Softwear Automation has developed a platform for automating textile manufacturing with greater sophistication and precision than ever before. The company’s sewing technology is the first to rival human workers for competence and precision in aligning fabrics and sewing a straight seam.
The key to the company’s technology is an advance in machine vision, based on high-speed photography that captures up to 1,000 frames per second. The machine automatically edits the images to increase contrast, then counts individual threads to calculate fabric positioning. This artificial intelligence framework is combined with a robotic system that uses vacuum suction to position fabric.
The U.S. imports $100 billion in textiles annually. Softwear’s “sewbots,” patented in 2012, could encourage more American manufacturing by minimizing labor costs – and create more desirable jobs by putting human workers in the roles of managers and technicians. The Department of Defense, which has an institutional mandate to buy American-made uniforms where possible, has awarded the company $1.25 million in research grants.
Company website: Softwear Automation, Inc.
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The key to the company’s technology is an advance in machine vision, based on high-speed photography that captures up to 1,000 frames per second. The machine automatically edits the images to increase contrast, then counts individual threads to calculate fabric positioning. This artificial intelligence framework is combined with a robotic system that uses vacuum suction to position fabric.
The U.S. imports $100 billion in textiles annually. Softwear’s “sewbots,” patented in 2012, could encourage more American manufacturing by minimizing labor costs – and create more desirable jobs by putting human workers in the roles of managers and technicians. The Department of Defense, which has an institutional mandate to buy American-made uniforms where possible, has awarded the company $1.25 million in research grants.
Company website: Softwear Automation, Inc.
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Location: United States
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $45.6M
Founded date: 2007
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Monta Vist... | montavc.co... |
| - | Siliconroa... | siliconroa... |
| - | Georgia Re... | gra.org |
| - | Ellis Capi... | ellis-comm... |
| - | Circadian ... | circadian.... |
| - | The Automa... | theautomat... |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 13.08.2025 | - | $20M | CTW Ventur... |
| 02.02.2021 | Series B | $18.1M | - |
| 12.06.2017 | - | $4.5M | - |
| 08.12.2014 | Series A | $3M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.08.2025 | Autonomous Sewing: Softwear Automation Secures $20M to Transform Apparel Industry | Softwear Automation secured $20 million in Series B1 funding. Danish fashion giant BESTSELLER, through Invest FWD, led the round. This significant capital injection powers the expansion of Softwear's autonomous SEWBOT technology. The patent... |
| 13.08.2025 | Softwear Automation: $20 Million Series B1 Raised For Autonomous Sewing Technology | Softwear Automation, a pioneer in autonomous sewing technology, has successfully closed a $20 million Series B1 funding round. This is a significant milestone in the company’s mission to revolutionize the manufacturing of sewn goods. A stra... |
| 12.08.2025 | Softwear Automation Raises $20M in Series B1 Funding | Softwear Automation, an Atlanta, GA-based autonomous sewing technology company, raised $20M in Series B1 funding. The round was led by Invest FWD, BESTSELLER. Current investors including CTW Venture Partners, SRI Capital, MacDonald Ventures... |
| 02.02.2021 | Atlanta robotics startup Softwear Automation closes $18.1M Series B round | Softwear Automation reported closing an $18.1 million Series B round in a Feb. 1 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The Atlanta startup, founded in 2012, uses robotics and artificial intelligence to automate the manufacturing o... |
| 12.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, June 12 | SUNNY SUNDAY Good morning! I hope you were all enjoying a lovely Sunday while Uber’s board held a seven-hour meeting to go over the results of Eric Holder’s independent investigation on Uber’s work environment, and reporters on the beat rac... |
| 12.06.2017 | SoftWear Automation raises $4.5 million to build robots that sew | Remember the good old days when cartoon robot toys were all the rage? Maybe you were a Transformers kid or maybe you were into Microbots. And, if you were very lucky, you got to experience to joy of the mini transforming Sewbots. If you wer... |
| 11.06.2017 | SoftWear Automation Raises $4.5M | SoftWear Automation, Inc., an Atlanta-based robotic sewing firm, today announced it has received $4.5 million in financing from existing investor, CTW Venture Partners. The funding will accelerate the company's development of fully automate... |
| 09.06.2017 | SoftWear Automation Receives $4.5m in Financing | SoftWear Automation, Inc., an Atlanta-based robotic sewing company, received $4.5m in financing. CTW Venture Partners made the investment. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate the development of fully automated sewn good workl... |
| 08.12.2014 | SoftWear Automation Completes $3M Series A Financing | SoftWear Automation Inc., an Atlanta, Ga.-based developer of robotic sewing technologies for the garment industry, completed a $3m Series A round of financing. Vc firm CTW Venture Partners made the investment and K.P. Reddy, CTW partner, ha... |
| 08.12.2014 | SoftWear Secures $3M in Funding | ATLANTA, GA, Developer of robotic sewing technologies for the garment industry, today announced that it completed a $3 million Series A round of financing. >> Click here for more funding data on SoftWear >> To export SoftWea... |
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