pawao
Suurstoffi 37, Rotkreuz, Zug, 6343, Switzerland
Overview
PAWAO operates as a venture network and investment vehicle, focusing on the development and growth of promising companies. With a foundation in 2021 and a team of 10 employees, PAWAO specializes in venture investing and advisory services, targeting startups in the retail sector among others. The company is based in Zug, Switzerland, and emphasizes collaboration and sharing opportunities within its network. PAWAO's approach combines financial investment with strategic advice, aiming to foster entrepreneurial success and value creation.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 2
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- specter automation
Participated · Seed · Mar 2025
Specter Automation offers a cloud platform that digitizes construction site execution through 3D model-based management, enabling digital planning, scheduling, visualization, documentation, and real-time progress monitoring. The software is designed to improve efficiency and transparency on construction projects. The company serves major construction firms across North America, the Middle East, Asia, and New Zealand, including Kajima Corporation, Domoplan, Implenia AG, and Nesseler Bau GmbH. Founded in 2021 and based in Cologne, Germany, Specter targets large construction clients with its 3D site-management tooling. Following the latest financing, the company plans to scale its go-to-market team, strengthen international expansion, and invest in a dedicated customer success team. Specter Automation is a Cologne-based construction tech startup founded in 2021 that builds a SaaS and automation platform for the construction industry. Its platform produces 3D graphical models of construction projects, running from the cloud to generate real estimates of cost, material usage, and lead times. The company says the platform can reduce up to 40% of "organisational effort" on site. Specter focuses on digitising on-site workflows to improve coordination, quality, adherence to schedules, and to automatically document what happens on site. The construction industry is noted in the article as having low digital adoption despite high revenue generation, which frames the market opportunity. Specter has recently raised seed funding to support its product and go-to-market progress.
- Along
Participated · Equity · Sep 2022
Along provides a cloud-based agreement and negotiation tool that lets independent professionals build dedicated client interfaces with customizable offer pages, uploads (pricing sheets, briefings, prototypes) and integrations (Figma, Trello, DocuSign, Stripe). Inside the tool parties can exchange information via comments, chat or video and approve offers, content or contracts, aiming to simplify communication and increase transparency. The startup has built a manual MVP and onboarded 62 businesses in seven weeks. Along plans to launch an ALPHA version for selected users in October and a private BETA in Q1 2023. The company intends to use recent funding to expand its core product team. Along was co‑founded by Julian Philipp Nagel, Frederik Nagel and Thabo Mphuthi and is based in Berlin.