Almetra, the Berlin-based startup founded by Silviu Homoceanu and Maximilian Fischer in 2022, secured €16.3 million ($19 million) in Series A funding. With this round, the company's total funding has grown to around €20.8 million, supporting its plans to expand into the US market.

"The last big blind spot in the digital economy"

Almetra installs AI-powered cameras above factory production lines. The cameras process footage on-site and turn it into live operational data, including cycle times, machine utilization, output rates, and production stoppages, without requiring integration with existing IT systems. Video is anonymized locally, meaning only short clips are retained when engineers need to trace a specific issue.

Speaking about the rebrand on LinkedIn, Homoceanu described the factory floor as "the last big blind spot in the digital economy." The name Almetra, he explained, is derived from the idea of "measuring everything."

One of the company's strongest proof points comes from eBike Systems, a Bosch subsidiary, which reported a 19% increase in output after deploying Almetra. ABB saw a 15% productivity improvement. Siemens Energy, Viessmann Climate Solutions, Grundfos, and Aumovio (formerly Continental) are also among the company's customers.

The Series A

The Series A was led by blisce/, joined by NAP, Merantix Capital, Robin Capital, Underline Ventures, Critical Ventures, and a group of business angels. The investment follows a €4.5 million seed round secured in April 2024.

"Almetra has proven it can deliver measurable impact for some of the world's leading industrial companies," said Sam Giber, General Partner at blisce/.

The new capital will also support product development and the expansion of the company's robotics capabilities. Almetra has already been accepted into Google DeepMind's Robotics Accelerator and the Physical AI Fellowship run by AWS, NVIDIA, and MassRobotics.

Announcing the raise, Fischer pointed to a problem that remains surprisingly common across the industry: "critical information is missing, disconnected, or impossible to act on in real time."

A Romanian Co-Founder Behind the Company

Romanian entrepreneur Silviu Homoceanu, Founder and CTO of Almetra, has played a key role in building one of Europe's more promising industrial AI startups. The company started as an internal project at Merantix, a Berlin AI studio, before being spun out as an independent venture and rebranded from Deltia to Almetra earlier this year. It now employs around 40 people.

Homoceanu joins a cohort of Romanian founders scaling AI companies abroad, reshaping how the region's startup ecosystem is perceived across Europe. With customers including Bosch and Siemens Energy and fresh capital to support its robotics ambitions, Almetra has become one of the clearest examples of a Romanian-founded AI company scaling successfully across Europe's industrial sector.

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