Today we're announcing our $18M Series A, led by Construct Capital with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Transition Ventures, Sunflower Capital, and Banter Capital.
We started Podium because we'd lived the problem. Control panels are the central nervous system of industrial automation – every motor, pump, and machine on a factory floor runs through one. And yet getting a panel built hasn't fundamentally changed in decades: 12-week lead times, opaque pricing and schedules, and quality that depends on knowledge locked in a handful of veteran technicians' heads. That knowledge is leaving the industry just as a new generation of engineers needs panels for an increasingly automated and complex world.
So we built the vendor we always wished we had.
Podium designs and manufactures UL 508A-listed control panels in under four weeks. Our software models every panel digitally before a wire is cut, connects customer requirements straight to the shop floor, and gives customers full visibility from quote to shipment. Speed doesn’t mean cutting corners. At Podium, faster and better are the same thing.
In less than two years, we've shipped over 200 panels to customers ranging from hardware scale-ups to Fortune 500 manufacturers. This round lets us scale what's already working: expanding manufacturing capacity, growing our engineering and operations teams, and continuing to invest in the software that powers it all.
Control panels are everywhere. We're just getting started on changing how they're built.
— Jamie and Jacob
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