About Acervas
Acervas solves the 1.4 trillion dollar global manufacturing problem of profit loss due to machine downtime. It is an AI-powered knowledge platform that transforms how a manufacturing plant can capture, share, and scale technical expertise.
By leveraging advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Whisper voice to text technology, Acervas converts the “tribal knowledge” of veteran engineers, often trapped in logbooks or spoken anecdotes, into a live, searchable digital asset. For factory owners, this means turning individual experience into institutional intelligence, drastically reducing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) and shielding the business from the catastrophic knowledge loss associated with an aging workforce.
By creating a cross-plant network effect, a single fix discovered in one facility becomes a preventative blueprint for every other site running the same equipment, effectively turning a global community of engineers into a single, unified troubleshooting force.
The team
01
Co-Founder & CEO
18 years as a mechanical engineer across heavy industry, manufacturing, and marine — turned software engineer who built the platform from the ground up. The rare combination of someone who’s diagnosed the fault at 3am and engineered the software to make sure no one has to do it alone again.
02
Co-Founder & CPO
Spent years building enterprise products at Atlassian and Xero. Now owns the product roadmap at Acervas — making sure the right things get built, in the right order, from first plant to first hundred.
03
Co-Founder & Commercial Director
Decades of commercial and business development experience. Opens doors to plant managers and CEOs, builds channel partnerships, and drives the sales pipeline.
Backed by
Investor / Advisor
Ex-PayPal. Ex-LinkedIn. Silicon Valley angel investor with deep network effects expertise and connections to the US venture ecosystem.
Investor / Advisor
Founding team and CPO at Partly (scaled 5→100+, $37M raised). Ex-Airbnb Head of BizOps & Strategy ANZ. Forbes 30 Under 30 and angel investor in 40+ startups across New Zealand and Australia.
Investor / Advisor
Founder of three startups with two exits. Former entrepreneur-in-residence and AI product lead at Google. Mentored dozens of founders at Village Global, 500 Startups, and StartX.
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