FLEXOO, a Heidelberg-based DeepTech startup targeted on bodily AI sensor know-how, as we speak introduced the closing of its €11 million Sequence A funding spherical. The spherical was led by eCAPITAL and AUMOVIO.
The corporate plans to make use of this capital to drive its world enterprise and scale its bodily AI sensor platform for battery storage and the automotive industries.
“FLEXOO sensors make Bodily AI potential: Solely ultra-thin, free-form sensor know-how bridges the hole between bodily {hardware} and studying algorithms. With eCAPITAL and AUMOVIO, as traders, we’re scaling a patented know-how for a multi-billion-dollar market,” mentioned Dr Michael Kröger, founding CEO of FLEXOO.
FLEXOO was based in 2023 and is a dynamic spin-off of InnovationLab GmbH. It claims to supply the {hardware} information layer that fashionable industries want. Its scalable platform know-how combines ultra-thin, free-form sensors with real-time AI on the edge.
In line with the corporate, it addresses the core problem of bodily AI: AI algorithms require exact, real-time bodily information from technical techniques. FLEXOO states that its ultra-thin, versatile, and modular sensor platform integrates into any floor or house, and it’s economically viable and patent-protected.
“The world is pouring billions into AI fashions, but ravenous them of the bodily information they want. FLEXOO closes that hole. What underpins our conviction is a scalable platform know-how – a validated stack from R&D to deployment – and a focused go‐to‐market with a tangible buyer pipeline in massive industries which have a transparent want for dependable, actual‐time sensor intelligence. The interaction of probably the most exact tactile sensor available in the market and the Bodily AI platform is exclusive and can’t simply be replicated. It strongly aligns with our ambition to again visionary deep‐tech firms that ship lasting influence, significantly throughout sustainability and IoT,” mentioned Hannes Schill, Managing Accomplice, eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS.
It supplies providers akin to contract engineering and contract manufacturing, and likewise gives a spread of options within the printed electronics spectrum, together with printed sensors, battery monitoring techniques, foil heaters, printed antennas, and Flex PCBs.
The corporate claims that its printed heaters and battery monitoring options energy NASA’s lunar rover. “AI algorithms obtain probably the most exact real-time operational information from any system or system. Validation with main battery producers showcases capability enhancements of as much as 5% with out battery redesign or new chemistry. FLEXOO’s skill to seize real-time information instantly on the cell degree is a breakthrough which typical techniques can not obtain, offering higher-level AI management techniques with distinctive insights. Moreover, early warning techniques can now be applied to keep away from battery failures,” the corporate talked about whereas highlighting a few of its use instances prospects are evaluating.
Addressing the way it protects mental property throughout service engagements, FLEXOO states that it maintains strict confidentiality agreements {and professional} requirements to guard shopper mental property. The corporate provides that its engineering and manufacturing collaborations are ruled by agreements that outline mental property possession and utilization rights.
FLEXOO states that in 2026, it plans to concentrate on worldwide gross sales and buyer help growth, securing higher-value provide contracts, delivering prototypes of the superior bodily AI platform to shut companions, and securing foundational IP for its bodily AI platform and dexterous sensing.
