ff Venture Capital (ffVC) is a technology venture capital firm investing in some of the strongest growth areas to date, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, drones, enterprise cloud software, and crowdfunding. The firm identifies and invests in technology and technology-enabled companies at its inception across geographies and emerging industries.  With three partners and an acceleration team of 20+ investment and operations professionals, ffVC actively participates with founders to develop products, target markets, and accelerate growth. Since 2008, ffVC has invested in over 100 companies and has helped to create companies with an aggregate market value exceeding $6 billion.

ff Venture Capital

EU based seed stage venture capital firm with an experienced team of professionals with global outlook and strong roots in the Baltics & London. We invest in smart people with innovative ideas and global aspirations. We match that with our own hands on experience in building businesses and networks in many continents of the world. Our team blends successful entrepreneurial and financial experience that we share to help and navigate the challenges needed to build international businesses.

Iron Wolf Capital

We invest in exceptional founders in the Baltics & Nordics. a) with the Seed Fund we invest in scalable technology-driven startups. We make €75-200K checks in the seed stage, typically as part of a larger round that gives at least 18 months of runway. b) with the Growth Fund we invest in growth companies (gazelles) that are already EBITDA positive, or close to it. Our strategy is to acquire a minority shareholding in exchange for EUR 300K-700K investment.  Reach out through invest@springcapital.ee.

Spring Capital

Superangel is an early stage fund investing into for the builders of world-changing technology in the Baltics and Nordics. Based in Tallinn, Superangel is founded, run and backed by tech entrepreneurs who know what it takes to build industry-defining companies. They're early backers of global success stories such as Bolt, Pipedrive, Grabcad, and Veriff – and have the founders they once invested in backing Superangel today.

Superangel

Decacorn is a Singapore domiciled cross-border venture capital fund which curates high impact, globally relevant businesses that have rapid adoption curve and use technology as a defensible moat; businesses that have crossed an inflection point and are led by resourceful founders with a mission to disrupt large market opportunities, either existing or newly enabled, with the aim to make our planet shades better than what we inherited from our parents. We invest in tech-led disruptive innovations from key startup destinations, Singapore, Israel, USA, Estonia, etc., enabling us to benchmark best-in-class mix of technologies and proven business models for high-quality curation that generates superior alpha. Decacorn believes that technology investing involves curating companies that harness key technologies of our time, namely: Robotics & Automation,  Genomics, Energy & Storage, AI & Deep Learning, Blockchain, and Cloud & Edge Computing. We Invest across the spectrum from bootstrapped to growth stage by executing a carefully crafted bar-belled strategy in order to balance the risk with rewards while generating exit opportunities at frequent intervals. In just over 3 years, Decacorn has made two dozen investments and has clocked 5 exits.  Some of Decacorn’s early investments have become unicorns while a few others currently in the mid-stage are expected to join the unicorn club in their next financing round.

Decacorn Capital

To be the first point of call for company founders from Central Europe who want to create history with their start-up. Our private independent early-stage boutique Venture Capital fund focuses on this promise. Our strategy is linked to technologies that benefit people and the planet. It’s a privilege for us to partner with people who see opportunities around the corner. To them success is not about mere status, it is about making an impact.

RKKVC

Kaamos is an investment management firm that invests in the construction, real estate, energy sector, and wood industry.

Kaamos

EyeVi Technologies

EyeVi is a geospatial AI-powered digital data production company. We enable road consultants and road asset managers constant overview of the entire physical road network with maximum detail through our AI-powered automated 3D mapping platform. Road defects, road signs, safety barriers, markings, crossroads, and so on – everything necessary for predictive road maintenance, road asset and traffic management, safety auditing, and autonomous transportation.

Estonian startup EyeVi Technologies is developing a 3D mapping platform to capture road data for mobile mapping and geospatial data processing. It uses AI with computer-vision hardware to automate and optimize processes for road operations and maintenance. The platform facilitates point cloud classification, road area detection, road defect detection, and road object extraction.&nbsp;

Using real-time data to create dynamic virtual representations of the real world

Digital Twin

Startup of the Day: Estonian AI-powered platform for geodata production EyeVi Technologies

Estonian startup EyeVi Technologies is developing a 3D mapping platform to capture road data for mobile mapping and geospatial data processing. It uses AI with computer-vision hardware to automate and optimize processes for road operations and maintenance. The platform facilitates point cloud classification, road area detection, road defect detection, and road object extraction.&nbsp;As of 2021, the company had surveyed 20,000 mi. The company charges customers based on the kilometers analyzed on a subscription model. It provides services mainly to companies specialized in road surveying and consultancies.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsIn July 2022, it collaborated with DOT Studio to improve transportation in New York city using its pavement marking solution.Funding and financialsIn February 2022, the company raised USD 2 million in a seed funding round led by ff Venture Capital. The funds were earmarked to advance deployments and expand to new markets in the US.

Norway-based Cognite is a provider of digital twin modeling software for an entire operation through complex industrial data. With machine learning and physics simulators, companies are able to use these for predictive maintenance, production optimization, and better decision-making.&nbsp;Its main solution Cognite Data Fusion offers an open industrial digital twin by integrating IT, operational, and engineering data from sources such as ERPs, MES, and IoT platforms. The data is cleaned and contextualized into a single location and turned into insights for actionable advice, which then is used to build and automate workflows. The company claimed to be the first company to <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/17445">achieve DNV-RP-A204 compliance </a>for its core product, Cognite Data Fusion.&nbsp;In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16217">February 2023</a>, the company advanced with new data-modeling capabilities to accelerate (up to 10–25x) deployments of industrial digital solutions and reduce cost and complexity for users. In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25399">January 2024</a>, the company launched the beta version of a GenAI remote operations control room at the Celanese facility to deliver real-time operational transparency.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsThe company provides its solution mainly to the oil and gas, power and utilities, and manufacturing sectors. Its key customers include Siemens and Rockwell Automation.&nbsp;The company had partnered with Microsoft in January 2024 to integrate Cognite Data Fusion with Microsoft Fabric and deliver an AI-powered industrial data operations solution. In June 2022, Cognite formed a joint venture, CNTXT, with Saudi Aramco to provide its digitization services in the Middle East region for the private and public sectors. Also, in October 2022, the company partnered with industrial automation company Rockwell Automation to develop an industrial data hub for the manufacturing sector by combining Rockwell’s software, FactoryTalk, and the Cognite Data Fusion.Furthermore, in September 2022, the company partnered with Schlumberger to integrate the Cognite Data Fusion to Schlumberger’s Enterprise Data Solution to contextualize data in an interoperable platform.&nbsp;Funding and financialsThe company raised USD 150 million in May 2021 in an equity funding round from TCV, which brought the valuation of the company to USD 1.6 billion. The funds were allocated toward expanding its platform to global industries.&nbsp;Furthermore, in January 2022, petroleum and gas company Saudi Aramco purchased 100% of Aker BP's shares in Cognite to own a majority stake of 7.4% at a value of USD 183 million.

Cognite

Nexar is a developer of smart dash cams that gathers real-time street footage to create a digital twin of the physical world and provide data to users for decision-making. As of June 2024, the company had covered over 1.5 billion miles of imagery and holds 4T images in a neural library.&nbsp;Using AI and computer vision, captured images and videos from cars are localized on a map to detect any changes in roads to provide actionable changed data across the platform CityStream and Nexar network. The platform provides features such as detecting changes on the road (such as road blockages, potholes, and construction), driver behavioral maps, autonomous vehicles systems, and compute and connectivity optimization.&nbsp;In August 2022, the company acquired Portugal-based Veniam to combine its data with Veniam’s communications technology and provide real-time mapping for mobility applications.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsThe company operates a B2B business model providing its services to enterprises and institutions in the logistics, road construction, and insurance industries. Its key customers include the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, which partnered with Nexar in May 2021 to improve road management in Las Vegas. Also, in August 2021, the company partnered with Black Car Fund to provide cameras for Black car operators (rideshare drivers) in New York to protect Black Car Fund members in the case of accident or assault.&nbsp;It also partnered with AWS to deploy images, videos, and AI detections using AWS.&nbsp;Funding and financialsThe company raised USD 53 million in November 2021 in a Series D funding round led by Qumra Capital. The funds were used to scale its digital twin service using dash cam footage for automotive OEMs and cities.

Nexar

Seeq is a provider of data analytics enabling insights, predictions, and collaboration for better production and business outcomes.The company’s product portfolio includes softwares for data analytics including 1) Seeq Workbench for advanced analytics, 2) Seeq Organizer for publishing reports and dashboards, 3) Seeq Data Lab for accessing Python libraries, and 4) Seeq Cortex for IT governance, data connectivity, and calculation features. Furthermore, the company provides deployment via cloud, SaaS solutions, and on premise depending on the customer’s system.Key customers and partnershipsThe company provides its services in more than 40 countries focusing on process manufacturing industries, including oil and gas, pharmaceutical, chemical, energy, mining, and food and beverage. In June 2024, Seeq partnered with Equinor, an international energy company, to leverage Seeq's platform across Equinor's global assets.Seeq’s software is built on long-term vendor partnerships such as SIsoft, Honeywell (since 2017), and Siemens (since 2017). Seeq has also partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure to develop features specific to their offerings, recognizing Seeq's expertise in providing cloud solutions for the manufacturing and industrial sector. Other partners include Schneider Electric and Inductive Automation.

Seeq

Q Bio provides a predictive assessment platform to analyse existential risk in an individual’s health. The company claims its platform, Gemini Digital Twin, is the fastest and safest scanner, which takes 15 minutes for the whole body to be scanned.&nbsp;The company provides the Q Exam, which gathers millions of data points from the individual’s body, such as blood, saliva, and vitals, and sends results via a web-based Q Dashboard to the individual’s physicians. Data is facilitated via the Gemini platform that captures whole body patient vitals in a non-invasive manner.&nbsp;&nbsp;The company operates a B2B2C business model offering services via employers and to individuals. It charges membership plans for one year at USD 3,495 for one exam and USD 6,495 for two exams.&nbsp;Q Bio's is developing the Mark I scanner which uses proprietary tensor field mapping technology to offer full-body scans with 3,000 anatomical measurements in just 10 minutes, creating digital twins and large biological models for health insights. In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31878">July 2024</a>, Q Bio secured USD 27 million in strategic funding to propel the Mark I scanner toward market launch.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsIn May 2021, the company partnered with Amazon Web Services to provide Q Bio’s services on its cloud platform.

Q Bio

Israel-based Locusview has developed a digital construction management platform to allow companies to manage projects from start to end. The platform is supported by technological capabilities in physical assets, such as plastic and steel pipes, to enable a digital thread (information of an asset such as model or size) and for supply chain and asset traceability.&nbsp;The platform provides features to manage construction projects in and off the field including GPS and sensor-based data collection, fieldwork validations, cloud-based deployment and scaling, real-time progress tracking, online approvals, and built-in reports. Furthermore, companies can lease the complete solution or get a consultation for a customized solution.The company operates a B2B business model, providing its services mainly to the energy, utilities, and telecom industries.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsThe company’s customer base includes more than 30 leading energy utilities and telecom companies. The company has a market presence in India, the US, Australia, Mexico, the UK, and Israel.&nbsp;The company had partnered with Esri to offer a complete end-to-end solution for Esri-based utilities. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Funding and financialsThe company raised USD 64 million in April 2021 in a Series A funding round led by Israel Growth Partners. The funds were used to expand the platform capabilities and for market expansion.

Locusview

Companies that facilitate the creation of digital twins to monitor and maintain assets, including buildings and network infrastructure.

Platforms that facilitate digital twin modeling by either collectively or individually offering any combination of data capture and analytics solutions.

Companies offering digital twins to gain insights for use in commercial planning, logistics and distribution, and other supply chain processes.

Companies that offer digital twins to assess risks and recommend solutions in areas such as disaster management, DNA testing, clinical trials (to simulate effects of treatments), etc.

Used to design and build components contributing to smart cities, roads, airports, public transportation systems, etc.

Digital twins are the primary enabling technology for the digital twin industry

Startups can create digital twins of cities; enables modeling/simulation to improve efficiency/quality of life

Digital twins can be applied in the telecommunications industry for remote monitoring of communication towers

Startups can use digital twins to automate and proactively monitor industrial production lines and facilities

Uses edge computing for cost-effective and real-time data processing by reducing transmission costs

Uses AI/ML for the creation of digital twins and when running simulations

Digital twin startups use IoT for remote data collection from sensors to create digital twins

EyeVi Technologies

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