Powering Europe’s Industrial Future: remberg Raises €15 Million to Eliminate Downtime with AI-Driven Maintenance
A Message from David Hahn, Co-Founder & CEO of remberg
Europe’s industrial backbone—millions of machines that shape everything from mobility to medicine—stands at a pivotal moment. As energy costs climb, supply chains shift, and skilled labor grows scarcer, the price of a single hour of downtime has multiplied by 2-4X. Today, unplanned downtime drains an estimated €500 billion from Europe’s manufacturers each year (Siemens: True Cost of Downtime Report 2024).
At remberg, we refuse to accept downtime as an inevitable cost of doing business. Our conviction is simple: maintenance can – and must – become a strategic growth lever. By fusing AI, mobile-first usability, and deep industrial know-how, we transform maintenance from a reactive fire-fight into an intelligent, proactive engine of competitiveness.
Fuel for the next chapter
I’m thrilled to announce that we’ve secured a €15 million Series A+ round, co-led by Acton Capital and Oxx, with continued support from Earlybird, Speedinvest, and Fly Ventures. This investment is far more than capital; it is a vote of confidence in Europe’s ability to build world-class industrial software on European soil, for European factories, with European data sovereignty at its core.
Proof in the factory halls
More than 150 industrial champions—from SCHUNK and Liqui Moly to Brandt Zwieback-Schokoladen—already manage over one million assets on our Intelligent Maintenance Platform. They report up to 20 % fewer unplanned stoppages, smoother audits, and frontline teams empowered by instant AI guidance delivered via a simple QR scan at the machine.
These early results validate our belief that the combination of structured maintenance data and large language models will redefine how factories run. When every technician’s question—“Why did this motor fail?” “Which spare part is compatible?”—can be answered in seconds, unplanned downtime becomes the exception.
Our vision: Europe’s Intelligent Maintenance Platform
Yet we’re just getting started. The new funding will accelerate three priorities:
- AI First: AI will become an integral part of all remberg functions to relieve technical teams in their day-to-day work. We are moving from assisted to predictive and prescriptive AI – from ‘What is broken?’ to ‘What will break when – and how can we prevent it?’
- API First: Seamless system integration – Further linking ERP, IoT and the shop floor so that data has an impact where it creates value.
- Europe First: Market expansion in Europe – Focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland, while simultaneously building regional teams in other key countries.
Our ambition is clear: build the definitive Intelligent Maintenance Platform that safeguards Europe’s industrial competitiveness for decades to come.
A collective journey
To our customers who innovate with us daily, to our investors who share our long-term horizon, and to the 60 rembears whose obsession with uptime powers every release—thank you. Your engagement proves that Europe can set the global benchmark for industrial software.
If you believe downtime should be measured in minutes, not days—whether you’re a maintenance professional, a factory executive, or a technologist passionate about AI in the real world—join us. Together, we will keep Europe’s machines running, its factories thriving, and its people at the forefront of industrial progress.
Let’s build the future of intelligent maintenance—today.
David Hahn
Co-Founder & CEO, remberg