36ZERO Vision Raises €3,6M

Munich, Germany, 15.07.2025 – 36ZERO Vision, a pioneering provider of advanced AI-powered visual quality inspection solutions, today announced the successful closing of a €3.6 million funding round to expand the reach of its AI-powered Vision Operating System for manufacturing

This latest investment round was led by an investor syndicate including JOIN Capital, Bayern Kapital, and Vanagon Ventures, with additional support from notable investors including UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators and Alchemist.

The new capital will be used to expand 36ZERO Vision’s team across sales, customer success and product development in response to rapidly increasing customer demand. It will also enable the company to further enhance its technological leadership and reinforce its unique position in the global market for AI-driven visual inspection solutions.

The global machine vision market, driven by surging demand for automated quality inspection and enhanced productivity, is projected to nearly double from $20.4 billion in 2024 to $41.7 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 13.0% from 2025 to 2030.

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, 36ZERO Vision’s software-defined, hardware-agnostic technology stands out due to its superior accuracy and ease of use, achieving a remarkable reduction in false positives, known as pseudo defects, which commonly plague traditional inspection solutions.

The company’s proprietary AI technology is already industrialized and actively deployed in production environments at some of the world’s most demanding manufacturing companies, including Siemens, Bosch Rexroth and LEONI. 36ZERO Vision’s technology significantly outperforms established competitors such as Keyence and Cognex by delivering higher accuracy, reducing inspection errors, and simplifying the inspection process.

“We built 36ZERO Vision to solve a real-world frustration,,” said CEO Heiko Huber. “Visual inspection too often only works in theory, but fails in production. Our system delivers higher accuracy with lower complexity and it’s already earning the trust of top-tier manufacturers. This funding helps us scale faster and push the limits of what AI in manufacturing can do.”

“Manufacturing is overdue for AI-driven innovation that reliably delivers results beyond the lab. 36ZERO Vision’s breakthrough solution is rewriting industry standards by dramatically cutting false positives and simplifying processes,” said Tobias Schirmer, Founding Partner at Join Capital. “We invested because their technology is already validated by top-tier customers and uniquely positioned to scale quickly in a market hungry for solutions that actually work.”

“Advancing the development of Industry 4.0 application scenarios in an efficient and profitable manner requires reducing recalls and rework – and thus labour costs – while at the same time improving production quality and reliability. 36ZERO Vision’s AI-powered visual quality inspection solutions are designed to achieve exactly these goals, thus providing great value for many industrial sectors. This means that 36ZERO Vision’s business model has significant potential for scaling across a wide range of markets and convinces with its strong commercial potential – making it an attractive investment for Bayern Kapital,” said Monika Steger, Managing Director at Bayern Kapital.

About 36ZERO Vision

Founded and based in Munich, 36ZERO Vision is revolutionizing visual inspection in manufacturing with its advanced, software-defined Vision OS platform. By leveraging proprietary AI technology, the company provides unmatched accuracy and operational efficiency, serving leading global manufacturers and helping ensure quality control excellence across multiple industrial sectors.