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Cape Town-based DataProphet raises $6M funding round for international expansion

Sam Wakoba by Sam Wakoba
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DataProphet, a Cape Town-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm that enables manufacturers to step towards autonomous manufacturing has raised $6m Series A funding round with Knife Capital following on.

The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) and Norican Group, a leading foundry engineering and equipment company also joined the round.

DatProphet will use the fund to strengthen its operational footprint internationally and fast-track the strategy of growing through and with their strategic partners across geographies and industry verticals.

Anders Wilhjelm, CEO of Norican Group, says: “Applying AI to the foundry industry will reduce energy consumption, increase yield and reduce waste. What started as a commercial cooperation with DataProphet, developed into a partnership, and now we will also become a shareholder. We know foundries and how they work, DataProphet really knows AI, so we are truly excited about what DataProphet and we can achieve together.” He noted that Norican is in the process of rolling out the DataProphet applications to their full brand portfolio.

Their AI-as-a-service, DataProphet PRESCRIBE, proactively prescribes changes to plant control plans to continuously optimize production without the expert human analysis that is typically required. DataProphet has been recognised by numerous forums including the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer in 2019, and CBInsights as 1 of the Top 100 AI Startups globally.

Earlier this year a partnership between Norican and DataProphet was announced to accelerate the adoption of AI in the foundry industry. The partnership followed a number of joint innovation projects carried out with Norican brand DISA, one of the leading suppliers of green sand foundry technology.

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“This funding round will enable DataProphet to develop locally located sales and support for customers and partners across the world,” says Frans Cronje, CEO and Co-Founder of DataProphet.

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As manufacturers become more familiar with the value AI can create for them – they are realising that they must be careful to ensure they are not simply using AI for analytics, substituting scarce Process Engineers with even scarcer Data Scientists. Rather, to realise the full value of AI, they need to consider how AI can play into their smart factory plans. These technologies are key to achieving the goals of Industry 4.0 and allowing manufacturing plants to be far more responsive to the market demands without incurring additional costs.

“Supporting Manufacturers on their journey to augment the plant operators with clear holistic instruction from their data without building increased dependence on limited experts  is a strategic rationale that has been reinforced by the effects of COVID-19. Through the application of our technology, each and every one of our clients has reduced non-quality products by more than 50%,” adds Cronje.

Christo Fourie, Head of New Industries at the IDC, says: “At the core of the future state of Industry 4.0 is the capacity to collect, process and use data to improve the speed and quality of operational decision-making. Combining the AI capabilities of DataProphet with the vast number of manufacturers the IDC has funded and have access to, could fast-track the company’s growth while also extracting efficiencies from within our current investment portfolio.”

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”We are excited to continue to support DataProphet in this funding round. Since our initial investment in 2018, DataProphet has emerged as a global thought leader in its field and as such is a prime example of the kind of cutting edge technologies South African entrepreneurs are capable of developing with global relevance in a fast-growing market. The expansion capital allows DataProphet to prove out their offering on a global stage,” says Andrea Bӧhmert, Managing Partner at Knife Capital.

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