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Co-Creation in Action | Hannover Messe 2025 | Momenta

Written by Sandra Mueller | April 4, 2025

LIVE from the Hannover Messe 2025: Co-Creation in Action

This week at Hannover Messe, we were proud to be on the ground with our Industrial Impact® portfolio companies and strategic LPs, including Rockwell Automation and NSSOL, for a hands-on look at deep tech innovation.

We had an all-time turnout of twelve portfolio companies; each showcasing real-world solutions driving the next era of industry. Have a look for yourself:

 

AICA Adaptive robotics with force control

Industrial Impact: Enables high-precision robotic assembly, reducing scrap rates by up to 60% in manufacturing processes. Ideal for tasks requiring dynamic adjustment to complex environments.

 

Atym – Lightweight edge orchestration with WebAssembly

Industrial Impact: Enables secure, scalable deployment of AI and analytics at the edge—powering real-time industrial applications even on resource-constrained devices.

 

CrateDB Real-time SQL database for complex industrial data

Industrial Impact: Delivers lightning-fast analytics on time-series, geospatial, and sensor data—helping industrial teams make decisions in milliseconds and optimize operations at scale.

 

Composabl  – No-code AI agent builder for industrial teams

Industrial Impact: Empowers frontline engineers to deploy AI without writing code, improving production efficiency by 30% in smart factory pilots.

 

Edge Impulse – Edge AI platform for embedded machine learning

Industrial Impact: Empowers industrial teams to develop and deploy machine learning models directly on edge devices—enabling real-time data processing, predictive maintenance, and quality control, leading to increased operational efficiency and reduced downtime

 

Eigen Innovations AI and computer vision for quality assurance

Industrial Impact: Enhances real-time defect detection and process optimization, significantly reducing waste and manual inspection in high-speed manufacturing.

 

HighByte Edge-native DataOps for IT/OT integration

Industrial Impact: Simplifies contextualized data flow from shop floor to cloud, cutting integration time by 75% for a major automotive OEM.

 

Litmus Automation Industrial edge platform for real-time data processing

Industrial Impact: Powers predictive maintenance and machine diagnostics, reducing unplanned downtime by 40% for global manufacturing firms.

 

NODE Robotics AI-powered navigation for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs)

Industrial Impact: Delivers real-time adaptability and dynamic fleet coordination, improving warehouse logistics efficiency by 50% for large-scale logistics operators.

 

Phantasmalabs -  AI for advanced production planning and scheduling

Industrial Impact: Simulates complex production environments, optimizing planning accuracy and improving line throughput in industrial settings.

 

Sight Machine AI-powered manufacturing analytics

Industrial Impact: Translates production data into actionable insights, increasing overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) by 25% in regulated industries like pharma and food.

 

TVARIT Hybrid AI for sustainable metal manufacturing

Industrial Impact: Reduces scrap by up to 60% and energy use by 30% by combining physics-based models with AI to optimize complex casting and forging processes.

 

These companies show what’s possible when visionary startups and strategic partners co-create to scale transformation.

 

Strategic Meetings, Real-World Solutions

We facilitated focused briefings between our portfolio companies and strategic LPs, highlighting opportunities for co-creation aligned with their roadmaps.

The spirit of collaboration made this more than just a tour: open dialogue, shared challenges, and a mutual ambition to move beyond pilots into scalable, enterprise-ready deployments.

 

"At Momenta, we believe true transformation doesn’t happen in isolation—it happens through strong partnerships and real-world collaboration."

Ken Forster, Founding Partner, Momenta

 

Snapshots from the Show Floor

 

Caption: Snapshots of collaboration at its best: Real conversations, real innovation, real-world impact.

 

If you’re shaping the future of your company through new tech adoption—let’s talk.

 

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Momenta is the leading Industrial Impact venture capital firm, accelerating digital innovators across energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and supply chain. Our team of deep industry operators has helped scale industry leaders and innovators to improve critical industries, the environment, and people's quality of life for over a decade.

 

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