05:48 His smart factories backed by Swedish star investors – Breakit (press release)

Have you heard of the Swedish entrepreneur Willem Sundblad? Not – add in this case the name of the memory. Breakit have spoken with several heavy tech investors pointing out the Swede as one of the entrepreneurs who can get his real breakthrough in the near future.

He himself is, however, very secretive when Breakit reach him at an undisclosed location somewhere in the United States where he is preparing a commercial launch of its product. Very politely he declines to answer any questions.

“I want to in the current situation does not talk anything about what we have or do,” says Willem Sundblad, who along with his co-founder, American Peter Brand, driving a British registered company Odin Technologies.

So what then is the product Willem Sundblad hope to change the world with?

The technology behind is so clear advanced, but basically it’s about doing stupid factories to smart factories. Simplified connecting Willem Sundblad on a hardware factory equipment units and start collecting data on the production. The data is compiled in real time on a cloud-based platform where any production disruptions recorded. In the next stage, analyzed the data and Willem Sundblad argue that with the help of his software to detect potential disruptions in production – before they occurred. A little like looking into the future, that is.

“It’s really science fiction. Incredibly impressive, “says a person who has received the system demonstrated individually.

Willem Sundblad got the idea as a student at Lund University in when he did a study on Swedish manufacturing companies.

“We found that the overwhelming majority of the companies did not analyze his work at all. They understood that they should be there but had no tools to analyze and optimize their production. And those who did the analyzes did it entirely by hand, “said Willem Sundblad for the British site Entrepreneur Country last year.

According Breakits sources Willem Sundblad received more than 20 million in venture capital from a number of really heavy investors . Among others, one of the largest private investor, Martin Wattin (also a major shareholder in fiskeappen Fish Brain and auction site Barnebys), entered the capital. According to information should also EQT’s venture fund, run by Hjalmar Winbladh, stopped in the capital.

This round of financing will learn followed by others when the aim is to now really roll out the technology worldwide. There are already plants that tested the technology in a real situation and the plan is that in the spring begin selling a commercial product.