Sure Valley Ventures led the seed round to help the artificial intelligence company expand its engineering and business development capabilities.
"Vizgard is tackling the growing need for time-critical visual intelligence and precision camera automation in security and defence solutions. Their technology addresses important AI reliability concerns through a robust ‘systems approach’, identifying threats that would have been missed and allowing stronger performance in new environments. With the rapidly growing demand for AI in Defence and Security, and the team’s deep domain expertise, we believe Vizgard has the potential to become a global leader in AI vision automation."
The funding round was led by Mercia Ventures via the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II alongside Sure Valley Ventures.
"Purple Transform’s mission is to unlock the full potential of technology to enhance safety, security, efficiency, and overall human well-being. Having successfully deployed our technology in rail, which is a highly complex environment, we’re looking forward to expanding into critical national infrastructure, ports, and manufacturing among other new areas."
The funding round was led by artificial intelligence specialist Sure Valley Ventures.
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