cloud based software solutions integrated with wireless sensors, which boosts crops yield and saves water and energy. It offers advanced adaptive irrigation software service that delivers crop yield increase, and water and energy cost saving services while conserving the environment. The company also generates irrigation maps and automatically applies the right amount of water to different parts of the same field. It serves farmers worldwide. CropX Ltd. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel with an additional office in San Francisco, California. CropX’s proprietary science helps farmers better understand water usage across their fields. Its low-cost soil sensors can increase crop yields while simultaneously cutting water usage by one third. In just one irrigation season, CropX sensors were installed on thousands of acres of all major row crops and demonstrated immense value, with early customers across the United States reporting dramatic water, manpower and cost savings, as well as massive crop yield gains. During the current growing season, CropX technology will be rolled out across hundreds of thousands of acres.

AnyVision

Series C in 2021
AnyVision is an AI design and development company that specializes in face, object and human recognition in mass crowd events. AnyVision is the world’s leading developer of facial, body and object recognition platforms.The company solutions are built to function on any sensor, with any resolution and are proven to operate in real-time and in real-world scenarios.Through seamless integration and plug and play technology, AnyVision enables any camera to smarter by, indexing and analyzing everything the sensor sees. AnyVision was founded in 2014 and is led by academics and security experts.

Bosch Solar Energy

Acquisition in 2008
Bosch Solar Energy is a German solar wafer and solar cell manufacturer, based in Erfurt, which specialized in crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic (PV) products, as well as thin-film modules using amorphous silicon and CIGS absorber materials. The company consisted of the various divisions for silicon, wafers, solar cells and modules, research and production facilities in Germany and France and plans were made to open a production line in Malaysia.

Allegro.AI

Series A in 2018
Allegro AI helps companies develop, deploy and manage deep learning & machine learning based solutions with a focus on unstructured data. Our customers span diverse industries and use cases from automotive, drones, radiology & healthcare to security, manufacturing and silicon. With Allegro AI, businesses are able to bring to market and then manage higher quality products, faster and more affordably. Allegro AI’s products are based on the Allegro Trains open source solution, a complete ML & DL experiment manager and AI DevOps package. Allegro Trains - a full server, SDK & FE integrated solution, with its trademark “automagical” integration - enables data science teams to track, manage, collaborate and efficiently train ML and DL models, significantly improving productivity and provenance.

SynapSense

Venture Round in 2010
SynapSense provides complete wireless instrumentation solutions that offer energy efficiency and carbon footprint reduction for the world's leading data centers and enterprises.

Rotimatic

Series B in 2015
Zimplistic is a kitchen robotics startup founded by husband-wife duo Rishi Israni and Pranoti Nagarkar in 2008. We aspire to help people lead a healthier lifestyle by building intelligent solutions to hard problems. By integrating consumer robotics and Internet of Things (IoT), Zimplistic aims to create enterprising appliances that make healthier eating easier and sustainable. At Zimplistic, our mission is to tackle real-world problems to improve the daily lives of people. This gave rise to Rotimatic, our flagship product. It is the world's first kitchen robot that makes fresh, healthy, homemade rotis with a touch of a button. About Rotimatic - Rotimatic is a roti-making appliance that uses artificial intelligence to make rotis (flatbreads) without the need for human supervision. It is a fully automatic robot that processes all the essential ingredients and produces hot and delicious rotis in under a minute. Rotimatic is a technology marvel, packed with some cutting-edge technology innovated by a talented group of health-conscious people. A complete game changer globally - it is compact, user-friendly, and makes preparing rotis a cakewalk. Since its launch in 2016, Rotimatic has disrupted the kitchen appliances segment by piquing the interest of many. By knocking the hassle out of healthy eating, and helping everyone eat fresh food made at home with handpicked ingredients, we believe that people will eat healthier and live better with Rotimatic. It's become a worldwide kitchen sensation with over 3 million rotis served in thousands of households until June 2017. Rotimatic is available for purchase in Singapore, US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Order now - https://rotimatic.com/order/

Zapata Computing

Venture Round in 2020
Zapata Computing is a quantum software company that offers computing solutions for industrial and commercial use. It provides hardware-agnostic solutions for simulation, optimization, and machine learning applications in chemistry, finance, logistics, pharmaceuticals, engineering, and materials. Zapata Computing is a spun out of Harvard University launched by a group of Harvard scientists, including Alán Aspuru-Guzik. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

CelLink Corporation

Series D in 2022
CelLink is an early-stage hardware startup that is developing a flexible conductive backplane for power electronics, including batteries, light-emitting diodes, wire harnessing, solar cells, and other devices requiring power transmission.

SCINTIL Photonics SAS

Venture Round in 2022
SCINTIL Photonics is a fabless company that develops silicon photonic integrated circuits. SCINTIL solutions combine the best of Silicon (Si) and Indium Phosphide (InP) materials using wafer-scale bonding of InP on Si and rely on commercial silicon foundry processes to build fully integrated photonic circuits (comprising multi-wavelength lasers, waveguides, wavelength filters, and photodetectors).

GreenPeak Technologies BV

Series B in 2009
GreenPeak Technologies BV, a fabless semiconductor/system company, develops ultra-low power wireless data communication controller chips for smart home applications and consumer electronics. It provides communication controller semiconductor products and software technologies for smart home data communications; a range of IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee silicon solutions; and Senior Lifestyle sensor and cloud based intelligent system technology to enable children and their elderly parents to privately and securely share lifestyle information. The company also offers integration, support, and training services. It markets and sells its products to OEMs and ODMs in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin-America. GreenPeak Technologies BV has a strategic partnership with Sensara. GreenPeak Technologies BV was formerly known as Xanadu Wireless BV and changed its name to GreenPeak Technologies BV in 2007. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Utrecht, the Netherlands with additional offices in Belgium, China, France, the United States, Japan, and Korea. As of April 29, 2016, GreenPeak Technologies BV operates as a subsidiary of Qorvo, Inc.

Akustica

Acquisition in 2005
Akustica, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, develops and commercializes complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) microphones. It provides single-chip digital and analog microphones that are used in notebook personal computers, mobile phones, Internet telephone systems, headsets, speakers, cameras, and inertial and radio frequency devices for hearing, speaking, and sensing applications. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As of September 30, 2009, Akustica, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Robert Bosch North America, Inc.

unispectral LTD.

Series A in 2016
Unispectral is developing a hyperspectral imaging sensor technology which applies MEMS technology to distinguish material properties in solids, liquids and gases and provide low light and rich color photography capabilities.

Cheetah Medical

Series C in 2017
Cheetah’s proprietary CHEETAH NICOM system is CE marked and FDA cleared. It is the only non-invasive cardiac output monitor with substantial equivalence to the Swan Ganz thermodilution system for U.S. regulatory purposes. The CHEETAH NICOM is now used by leading medical centers around the globe providing clinicians with invaluable clinical information in complicated scenarios. Cheetah Medical is committed to ongoing research and development and close cooperation with clinicians.

eIQ Energy

Venture Round in 2010
Clean power generation should be straightforward - erect solar panels in a sunny location, or turbines in a windy spot, and produce electricity. But realizing the full potential of these endeavors can be a complicated task, affected by a wide range of real-world challenges during design, installation and operation of the system. eIQ Energy has a clear, singular mission: make clean energy more effective, affordable and viable. We do this with power management technology that boosts output and simplifies the planning, construction and operation of clean energy systems. The eIQ Energy team combines sophisticated knowledge of power supply design, semiconductors, and energy management with across-the-board entrepreneurial skills. As individuals, and as a company, we understand that technology is the price of entry, but that commitment and integrity are what will enable us to make a lasting difference for our customers.

Pyreos

Venture Round in 2018
Pyreos Limited develops infrared sensor array products in the United Kingdom. The company develops patented thin film pyro-electric ceramic technology for use in a new range of infra-red sensor products. Its products include bare die arrays, packaged components, and custom arrays for motion and occupancy detectors, flame detectors, people counting and tailgating, spectroscopy and gas detection, and infrared cameras applications. Pyreos Limited was founded in 2007 and is based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Xometry Inc.

Series D in 2019
Xometry creates proprietary technology to provide pricing for the optimal manufacturing solution at the best price. It helps grow domestic manufacturing of the U.S. by using software that builds robust and scalable manufacturing platform which gives users the efficient way to get custom parts. Their range of capabilities include CNC machining, 3D printing, sheet metal and urethane casting, and customers can order them anytime. The customers of the company are TOYOTA, NASA, CATERPILLAR, and Medtronic. Xometry was founded by Randy Altschuler in 2013 and the company is situated in the United States.

Kaptivo

Series B in 2010
Kaptivo uses AI to make visual collaboration easier and more efficient. With Kaptivo, remote meetings now include live-streamed whiteboard content, with augmented capabilities including automatic note-taking. With Kaptivo, remote meetings now include live-streamed whiteboard content, with augmented capabilities including automatic note-taking. Businesses and schools use Kaptivo in conjunction with Zoom, Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams, Slack and other collaboration tools to improve productivity while keeping content secure.
Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited manufactures and sells branded packaged fast moving consumer goods in the femcare and healthcare businesses in India. The company offers health care products, including ointment and creams, and cough drops and tablets; and hygiene products comprising feminine hygiene and other skin care hygiene products under the Vicks, Whisper, and Old Spice brand names. Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited sells its products through retail operations, including mass merchandisers, as well as grocery, membership club, drug, department, and high frequency stores. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India. Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited is a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble Overseas India B.V.

Syntiant Corp.

Series D in 2022
Syntiant is moving artificial intelligence and machine learning from the cloud to edge devices. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors for always-on applications in battery-powered devices, such as smartphones, smart speakers, earbuds, hearing aids, and laptops. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Modcam

Seed Round in 2015
Modcam AB designs and develops camera sensor based devices and software for computer vision processing. It provides online platform and sensor device, which enable users to count people who enter, leave, or pass a certain place in a store or building; and find out the age and gender of the customer. The company also provides Heatmap, an in-store analytics tool for automating customer flow analysis. It offers its products for use in various places, such as retail stores, office buildings, sport arenas, and hotels. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Malmö, Sweden. As of July 31, 2020, Modcam AB operates as a subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

SiteAware Systems Ltd.

Series B in 2022
SiteAware solves quality control for construction exterior by transforming physical inspections performed on the jobsite into a digital, cloud based automated processes. Siteaware's online and continuous quality conformation technology and analytics enables timely correction of errors and omissions that eliminate costly rework and project delays. Real estate developers and their providers can make data-driven decisions that enable higher performance, better quality and improved profitability with lower risk to workers.

Variantyx

Series C in 2021
Variantyx Inc. provides whole genome sequencing based diagnostic testing platform. It performs diagnostic testing for rare disorders with genome unity, personal genome screening for healthy individuals with genomic inform, and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis and reporting for laboratories with genomic intelligence. Variantyx Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Inubit

Acquisition in 2011
Inubit is a provider of standard software for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and b2b integration.

MegaRobo

Corporate Round in 2021
Megarobo Technology Co., Ltd. engages in collaborative robotics research and development. The company provides automation solutions for life science, intelligent retail, and lightweight manufacturing. It offers robot, motion control, and software services. The company also provides facility on lease with technical support service to use robots. Megarobo Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Beijing, China with additional offices in Suzhou, Shenzhen, and Munich, China.

Simyog Technology

Seed Round in 2019
Simyog Technology Private Limited offers software programs through its product Compliance Scope, that allow builders to check digital parts’ resistance to electromagnetic interference within the design stage. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Flybits Inc.

Series B in 2017
Flybits is the leading customer experience platform for the financial services sector, delivering personalization at scale. With the most advanced capabilities in the market, its enterprise-level solution brings relevant content, products, offers, and information to a bank’s digital channels based on what each individual customer needs in the moments that matter. With Flybits, banks are able to design, launch, and measure data-driven consumer experiences that deliver the right information to the right customer at the right time, while preserving their privacy. www.flybits.com

Poka

Series A in 2018
Poka is a Web and mobile app that gives factory workers the power to capture, consume and share critical information in real-time on the plant floor, leading to improved productivity. By creating a standardized multimedia knowledge base of procedures, training content and solutions related to each workstation and machine, Poka helps reduce production downtime, improve quality and safety, and facilitate communication across factories, departments and shifts. Poka has become a catalyst for digital transformation among industrial leaders including 12 of the largest manufacturers based on IndustryWeek’s Global 1000 rank.

Tulu

Series A in 2022
TULU is a consumer services company that provides rentals, household, and lifestyle products. It aims to encourage responsible consumption, promote energy efficiency, and reduce the cost of living in the city. The company was founded in 2018 by Yishai Lehavi and Yael Shemer and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Momenta

Corporate Round in 2021
Momenta is an autonomous driving startup operating out of Beijing. Its deep-learning based software in perception, HD semantic mapping, and data-driven path planning enables the realization of full autonomy. Momenta offers multi-level autonomous driving solutions as well as big data products and services. Momenta’s team is composed of some of the world’s top experts in computer vision and deep learning, including one of the authors of Faster R-CNN and ResNet, the most popular deep learning network, as well as winners of ImageNet 2015, MS COCO Challenge 2015, and ImageNet 2017. Momenta is leading the autonomous driving software space with advanced technical competence and a strong commitment to innovation.

Sensoro

Series D in 2019
SENSORO is committed to uniting the physical and digital world with advanced sensing technologies. Connectivity with our environments at home, in public, at work, and everywhere in between, brings improved comfort, security, and health. It allows businesses to reduce operating costs and boost productivity. SENSORO’s Alpha Suite delivers a comprehensive solution to enhance our world and elevate our lives. The Alpha Suite forms an industrial-grade wireless sensor network that merges ultra-long-range communication with proximity Bluetooth Low Energy technology. With the Alpha Suite, SENSORO provides a simple to implement, easily managed and scaled system that is ideal for smart cities and buildings, asset tracking, energy management, and environmental monitoring.

Setem Technologies

Venture Round in 2014
Setem Technologies, Inc. develops blind source signal separation technologies. Its software platform improves voice input for speech recognition systems and human communication in noisy and highly reverberant environments. The company’s software processes the received signals to enable selective enhancement of speakers or conversations, while minimizing unwanted background noise. It offers speech recognition solutions for smart-home, connected-car, and other Internet of Things applications. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Hampton, New Hampshire. As of July 10, 2017, Setem Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of XMOS, Ltd.

Momenta

Series C in 2021
Momenta is an autonomous driving startup operating out of Beijing. Its deep-learning based software in perception, HD semantic mapping, and data-driven path planning enables the realization of full autonomy. Momenta offers multi-level autonomous driving solutions as well as big data products and services. Momenta’s team is composed of some of the world’s top experts in computer vision and deep learning, including one of the authors of Faster R-CNN and ResNet, the most popular deep learning network, as well as winners of ImageNet 2015, MS COCO Challenge 2015, and ImageNet 2017. Momenta is leading the autonomous driving software space with advanced technical competence and a strong commitment to innovation.

MegaRobo

Series B in 2020
Megarobo Technology Co., Ltd. engages in collaborative robotics research and development. The company provides automation solutions for life science, intelligent retail, and lightweight manufacturing. It offers robot, motion control, and software services. The company also provides facility on lease with technical support service to use robots. Megarobo Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Beijing, China with additional offices in Suzhou, Shenzhen, and Munich, China.

Feixin Electronic Technology

Seed Round in 2018
Feixin Electronic Technology is a Smart Hardware company.

VNatures

Series B in 2021
VERSATILE uses machine learning and AI to optimize construction processes. It captures and analyzes data points to deliver real-time insights on job site performance and streamline decision-making. Mounted under the hook of any crane, this first-of-its-kind technology offers unparalleled production data on any job site including information on materials, redundancies, construction progress, and crane utilization. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Flybits Inc.

Series A in 2014
Flybits is the leading customer experience platform for the financial services sector, delivering personalization at scale. With the most advanced capabilities in the market, its enterprise-level solution brings relevant content, products, offers, and information to a bank’s digital channels based on what each individual customer needs in the moments that matter. With Flybits, banks are able to design, launch, and measure data-driven consumer experiences that deliver the right information to the right customer at the right time, while preserving their privacy. www.flybits.com
Guangzhou WeRide Technology Co., Ltd. develops autonomous driving technology for level 4 AD cars. The company also develops own AD hardware solution to fit on cars for surround sensor coverage and full spectrum. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.

Tulu

Series A in 2022
TULU is a consumer services company that provides rentals, household, and lifestyle products. It aims to encourage responsible consumption, promote energy efficiency, and reduce the cost of living in the city. The company was founded in 2018 by Yishai Lehavi and Yael Shemer and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Veego

Series A in 2021
Veego develops software to resolve errors and malfunctions in remote IOT devices. The product uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect, identify, and analyze the cause and resolves errors and malfunctions in edge/remote devices and gateways across the IoT ecosystem. The product can be used by developers, integrators, and service organizations. Veego is based in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Seeo

Acquisition in 2015
Seeo, Inc. develops and manufactures rechargeable lithium polymer batteries. It serves transportation, electric grid, telecommunication backup, and other markets. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Hayward, California with facilities in Shanghai, China. As of August 16, 2015, Seeo, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH.

DeepMap

Series B in 2018
DeepMap is solving the HD mapping and localization and big data management challenge for L4/5 autonomous vehicles. They are based in Palo Alto, CA, and have blue-chip investors supporting a world-class team from Google Earth, Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Baidu Maps. Autonomous mobility will have a huge impact on society and we are excited to be able to help make it a safe reality in partnership with automotive industry companies.

Momenta

Corporate Round in 2021
Momenta is an autonomous driving startup operating out of Beijing. Its deep-learning based software in perception, HD semantic mapping, and data-driven path planning enables the realization of full autonomy. Momenta offers multi-level autonomous driving solutions as well as big data products and services. Momenta’s team is composed of some of the world’s top experts in computer vision and deep learning, including one of the authors of Faster R-CNN and ResNet, the most popular deep learning network, as well as winners of ImageNet 2015, MS COCO Challenge 2015, and ImageNet 2017. Momenta is leading the autonomous driving software space with advanced technical competence and a strong commitment to innovation.

Aethon

Venture Round in 2010
Aethon offers automated hospital delivery and asset management solutions. TUG®, Aethon's Automated Robotic Delivery System (ARD), can transport both scheduled and on-demand hospital deliveries between all ancillary, support and patient care units. Aethon's TUG provides a cost-effective and non-disruptive infrastructure for asset tracking, leveraging interference-free RFID technology to locate missing equipment throughout the hospital.

Striim

Series C in 2021
Striim is an end-to-end streaming data integration and operational intelligence solution enabling continuous query or processing and streaming analytics. With Striim, users can get to know their data and sort out what’s important. Striim specializes in integration from a wide variety of data sources, transaction or change data, events, log files, application and IoT sensor data, and correlation across multiple streams. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

FogHorn

Series B in 2017
FogHorn is a developer of “edge intelligence” software for industrial and commercial IoT application solutions. FogHorn’s software platform brings the power of advanced analytics and machine learning to the on-premises edge environment enabling a new class of applications for advanced monitoring and diagnostics, machine performance optimization, proactive maintenance and operational intelligence use cases. FogHorn’s technology is ideally suited for OEMs, systems integrators and end customers in manufacturing, power and water, oil and gas, renewable energy, mining, transportation, healthcare, retail, as well as smart grid, smart city, smart building and connected vehicle applications.
Developing self-driving software, proprietary simulation tools and neural network acceleration hardware IP, AImotive is building an ecosystem to aid the deployment of automated driving. To catalyse industry collaboration our products are scalable, modular and hardware agnostic. We build on our team’s expertise in artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, 3D graphics and real-world automated driving workloads, to support partners in realizing their self-driving goals.

TetraVue

Series A in 2017
Founded in 2008, TetraVue’s Smart Vision products takes an entirely new approach to Time of Flight (TOF) technology and is the successful result of several years of experimental research. It’s designed to optimally perform in a wide array of industries, ranging from autonomous vehicles, to manufacturing, engineering, robotics, as well as for Virtual and Augmented reality applications in gaming and filming. As the visualization needs of businesses and consumers become more sophisticated, increasingly complex machines require intelligent 3D vision for maximal efficiency. TetraVue’s technology captures high definition images, in three dimensions, indoor or outdoor, and at long range with less power than a night light.

Poka

Series B in 2021
Poka is a Web and mobile app that gives factory workers the power to capture, consume and share critical information in real-time on the plant floor, leading to improved productivity. By creating a standardized multimedia knowledge base of procedures, training content and solutions related to each workstation and machine, Poka helps reduce production downtime, improve quality and safety, and facilitate communication across factories, departments and shifts. Poka has become a catalyst for digital transformation among industrial leaders including 12 of the largest manufacturers based on IndustryWeek’s Global 1000 rank.

Prophesee SA

Series B in 2016
Prophesee SA develops machine vision sensors and systems for applications in the fields of machine vision. It serves clients in bio-medical and healthcare, gaming, industrial automation, instrumentation and lab, mobile and device, robotics, security and surveillance, video compression, aerospace and defense, and automotive markets. The company was formerly known as Chronocam SAS and changed its name to Prophesee SA in February, 2018. Prophesee SA was founded in 2014 and is based in Paris, France.

iguazio

Series B in 2017
The Iguazio Data Science Platform enables enterprises to develop, deploy and manage AI applications at scale. With Iguazio, enterprises can run AI models in real time, deploy them anywhere; multi-cloud, on-prem or edge, and bring to life their most ambitious data-driven strategies. Iguazio is backed by top financial and strategic investors and led by serial entrepreneurs and a diverse team of innovators in the USA, UK, Singapore and Israel.

UltraSense Systems

Series B in 2020
UltraSense Systems is a consumer electronics company that offers sensor solutions for smartphones, home appliances, automotive, and medical industries. It features TouchPoint sensors enable a low-power user interface that detects touch and force through virtually any material and material thickness using UltraSense’s patented 3D ultrasound technology. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

WaveOptics

Series C in 2019
WaveOptics, Ltd. manufactures augmented reality display technology. Its technology includes binocular display, high field-of-view, full RGB color, and lightweight features. WaveOptics, Ltd. has strategic partnerships with Compal and Wistron, and Plessey. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Abingdon-on-Thames, United Kingdom.

Routematic

Corporate Round in 2020
At Routematic, their vision is to enable a safer and more comfortable commute to work for employees of India Inc. Routematic has pioneered the technology integrated fleet solution for the employee transportation market and has established a leadership position.

MOJIO

Series B in 2019
Mojio is an open platform that offers a solution for the rapid deployment of secure and scalable aftermarket connected car services to enterprise customers, including mobile operators, automotive OEMs, car dealers, service centers, auto insurers, and fleets. The platform enables intelligent data analysis that unlocks previously unavailable revenue streams and cost-saving opportunities. It facilitates the efficient integration of vehicle data into new and existing applications for developers. Mojio, which was launched in 2011, enables developers to access advanced tools and resources, including interactive documentation and tutorials, mobile SDKs, and a vehicle simulator.

predict.io

Seed Round in 2014
It is hard to engage app users. Timing is everything. Sending a push in the wrong moment gets you uninstalled. Using smartphone sensors to understand user context is difficult. The company gives developers an SDK that provides user context. The SDK is installed within minutes. It only consumes 0.2% battery per hour. It shows higher accuracy than OS embedded Activity APIs. And it works across platforms iOS, Android, Phonegap. Once activated predict.io constantly reads the sensors (accelerometer, barometer, gyroscope, etc.). The data is pre-processed directly on the device. When a pattern is recognized predict.io fires a "callback"​. The developer can trigger any activity within our outside of his app based on our "callback"​. Once activated we constantly read the sensors (accelerometer, barometer, gyroscope, etc.). We pre-process the data directly on the device. When a pattern is recognized we fire a "callback". The developer can trigger any activity within our outside of his app based on our "callback".

Pebbles Interfaces

Series B in 2013
Pebbles Interfaces technology provides an entirely new meaning to simple and natural human gestures, by unifying the interfaces on any device or platform, be it a smartphone, PC, smart TV, or even a coffee table surface — from any distance. They develop advanced motion sensors that display physical objects within the digital space, at any range or angle, with no latency. Pebbles’ minimal hardware is being embedded in their partners’ smart products and devices. These upcoming products are set to reinvent human interaction within the digital world. Following their vision — to naturally interface with every object, real or virtual — Pebbles presents a technology that extends human behavior, enabling simple and intuitive interaction with any consumer electronic device.

SPLT (Splitting Fares)

Acquisition in 2018
SPLT is an enterprise-first carpooling and car sharing platform that connects employees within organizations to share their commute, saving time and money while reducing traffic congestion and lowering CO2 emissions.

Alpine Data Labs

Series B in 2013
According to The Economist, the amount of information created each year is growing at a 60% compounded rate. The potential insight in this information could determine the fate of businesses, economies, our health, and even our safety. Big Data is useless unless organizations can find a reliable, cost-effective way to apply predictive analytics. Alpine is the world’s first collaborative, code-free solution for Advanced Analytics on Big Data and Hadoop. With Alpine, data scientists and business analysts can work with large data sets, develop and collaborate on models at scale without having to use code or desktop software. Leaders in all industries, from Financial Services to Healthcare, use Alpine to outsmart their competition. Maybe you should too. Find out more at www.alpinenow.com

IonQ, Inc.

Series B in 2019
IonQ, Inc. develops general-purpose quantum information computers. The company combines physical performance, qubit replication, optical networkability, and optimized algorithms to create a quantum computer. Its product quantum computing represents a radical departure from classical computing and overcomes limitations, such as superposition and entanglement that emerge at atomic scale. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in College Park, Maryland.

Masters of Pie

Seed Round in 2020
Masters of Pie Limited, a technology firm, develops product lifecycle management software using virtual and augmented reality software for manufacturing and wider enterprise solutions. The company’s products include a series of virtual reality updates and enhancements for computer-aided design (CAD). It develops a technology platform that enables industrial designers and production line experts to load their 3D data into a virtual meeting space to collaborate with colleagues in real-time. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Prophesee SA

Series C in 2019
Prophesee SA develops machine vision sensors and systems for applications in the fields of machine vision. It serves clients in bio-medical and healthcare, gaming, industrial automation, instrumentation and lab, mobile and device, robotics, security and surveillance, video compression, aerospace and defense, and automotive markets. The company was formerly known as Chronocam SAS and changed its name to Prophesee SA in February, 2018. Prophesee SA was founded in 2014 and is based in Paris, France.

WaveOptics

Series C in 2018
WaveOptics, Ltd. manufactures augmented reality display technology. Its technology includes binocular display, high field-of-view, full RGB color, and lightweight features. WaveOptics, Ltd. has strategic partnerships with Compal and Wistron, and Plessey. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Abingdon-on-Thames, United Kingdom.

Veego

Seed Round in 2019
Veego develops software to resolve errors and malfunctions in remote IOT devices. The product uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to detect, identify, and analyze the cause and resolves errors and malfunctions in edge/remote devices and gateways across the IoT ecosystem. The product can be used by developers, integrators, and service organizations. Veego is based in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Pyreos

Venture Round in 2012
Pyreos Limited develops infrared sensor array products in the United Kingdom. The company develops patented thin film pyro-electric ceramic technology for use in a new range of infra-red sensor products. Its products include bare die arrays, packaged components, and custom arrays for motion and occupancy detectors, flame detectors, people counting and tailgating, spectroscopy and gas detection, and infrared cameras applications. Pyreos Limited was founded in 2007 and is based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

XMOS, Ltd.

Series D in 2014
XMOS Limited provides voice and music processing and control ICs to audio companies worldwide. The company offers voice controller solutions for designers to prototype their voice capture applications, including array microphones, smart microphones, and virtual digital assistants applications; multi-channel audio connectivity products; multicore microcontrollers, including voice and audio processors; and xTIMEcomposer tools, a C/C++ based software development environment that delivers real-time performance with validation. The company also provides support services. It sells its products through a network of distributors and sales representatives. XMOS Limited was founded in 2005 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom.
Hesai Technology designs a laser radar that facilitates autonomous driving. It uses smart sensing technology to develop laser radar for autonomous cars and natural gas leak detection systems, enabling car companies to monitor mixed gas composition, control industrial processes and detect hazardous gas leaks.

Optomed Oy (Ltd.)

Venture Round in 2015
Optomed Oy is a Finnish medical technology company that specializes in retinal imaging devices and solutions. Optomed’s mission is to make eye disease screenings available for everyone, wherever needed. We develop, commercialize and manufacture modern, mobile and easy-to-use retinal imaging devices that are suitable for any clinic for screening of various eye diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and AMD. Optomed’s hand-held fundus cameras fulfill international ISO 10940 fundus camera standard requirements and are being used by private clinics, public hospitals, non-government organizations and charities around the world. Optomed’s products are registered and marketed in all major markets: Europe, USA, China, Russia, Japan, Korea, India and Brazil. Optomed Oy (Ltd.) is a privately owned company with its headquarters based in Oulu, Finland. In addition, there are local offices in Shanghai (China) and in Espoo (Finland).

The Yield

Venture Round in 2020
The Yield Technology Solutions Pty Ltd, an agriculture technology company, develops farm decision-making and customer yield solutions in Australia. The company’s platform helps growers to make decisions. It also offers Sensing+, a microclimate sensing system, which mirrors the natural ecosystem on farm; and growers' app that provides information on the growing conditions. The company was formerly known as Second Sense Pty. Ltd. The Yield Technology Solutions Pty Ltd was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.

RobArt GmbH.

Series A in 2014
RobArt GmbH. engages in developing autonomous mobile robots for consumer and industrial applications based upon its artificial intelligence control unit (AICU) technology. It also focuses on the development of AICUs that enable companies to produce novel robotic products, such as intelligent robotic vacuums, security robots, mobile entertainment devices, and new classes of innovative products. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Linz, Austria.
AutoAI Technology Co., Ltd. develops a platform, which provides navigation technologies to connected vehicles. It offers holistic solutions based on data and cloud portal to provide Internet services into the car. The company also offers on-board components, such as a telematics box, a vehicle-optimized version of the android operating system or cloud-based technologies for data acquisition, storage, and analysis; and entertainment, weather and traffic information, parking, fueling, and insurance services for drivers. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Beijing, China. AutoAI Technology Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of NavInfo Co., Ltd.

Zimplistic

Series C in 2018
Zimplistic Pte Ltd. designs automatic flatbread making machines. It offers its products through distribution partners in the United States, Singapore, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Singapore.

Prophesee SA

Seed Round in 2015
Prophesee SA develops machine vision sensors and systems for applications in the fields of machine vision. It serves clients in bio-medical and healthcare, gaming, industrial automation, instrumentation and lab, mobile and device, robotics, security and surveillance, video compression, aerospace and defense, and automotive markets. The company was formerly known as Chronocam SAS and changed its name to Prophesee SA in February, 2018. Prophesee SA was founded in 2014 and is based in Paris, France.

Movidius

Series E in 2015
Movidius is a vision processor company that designs compact, high-performance, ultralow power, computational imaging and vision processing chips, software, development tools and reference designs. Movidius’ architecture delivers a new wave of intelligent and contextually aware experiences for consumers in mobile and wearable devices, and other consumer and industrial camera applications. Movidius is headquartered in San Mateo, California. Movidius is a venture-backed start-up with investors including: AIB Seed Capital Fund, Atlantic Bridge, Capital-E, DFJ Esprit and Robert Bosch Venture Capital.

VNatures

Seed Round in 2019
VERSATILE uses machine learning and AI to optimize construction processes. It captures and analyzes data points to deliver real-time insights on job site performance and streamline decision-making. Mounted under the hook of any crane, this first-of-its-kind technology offers unparalleled production data on any job site including information on materials, redundancies, construction progress, and crane utilization. It was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Los Altos, California.

Teralytics

Series D in 2019
Teralytics AG provides big data analysis for the telecommunications industry. The company’s technology analyzes telecom data from mobile networks, and generates information about motions flows, demographics, and interests of the population for insights about human behavior. It also assists companies in financial, retail, and transportation sectors to develop products and services. Teralytics AG was founded in 2012 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

AnyVision

Series B in 2020
AnyVision is an AI design and development company that specializes in face, object and human recognition in mass crowd events. AnyVision is the world’s leading developer of facial, body and object recognition platforms.The company solutions are built to function on any sensor, with any resolution and are proven to operate in real-time and in real-world scenarios.Through seamless integration and plug and play technology, AnyVision enables any camera to smarter by, indexing and analyzing everything the sensor sees. AnyVision was founded in 2014 and is led by academics and security experts.

Actility

Series D in 2017
Actility is an industry leader in Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN). ThingPark by Actility offers a carrier-grade IoT platform, with a growing ecosystem of partners; low-power, long-range wireless networks for sensors and devices; an operating system and middleware that enables web applications to connect seamlessly with data from different sensors; and a B2B e-commerce market featuring tested and approved IoT device, connectivity, and application partners. Actility is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance™.

Graphcore Limited

Series E in 2020
Graphcore Limited, a hardware systems company develops intelligent processing units. It offers IPU-Accelerator cards, which can be plugged into a server to accelerate machine-learning applications; and IPU-Appliance products that provide enhanced performance to deliver inference systems supporting various users or provide faster training. Graphcore Limited was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom with additional locations in Palo Alto, California; London, United Kingdom; Oslo, Norway; and Beijing, China.

ComfyLight AG

Seed Round in 2015
ComfyLight AG is an award-winning, young company, incubated in the BOSCH Internet of Things Lab at St Gallen University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Locations: Zurich and Munich. ComfyLight AG is dedicated to generating innovative home security products and services for everyone. Our first product ComfyLight is a simple and elegant security solution built in a sensor-packed light bulb and a smart phone app. Among numerous other prizes, it has been recognized with the CES innovation Award 2016. * FINALIST: FYFN (Mobile World Congress) 2016 * FINALIST: MASSCHALLENGE Startup Summit 2016 * WINNER: CES Innovation Award 2016 (Honoree) * WINNER: IMD Startup Competition 2016 * WINNER: DeVigier Prize 2015 * WINNER: Bavarian Business Plan Awards 2015 * FINALIST: Pionier Award 2015 * WINNER: AXA Innovation Awards (Swiss Startup Awards) 2014 * WINNER: BearingPoint be.project Awards 2014 * WINNER: University of St Gallen Talents 2014

Recogni

Series B in 2021
Recogni Inc. develops artificial intelligence (AI) based cameras and processors for the real time identification of objects. The company offers inferencing system module and chips for the sensor fusion of visual and depth sensor data; and performance, power, and visual range optimization of the autonomous vehicles. It serves the automotive industry in Germany and the US. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. It has an additional office in Munchen, Germany.

Sensoro

Series C in 2018
SENSORO is committed to uniting the physical and digital world with advanced sensing technologies. Connectivity with our environments at home, in public, at work, and everywhere in between, brings improved comfort, security, and health. It allows businesses to reduce operating costs and boost productivity. SENSORO’s Alpha Suite delivers a comprehensive solution to enhance our world and elevate our lives. The Alpha Suite forms an industrial-grade wireless sensor network that merges ultra-long-range communication with proximity Bluetooth Low Energy technology. With the Alpha Suite, SENSORO provides a simple to implement, easily managed and scaled system that is ideal for smart cities and buildings, asset tracking, energy management, and environmental monitoring.

Health Hero Network

Acquisition in 2008
Health Hero Network, Inc. develops and markets technology solutions for remote health monitoring and management. The company provides health management programs delivering personalized daily monitoring and patient education, and information to care providers. It also offers Health Buddy system that serves as the interface between patients at home and care providers, facilitating patient education and monitoring of chronic conditions. The company's Health Buddy system includes monitoring technologies, clinical information databases, Internet-enabled decision support tools, health management programs, and content development software tools. It serves hospitals, health plans, government health organizations, disease management companies, and pharmaceutical companies or universities conducting clinical trials or studies. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Palo Alto, California. As of December 19, 2007, Health Hero Network, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Robert Bosch GMBH.

Hubject GmbH

Funding Round in 2016
Hubject, founded in 2012, offers an "eRoaming" platform which aims to connect up EV charging stations and unify overall charging infrastructure for better mapping and easier payment solutions.

FogHorn

Series A in 2016
FogHorn is a developer of “edge intelligence” software for industrial and commercial IoT application solutions. FogHorn’s software platform brings the power of advanced analytics and machine learning to the on-premises edge environment enabling a new class of applications for advanced monitoring and diagnostics, machine performance optimization, proactive maintenance and operational intelligence use cases. FogHorn’s technology is ideally suited for OEMs, systems integrators and end customers in manufacturing, power and water, oil and gas, renewable energy, mining, transportation, healthcare, retail, as well as smart grid, smart city, smart building and connected vehicle applications.

Torqeedo GmbH

Series C in 2012
Torqeedo GmbH develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets electric boat motors. It offers motors for tenders, small boats, dinghies, jollies, motor boats, and daysailors, as well as for fishing boats and canoes. The company also provides power batteries for the electrical boat drive. It sells its products through dealers in the United States, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and internationally. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Starnberg, Germany.

RobArt GmbH.

Series B in 2017
RobArt GmbH. engages in developing autonomous mobile robots for consumer and industrial applications based upon its artificial intelligence control unit (AICU) technology. It also focuses on the development of AICUs that enable companies to produce novel robotic products, such as intelligent robotic vacuums, security robots, mobile entertainment devices, and new classes of innovative products. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Linz, Austria.

Airy:3D

Seed Round in 2017
AIRY:3D is a startup based in Montreal bent on answering one question: our world has three dimensions, so why can’t our pictures? Our suite of passive light-field recovery technologies ensures that AIRY:3D powered cameras aren’t held hostage by auto-focus, all without sacrificing battery life or image quality. We deliver depth, simply.
Developing self-driving software, proprietary simulation tools and neural network acceleration hardware IP, AImotive is building an ecosystem to aid the deployment of automated driving. To catalyse industry collaboration our products are scalable, modular and hardware agnostic. We build on our team’s expertise in artificial intelligence, sensor fusion, 3D graphics and real-world automated driving workloads, to support partners in realizing their self-driving goals.

Aclima, Inc.

Series B in 2020
Aclima Inc. designs and deploys environmental sensor networks that help people live aware. The company’s sensor networks generate data points to reveal actionable insights about buildings, cities, and communities. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California with additional offices in Portland, Oregon; and New York City, New York.