Carl and Mads Fagerlund, founders of Deepvis.
Aalborg University has named Deepvis a winner of the AAU Startup Legat 2025 — the university’s startup grant — with the citation “technology solutions with a clear strategy and evident customer value.”
The problem we put in the application
Plastics and packaging manufacturers usually discover defects on their products too late — either late in production or at the customer. Manual quality control is unreliable, and the existing technical solutions are too expensive and too complex for most manufacturers.
Deepvis builds an AI-driven camera system that checks product quality directly on the production line in real time. That lets manufacturers reduce waste, save time and deliver better quality — without needing specialist skills to operate it.
What the grant actually paid for
“The grant made a concrete difference. We have been able to buy the hardware we need to develop and test our system properly, and we have had the opportunity to find our first student employee. That gave us a real lift in both technical progress and capacity.”
Two things that are easy to underestimate from outside: the hardware to test against real parts, and a second pair of hands.
What comes next
We are raising capital to convert our pilot installations into paying customers, and working on partnerships with automation houses that can help us scale sales across Europe.
Source: Aalborg University — “Vinder af AAU Startup Legat 2025: Deepvis”. Quotes translated from Danish. The page carries no publication date, only the year — the date on this post is approximate.
