Oden Raises $10M Series A to Fuel the Digital Transformation in Manufacturing

Oden Technologies raises $10M Series A from Atomico to fuel digital transformation in manufacturing

• Series A round led by Atomico, brings total raised to $16m
• Oden’s IoT and AI-powered analytics to help manufacturers eliminate production waste and increase output

New York City and London, 2nd July 2018 – Oden Technologies, an Industrial IoT company that provides manufacturing data analytics, today announces that it has closed a $10m (£7.6m) Series A round led by Atomico, with participation from existing investors including EQT Ventures and Inbox Capital, and seed investors. Atomico CEO, and co-founder of Skype, Niklas Zennström will join the company’s board.

Manufacturing – a $12tn sector globally, accounting for 16.6% of global GDP – is on the brink of a new machine age in which the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and cloud analytics are set to transform existing production processes, slash waste, drive efficiencies and increase output. Today, manufacturing industry is plagued with inefficiencies as high as 30 – 60 percent. The adoption of data analytics to drive efficiencies combats the shortage of in-house data engineering talent and lengthy project roll-outs. While industrial automation incumbents, such as Rockwell Automation, can take 12 – 18 months to roll out its analytics tools, Oden’s cloud-based data analytics platform can be live 10 times faster and immediately deliver actionable insights.

Atomico’s CEO and Founding Partner Niklas Zennström adds: “Major areas of inefficiency still predominate throughout the manufacturing sector, which has remained relatively untouched by digital technology. We believe that’s about to change. The combination of IIoT, Big Data analytics, cloud computing and machine learning marks a new era for industry, by not only unlocking efficiencies and reducing waste of materials, but enabling smaller batch sizes, more personalized products and greater innovation too. Willem and Peter have both the scale of vision and exceptional ability to execute to be in the vanguard of this shift – and the potential to transform manufacturing.”

The company’s flexible IIoT devices plug into almost any kind of machine – old or new – while its software adaptors integrate data from existing ERP systems and quality control software on the manufacturing line. All this data is streamed to Oden’s cloud analytics platform for the complete real-time production picture, including real-time factory floor monitoring. Due to the size of the devices and simplicity of connectivity, Oden collects data more quickly and enables customers to make sense of it much faster than competitor products.

Oden’s customers in packaging, wire and cable, building products, and automotive have already benefited from a return on investment of tens of millions per year by eliminating quality issues, waste, and downtime.

“Our vision is for the manufacturers to achieve ‘perfect production’, make things not only better, but faster, cheaper, and with less waste. Traditionally manufacturers did not have access to the right data and insights to make factories more efficient and productive. What Oden provides is data that is transparent, precise, instantaneous and above all usable, empowering our customers to build smarter factories and bring about a manufacturing renaissance,” said Willem Sundblad, co-founder and CEO, Oden Technologies. “We want to democratize access to data analytics, making it easy to collect and action for anyone in the factory whether it’s an engineer, a plant manager or those responsible for operations and quality control.”

With the new funds, Oden will further expand its R&D and engineering teams in New York and accelerate customer growth with new sales teams in the manufacturing hubs of Illinois, Ohio and Texas. To support its advancements in machine learning and AI, Oden has hired Deepak Turaga, Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University, as VP of Data Science. Deepak previously worked at IBM as the Distinguished Research Staff Member and Manager of the AI First ML and Planning Group.

About Oden Technologies
Oden Technologies is an Industrial IoT company that provides manufacturing data analytics. The company combines wireless industrial IoT and proprietary cloud-based analytics into one simple platform for manufacturers to monitor and optimize production in real-time, from any device. The Oden data acquisition and analytics platform enables factories to digitize production and to continuously improve using clear data and actionable insights. Oden investors include Atomico, EQT Ventures, Inbox Capital and LocalGlobe.

About Atomico

Atomico invests in disruptive technology companies with ambitious founders from Series A onwards. Our experienced team includes founders and operators from the world’s most successful technology firms who partner with our companies as they scale to become global winners.

Founded in 2006, Atomico has made over 100 investments into companies including Supercell, Klarna, Stripe, ofo, Lilium, 6Wunderkinder and The Climate Corporation. Atomico’s team includes founders of six billion dollar companies, and operational leaders who were responsible for global expansion, hiring, user growth and marketing at companies from Skype and Google to Uber, Facebook and Spotify.