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Acerta

Acerta is a Kitchener, Ontario company whose machine-learning software predicts and detects quality defects on automotive and manufacturing production lines. Spun out of the University of Waterloo in 2017 by Greta Cutulenco, Jean-Christophe Petkovich and Sebastian Fischmeister, it raised a US$7M Series A led by OMERS Ventures in 2020.

Manufacturing AIKitchenerFounded 2017acerta.ai
US$7MSeries A led by OMERS Ventures, 2020Private Capital Journal

The people

Greta CutulencoCo-founder & CEO · 1 TechTO talk
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Jean-Christophe PetkovichCo-founder & CTOprofile coming
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Sebastian FischmeisterCo-founderprofile coming

What they build

LinePulsePredictive-quality analytics for automotive and manufacturing production dataProduct page ↗

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About

Acerta was founded in 2017 as a University of Waterloo spinoff to apply machine learning to production data, flagging and predicting defects as cars and components come off the assembly line. Its LinePulse product analyses manufacturing and vehicle data for early failure detection. It raised a roughly US$1.6M seed in 2017 and a US$7M Series A in 2020 led by OMERS Ventures, with M12 (Microsoft), Radical Ventures, StandUp Ventures, Export Development Canada and Techstars participating.

Backers

US$7M Series A (2020) led by OMERS Ventures, with M12, Radical Ventures, StandUp Ventures, EDC and Techstars.

Quick answers

What does Acerta do?

It uses machine learning to detect and predict quality defects on automotive and manufacturing production lines from production and vehicle data.

Who founded Acerta?

Greta Cutulenco (CEO), Jean-Christophe Petkovich (CTO) and Dr. Sebastian Fischmeister, as a University of Waterloo spinoff in 2017.

Who has funded Acerta?

Its US$7M Series A in 2020 was led by OMERS Ventures, with participation from Microsoft's M12, Radical Ventures, StandUp Ventures, EDC and Techstars.

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