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Ai-Based Vision Inspection Startup Switchon Raises $4.2 Million

PRIVATEApr 18, 2023

Amount Raised

$4.2 Million

Round Type

Seed

SoftwareArtificial IntelligenceSaaS

Description

SwitchOn, an artificial intelligence-enabled vision inspection system for manufacturing companies, on Monday said it has raised $4.2 million in a funding round, led by a Singapore-based fund.The Bengaluru-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) company declined to share the name of the fund. Other funds—Axilor Ventures and Pi Ventures—and angel investors—Alstrut India managing director Anuj Bihani and former chief executive of Cognizant Laxmi Narayan—among other returning investors also participated in the funding round, dubbed Series A.The company, with 80% of revenues generated from India and 20% from the United States, has raised $5.2 million in total so far. It works across 50 plants of its 20 clients across the two regions with $1.5 million in annual recurring revenue, co-founder Aniruddha Banerjee told ET.The company entered the US seven months ago. The fresh investment will help the startup continue rapid growth in India, scale internationally with large enterprises, make key hires in sales and technology and also invest in research and development, it said in the statement.The 35-member team is expected to expand to 60 by July, Banerjee added

Who else raised in SaaS and Software around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as SwitchOn that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Catalyst raised an undisclosed amount (Funding Round) on May 25, 2023.
  • Kustomer raised $60M (Funding Round) on May 23, 2023.
  • Seek AI raised $3M (Seed) on May 19, 2023.
  • Incentivio raised $10M (Funding Round) on May 17, 2023.
  • Incentivio raised $15M on May 12, 2023.
  • Cranium Al raised $4.7M (Seed) on May 10, 2023.

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SwitchOn

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SwitchOn helps precision manufacturing Industries drastically reduce their manufacturing defects through the use of a one-of-a-kind field-trainable AI system. Automotive and CPG companies globally employ 25%+ of their workforce on inspecting product quality and yet face 500+ customer complaints per year per site leading to $12M+ in losses. The SwitchOn DeepInspect system can be trained by the Quality Inspectors on the field to inspect complex surface defects and eliminate customer complaints through AI-on-the-Edge. Leading global manufacturers such as SKF, Tata Motors, ITC, Unilever are using the SwitchOn platform to give quality superpowers to their Inspectors and ensure zero defects in their plants.

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