UNKNOWN WORKFORCE TECHNOLOGIES

MAKING PHYSICAL WORK HEALTHIER

With our Venture Engine we create a portfolio of companies committed to make physical work safer and healthier. Together with industry leaders we select the best ventures worldwide and bring them forward. We invest and actively support the ventures to bring their solutions into market with a vast network of leading corporates.

VENTURING IN THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION AREAS

CAPABILITIES

Make workforces stronger, faster, and more durable with for example exoskeletons, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality training.

Efficiency

Generate more output in a shorter amount of time and fewer resources by improving communication, administration, and data interfaces

Health

Improve overall worker well-being and counter prolonged exertion, fatigue, and work-related injuries with the right equipment.

Society

More inclusive societies where we take good care for workers at all levels and in all conditions

Safety

Lower injury rates and decrease work-related accidents with safer equipment, machinery and better protection.

Performance

Increase performance by lowering error rates with the help of predictive maintenance tools and an innovative workplace.

With a distinct technology scope

  • AR & VR
  • Smart wearables
  • Advanced Robotics
  • Communication
  • AI Assistence
  • Training
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Performance management systems
  • Big data & IOT
  • Drone assistence
  • Biometrics
  • Haptics
  • Exoskeletons
  • Mental health monitors
  • Physical protection
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Working closely together with leaders in workforce technologies

To ultimately impact workers, companies and society

Workers

Impact worker’s wellbeing through solutions that improve their safety and productivity.

Companies

Impact bottom-line with a healthier and happier workforce and facilitate responsible employers

Society

Realizing safer and healthier work conditions for workers and improving quality of life

MARKET INSIGHTS WORKFORCE TECHNOLOGIES

Also excited about the opportunities of workforce technologies? Read more about it in our market insight report, including great example solutions and use cases.

THE FUTURE IS IN THE MAKING, and WE WORK WITH ITS FOUNDERS

WE SUPPORT VENTURES WITH INVESTED CAPITAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

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  • CheckToBuild

  • CopSonic

  • Eyecue

  • FrontM

  • GMetri

  • Invert Robotics

  • Kenzen

  • Laevo

  • Onewatt

  • PinMicro

  • PRECURE

  • Preventure

  • Retenua

  • Retrocausal

  • Seen Safety

  • Sensar

  • SenseGlove

  • Skelex

  • Soter Analytics

  • Square Comp

  • STIL

  • Terrabee

  • Tizin

  • Trusstor

  • V-Labs

  • Visometry

  • VizibleZone

  • Warp VR

  • WearHealth

  • Westray

  • Worker Base

  • Xane AI

CheckToBuild

Efficient digitization of construction processes to help the sector take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution

Autonomous inspection service excess for construction, industry and infrastructure projects via the integration of drones with BIM and Artificial Intelligence models

CopSonic

Encrypting digital data into sound

Technology based on ultrasounds to interact and transmit data between the existing speakers and microphones of electronic devices.

Eyecue

Insight-driven, customer-centric solutions to achieve greater safety on the work floor

Computer Vision for vehicle-human interaction in Mining and Industrial Applications.

FrontM

Connecting and engaging people when they're unconnected and digitally isolated

Patented Edge AI software platform solution that provides app marketplaces, superapps and developer APIs on-ground, in-flight, at-sea or anywhere remote.

GMetri

Redefining Experiences with Impact Driven XR

An easy-to-use XR powered online platform for businesses to create, share and track training modules, online stores, product showcases, immersive tours, and stories.

Invert Robotics

Eliminating the risks of human entry into confined spaces

Modular, multi-technology, non-destructive, remote inspection tools for containers, tanks, piping and any confined or hazardous space.

Kenzen

Keeping worker athletes safe and secure in work environments

Health analytics platform designed to keep industrial workers safe from heat, fatigue and over-exertion on the job with a wearable vital sign and smart patch enterprise system.

Laevo

Giving workers control of their bodies back

Mechanical exoskeletons with chest and back support to prevent back injuries

Onewatt

Friction-less and risk-free Predictive Maintenance solution for industrial facilities

Non-invasive IoT sensors combined with AI and machine learning algorithms to supply Predictive Maintenance solutions that prevent unwanted downtime, boost operational efficiency and reduce operating expenses.

PinMicro

Digitally transforming businesses with the world's best enterprise IoT-based RTLS platform

Enhance business performance by locating, monitoring and analyzing resources - workforce, assets and inventory - in real-time.

PRECURE

Positively impacting people´s quality of life, while adding cost and time efficiencies to companies

Smart wearable IoT devices which analyze muscular activity and provide biofeedback using machine learning.

Preventure

Using Sports Science to measure movement load to prevent workplace injuries

Preventing workplace injuries using Sports Science technology in a measurable way, using wearable technology, video analysis and valid, reliable data.

Retenua

Leveraging AI to make industry safer

Vision-based accident prevention for industrial vehicles and mobile machinery

Retrocausal

Digitizing manual assembly activities via visual analytics

Building intelligence augmentation systems that help frontline workers train better, be more efficient at their daily jobs and improve the processes they drive.

Seen Safety

Preventing industrial workers from being struck by heavy equipment

Making pedestrian detection easy by detecting the reflective tape on high-vis safety gear.

Sensar

Unlocking the power of earth observation for everyday use

Helping organizations manage risks related to ground subsidence based on satellite radar data.

SenseGlove

Creating the future of VR training

SenseGlove's haptic and force feedback gloves allow users intuitive interactions with virtual objects, using their own hands.

Skelex

Revolutionising exoskeletons for large scale manufacturing companies

Skelex designs, produces and markets custom exoskeleton solutions for manufacturing companies. Their products empower workers to be more productive while minimising the risk for ergonomic injuries.

Soter Analytics

Empowering organizations to prevent ergonomic injuries in the workplace

Wearable solution and AI-driven coaching program to prevent back & shoulder ergonomic injuries in the workplace by up to 55%.

Square Comp

To enable and augment the skill set of each and every person, as per their expertise.

Virtual Reality based technical training solution to Manufacturing Companies for the up-skilling and re-skilling of their blue-collar workforce.

STIL

Eliminating the debilitating effects of Parkinson's Disease

Suppressing tremors by applying a mechanical noise cancelling anti-vibration to the arm

Terrabee

Unlocking the potential of digital movement information

Sensor modules and solutions including COVID-19, level monitoring, industrial automation and smart buildings.

Tizin

Delivering quality, innovative and distinguishable tech solutions

Guard is a mobile security solution for lone industrial workers that could get in into physical or socially dangerous situations.

Trusstor

"Construction Intelligence" to boost productivity and safety

Command and Control dashboard which enables quality data gathering and utilization for critical decision-making.

V-Labs

Simplifying the work for surveyors and contractors by bringing data to the field in a intelligent and innovative way, allowing operators to execute their work more efficiently while reducing safety and financial risks.

Visualizing, measuring and modifying geospatial data with centimetric accuracy in the field.

Visometry

Changing Augmented Reality bottom-up with industrial-scale Machine Vision and AR tracking

VisionLib is a computer vision-based augmented reality tracking software development kit used to recognize and locate objects smartphone or tablet cameras

VizibleZone

Protecting pedestrians from road accidents by employing innovative technology

Turning vulnerable road user's smartphone into a life-saving device by using it as a source of an AI-based human behavior real-time data. Recent pivot to COVID-19 contact tracing.

Warp VR

Changing the way workforces are trained and developed

A SaaS platform to start, scale and succeed with immersive VR learning at organizations.

WearHealth

Putting people first with intelligence to foster a world-class safety and health culture

Mapping workload and providing actionable recommendations to organizations with AI and wearable-driven recommendations.

Westray

Bringing smart safety solutions to the Shipping industry

Situational awareness solution that uses AI-powered cameras powered to detect and prevent hazards

Worker Base

Pioneering the digital transformation playbook for Manufacturing

Connected Factory Worker platform to increase production flexibility

Xane AI

Help organizations in creating personalized user experiences along with automating their business processes

Chatbot that leverages Machine Learning and AI to build analysis over employee/stakeholder/customer sentiments and feedback, enabling businesses to get qualitative feedback.

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If you dare take the risks of/go all in to make a long-lasting and significant impact for workers, companies and society, join us on this journey and together we can realize safer and healthier work conditions to improve workers’ well being.

KEY BENEFITS

EXPOSURE To 45+ industry leaders with a large workforce
access to funding opportunities via investments, subsidies and grants
active business development support and connections to realize collaborations

“The biggest challenge we all face as startups in this domain is to sell beyond the pilot phase and really scale up.

Unknown Group helped us to achieve this”

Gaurav Genani
Founder Skelex

What to expect

Step 1

Review by experts

Your application will be screened by the partners of Unknown Workforce Technologies to assess the fit

Step 2

Accepted

If you’re accepted you’ll receive a technology provider membership

Step 3

Onboarding

New members will be introduced to the partners of Unknown Workforce Technologies via our activities

Step 4

Realize Collaborations

Once you’re a member you can join activities, connect with all the partners and share your needs

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We lead the domain with a global ecosystem of top ventures, industry leaders, investors and relevant stakeholders, with whom we continuously interact through partnerships and events.

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“The Workforce Network enables us to facilitate our top priority: provide our workers a safe and healthy working environment.”

Elke de Jong
Innovation lead CSU

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