{"id":5041,"date":"2020-04-16T09:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T07:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/v4\/2020\/10\/07\/thueringen-ai-software-specialist-spleenlab-successfully-closes-first-financing-round\/"},"modified":"2020-11-05T12:24:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T11:24:04","slug":"thueringen-ai-software-specialist-spleenlab-successfully-closes-first-financing-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2020-en\/thueringen-ai-software-specialist-spleenlab-successfully-closes-first-financing-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Th\u00fcringen AI software specialist Spleenlab successfully closes first financing round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Spleen\u00adlab devel\u00adops AI soft\u00adware for the safe autonomous flight of drones and air&nbsp;taxis<\/li>\n<li>bm|t, APEX Ven\u00adtures and a busi\u00adness angel have invested a seven-fig\u00adure sum in the Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen high- tech AI com\u00adpany Spleen\u00adlab&nbsp;GmbH<\/li>\n<li>This first financ\u00ading round will fund Spleenlab\u00b4s growth and mar\u00adket development<\/li>\n<li>The company\u00b4s loca\u00adtion in Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen and rural areas are dri\u00advers of its innovation<\/li>\n<li>BayStartUP sup\u00adported Spleen\u00adlab in approach\u00ading suit\u00adable investors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Spleen\u00adlab and bm|t, together with APEX Ven\u00adtures and a busi\u00adness angel, are jointly bring\u00ading the future of mobil\u00adity to East Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen. With the help of Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Intel\u00adli\u00adgence, Spleen\u00adlab will enable the safe autonomous flight of drones and air taxis in the future. The aim of the seven-fig\u00adure invest\u00adment is the fur\u00adther expan\u00adsion of the com\u00adpany and its suc\u00adcess\u00adful estab\u00adlish\u00adment in a promis\u00ading mar\u00adket. The financ\u00ading round was also made pos\u00adsi\u00adble by the sup\u00adport of BayStartUP\u2019s investor net\u00adwork.<\/em> <strong>Inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Tech\u00adnol\u00adogy<\/strong> Spleen\u00adlab GmbH devel\u00adops AI soft\u00adware for the autonomous flight of drones and air taxis. The fusion of dif\u00adfer\u00adent sen\u00adsors such as cam\u00aderas, laser scan\u00adners and radars with AI cre\u00adates highly effi\u00adcient tech\u00adnol\u00adogy appli\u00adca\u00adtions. These capa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties can be used not only for fly\u00ading, but also for the inspec\u00adtion and mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading of indus\u00adtrial plants, the pre\u00adcise mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading of forests, agri\u00adcul\u00adtural land and crit\u00adi\u00adcal infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, the safe trans\u00adport of sen\u00adsi\u00adtive goods or the pre\u00adcise track\u00ading of miss\u00ading per\u00adsons and acci\u00addent vic\u00adtims. \u00abOur aim is to develop tai\u00adlor-made AI solu\u00adtions for our cus\u00adtomers and at the same time to strengthen con\u00adfi\u00addence in this key future tech\u00adnol\u00adogy in Ger\u00admany, Europe and beyond,\u00bb said Tobias R\u00fcdi\u00adger, Head of Oper\u00ada\u00adtions &amp; Finance. <strong>Machine learn\u00ading and new forms of mobil\u00adity<\/strong> Get\u00adting drones and air taxis safely into the air with\u00adout pilots is Spleenlab\u00b4s long-term goal. How\u00adever, the com\u00adpany is not lim\u00adited to only these mar\u00adkets, because the key to new mobil\u00adity con\u00adcepts lies in machine learn\u00ading, a spe\u00adcial form of arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence, as Dr. Ste\u00adfan Milz, Head of Research &amp; Devel\u00adop\u00adment, empha\u00adsized: \u00abMachine learn\u00ading is a highly com\u00adplex tech\u00adnol\u00adogy area. The algo\u00adrithms we have devel\u00adoped are intended to enable vehi\u00adcles and machines of all kinds to make inde\u00adpen\u00addent deci\u00adsions and thus carry out time-con\u00adsum\u00ading processes faster, more pre\u00adcisely and, above all, more cost-effec\u00adtively than ever before.\u00bb <strong>Rural areas as dri\u00adver of inno\u00adva\u00adtion<\/strong> The suc\u00adcess\u00adfully com\u00adpleted invest\u00adment round strength\u00adens Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen as a busi\u00adness loca\u00adtion and shows that young high-tech firms are not only at home in met\u00adro\u00adpol\u00adi\u00adtan areas. Sebas\u00adt\u00adian S\u00fc\u00df, Head of Mar\u00adket\u00ading &amp; Sales stated: \u00abWe delib\u00ader\u00adately chose our home region as a busi\u00adness loca\u00adtion, because we believe that the devel\u00adop\u00adment oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties in rural areas in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar are greater than in densely pop\u00adu\u00adlated met\u00adro\u00adpol\u00adi\u00adtan areas. The prox\u00adim\u00adity to var\u00adi\u00adous uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and eco\u00adnomic clus\u00adters in the region, such as Jena, Ilme\u00adnau and Chem\u00adnitz, offers an ideal envi\u00adron\u00adment for our growth.\u201d \u201cWe are there\u00adfore even more pleased to have a strong region\u00adally rooted part\u00adner, bm|t, at our side who will, together with the tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal expe\u00adri\u00adence of APEX Ven\u00adtures, sup\u00adport our future path,\u00bb added co-founder Tobias R\u00fcdi\u00adger. <strong>Invest\u00ading in a ground\u00adbreak\u00ading indus\u00adtry of the future<\/strong> The engage\u00adment of bm|t together with APEX Ven\u00adtures and a busi\u00adness angel is a con\u00adscious step into a dynamic dig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adized future. \u00abWith Spleen\u00adlab, we are pleased to have a highly inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen high-tech com\u00adpany on board and to be able to sup\u00adport its growth\u00bb, said Katja Butz\u00admann, Senior Invest\u00adment Man\u00adager, bm|t. &nbsp;Andreas Riegler, found\u00ading part\u00adner of APEX Ven\u00adtures added: \u00abWe are con\u00advinced of the idea and the deep know-how of Spleen\u00adlab and together we aim to estab\u00adlish the next mar\u00adket leader for AI solu\u00adtions in Ger\u00admany and Europe\u00bb. The Bavar\u00adian start-up net\u00adwork BayStartUP pro\u00advided valu\u00adable sup\u00adport in prepar\u00ading this financ\u00ading round by approach\u00ading investors that are a per\u00adfect strate\u00adgic fit for Spleenlab\u2019s busi\u00adness&nbsp;model.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>About Spleenlab GmbH<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>Spleen\u00adlab, with its founders and man\u00adag\u00ading direc\u00adtors Dr. Ste\u00adfan Milz, Tobias R\u00fcdi\u00adger and Sebas\u00adt\u00adian S\u00fc\u00df, has been active on the mar\u00adket as a highly spe\u00adcial\u00adized AI soft\u00adware com\u00adpany since 2018. The team mem\u00adbers bring many years of pro\u00adfes\u00adsional expe\u00adri\u00adence as senior AI experts, man\u00adag\u00ading direc\u00adtors and mar\u00adket\u00ading experts to the com\u00adpany, which is based in Saal\u00adburg-Ebers\u00addorf. With the suc\u00adcess\u00adful financ\u00ading by bm\u2011t, Apex Ven\u00adtures and a busi\u00adness angel, Dr. Carlo Vel\u00adten, in March 2020, Spleen\u00adlab aims to fur\u00adther grow the com\u00adpany and estab\u00adlish its mar\u00adket position.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spleenlab.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.spleenlab.ai<\/a><\/div>\n<h3><strong>About bm|t \u2013 beteiligungsmanagement th\u00fcringen gmbh<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>bm|t is the first address for invest\u00adments in Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen, Ger\u00admany. bm|t invests in start-up teams and com\u00adpa\u00adnies in the Free State with a clear aim of gen\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading pos\u00adi\u00adtive invest\u00adment returns. This is how inno\u00adva\u00adtion and eco\u00adnomic growth in Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen are financed. bm|t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages eight funds with a total vol\u00adume of over 400 mil\u00adlion euros and invests in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies in nearly all sec\u00adtors and in all phases of com\u00adpany devel\u00adop\u00adment \u2014 from the start-up and growth phases to buy\u00adouts and other suc\u00adces\u00adsion situations.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bm-t.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.bm\u2011t.com<\/a><\/div>\n<h3><strong>About APEX Ventures<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>APEX Ven\u00adtures is an Euro\u00adpean-based ven\u00adture cap\u00adi\u00adtal fund that invests in tech\u00adnol\u00adogy start-ups. Based in Vienna with an office in Frank\u00adfurt, the investor\u2019s focus is on dig\u00adi\u00adtal media, busi\u00adness intel\u00adli\u00adgence &amp; cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity as well as Fin\u00adTech and Future of&nbsp;Work.<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apex.ventures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.apex.ventures<\/a><\/div>\n<h3><strong>About BayStartUP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>BayStartUP is the Bavar\u00adian start-up net\u00adwork for founders, investors and com\u00adpa\u00adnies. With the Bavar\u00adian Busi\u00adness Plan-Com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion, an exten\u00adsive coach\u00ading pro\u00adgram and Europe\u2019s largest investor net\u00adwork, it sup\u00adports start-ups in opti\u00admiz\u00ading their strat\u00adegy, build\u00ading up their busi\u00adness, and search\u00ading for seed and growth cap\u00adi\u00adtal. For pri\u00advate and insti\u00adtu\u00adtional investors, BayStartUP ensures a qual\u00adi\u00adfied deal flow and offers start-up insights at exclu\u00adsive busi\u00adness angel meet\u00adings and investor con\u00adfer\u00adences. With nation\u00adwide start-up indus\u00adtry match\u00adings and con\u00adcep\u00adtual offers, BayStartUP advises estab\u00adlished com\u00adpa\u00adnies on the devel\u00adop\u00adment of suit\u00adable strate\u00adgies for co\u00f6per\u00ada\u00adtion with start-ups. Via BayStartUP, founders have the oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity to get in con\u00adtact with approx\u00adi\u00admately 300 active busi\u00adness angels and over 100 insti\u00adtu\u00adtional investors. Since 2015, BayStartUP has bro\u00adkered over EUR 263mm of cap\u00adi\u00adtal in 259 actively man\u00adaged financ\u00ading rounds with a vol\u00adume rang\u00ading from EUR 50,000 to EUR 6mm per invest\u00adment. Com\u00adpa\u00adnies sup\u00adported by BayStartUP are active on the mar\u00adket with over 13,100 employ\u00adees and gen\u00ader\u00adate rev\u00adenues of almost EUR 1.4bn (as of 2017). These include eight IPOs and suc\u00adcess sto\u00adries such as Flixbus, eGym, Mag\u00ada\u00adzino, Vox\u00adel\u00adjet, numares, Trans\u00adporeon and va-Q-tec AG. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baystartup.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.baystartup.de<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>Media con\u00adtact Spleen\u00adlab GmbH<\/strong> Sebas\u00adt\u00adian S\u00fc\u00df Man\u00adag\u00ading Direc\u00adtor |Mar\u00adket\u00ading &amp; Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions +49 (0)176 211 30 295 <a href=\"mailto:sebastian.suess@spleenlab.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-enc-email=\"fronfgvna.fhrff[at]fcyrrayno.nv\" data-wpel-link=\"ignore\"><span id=\"eeb-847120-843498\">sebastian.suess@spleenlab.ai<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spleen\u00adlab devel\u00adops AI soft\u00adware for the safe autonomous flight of drones and air&nbsp;taxis bm|t, APEX Ven\u00adtures and a busi\u00adness angel have invested a seven-fig\u00adure sum in the Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen high- tech AI com\u00adpany Spleen\u00adlab&nbsp;GmbH This first financ\u00ading round will fund Spleenlab\u00b4s growth and mar\u00adket devel\u00adop\u00adment The company\u00b4s loca\u00adtion in Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen and rural areas are dri\u00advers&nbsp;of&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[177,202,168],"class_list":["post-5041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020-en","tag-bmt-en","tag-press","tag-startup-fonds-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}