Trendspek raises $4.2M Series B to bring AI to ageing infrastructure
What's the deal? Sydney scaleup TrendspekDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has raised US$3.88M (roughly $4.2 million) in a Series B round led by OIF VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The company builds 3D condition records for infrastructure such as ports, energy facilities, and telecommunications networks.
Why now? Trendspek plans to expand into North America and Europe, where it already works with Canada's Suncor EnergyDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and the Port of RotterdamDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The funding will support hiring, product development, and overseas customer support.
What's the endgame? Founded in 2019 by former QantasDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → pilots Derek Feebrey, Fiona Church, and Mitch Deam, Trendspek combines data from drones, robotics, and handheld inspections into a detailed 3D model within hours. Engineers can flag defects, add notes, and take measurements directly on the record.
The trio drew on aviation's maintenance approach, where components carry documented service histories, to build a shared record that infrastructure teams update over time. Next up: using seven years of inspection data to train AI models that flag likely problems and detect changes between inspections.
By the numbers: Revenue from critical infrastructure customers has grown 165% annually over the past three years. More than 860 organisations use the platform to access over 1,700 sites digitally, completing 128,000 virtual site visits. The last raise was a US$4.08M Series A in December 2022.
Customers include ChevronDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Woodside EnergyDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, NSW PortsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Grain LNG, and VocusDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. NSW Ports has cut the cost of a full jetty inspection by two-thirds and shortened timelines from months to weeks; Vocus has halved site mobilisation time.
Why it matters: Feebrey frames the market as vast. The global infrastructure investment shortfall is predicted to hit $15 trillion by 2040, while Infrastructure Australia forecasts a shortage of 141,000 infrastructure workers.
"There is not enough capital to rebuild ageing infrastructure and not enough engineers to inspect it the way we always have, so the job now is getting more life out of what is already there," Feebrey said.
The signal: As critical assets age and inspection teams thin out, investors are betting on software that turns accumulated inspection data into an asset in itself. "The dataset behind it compounds with every inspection," said OIF Ventures investor Oliver Darwin.
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