Unusuals

unusuals.ai ↗ ·Madrid ·Seed

Unusuals (legal entity Unusuals World S.L.) is a Madrid-based AI company that automates visual inspection and maintenance of critical linear infrastructure. Its software ingests imagery from drones, cameras, LiDAR and thermal sensors to automatically detect defects and anomalies on power lines, railways, telecom towers, wind farms and solar PV plants, using synthetic data to train models where real defect examples are scarce, and outputs audit-ready reports (cloud or on-premise). Founded in 2016, it raised a ~€1M seed round in June 2024 co-led by Elewit (Redeia/Red Eléctrica's tech venture arm) and Terna Forward (the CVC of Italian grid operator Terna); it won Elewit's Data Challenge in 2020, has worked with Red Eléctrica on the DALIA anomaly-detection project since 2020, and counts Deutsche Bahn among its referenced clients.

Founded

2016

Founders

Total funds raised

€2M

SectorsAI & Data, Computer Vision, Energy & Climate, Infrastructure & Utilities, Enterprise Software, Mobility & Logistics Start-up MapAI & Data › Industrial & geospatial analytics

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Founders

Mario Fernández Marín

Co-Founder

Norberto González Díaz

Co-Founder & CEO

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Elewit

www.elewit.ventures

Led 2 rounds · 2024–25 Spain

CVC Terna Forward

www.terna.it ↗

Led Seed 2024 Italy

Funding rounds 2

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2025-02-07	Seed (estimated)	€1M	Elewit
2024-06-18	Seed	€1M	Elewit, CVC Terna Forward

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Published	Article
2025-02-06	Elewit invests in Unusuals' technology for AI-powered infrastructure maintenance ↗ Capital-Riesgo.es 2025-02-06
2024-06-18	Elewit acquires a stake in Unusuals to drive digitalisation of electrical grid maintenance ↗ Elewit (Redeia) 2024-06-18