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Guidewheel

Plug-and-play platform for factories

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21-100 employees
  • B2B
  • Manufacturing
  • SaaS
SoMa, San Francisco, CA

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Company mission

Guidewheel's mission is to empower all the world’s factories to reach sustainable peak performance.

Our take

In recent years, factories around the world have implemented AI to increase efficiency. However, high costs have made AI an unviable option for small and mid-sized factories. Guidewheel was founded with the intention of making FactoryOps more accessible.

Guidewheel offers factories a cloud-powered plug-in-and-play solution, meaning that any factory machine can utilise its software as long as it has a power cord. The software turns the machine's "heartbeat" into real-time information, reducing lost production time and increasing throughput.

In the last year, Guidewheel has seen a dramatic uplift in demand for low lift, high return solutions such as theirs. Having already established a strong customer base in North America and East Africa, Guidewheel's leadership plans to expand into international markets in the coming years.

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Benefits

  • Remote-first

Company values

  • Integrity matters - We are honest, straightforward and sincere. With each other. With our investors. With our customers.
  • We (actually) care - About each other. About fighting climate change. About making a real impact.
  • We use data to make decisions - We possess the courage to accept “hard truths” and confront challenges head-on.
  • The power of growth mindset is real - We strive to be the best we can be; to achieve this we are committed to embracing change and expanding our capabilities.

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Aug 2024

$31m

SERIES B

Dec 2022

$9m

SERIES A

Total funding: $61.2m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Lauren Dunford

(CEO)

Received an MBA from Stanford and were a Truman Scholar at the World Bank. Worked as Chief of Staff at Revolution Foods.

Weston McBride

(CTO)

Studied Mechanical Engineering at Stanford and also co-founded LEAP Commerce. Was Head of Product at WaterSmart Software.