What Hepta Insights does

Hepta Insights (legal entity Hepta Group Airborne Ltd.) is an Estonia-headquartered, venture-backed software vendor that provides an AI-enhanced inspection platform for power grid operators. The platform ingests drone, helicopter, LiDAR, satellite, and ground patrol imagery to automatically detect anomalies across transmission and distribution infrastructure — including mechanical faults, corrosion, missing components, thermal anomalies, and vegetation encroachment — and assigns severity risk scores to prioritize repairs. Outputs are reviewed by in-house grid experts before being delivered via API integrations into customers' CMMS, EAM, and GIS systems, with cloud or on-premise deployment available.

The company sells primarily to distribution system operators (DSOs) and transmission system operators (TSOs) in the energy sector, with reference customers including E.ON, Vattenfall, Elia Group, EDP Labelec, DTEK, Enefit Connect, Elering, ELES, and Deutsche Bahn AG. Its software is currently used by more than 30 utilities across 21 countries to inspect over 3,000 kilometers of power lines per month, with reported customer outcomes including a 300% SAIDI improvement for DTEK Grids and a reduction of Enefit Connect's inspection cycle from seven years to 2.5 years. Pricing is quote-based on an annual subscription with deployment support.

Hepta monetizes through enterprise SaaS subscriptions, delivered via direct field sales with "Request a demo" motions and full deployment support. The company is privately held and backed by EIT InnoEnergy, Contrarian Ventures, Axon Partners Group, Voyagers.io, Thorgate Management, Expansion Capital, Fortech Investments, SpeedUp Venture Capital Group, and Nesprit, with disclosed equity funding of approximately $3.15M across rounds in 2016, 2019, and 2021, followed by undisclosed rounds in 2022, 2024, and 2025. Co-founder and CEO Henri Klemmer, a power engineer with 12+ years of grid inspection experience, leads a team of 11-50 employees headquartered in Tallinn, with business development coverage extending into Latin America.

Name

Hepta Insights

Legal name

Hepta Group Airborne Ltd.

Website

https://heptaairborne.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hepta Insights is an Estonia-based software vendor that sells an AI-enhanced inspection platform to power grid operators (DSOs and TSOs), automatically detecting anomalies and prioritizing repairs across more than 30 utilities in 21 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Grid Inspection Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (8112)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)

akta.pro primary industry

Vegetation & Right-of-Way Inspection Analytics (LiDAR, encroachment detection, hazard trees) (EUADAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Online Condition Monitoring (Sensors, Edge Devices, IIoT Gateways) (EUAEAKAA), Predictive Maintenance & Asset Reliability Analytics (HDAAAHAE), Predictive Maintenance & Condition Monitoring (IMAIAMAD), Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG), Rail Asset Inspection, Monitoring & Diagnostics (Track Geometry, Wayside Sensors) (TLAJADAG)

Keywords

• AI grid inspection
• Power line monitoring
• Anomaly detection software
• Utility inspection platform
• Transmission infrastructure analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: AI-enhanced inspection software platform delivered as subscription service with cloud or on-premise deployment options. Includes access to pre-trained models, analysis tools, and expert validation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hepta Insights provides an AI-enhanced end-to-end inspection platform for power grid operators (DSOs and TSOs). The platform uses machine learning models to automatically detect anomalies across transmission and distribution infrastructure—including mechanical faults, corrosion, missing components, thermal anomalies, and vegetation encroachment—and assigns severity risk scores to prioritize repairs. It ingests multi-source data (drone, helicopter, LiDAR, satellite, ground patrol), combines automated ML analysis with expert human validation, and exposes APIs for integration with CMMS, EAM, and GIS systems.

Product overview

Hepta Insights offers a unified AI-enhanced inspection platform for power grid operators. The core Hepta Insights Platform provides end-to-end inspection capabilities using AI-powered anomaly detection with severity scoring, supporting data inputs from drones, helicopters, LiDAR, satellites, and ground patrols. The platform integrates via API with enterprise systems (CMMS, EAM, GIS) and is designed for operational teams without technical backgrounds while offering custom model training options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hepta Insights Platform AI-enhanced end-to-end inspection platform for power grid operators that automatically detects anomalies, assigns severity risk scores, and prioritizes repairs. Combines machine learning models with expert validation, supports drone/helicopter/LiDAR/satellite/ground patrol data inputs, and integrates via API with CMMS, EAM, and GIS systems. Delivered as cloud or on-premise subscription.

Quantifiable outcome

• SAIDI score improved 300% for DTEK Grids
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cyberhawk Innovations: Drone-based visual inspection and asset integrity services for utilities, oil & gas, and rail. Closely comparable to Hepta as an enterprise drone-inspection provider selling to DSOs/TSOs, but more focused on service delivery than AI software platform.
• Sharper Shape: Drone and software provider for power line inspection and asset management. Direct competitor in Hepta's core market of automated overhead line inspection with utility customers globally.
• Percepto: Autonomous drone-in-a-box inspection platform for industrial sites including utilities. Competes with Hepta on AI-driven anomaly detection and recurring inspection data, though broader in vertical scope.
• vHive: Software platform that turns drone captures into digital twins and asset insights for telecom towers, construction, and utilities. Closely comparable on drone-data analytics, AI defect detection, and enterprise SaaS delivery.
• Optelos: Visual data management and AI analytics platform for drone-captured asset inspections. Competes with Hepta in turning aerial imagery into prioritized defect findings for enterprise asset owners.
• PrecisionHawk: Aerial data, drone analytics, and AI inspection services for energy, utilities, and agriculture. Comparable to Hepta in selling drone-derived AI insights to enterprise asset operators.

Emerging players

• DroneDeploy: Cloud-based drone mapping and inspection platform with AI analytics. Overlaps with Hepta in drone-image processing and enterprise workflows, but more horizontal across construction, mining, and agriculture than power-grid focused.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Energy (Grid Software): Major OEM with grid management, asset performance, and transmission software portfolios. Competes with Hepta at the higher end of utility procurement, especially where buyers prefer bundled EAM and grid platforms.
• GE Vernova (GridOS): Large incumbent offering grid management, asset monitoring, and analytics solutions to utilities globally. Provides indirect competition as DSOs/TSOs increasingly seek integrated platforms rather than point solutions.
• Trimble (Utilities / Energy): Provider of GIS, asset management, and field solutions widely used by utilities and rail operators. Adjacent competitor via its utility asset management suite that increasingly incorporates inspection analytics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors9 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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