Daniel Lindholst
Founder
Started BAVN to make serious site security simple. Works on the hardware, the AI and the company.
For investors
Protecting every site, wherever it is.
BAVN builds intelligent cameras that connect to the main brain, an AI computer that stays on the site and does the person detection there, not in the cloud. The system keeps working without internet, runs on battery or grid power, and alerts the right people in seconds. We're early, and looking for investors who want to build this with us.
- Stage
- Prototype in development
- Problem
- Site theft costs France alone nearly €1bn a year.
- Product
- Complex security, made simple. Independent cameras report to one AI main brain, which spots intruders right on site.
- Built for
- Construction, energy, ports, farmland, private property…
- Next
- Pilot program with the first sites
The vision
Serious security for every site, set up in less than an hour.*
Real protection for an empty site still means a night guard or a monitoring contract. Most sites get neither. We want every site, from a building site to a field, to have security that spots trouble early, warns the right people and needs nothing but a place to stand.
Decisions on site
The AI runs in the main brain, on the site itself. No connection needed and no cloud bill.
Power optional
Battery or grid power, temporary or permanent. BAVN goes where there are no cables and no network.
Smarter with every site
Every site we protect teaches the model something new, and every improvement reaches every site.
Depends on the size of the site, how many cameras it needs and how many people help set it up.
The problem
Empty sites are easy targets.
- Tools, machines, diesel and copper stand unguarded every night and every weekend.
- Guards cost a lot and can't be everywhere at once.
- Camera systems are complex. They need cables, power, internet and an installer, so temporary sites often go without.
- Cloud cameras go blind when the connection drops, and remote sites often have the weakest connection.
- Motion alarms go off for wind and headlights, until nobody reacts any more.
- Europe 30,000+ heavy machines stolen from equipment rental firms every year, plus 300,000 smaller items European Rental Association, 2025
- Germany 21,351 thefts from building sites recorded by the police in 2024. Only 12% were solved. BKA police crime statistics, 2024
- France Nearly €1bn lost every year to theft on French building sites. 7 in 10 building firms have had machinery stolen. French Building Federation (FFB), 2026
- United Kingdom 110+ construction and farm machines stolen every month, up from 40–70 a month before the war in Ukraine NCATT via Hire Association Europe, 2024
- Spain 8 in 10 construction professionals had a theft on site in the past year, and 45% of projects were delayed by crime BauWatch survey of 500 professionals, 2026
- Denmark DKK 278m lost every year on average to theft from sites, vans and trucks. 1 in 3 DI Byggeri member firms was hit in the past year. DI Byggeri, 2025
France alone loses nearly €1 billion a year to site theft, and BAVN is built to solve it. It spots intruders on site and alerts the right people in seconds, while there's still time to act.
Why BAVN
Why choose BAVN.
What sets BAVN apart, and why we think it can lead.
Edge AI from day one
Designed to decide on site, not adapted from a cloud camera. It keeps detecting when the internet is down and reacts with no trip to a server.
Made for sites without infrastructure
Runs on battery or site power and needs no internet to protect, so it works where other systems can't be installed.
Alerts people trust
BAVN follows a person over several frames before it alerts, and every alert comes with a photo. Fewer false alarms means people keep reacting.
Set up in less than an hour*
Place the main brain, mount the cameras, draw what matters. No cables to pull and no server to run.
Better with every site
Every pilot helps train a better model, and every improvement reaches every site at once.
Built by people who care
Pilot sites shape the product before launch, so it fits how site managers actually work.
Depends on the size of the site, how many cameras it needs and how many people help set it up.
Where we are
Early, and moving.
We're building the first prototype now. Next, we test it with pilot sites, then we launch.
- NowBuilding the prototype
- NextPilot program
- ThenLaunch
Pitch deck
Want the full picture?
Ask for the pitch deck and we'll email it to you. If you'd like to talk it through, we're happy to set up a call.
Prefer to talk first? Message Daniel on LinkedIn