Smartex

Next-generation textile production with fewer defects and higher margins

First Investment: 2019

Defects are common in textile manufacturing, but are difficult to spot by eye. Smartex builds arrays of high-resolution cameras that scan fabric as it emerges from a circular knitting machine. Machine-learning software detects defects such as lines or strips, allowing operators to stop a machine before a whole production run is ruined.

News & Insights

Deep Tech Opportunities Report

Why machine vision has DCVC's eye

In The Media

Smartex sews up $24.7M to put smarter eyes on textile manufacturing

Explore Companies

Radionetics Oncology

Discovering more precise ways to deploy radiopharmaceuticals against solid tumors

Fourth Power

Building thermal energy storage technology to buffer the grid, as variable electricity sources replace polluting ones

Reality Defender

Stopping deepfakes before they become a problem

DVLP Medicines

Creating a software co-pilot for drug development and a new marketplace for investors and outsourced R&D and manufacturing