HI Capital is an investment fund which leverages the global platform of H.I. Executive Consulting It utilises the services, partners and networks of H.I. Executive Consulting to assist start-ups with their toughest challenges including recruiting exceptional talent, receiving world-class advice, and gaining high-level access to key relationships.

H.I. Capital

Planet A Ventures is a greentech venture fund looking to support European solutions for a sustainable future. Planet A Ventures has an in-house science team that calculates life cycle assessments to determine a startup's impact. Their scientists have the authority to veto investments if the impact is not significant and quantifiable. Planet A Ventures invests in European green tech start-ups that are making a significant positive impact on the environment while also building scalable businesses.

Planet A Ventures

Aerospace Xelerated is The Boeing Company's 3-month accelerator for exceptional autonomy and AI startups striving to advance the future of aerospace. The programme was formerly known as the ATI Boeing Accelerator and offers £100k equity investment (structured as an uncapped SAFE note), a structured curriculum and curated access to industry, experts and investors.

Aerospace Xelerated

For US-based startups, identifying and accessing strategic partners in Asia can sometimes seem like a daunting challenge. With TransLink Capital’s support, guidance, and relationships with the most significant companies in Asia, our portfolio companies can develop the necessary long-term partnerships to transform their businesses and expand in Asia and beyond.

Translink Capital

Hitachi Ventures invests in innovative companies that address society’s key technological challenges in areas like IT, industrial automation (robotics, sensor technology and IoT), cloud services (data management, cybersecurity), mobility (autonomous driving, mobility services, smart infrastructure and security services), energy, smart medicine (AI for digital imaging, smart diagnostics, remote care), smart city, smart infrastructure and more.  With our first fund of USD 150M, we invest in Series A/B/C rounds in globally leading startups. From our offices in Munich, Germany, and Boston, USA, we work tirelessly to develop close ties and effective collaboration with leading innovative technology hubs and like-minded co-investors. Hitachi intends to leverage its strong position in multiple global technology markets, its expertise and network to support and promote Hitachi Ventures portfolio companies.

Hitachi Ventures

KOMPAS is an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv. We fund breakthrough innovations that accelerate the digital transformation and decarbonisation of the building and manufacturing industries. KOMPAS invests €1.0 – 5.0 million in Seed and Series A rounds with continued support throughout the company’s entire lifecycle. We partner with exceptional founders who disrupt the way buildings are designed, built and managed. We strive to eliminate emissions from building and manufacturing activity, reduce energy consumption, promote sustainable building materials, eliminate waste and support a circular economy. We invest in digital technology and automation to make industrial processes from procurement to manufacturing more efficient. We operate with purpose whilst delivering strong financial returns to our investors.

KOMPAS VC

Makersite

Makersite is a cloud-based product data management tool that helps companies manage product sustainability, cost, and compliance. Product life cycle management involves making design decisions based on multiple criteria including cost, compliance, sustainability, and risk. Unfortunately, the data and expertise required to make these decisions are siloed. This protracts the process of innovation and increases its complexity.  Today, the market solves this problem with vertical applications like PDM, ERP, CAD, EHS, SCM, etc. These mostly remain siloed due to the enormous costs of integration and keeping data synchronized. Therefore, analyses typically require exporting data to aggregation tools e.g. BI or excel before being used for analyses in specialist decision support applications. Results are typically delayed, some taking as much as 9 months, and therefore provide little support during the design process. Makersite provides results instantly and simultaneously across key product criteria. Makersite combines external and internal data sources to create a digital twin of a product in design. Artificial intelligence and its graph-based data model allow for ingesting, representing, and connecting heterogeneous data easily. Its native applications use algorithms to support analysis and decision-making based on multiple criteria simultaneously including should-costs, regulatory compliance, life cycle impacts (LCA), supply chain risk, etc. The API-first architecture allows for easy integrations into existing IT infrastructures thereby supporting systems and processes with richer, fresher, and more timely product data. This allows engineers to understand and improve their designs from the perspective of their regulatory compliance, environmental impact, supply risk, and cost of production, simultaneously. Companies can get results up to 40x faster than traditional methods while making their products better.

Makersite is a developer of digital twin software for supply chain operations in manufacturing sectors. It uses AI and graph technology to map portfolio products, suppliers, and processes to construct digital twins for each product, thereby enabling users to gain control over its supply chain.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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

Digital Twin

To enable Autodesk Inventor users to access Makersite's sustainability and cost data during the product design phase, enhancing their ability to create more sustainable products.

Autodesk

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

Enablon

Wolters Kluwer Enablon and Makersite form a strategic collaboration to help enterprises reach ESG goals. The two companies will help organizations manage Net Zero ambitions through decarbonizing supply chains. This involves data collection, modelling, reporting, planning, forecasting, and operational execution across all three Scopes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

New technology allows individuals and organizations to become carbon intelligent

Carbon Management Software

Pure-play software solutions that measure, monitor, analyze, and report carbon footprints from supply chains and other Scope 3 emissions.

The new partnership between Makersite  and Autodesk combines Makersite’s environmental impact and cost data with Autodesk Fusion 360’s product design data.

Makersite is a developer of digital twin software for supply chain operations in manufacturing sectors. It uses AI and graph technology to map portfolio products, suppliers, and processes to construct digital twins for each product, thereby enabling users to gain control over its supply chain.&nbsp;&nbsp;The platform has over 50 analytical applications, including costing, compliance, and supply chain risk, and has access to over 140 external databases. The company operates a B2B2C business model, offering services to consultants, small businesses, and enterprises. The pricing for the platform starts from USD 13,000 (EUR 12,000) per year for small businesses and then increases in price for teams and enterprises.&nbsp;&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsThe company has several integration partners, including Trinity, Wolters Kluwer Enablon, Accenture, AECOM, and GreenDelta to assist customers with the implementation of Makersite solutions. In May 2022, the company partnered with Beroe Inc to integrate Makersite’s database to Beroe’s solution to offer a multi-tier supply chain risk assessment. Also, in September 2022, the company announced Autodesk as its sustainability analytics partner. Further, in January 2024, the company partnered with WSP to combine Makersite’s technology with WSP’s expertise in EHS &amp; ESG consulting. Furthermore, the company’s key customers include Microsoft, Vestas, Cummins, Hitachi Solutions, and Procter &amp; Gamble.Funding and financialsThe company raised USD 18 million in October 2022 in a Series A funding round led by Hitachi Ventures. The new funds were allocated toward expanding its customer base.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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 Cognite Data Fusion.Furthermore, in September 2022, the company partnered with Schlumberger to integrate 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 develops AI-powered connected dash cameras and software solutions for vehicles. The company's dash cameras record high-definition video footage of both the exterior and interior of vehicles, with models offering resolutions ranging from 1080p to 4K. Its products feature automatic incident detection, GPS tracking, parking mode surveillance, and cloud backup capabilities. The cameras connect to smartphones via WiFi and utilize an AI-powered mobile app that automatically saves important clips and allows users to access footage remotely. Nexar's product lineup includes several models like the Nexar One (featuring 4K resolution and LTE connectivity), Nexar Beam (a compact single-lens camera), and Nexar Pro (a dual-lens system for interior/exterior recording). The cameras use AI algorithms to detect collisions, hard braking events, and other incidents, automatically generating detailed reports with video evidence, location data, and speed information for insurance claims.
Key customers and partnerships
The company primarily serves individual drivers, ride-share operators, and commercial fleet operators. Nexar's technology particularly appealed to professional drivers, ride-share services like Uber and Lyft, and fleet management companies looking to monitor driver behavior and vehicle security remotely. The company also caters to parents monitoring teen drivers through its real-time alert and tracking capabilities.

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 software 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 analyze existential risk in an individual’s health. The company claims its platform, Gemini Digital Twin, is the fastest and safest scanner, and taking 15 minutes to scan the entire body.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 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.

Companies that offer digital twins to design and build components contributing to smart cities, roads, airports, public transportation systems, etc.

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

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

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

Makersite

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