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Alchera Technologies was established in order to provide real-time data and analytics for infrastructure operators, allowing data-driven decision-making to drive better transport networks. It delivers this by providing operators of road infrastructure with historical, real-time, and predicted information about roadways so they can make decisions based on evidence instead of gut instinct.
Along with enabling more effective traffic management and optimisation of road network capacity, Alchera helps decrease travel time, improve bus networks, and reduce environmental impacts. It differentiates itself from existing solutions by using AI to drive better insights into data at scale, operating with lower cost, higher reliability, and greater coverage. Combining existing sensor networks - such as mobile, internet of things, and CCTV - can construct powerful recommendations for operators.
So far Alchera has partnered with National Highways, Transport for London, and councils including York, Lancashire, Oxford, Cambridge and many more. In January 2024, Costain and Alcher delivered work for National Highways to use predictive analytics to optimise road maintenance, saving cost and reducing the impact on customer journeys.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Sep 2021
$0.2m
SEED
Feb 2018
$0.7m
ANGEL
This company has top investors
Emil Hewage
(Director)They studied Engineering at Cambridge, before undertaking a Doctorate in Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning. They founded Cambridge Applied Research, before founding Alchera Technologies in 2016.
Anna Jordan
(CEO)After a Masters at Imperial, they worked as a Ph.D. student at Institut Néel CNRS and in Research and Development at Cambridge Applied Research. They co-founded Alchera Technologies with Emil, serving as Operations Lead since 2017.
Joned Sarwar
(CTO)They studied at Cambridge before working at StarLeaf, and co-founding Alchera Technologies.
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Meaningful work (5)
Intelligent people (5)
Opportunities to learn (4)
Open and honest communication (2)
Great work is recognised (2)
Nice people (1)
Hard working team (1)
Team energy (1)
Innovative product (1)
Growing fast (1)
We're working on bringing AI into mobility infrastructure to enable better, data-driven decisions. A true game changer which will benefit us all when we travel. Bringing something new to the market is always exciting!
Sales & Account Management
Innovative product
Jul 2023
Great, flat structured company where everyone's voice is heard and suggestions acted on. We share the good and the bad as a team, and try to make things better each and every day for the benefit of all.
Sales & Account Management
Open and honest communication
Jul 2023
The culture's great and as such, everyone loves going to work. Every day has a different challenge and we all bring bags of enthusiasm to solving problems. We recognise our different strengths and work collaboratively to get stuff done!
Sales & Account Management
Team energy
Jul 2023
With every piece of work that one does, there is a tangible link to how it will be used in a real world sense that really motivates you. You start to think that "everything I'm doing at some point will be providing meaningful benefits".
Data
Meaningful work
Feb 2022
There are so many domain experts at Alchera. If there is any problem there is always someone you can lean on and get help from. By being surrounded by such a group of intelligent hard working people you really feel how fast you can develop.
Data
Intelligent people
Feb 2022
You never once feel like you are small cog in a wheel. The company culture has clear values and within that it can start to feel like an extended family.
Data
Clear values
Feb 2022
Everyone is intelligent, so everyone brings their ideas forward and can learn from others. I feel like the best ideas win when we have challenges to solve, which brings a good vibe to the team.
Product
Intelligent people
Jan 2022
I travel a lot around the country, so it's satisfying to be working on keeping buses on time and stopping traffic jams caused by roadworks. Our sales team are good at finding customers we can actually solve big transport problems with.
Product
Meaningful work
Jan 2022
We're a great company size where everyone knows each other, but great work is still called out at all-company meetings.
Product
Great work is recognised
Jan 2022
At Alchera I've had the opportunity to learn tons as we're a small team so you can be involved in a lot of different topics and specialities. This means you can make your own mistakes :D and importantly learn from them!
Software Engineering
Opportunities to learn
Jan 2022
Good (physical) infrastructure that works for everyone is naturally something valuable for everyone that uses roads, trains and footpaths (aka everyone!). To be able to help in this space is certainly rewarding.
Software Engineering
Meaningful work
Jan 2022
It's a small startup and you get to know everyone. Everyone is lovely and ready to help you if you need support in anyway. And they certainly won't shy away from a trip to the pub.
Software Engineering
Nice people
Jan 2022
There is not really any dogmatic thinking in terms of tech stack and technologies at Alchera. There are plenty of opportunities to explore interesting ways to solve a problem. There are dedicated days for R&D and learning.
Software Engineering
Opportunities to learn
Jan 2022
I think the problems that Alchera tries to address are extremely important and has ties to many of the most important modern generational challenges.
Software Engineering
Meaningful work
Jan 2022
Great friendly team and plenty of encouragement to learn from each other.
Software Engineering
Intelligent people
Jan 2022
I’m in my first month and am already writing code and creating features for our core product. Great place to come and ply your craft and learn new approaches.
Software Engineering
Opportunities to learn
Jan 2022
We’re using data and ML and applying these to really significant customer problems that deliver them real value.
Software Engineering
Meaningful work
Jan 2022
We’re onboarding customers at a good rate and building momentum in 2022 towards ambitious targets!
Software Engineering
Growing fast
Jan 2022
Being a small team, there are many times when I get pulled into other projects where help is needed. It's not always in my area of expertise, but it's a fantastic opportunity to get involved with other people and learn something new. This happens quite frequently at the moment and (hope) it will continue well into the future.
Marketing
Opportunities to learn
Jan 2022
Many of the employees at Alchera have advanced degrees and are experts in their academic fields. This makes for hugely interesting pub conversations on a wide range of topics. There's never a dull moment, that's for sure!
Marketing
Intelligent people
Jan 2022
I find the overall company environment unique in that it is very supportive of failure and quick to recognise success. Many companies I've experienced are exactly the opposite. If you're looking for a great place to push yourself and be rewarded for your successes, Alchera is the place.
Marketing
Great work is recognised
Jan 2022
The team at Alchera are razor sharp - from creative and insightful ideas to build new commercial partnerships, to algorithm design for our next set of models. The team collectively takes a pragmatic approach to solving the highest priority problems in the most direct ways. I feel constantly inspired to take new perspectives to try to draw incisive conclusions by my teammates.
Operations & Strategy
Intelligent people
Jan 2022
We take "gold standard delivery" seriously at Alchera - it is how we win and retain business - and so the work ethic for delivering internally and for our customers always drives us to produce pragmatic solutions to a high standard. The team at Alchera really care about the products we are building and the impact they can have on the future of the transport industry, and so put in the time and care that reflects that.
Operations & Strategy
Hard working team
Jan 2022
Keeping lines of communication open is how we build excellent products and an excellent place to work - whether it be for psychological safety in the company all the way to sharing new learnings from a customer to inform product development. We have a feedback culture of "assuming positive intent" and regular all hands and townhall meetings to share progress and post updates on our collective wins and constructive ways we think we can improve.
Operations & Strategy
Open and honest communication
Jan 2022