CERPRO
Berlin-based AI SaaS startup that automates the interpretation of technical drawings and digitizes quality assurance workflows for manufacturing SMEs, reducing inspection documentation time by up to 70%.
- CEO / Founder
- Frederik Frei
- Team Size
- 11-50
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- €2.12M
- Latest Round
- Pre-Seed
- Key Investors
- seed + speed Ventures, D11Z. Ventures, EIT Manufacturing, Techstars
Technology & Products
Key Products
QualiSpec (AI-powered platform for automated extraction of inspection features from 2D technical drawings and generation of standardized quality documentation)
Technological Advantage
AI/ML models trained specifically on engineering drawing symbology (GD&T, ISO tolerances, surface finish callouts); SaaS architecture allows rapid deployment for SMEs without IT overhead; Techstars and EIT Manufacturing backing provides both capital and manufacturing industry access
Differentiation
Value Proposition
QualiSpec uses AI to automatically extract inspection features from 2D technical drawings and generate standardized quality documentation, eliminating manual interpretation bottlenecks that slow down SME manufacturing quality workflows.
How They Differentiate
Focuses specifically on the unstructured AI problem of reading and interpreting free-form technical drawings — not just OCR but semantic understanding of GD&T callouts, tolerances, and inspection requirements; SME-first SaaS pricing vs. enterprise-heavy competitors; EIT Manufacturing validation provides European manufacturing credibility
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Small and medium-sized manufacturing companies (job shops, precision machining, AM service bureaus) that handle high volumes of technical drawings and require compliant quality documentation without dedicated QA software teams
Industry Verticals
Precision Manufacturing; Additive Manufacturing Service Bureaus; Automotive Suppliers; Aerospace Tier 2/3; General Industrial Manufacturing
Competitors
Cognex (machine vision for manufacturing QA); Keyence (inspection systems); FactoryPal; Sight Machine; traditional QMS software (SAP QM, ETQ)
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
120+ manufacturing companies using QualiSpec; €2.12M raised; team of 10-14 people
Major Milestones
Founded 2023 in Berlin; accepted into Techstars program; selected by EIT Manufacturing; raised €2.12M Pre-Seed round (Nov 2025) from seed + speed Ventures and D11Z. Ventures; deployed to 120+ manufacturing customers; launched QualiSpec platform
Notable Customers
120+ manufacturing companies using the solution (self-reported)