
Silana is revolutionizing the fashion industry by fully automating the sewing process, a critical step that has remained manual for 50 years. Their deep tech innovation offers a robot that enables the automation of the entire value chain, from fabric to finished garment, without human intervention. This allows for sustainable, quick, and cost-effective production locally, even in high-wage countries. Key benefits include 4x faster production speed, 12-15x worker capacity, 82% cost savings, 38% CO2 reduction, and 90% defect reduction. Silana aims to address the fashion industry's significant economic, ecological, and social problems, such as waste, pollution, and exploitation of labor.

Silana is revolutionizing the fashion industry by fully automating the sewing process, a critical step that has remained manual for 50 years. Their deep tech innovation offers a robot that enables the automation of the entire value chain, from fabric to finished garment, without human intervention. This allows for sustainable, quick, and cost-effective production locally, even in high-wage countries. Key benefits include 4x faster production speed, 12-15x worker capacity, 82% cost savings, 38% CO2 reduction, and 90% defect reduction. Silana aims to address the fashion industry's significant economic, ecological, and social problems, such as waste, pollution, and exploitation of labor.
Headquarters: Vienna, Austria
Founded: 2022
Product: Robotics + AI system that fully automates sewing and end-to-end garment production
Prototype / Pilot: Working prototype for undershirts; first pilot sold end of 2024
Employees: 13
Total funding: USD 3,260,000
Apparel manufacturing: manual sewing, waste, pollution, labor exploitation and high production costs.
2022
Fashion / Apparel Manufacturing, Robotics, Deep Tech
Seed round recorded on Dec 18, 2024
Public profiles list multiple early-stage financings including rounds in 2023 and May 2024
“SOSV, HAX, OOE HightechFonds, Material V listed as investors”