iTwin Activate
Building the Future of Digital Twin Technology
iTwin Activate Program
The iTwin Activate program fosters collaboration between Bentley and early-stage start-ups in the infrastructure software industry. The program helps the start-ups build on Bentley’s digital twin platform technology, shares our industry expertise, and supports their efforts with funding out of Bentley’s iTwin Ventures fund.
Current Cohort: Asset Monitoring for Transportation Networks
The application period is now closed. Stay tuned for our next cohort!
iTwin Ventures Cohort Success
We are proud to support forward-looking startups like those selected for Bentley’s iTwin Activate—Asset Monitoring for Transportation cohort. This program empowers the design, construction, and operation of resilient transportation infrastructure through intelligent digital twin solutions.
Discover how these startups harnessed Bentley’s digital twin technology in the iTwin Platform to drive innovation in asset monitoring and create cutting-edge solutions. See how they bridge the gap between the physical and virtual worlds with their groundbreaking approaches.
- The Cross Product
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The Cross Product (TCP) automates the processing of lidar data for railways and highways, performing tasks such as regression of track geometry at scale.
They built an integration with OpenRail, enabling users to access TCP’s regression at scale capabilities to support signaling projects and other large-scale projects involving hundreds or thousands of kilometers of railway.
- Intelligent Project Solutions
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Intelligent Project Solutions (IPS) uses computer vision and natural language processing to build AI-powered solutions that can read and structure engineering content in undigitized documents.
IPS applied their capabilities to read legacy bridge inspection reports of various formats, structure the data, and then enrich the iTwin with that historical data.
- Roebling Labs
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Roebling Labs uses cameras with motion amplification to monitor bridges in a more scalable way than installing physical sensors.
Roebling Labs built a “smart bridge in a box,” bringing their bridge monitoring system data into iTwin to create a dashboard for their video-based bridge monitoring service.
- Telemattica
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Telemattica’s Pantograph Collision Detection System (PCDS) geolocates and captures video footage of condition issues in overhead wiring of rail networks.
Telemattica built an integration between PCDS and the iTwin platform for displaying the data collected by the PCDS at sites across a train operator’s network. This data can now be displayed alongside other contextual information contained within the iTwin.
The Cross Product (TCP) automates the processing of lidar data for railways and highways, performing tasks such as regression of track geometry at scale.
They built an integration with OpenRail, enabling users to access TCP’s regression at scale capabilities to support signaling projects and other large-scale projects involving hundreds or thousands of kilometers of railway.
Intelligent Project Solutions (IPS) uses computer vision and natural language processing to build AI-powered solutions that can read and structure engineering content in undigitized documents.
IPS applied their capabilities to read legacy bridge inspection reports of various formats, structure the data, and then enrich the iTwin with that historical data.
Roebling Labs uses cameras with motion amplification to monitor bridges in a more scalable way than installing physical sensors.
Roebling Labs built a “smart bridge in a box,” bringing their bridge monitoring system data into iTwin to create a dashboard for their video-based bridge monitoring service.
Telemattica’s Pantograph Collision Detection System (PCDS) geolocates and captures video footage of condition issues in overhead wiring of rail networks.
Telemattica built an integration between PCDS and the iTwin platform for displaying the data collected by the PCDS at sites across a train operator’s network. This data can now be displayed alongside other contextual information contained within the iTwin.
What the Program Offers
Build with Bentley: Participants in the program will build a project incorporating Bentley technology with the support of Bentley technical experts and developers to accelerate their product roadmap.
Market expertise: Work with Bentley leaders and other industry experts to help shape your go-to-market plans, gain insight into the infrastructure industry, and understand the venture fundraising process.
A trusted name: Build with trusted technology and work with us to gain the confidence of shared clients.
Connect with our community: Connect to our client and partner ecosystem to build relationships with industry leaders and get feedback from the infrastructure community.
Accelerate your growth: Participants in the program will receive an investment from Bentley to cover the costs of their participation in the program in the form of a SAFE note.
Who we’re Looking for
Our most recent iTwin Activate cohort theme was about asset monitoring for transportation networks – roadways, rail, bridges, tunnels!
We are looking for early-stage startups who are innovating in these areas: collection of asset condition data, generation of novel data streams for asset condition, producing unique insights via analytics / AI, and sustainability.
Over the four-month program, participants learn about Bentley’s platform and products, gain industry and market insights from our product leaders, and receive development funding of up to $250k via a SAFE note to build their solutions.
