sewts has successfully completed a Series A for EUR 7 million

Robotics startup sewts closes Series A financing round of EUR 7 million, supported by investors such as Bayern Kapital. AI and robotics are set to revolutionize the textile industry.

Munich / Landshut - Artificial intelligence and robotics are increasingly finding their way into the textile industry. The Bavarian start-up sewts has successfully completed a Series A financing round totaling 7 million euros. The round was supported by investors such as Bayern Kapital, APEX Ventures and HTGF, who have been involved since the 2021 seed round. In addition, new international investors such as Emerald Technology Ventures, CNB Capital, EquityPitcher Ventures and Nabtesco Technology Ventures were acquired.

The use of AI and robotics in various industries is steadily increasing. While solutions already exist for processing solid materials, the automation of malleable materials such as textiles remains a challenge. The need for manpower is particularly noticeable in the clothing and textile industry as well as in industrial laundries.

We will use the fresh capital to drive forward our growth ambitions internationally. This includes the introduction of further VELUM systems in international industrial laundries and, as a next step, the improvement of our prototype for the automatic processing of returns in e-commerce.

Alexander Bley, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Director of sewts

This is where sewts comes in: Founded in 2019 by former mechanical engineering students Alexander Bley, Tim Doerks and Till Rickert, the Munich-based start-up aims to become a leader in the automation of processes involving easily malleable materials. With the help of specially developed control and image processing software, robots can predict the behavior of these materials in real time and react accordingly.

One example of sewts' success is the VELUM product, which was launched on the market in 2022. This robotic unit supports industrial laundries by transporting crumpled towels and other textiles to folding machines. Up to 700 textiles per hour can be processed at human-like speeds. VELUM thus contributes to automation and helps to overcome labor shortages and increase efficiency.

This brings the production and recycling of textiles closer to the consumer market. In this way, sewts is making an important contribution to overcoming the labor shortage in textile companies and to achieving global climate targets

Monika Steger, Managing Director of Bayern Kapital

Parallel to the market launch of VELUM, sewts is already working on further automation solutions along the textile production cycle. With the support of the Otto Group, a prototype for the automatic processing of returns in e-commerce has been developed. In the long term, the company aims to enable the automated production of clothing with the help of robotics.