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Sewts
Robotics for the clothing industry
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Manufacturing
- Deep Tech
- Robotics
- Computer Vision
- Munich, Garching, Germany
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Company mission
To simplify complex manual labor into streamlined automation.
Our take
Despite huge advancements in robotics, it is still difficult to design machinery that can work with deformable materials such as fabric. This is where Sewts steps in, creating smart robots that are able to handle clothing, to be deployed in industrial laundry and apparel production lines.
The company's approach is to take industrial robots from different brands and enhance them with its own software. It delivers what it calls a "brain-in-a-box" that hugely improves the cognition intelligence of the machines, enabling them to cope with deformable materials.
With grand ambitions to ultimately automate the entire clothing production process, Sewts is a business to keep an eye on. It has already created "VELUM", a system which is able to feed towels into folding machines - a part of the industrial laundry process than previously required humans.
The roll-out of VELUM will be assisted by a recent injection of funding. Meanwhile, Sewts will continue to develop other products, and has plans to enter new markets such as the processing of clothing returns in eCommerce.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Be part of an emerging robotics startup
- Yearly learning & development budget
- Create your own benefits package at Benefitsy that suits your needs
- Regular team events (e.g. barbecues, laser tag or brewery tours)
- Arrange your working hours flexibly and plan your mobile working days yourself
- VSOP program - why only work for others when you can work for yourself?
- Numerous opportunities for personal and professional development
Company values
- Freedom - Seeing your decisions evolve into accomplishments is truly inspiring. That’s why, we encourage the freedom to speak your mind, to be self-determined in the way you work and to develop the skill set you desire
- Team Spirit - To us team spirit means having confidence in the work we do as well as in the future of our projects. It means sharing a sense of belonging as well as spending time together
- Humor - Truly being yourself and leaving pretentiousness behind is driving our motivation to overcome every day challenges. We know that sharing a genuine laugh with the team helps us tackle every challenge. That is why humor is so important to us
- Openness - We know that working in a culture of openness multiplies your options for the future. We value openness towards new ideas and opinions as well as criticism and self-reflection. Every challenge you face today helps you become a better version of yourself tomorrow. Stay curious!
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2023
$7.4m
SERIES A
Apr 2021
$1.1m
SEED
Total funding: $8.5m
Leadership
Alexander Bley
(CEO)Former Research Assistant at the Technical University of Munich, where they investigated bypass flow in the filling process of textile structures.
Tim Doerks
(CTO)Former Research Assistant at the Technical University of Munich. Completed their Thesis Work at Forward Engineering, optimizing the production process of a CF-SMC rim.
Till Rickert
(CPO)Former Research Assistant at the Technical University of Munich, where they evaluated the opportunities of autonomous shuttle buses with dynamic routing capabilities.