About

LePlan has developed an innovative framework that revolutionizes the way complex Electrical, Electronic & IoT projects are designed, documented, and built. So far, the LePlan framework has been used in the field of Smart Homes/Smart Buildings, Marine Equipment solutions and Industrial automation. The concept of LePlan is inspired by modern modular software engineering principles and global best practices. All electrical drawings are implemented as a combination of individual functions, which functions complete a system. Currently, the LePlan tool goes one step further and uses a combination of algorithms that automatically identify which functions or systems should be used to produce the required design and documentation.

Solution & Product

Until today, designing any large project was a complex and resource-intensive process. LePlan provides an online and cloud-based solution, where users are asked to provide their project’s specifications. The data input takes place using dynamic forms that guide the engineer throughout the process. Dedicated forms are automatically generated for every specific business sector or product. Once the user submits the project’s specification form, the LePlan tool creates all required drawings, configuration files, and even the Quotation documents without any human interaction. Among others, the automatically generated deliverables include the Bill of Materials (BOMs), Cable & Connection Lists, System’s Overview, detailed drawings, panel views, and others. LePlan’s tool has been developed, so that it can align with Vendors’ business models and follow the organization’s specific processes and deliverables format. Benefiting from custom software development helps to optimize existing businesses’ processes rather than replace them. Thus, our customers and their partners can incorporate our tool into their scope of practice. Drawings & Documentation benefit from a standardized structure allowing customers’ representatives to track devices easily during the whole lifecycle of the project. At the same time, engineers’ life becomes easier during procurement, assembly, testing, commissioning & support/troubleshooting of all systems.

Innovation & Scalability

Systems’ size and complexity grow at a staggering pace. For instance, in the construction industry, 10 years ago, a property’s control cabinet consisted of few circuit protection devices and switches. Today, the same property needs additional cabling for IT networks, safety & security systems, centralized audio and video distribution systems, electronic equipment to control lights, motorized blinds, and many more functions remotely and automatically. LePlan’s tool addresses the complexity like never before. It unifies the complete electrical, electronic, IT and IoT aspects of a project while it eliminates the manual design work. Only few seconds are needed to obtain the complete engineering study and documentation. LePlan expects to grow by a factor of 10 on a year-to-year basis for the next 3 years. As the process is automated (both technically & operationally) no growth bottlenecks are foreseen. Required CRM, server infrastructure and Project management tools are already in place

Traction & achievements

During the last 12 months, we have completed 18 projects and we have achieved upsell on 27% of our customers. More specifically, following several pilot projects in the UK, Cyprus, Greece, Germany, and Switzerland, LePlan secured its first high-value contract for a residential building in Glyfada/Greece. The project will be realized by a world-renowned Architecture office and owners awarded LePlan to fully design the Smart Home/Building functionality of the project. In addition, a rooftop in Kolonaki/Greece will be converted into an energy-efficient and fully automated property using LePlan’s services. In addition, LePlan currently has open deals/opportunities in various stages and is in negotiation with three major Smart Home Equipment makers (global brands) so that their equipment becomes part of the design process. Having secured a contract in the maritime industry for the design of vessel-wide retrofit systems using OEM equipment, LePlan is highly active in the field of industrial automation and is in negotiations with three industrial automation system makers to fully automate their systems’ design process giving them a significant competitive advantage against their competitors.

Team & Why Us

LePlan currently targets large integrators (>200 projects per year) as well as Smart Home equipment and Industrial Automation system makers. Since Q4 2022, the LePlan solution has been exhibited at Dubai Big5 International Building & Construction Show and Barcelona IoT Solutions World Congress. Later in 2023, the LePlan tool will also be presented for the first time in the Local (Greek) market looking to expand LePlan’s presence in the local Hospitality and Construction industry (hotels, Airbnb, architecture, etc.). The team consists of a managerial & technical lead with experience in scaling up a VC-funded Startup, a BDM with more than 20 years of Business Development and Sales experience, an operation manager with multidiscipline experience from highly regulated markets, and a marketing/content creator representative. The team has 1 PhD, 5 Masters and experts from 4 distinct academic & professional domains. At the same time, the team has a customer-centric and problem-solving attitude.

Funding Needs

Following several years of self-funding the research and development efforts of the company, in 2023 LePlan will seek for 3rd party investment to scale up sales and address operational demand.