ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies, providing a comprehensive range of products, systems, solutions, and services aimed at enhancing industrial efficiency and reliability. The company's power division focuses on power transmission, distribution, and automation for various utilities and industries, while its automation segment caters to diverse sectors through measurement, control, protection, and process optimization solutions. ABB operates in approximately 100 countries and offers innovations in areas such as smart grids, robotics, renewable energy, and electric mobility. Additionally, ABB Ventures, the company's corporate venture capital arm, invests in breakthrough technology companies that align with ABB's focus on industrial electrification and automation. This strategic approach supports ABB's commitment to advancing technologies like industrial IoT, AI, and energy transition.
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Past deals in Industrial Automation
SensorFact
Acquisition in 2025
Sensorfact offers smart energy savings in the manufacturing industry. The company is a smart advisor for the industry who translates sustainability to day-to-day language and specific actions. No complex sensor technology, no complex software and no complex business models. We make sustainability understandable and transparant.
Eneryield
Seed Round in 2024
Eneryield specializes in developing a machine learning tool aimed at addressing power quality disruptions in electric power systems. This innovative tool offers intelligent energy analytics and control over electricity flow, effectively compressing large datasets into actionable insights. By classifying and pinpointing the root causes of power quality events, Eneryield equips clients with the information necessary to take corrective actions, thereby mitigating disturbances. The company's solutions help reduce energy losses, minimize wear and tear on components, and decrease production downtimes, ultimately enhancing operational efficiency for its users.
Ndustrial
Series B in 2024
Ndustrial specializes in providing analytical engines and an industrial optimization platform tailored for mid-tier manufacturers and energy companies. Their solutions focus on enhancing production control, improving energy efficiency, and minimizing waste, which enables organizations to optimize operations and reduce costs. The company employs a proprietary industrial operating system that integrates legacy data and facilitates the deployment of new Industrial IoT assets. Additionally, Ndustrial offers real-time cloud-based applications designed for factories and industrial facilities, utilizing predictive control algorithms to support efficient resource management across various sectors.
Automated Architecture
Seed Round in 2024
Automated Architecture provides the technological infrastructure for a distributed robotic micro-factory network producing sustainable timber housing.
Meshmind
Acquisition in 2024
Meshmind is a company that offers software development and engineering services, focusing on diverse projects in machine learning, computer vision, and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. The firm specializes in safe robot control and machine learning applications for robotic tasks, as well as advanced object manipulation techniques. By providing these services, Meshmind enables businesses to effectively integrate robots into their work environments, facilitating collaboration between robotic systems and human employees.
BrainBox AI
Venture Round in 2023
BrainBox AI Inc. is a Montreal-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing artificial intelligence solutions for building energy management. The company focuses on optimizing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems through its autonomous technology, which employs cloud-based computing and deep learning algorithms. By analyzing data generated from building operations, BrainBox AI provides predictive maintenance modules and fault detection diagnostics, helping building operators enhance energy efficiency and reduce operational costs. The technology allows buildings to operate autonomously, contributing to significant energy savings and lower carbon emissions.
Zaphiro
Series A in 2022
Zaphiro is a company that specializes in developing real-time monitoring and automation systems aimed at improving the efficiency and profitability of electrical grid operations. Founded in April 2017 as a spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, it was established by researchers Paolo Romano, Marco Pignati, and Lorenzo Zanni. The company’s technology provides a comprehensive view of energy flows within the grid and enhances fault detection capabilities. By utilizing distributed sensing and a central grid controller, Zaphiro enables clients to safely incorporate renewable energy sources and electric vehicles into their systems. Its solutions facilitate quick responses to electrical faults, thereby reducing the impact of power outages.
Samotics
Corporate Round in 2022
Samotics is a Dutch technology company that specializes in an AI-powered condition monitoring platform aimed at enhancing the availability of industrial electric motors and rotating equipment. By utilizing data from sensors and operational systems, Samotics' solution offers predictive insights that help companies identify and address potential equipment failures before they occur. This proactive approach enables organizations to reduce unplanned downtime, lower operational costs, and minimize energy waste. The company serves a diverse range of global industrial clients, including notable names such as Anglian Water, ArcelorMittal, and Nobian, helping them optimize their operations and improve the efficiency of their critical equipment.
Automata
Series B in 2022
Automata is an automation company focused on transforming the life sciences sector through the use of robotic technology. By providing simple and affordable robotic devices, Automata enables laboratories and other organizations to enhance their capabilities in innovation, diagnosis, and discovery. The company’s robots are designed to be easily reconfigurable, allowing users to adapt them for various tasks. This accessibility empowers professionals in laboratories, classrooms, and production environments to integrate robotic automation seamlessly into their processes, facilitating quicker results and improved efficiency.
BrainBox AI
Series A in 2021
BrainBox AI Inc. is a Montreal-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing artificial intelligence solutions for building energy management. The company focuses on optimizing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems through its autonomous technology, which employs cloud-based computing and deep learning algorithms. By analyzing data generated from building operations, BrainBox AI provides predictive maintenance modules and fault detection diagnostics, helping building operators enhance energy efficiency and reduce operational costs. The technology allows buildings to operate autonomously, contributing to significant energy savings and lower carbon emissions.
ASTI Mobile Robotics
Acquisition in 2021
ASTI Mobile Robotics, transforming the future together, designs, engineers, manufactures, implements and maintains automated intralogistics solutions. ASTI Mobile Robotics specialises in automated guided vehicles (AGVs) used to move materials and products from place to place in factories and warehouses. It offers the widest range of AGVs on the market and is an expert in industrial connectivity and processes. ASTI Mobile Robotics forms part of ASTI Technologies Group, leading forward, a holding comprising the mobile robotics firm, ASTI Technologies Distribution, ASTI Consulting Services and Fundación ASTI. ASTI Technologies Group also holds stakes in other technology firms.
Oxipital AI
Series B in 2021
Oxipital AI specializes in visual AI solutions that enhance efficiency and sustainability in manufacturing. The platform addresses operational challenges by enabling real-time insights, improving product quality, and increasing throughput. By simplifying implementation, Oxipital AI empowers manufacturers to leverage their data effectively and optimize production workflows. Oxpital AI was previously known as Soft Robotics.
Codian Robotics
Acquisition in 2020
Codian Robotics develops Pick & Place robots for industrial applications. They are a flexible and customer-oriented partner for machine builders and robot integrators. By using their expertise, their customers can fully focus on building and selling their applications. The Codian Robotics robots are ideal to deploy at rapid toploading processes. Their robots are built without any operating system and work on all common machine control systems. This makes real-time information available and saves a lot of time and money.
Hailo
Series B in 2020
Hailo Technologies Ltd. specializes in developing advanced AI processors that facilitate deep learning applications on edge devices. Founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, the company has created products such as the Hailo-8 and Hail SDK, which allow devices to perform complex tasks like object detection, image enhancement, and real-time content creation while minimizing power consumption and cost. Hailo's processors are designed to integrate seamlessly into a wide range of smart devices, including those used in automotive, security, personal computing, and industrial automation sectors. By rethinking traditional computer architecture, Hailo enables edge devices to process data locally, enhancing their capabilities and operational efficiency.
MTEK
Venture Round in 2020
MTEK Industry AB, founded in 2002 and based in Alfta, Sweden, specializes in developing and deploying software and solutions for real-time intelligent and collaborative production within the small parts assembly sector. The company offers the MTEK MBrain Software Suite, which digitizes and virtualizes production flows across factory lines by correlating production and machine data. MTEK's no-code digital production systems are designed for discrete manufacturers worldwide, providing modular, scalable, and rapidly deployable solutions. These systems enhance operational flexibility and control while delivering superior time to value and total cost of ownership for clients.
IMSystems
Convertible Note in 2019
IMSystems focuses on advancing gearbox technology with its innovative Archimedes Drive, which eliminates traditional gear teeth to overcome the traction drive paradox. This patented technology utilizes Flexroller mechanics, allowing for high torque delivery in a compact design, achieving ratios up to 10,000:1. The Archimedes Drive combines the reliability of planetary drives with the precision of friction transmission, enabling industrial robots to achieve consistent and reliable torque transfer without compromising asset durability. By offering a lighter, stronger, and more efficient alternative to conventional speed reducer technologies, IMSystems aims to revolutionize the robotics industry, enhancing production speeds and operational precision.
Automata
Series A in 2019
Automata is an automation company focused on transforming the life sciences sector through the use of robotic technology. By providing simple and affordable robotic devices, Automata enables laboratories and other organizations to enhance their capabilities in innovation, diagnosis, and discovery. The company’s robots are designed to be easily reconfigurable, allowing users to adapt them for various tasks. This accessibility empowers professionals in laboratories, classrooms, and production environments to integrate robotic automation seamlessly into their processes, facilitating quicker results and improved efficiency.
Element
Series A in 2018
Element, a leading software provider in IT/OT data management, enables industrial organizations to unite their IT and operations data to produce analytical insights that drive cleaner, safer, healthier, and more profitable operations. Element Unify transforms siloed IT/OT data into contextualized, graph-based models to support diverse analytical workloads and data governance. Element’s customers represent over $250 billion in revenue, $230 billion in fixed assets and 450,000 employees. To learn more about Element, please visit elementanalytics.com and follow the company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Everactive
Venture Round in 2017
Everactive, Inc., also known as Everactive Insights, Inc., specializes in the development of wireless sensing devices and technologies tailored for Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The company produces ultra-low-power chips that enable battery-less wireless sensors, facilitating data generation and analytics for various industrial operations. Its innovations include PsiKick integrated circuits, which support programmable processing, power management, and RF communication. Everactive's solutions encompass steam trap monitoring, flare system monitoring, and machine health monitoring, allowing for continuous analysis of industrial assets. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Everactive also has locations in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. The company’s technology is based on energy harvesting, enabling low-cost and long-lived instrumentation that supports sustainable and scalable IoT applications.
Bonsai
Series A in 2017
Bonsai offers an AI platform that empowers enterprises to build and deploy intelligent systems. By completely automating the management of complex machine learning libraries and algorithms, Bonsai enables enterprises to program AI models that improve system control and enhance real-time decision support. Businesses use these models today to increase automation and improve operational efficiency of industrial systems including robotics, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, energy and utilities. Based in Berkeley, CA, Bonsai is backed by leading investors including NEA, Microsoft Ventures, ABB, Samsung NEXT and Siemens.
B&R Industrial Automation
Acquisition in 2017
The pioneering spirit of company founders Erwin Bernecker and Josef Rainer – and their vision of contributing something exceptional to the automation industry – sparked a fire that continues to shape their company to this day. Keen foresight and entrepreneurial courage helped B&R rise quickly into the ranks of top global players in industrial automation. An intuitive sense of market dynamics and emerging trends has established us as a pioneer, leading the way with the most innovative technology on the market. Looking forward, they aim to further strengthen their position globally and continue their impressive record of sustained growth.
SVIA
Acquisition in 2016
SVIA’s mission is to help manufacturing industries to produce more efficient by deliver superior standardized automation solutions.
Automata
Seed Round in 2016
Automata is an automation company focused on transforming the life sciences sector through the use of robotic technology. By providing simple and affordable robotic devices, Automata enables laboratories and other organizations to enhance their capabilities in innovation, diagnosis, and discovery. The company’s robots are designed to be easily reconfigurable, allowing users to adapt them for various tasks. This accessibility empowers professionals in laboratories, classrooms, and production environments to integrate robotic automation seamlessly into their processes, facilitating quicker results and improved efficiency.
Oxipital AI
Series A in 2015
Oxipital AI specializes in visual AI solutions that enhance efficiency and sustainability in manufacturing. The platform addresses operational challenges by enabling real-time insights, improving product quality, and increasing throughput. By simplifying implementation, Oxipital AI empowers manufacturers to leverage their data effectively and optimize production workflows. Oxpital AI was previously known as Soft Robotics.
Gomtec
Acquisition in 2015
Gomtec specializes in the manufacture and marketing of mechatronic systems and robots. The company focuses on integrating mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, control, and computer engineering to develop advanced mechatronic solutions. By combining these diverse fields of engineering, Gomtec aims to deliver innovative products that meet the evolving needs of various industries.
Newron System
Acquisition in 2013
Newron System develops and distributes software solutions for building automation. The company specializes in creating network management tools, SCADA interfaces, gateways, and software for testing and tuning automation systems. These products are marketed through high-end distributors and installers, enabling efficient integration and management of automation technologies in various settings.
DynaMotive
Acquisition in 2013
DynaMotive Ltd. specializes in the design, commissioning, and upgrading of drive systems, controls, and motors for various sectors, including industrial and marine applications. The company offers a range of engineering services that encompass full turnkey project management solutions, system upgrades, and ongoing managed service and support maintenance options. DynaMotive aims to be the preferred supplier for its clients by providing bespoke solutions tailored to their specific needs. This approach allows clients to benefit from a single-source provider for their essential plant and business operations, ensuring reliability and efficiency in their systems.
Industrial Defender
Series B in 2012
Industrial Defender Inc. specializes in cybersecurity, compliance, and change management solutions tailored for operational technology in industries such as electric utilities, chemical processing, transportation, water, and oil and gas. The company provides a range of products, including the Automation Systems Manager, which offers asset management, security event management, configuration management, and compliance reporting. Additional offerings include a Network Intrusion Detection System, Access Manager for critical cyber asset protection, and Compliance Manager to help clients meet auditing requirements. The firm also provides deployment, system monitoring, and managed services to enhance security and operational resilience. Founded in 1996 and based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Industrial Defender focuses on equipping organizations with the visibility and situational awareness needed to manage cybersecurity risks effectively. The company has established a strategic partnership with Schneider Electric to further enhance its capabilities in safeguarding industrial control systems.
Powercorp
Acquisition in 2011
Powercorp offers automation and intelligent control solutions to manage renewable energy generation in isolated grids, ensuring utility grade power quality and grid stability. This enables very high levels of wind and solar power penetration into isolated diesel powered grids, thus reducing emissions and dependency on fossil fuel.
Vectek Electronics
Acquisition in 2008
Vectek Electronics engages in designing, manufacturing, and marketing industrial power control equipment.
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