• DBR77 Robotics

  Participated · Seed · Apr 2025

  DBR77 Robotics is a Polish industrialtech startup whose platform integrates IoT sensors, digital twin technology, and a robotics marketplace to optimize manufacturing and logistics operations. The product enables real-time data collection, process simulation, and automation, combining a digital twin and IoT system delivered via SaaS subscriptions. Its marketplace connects manufacturers with robotics suppliers such as Fanuc, KUKA, Yaskawa, ABB, and Mitsubishi Electric and generates commission revenue. The company combines subscription SaaS fees with marketplace commissions as its business model. DBR77 closed a €3.5M Seed round to support international growth and technology development. The proceeds will fund a "GO GLOBAL" strategy targeting Western Europe and the U.S., enhancing AI capabilities, integrating with IoT systems, and commercialising the Digital Twin. The company has established subsidiaries in Berlin and Pittsburgh to spearhead expansion in the DACH region and North America.

• Embotech

  Participated · Series B · Dec 2024

  Embotech is a Zurich, Switzerland–based company developing autonomous driving solutions for industrial logistics, with a focus on Automated Vehicle Marshalling (AVM) for car factories and Autonomous Terminal Tractors (ATT) for ports and yards. The company leverages real-time optimization technology developed since 2013 and offers a Level 4 AV kit using LIDAR, cameras and GPS with localization accuracy under 5 cm. Embotech has secured multi-year rollout contracts, notably with BMW to install its AVM solution in six passenger car factories worldwide by the end of 2025; the rollout began in late 2023 and is already operational in Dingolfing and Leipzig, with Regensburg in progress and Spartanburg planned. The AVM solution is currently driving hundreds of cars per day and is expected to scale to several thousands per day in early 2025. For port logistics, Embotech validated its ATT technology in a 24/7 port environment and is preparing a major rollout in the port of Rotterdam, with 30 electric ATTs slated for deployment over the next two years. The company intends to use recent funding to scale its AVM and ATT offerings across Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia. Embotech builds optimization and virtual-driver software (FORCESPRO and PRODRIVER) to enable L4 autonomy for vehicles and robotics on private grounds such as distribution centers, ports, car factories and mines. Its stack supports autonomous, fully electric vehicles that can perform all driving tasks and autonomously charge, and the company says few rivals combine L4 systems with autonomous charging robotics. Embotech’s technology has won multiple awards, most recently the Swiss Technology Award 2021. The team has grown to about 45 people while developing its core products. The company is deploying L4 systems into serial production for car OEM factory logistics starting mid-2022, has run 24/7 autonomous mining operations since late 2020, and plans logistics-yard production by end of 2022. Embotech plans to grow its team by 50% over the next two years and use the new capital to robustify products and accelerate deployments on private grounds. A partnership with ZF aims to develop complementary products, a global TaaS solution and an intelligent automated cruise control with predictive energy management.

• Wingtra

  Led · Series B · Aug 2024

  Wingtra, founded in 2016 out of ETH Zurich, develops the WingtraOne VTOL drone and complementary software for survey-quality 2D and 3D aerial data. The company recently launched WingtraCLOUD to simplify flight planning, site-based file organization, 3D planning and cloud syncing. Its products are used by major organizations including NASA, CEMEX, Rio Tinto and the US Air Force. Wingtra employs over 100 people, with more than 30 dedicated to research and development. The integration of hardware, data processing and user-friendly software is aimed at reducing engineering costs and improving decision-making on construction, defense and other commercial projects. The firm is pursuing commercial growth and expanded defense deployments following its recent fundraise. Wingtra makes vertical take-off-and-landing (VTOL) mapping drones and develops software for fully autonomous aerial survey flights. Based in Zurich with offices in Fort Lauderdale and Zagreb, the company was founded in 2014 and employs nearly 200 people. Its flagship WingtraOne VTOL and the WingtraOne Gen II (released in 2021) produce survey-grade 2D and 3D maps with high-resolution RGB cameras. Wingtra says its drones are used by hundreds of organizations in 96 countries — including NASA, the Army Corps of Engineers, Texas A&M and Kenya Red Cross — and collectively fly more than 100,000 missions each year, mapping 18 million acres. A single Wingtra flight covering over 100 hectares can be digitized at 0.5 in/px, which the company says is up to 30x faster and 90% cheaper than terrestrial surveying. The company plans to use new funding to improve its technology and add features toward a long-term vision of fully automated data collection, processing, and analysis to reduce manual work and improve data timeliness. Wingtra develops the WingtraOne, a VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) mapping drone equipped with high-resolution mapping cameras for accurate aerial surveys. The drone is used in surveying, mining and other industries and can take off and land like a multicopter while covering wide areas. Since its market entry in 2017, Wingtra has partnered with more than 50 major survey equipment dealers and expanded sales from Switzerland to more than 40 countries. The company has grown rapidly over the past two years, increasing headcount from about 30 to more than 70 employees. Wingtra says it will use the funds to scale operations globally, expand sales, and invest in R&D to improve its product and advance the aerial survey and mapping industry. Wingtra builds the WingtraOne, a VTOL drone that takes off and lands like a multicopter and flies as a fixed-wing aircraft, enabling safer landings and heavier payloads such as 40MP cameras. WingtraOne is managed through mission-planning software WingtraPilot and collects survey-grade aerial data that can be post-processed into high-resolution 2D orthomosaics and 3D models for surveying, mapping, construction, forestry, agriculture and other industries. The company raised an additional $5.8M, bringing total fundraising to $10M, which it says will support accelerated market entry and international expansion. Wingtra reports having overachieved company revenue targets and cites traction in the professional drone segment. The company was founded as a spin-off from ETH Zurich and is led by founders Basil Weibel, Maximilian Boosfeld and Elias Kleimann; it is headquartered in Zurich and has assembled a team of about 40 employees. Wingtra points to a Goldman Sachs estimate that the drone market could reach $100B by 2020 as a supporting market tailwind.

• Bcomp

  Participated · Series C · Apr 2024

  Bcomp develops high-performance, bio-based natural fibre composites (notably powerRibs and ampliTex) that reduce plastic content and weight while enabling easier integration into volume production. Its materials are already used at industrial scale by OEMs such as Volvo and Polestar, with ampliTex applied in the Volvo EX30 and both products used by BMW for the M4 GT4. The company highlights certifications including IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 and reports cradle-to-gate CO2 reductions up to 60%, plastic-content reductions up to 70% for interiors, and weight savings up to 50% versus traditional materials. Bcomp plans to scale production capacity to convert an advanced pipeline of commercial automotive opportunities and to expand into additional verticals including rail, buses, aviation, aerospace and consumer goods. The company also intends to support market entry in Asia and North America as part of its growth strategy. Bcomp develops and sells sustainable lightweighting solutions built on proprietary natural-fibre reinforcement technologies ampliTex™ and powerRibs™. Its natural-fibre composites aim to reduce cradle-to-gate emissions, enable dematerialisation, and offer improved vibration damping versus conventional composites. The company serves automotive, aerospace, mobility, maritime, infrastructure, and athletics customers, including BMW, Volvo Cars, and Porsche AG. Bcomp provides engineering support from idea to final part from its Fribourg headquarters. Its technologies originated from a 2011 garage project to create lightweight skis. The company plans to use new funding to scale its workforce, increase domestic and global production capacity, and strengthen its commercial footprint.

• Move AI

  Participated · Seed · Oct 2023

  Move AI builds a smartphone app that converts standard 2D video into 3D motion-capture models using proprietary AI. The app supports two to six iOS cameras (with an experimental Android mode) and the company is developing Move One, a single-camera app now in invitation-only beta with a public launch planned later this year. Move AI has changed its sign-up process to require team-led onboarding and introduced Move Pro custom subscription pricing. The company positions its technology as a markerless alternative to traditional, marker-based motion-capture systems and aims to dramatically reduce cost and broaden access for creators. Move AI intends to use new funding to double down on development and make 3D animation more accessible, according to CEO Tino Millar. The article notes the company is UK-based and four years old and does not disclose revenue or user metrics.

No current team members are available.