Munich \u2014 oculai raises equity capi\u00adtal of 2.5 million euros in a seed finan\u00adcing round. With the fresh capi\u00adtal, the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion-tech startup wants to invest in the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and push its disse\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion on cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion sites.<\/p>\n
The finan\u00adcing round is led by High-Tech Gr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds<\/strong>, which has with oculai its 700. Invest\u00adment in the history of the seed inves\u00adtor successfully comple\u00adted<\/strong>. In addi\u00adtion, Bayern-Kapi\u00adtal, one of the most expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced high-tech inves\u00adtors in the coun\u00adtry, is parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting with funds from the REACT part of the Bayern Kapi\u00adtal EFRE inno\u00adva\u00adtion fund, and the French-based VC fund Axeleo Capi\u00adtal via its Contech-Proptech fund, which focu\u00adses on start\u00adups in Europe. The round is supple\u00admen\u00adted by the Leonard acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor program and other well-known private inves\u00adtors. These inves\u00adtors include Arno Zinke, ex-foun\u00adder and mana\u00adger of Auto\u00addesk and Hexa\u00adgon, Chris\u00adtoph Jentzsch, ex-foun\u00adder and CEO of Slock.it and corpus.ventures, and Tobias Ortmaier, ex-foun\u00adder and mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor of Yuanda Robo\u00adtics, voraus robo\u00adtik and avatera.<\/p>\n oculai is an emer\u00adging digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion and AI solu\u00adtion for cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion compa\u00adnies. For exam\u00adple, came\u00adras at high posi\u00adti\u00adons and previously unique deep-lear\u00adning models are used to auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcally record cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion proces\u00adses. This gives users access to func\u00adtions such as an auto\u00adma\u00adted target\/actual sche\u00addule, self-writing daily cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion reports or process key figu\u00adres. With oculai, cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion projects become more trans\u00adpa\u00adrent, produc\u00adtive and plan\u00adnable, while cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion manage\u00adment work proces\u00adses are auto\u00adma\u00adted. Curr\u00adently, the solu\u00adtion is mainly used in shell cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion and on initial infra\u00adstruc\u00adture projects.<\/p>\n oculai camera \u201coculai\u2019s AI has the poten\u00adtial to be a game-chan\u00adger for process plan\u00adning in the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry. At HTGF, we are proud that oculai is our 700th company. Seed invest\u00adment is. An anni\u00adver\u00adsary that shows how active and diverse the start-up and inno\u00adva\u00adtion land\u00adscape in Germany is. With our new fund gene\u00adra\u00adtion HTGF IV, around 500 million euros are available for invest\u00adments in promi\u00adsing start-ups and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. The larger group of fund inves\u00adtors enables us to offer more added value for the port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies and invest signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly more per company. We are plea\u00adsed to be able to make a rele\u00advant contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to solving many chal\u00adlenges by funding highly inno\u00adva\u00adtive start\u00adups,\u201d Dr. Alex von Fran\u00adken\u00adberg, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of HTGF<\/p>\n \u201cNo matter how large or complex a cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion project may be \u2014 oculai offers the perfect over\u00adview. The foun\u00adding team has deve\u00adlo\u00adped a unique AI for shell cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion that can enorm\u00adously increase the higher level of auto\u00adma\u00adtion and digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion urgen\u00adtly needed in the indus\u00adtry,\u201d explains Monika Steger, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of Bayern Kapital<\/p>\n \u201cThe cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry is one of the least digi\u00adti\u00adzed indus\u00adtries due to a harsh work envi\u00adron\u00adment and compli\u00adca\u00adted work\u00adflows, which makes change manage\u00adment parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly diffi\u00adcult. Oculai achie\u00adves a return on invest\u00adment from day one with a holi\u00adstic, turn\u00adkey solu\u00adtion that enables cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion mana\u00adgers to stream\u00adline their work\u00adflow and produce useful data. This impro\u00adves the lear\u00adning curve from one project to the next,\u201d explains Mathias Flattin, Part\u00adner & Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor Axeleo Capital.<\/p>\n About oculai<\/strong> About Bayern Kapital<\/strong> About Axeleo Capital<\/strong> About Leonard<\/strong> Munich \u2014 oculai raises equity capi\u00adtal of 2.5 million euros in a seed finan\u00adcing round. With the fresh capi\u00adtal, the cons\u00ad\u00adtruc\u00ad\u00adtion-tech startup wants to invest in the further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and push its disse\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion on cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion sites. The finan\u00adcing round is led by High-Tech Gr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds, which has with oculai its 700. 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\n\u201cEspe\u00adci\u00adally in the current times, the trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion indus\u00adtry towards intel\u00adli\u00adgent produc\u00adtion systems is beco\u00adming more and more important. We also notice this in the response to our product. With the fresh tail\u00adwind, we can leverage this momen\u00adtum and take big steps now,\u201d said Constan\u00adtin Kauff\u00admann, co-foun\u00adder and CEO of oculai<\/p>\n
\noculai is a ConTech startup that uses came\u00adras and arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence to auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcally record cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion proces\u00adses and progress. The foun\u00adders Constan\u00adtin Kauff\u00admann (CEO), Tim Sippl (CTO) and Yannik Mack (CFO\/ COO) know each other from their studies at the Fried\u00adrich Alex\u00adan\u00adder Univer\u00adsity Erlan\u00adgen-Nurem\u00adberg. The idea for the startup sprang from rese\u00adarch into camera-based recor\u00adding of manual indus\u00adtrial proces\u00adses. The startup formed in seve\u00adral foun\u00adder programs, such as the Digi\u00adtal Tech Academy, Unter\u00adneh\u00admer\u00adTUM, and Zoll\u00adhof Incu\u00adba\u00adtor, and was subse\u00adquently supported by the EXIST-Gr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adsti\u00adpen\u00addium until oculai was offi\u00adci\u00adally foun\u00added in July 2021. The company is now based in Munich and employs around 20 people. oculai\u2019s product is an AI-powered soft\u00adware that reco\u00adgni\u00adzes and auto\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcally docu\u00adments outdoor cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion proces\u00adses from camera data. Users have access to an auto\u00adma\u00adted target\/actual sche\u00addule, self-writing daily cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion reports, produc\u00adti\u00advity metrics or walking routes, among other things, via a WebApp. Based on the auto\u00adma\u00adted docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion and the coll\u00adec\u00adted data, there is a savings poten\u00adtial of 7% of the shell cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion costs and a time saving of 15% for site teams. https:\/\/www.oculai.de\/<\/p>\n
\nBayern Kapi\u00adtal GmbH, based in Lands\u00adhut, is the venture\/growth capi\u00adtal company of the Free State of Bava\u00adria. It accom\u00adpa\u00adnies inno\u00adva\u00adtive high-tech compa\u00adnies in the Free State through various growth phases, from seed to later stage, with equity capi\u00adtal in the amount of 0.25 to 25 million euros. Bayern Kapi\u00adtal often fills gaps in the VC sector in proven consor\u00adtium constel\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons with private inves\u00adtors (busi\u00adness angels, family offices and corpo\u00adrate ventures). Bayern Kapi\u00adtal mana\u00adges specia\u00adli\u00adzed invest\u00adment funds with a volume of around 700 million euros. Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 1995 on the initia\u00adtive of the state govern\u00adment, the wholly owned subsi\u00addiary of LfA F\u00f6rder\u00adbank Bayern has so far inves\u00adted around 400 million euros of its own equity capi\u00adtal in around 300 start-ups and scale-ups in sectors such as life scien\u00adces, soft\u00adware & IT, mate\u00adri\u00adals & new mate\u00adri\u00adals, nano\u00adtech\u00adno\u00adlogy and envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal tech\u00adno\u00adlogy. As a result, more than 8,000 jobs have been perma\u00adnently crea\u00adted in Bava\u00adria in sustainable compa\u00adnies. The active port\u00adfo\u00adlio curr\u00adently compri\u00adses over 80 compa\u00adnies. Examp\u00adles of nume\u00adrous ground\u00adbrea\u00adking success stories that Bayern Kapi\u00adtal has been invol\u00adved in at an early stage include EOS (today the worl\u00add\u2019s leading tech\u00adno\u00adlogy provi\u00adder in indus\u00adtrial 3D prin\u00adting of metals and plas\u00adtics), Proglove, Fazua, SimS\u00adcale, Scom\u00adpler, egym, Parcel\u00adlab, Cobrai\u00adner, Quan\u00adtum Systems, Casavi, Riskme\u00adthods, Tubu\u00adlis, Cata\u00adlym, Immu\u00adnic, Sirion and many more. www.bayernkapital.de<\/p>\n
\nAxeleo Capi\u00adtal (AXC) is a venture capi\u00adtal firm that supports EU start\u00adups from the (pre-)seed stage through specia\u00adli\u00adzed funds in proptech and B2Btech.
\nAxeleo Proptech I (AXP1) is a \u20ac40 million fund focu\u00adsed on proptech and contech start\u00adups across Europe. Our proptech invest\u00adments include Bean\u00adstock, BRXS, Bright Spaces, Check&Visit, Garantme, Myr.ai, Prello. Our B2BTech invest\u00adments include cyber secu\u00adrity, fintech and enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies such as Alsid, Aplo, Cumul.io, Jenji, Joko, Trust\u00adpair. https:\/\/www.axc.vc\/<\/p>\n
\nLeonard is the VINCI Group\u2019s inno\u00adva\u00adtion and fore\u00adsight plat\u00adform. Leonard was crea\u00adted to envi\u00adsion the future of the Group\u2019s busi\u00adnesses and is tasked with moni\u00adto\u00adring emer\u00adging trends in VINCI\u2019s areas of exper\u00adtise and markets, iden\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading new growth oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties and setting up incu\u00adba\u00adtion and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor programs for employees as well as start-ups. To host these programs and foster exch\u00adan\u00adges with all the people brea\u00adking new ground in VINCI\u2019s busi\u00adness lines, Leonard opened Leonard:Paris, a 4,500-square-meter labo\u00adra\u00adtory in Paris. In 2020, Leonard formed a team to expand opera\u00adti\u00adons in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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