Led · Seed · Jul 2026

RTDT Laboratories designs ultra-thin, lightweight wireless sensor patches that integrate microelectronic sensors and proprietary algorithms to capture real-time aerodynamic and structural data from wind turbine blades. The patches measure parameters such as aerodynamic pressure, acceleration, vibration, mechanical load and temperature, synchronize timestamps, and transmit data wirelessly to a gateway and then to the cloud to build a digital twin of the blade. Their software suite performs calibration, local and global analyses (including blade kinematics and pressure coefficients), visual analyses and decision recommendations for control, design optimization and maintenance. The patches attach with removable tape without drilling, are offered in two sizes (400×160×4 mm and 160×160×4 mm), and include photovoltaic cells and intelligent battery management for ultra-low-power operation. RTDT was founded in 2022 as an ETH Zurich spin-off by Imad Abdallah, Aris Mukherjee and Konstantinos Tatsis and is pursuing pilot implementations and commercial deployments in the wind-energy sector with a target for large-scale rollout by early 2027.

Led · Seed · Jul 2026

Aylight develops chip-scale multiwavelength lasers that generate multiple precisely spaced wavelengths from a single chip using a frequency-modulated comb (FM comb) architecture. The design reduces the need for multiple discrete lasers in optical communication systems and is intended to be manufacturable in existing semiconductor photonics foundries. The company targets AI data-center optical interconnects and high-precision frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) sensing for applications such as semiconductor inspection, metrology, industrial automation, and precision robotics. Aylight was founded in 2025 by Bahareh Marzban and Dmitry Kazakov following research at ETH Zürich. The startup plans to use its recent pre-seed funding to build its first foundry prototypes and grow its R&D team as it moves from research toward initial products.

Participated · Series B · Nov 2025

Apono delivers a Cloud Privileged Access Platform that replaces static permissions with Zero Standing Privilege (ZSP) controls based on just-in-time and just-enough-access models. Its engine validates every request in real time, allowing enterprises to grant and revoke permissions automatically across hybrid and multi-cloud environments without slowing developers or operations. The platform is positioned for an era in which human users and autonomous AI agents operate side by side, requiring context-aware, highly scalable identity governance. Over the past year, the company reports a fourfold increase in client count, and reference customers include Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Monday.com. Apono plans to use new capital to accelerate AI-powered access intelligence, automate policy creation, and expand go-to-market efforts in the U.S. and additional international regions while scaling its engineering and sales teams. The November 2025 Series B brings its total funding to more than $54 million, underscoring growing enterprise demand for dynamic permissioning solutions.

Participated · Equity · Sep 2025

Founded in 2016 in Zürich, ANYbotics develops the ANYmal family of quadruped robots designed for autonomous industrial inspections across oil & gas, mining, power generation and other complex facilities. The robots use an AI-driven software stack for fully autonomous navigation, collision avoidance and stair-climbing, allowing them to detect overheating equipment, abnormal vibrations and gas leaks while gathering real-time data. More than 200 units of the first-generation ANYmal are already deployed worldwide, conducting thousands of inspections each week for customers such as bp, Equinor, ENI, Petrobras, Siemens Energy and AWS. The company is preparing to launch ANYmal X, billed as the world’s first Ex-certified legged robot for explosive environments, with commercial rollout targeted for 2026. ANYbotics aims to scale global operations and expand into additional heavy-industry verticals, leveraging its robots to enhance safety, efficiency and sustainability. The firm has raised over €127 million to date, supporting rapid growth and product development.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2025

AccelerComm develops proprietary physical-layer IP for Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) aimed at enabling 5G Direct-to-Device connectivity between standard mobile handsets and satellites. Its technology focuses on the RAN physical layer—encoding and decoding signals—to address latency, power efficiency, and error-correction challenges unique to space-based 5G. The company is working with customers and partners including Lockheed Martin, which is incorporating AccelerComm’s solutions into an Advanced Regenerative 5G NR NTN Base Station slated to be the first regenerative 5G payload in orbit. AccelerComm plans to expand its satellite-based 5G work to accelerate universal mobile coverage via space-based infrastructure and has reported strong interest from mobile operators and satellite networks worldwide. The company announced David Helfgott as its new CEO as it closes a new funding round. It raised $15 million in a round led by IP Group (including Parkwalk and Hostplus funds) with backing from IQ Capital, Swisscom Ventures, and Bloc Ventures; the UK Space Agency has expressed support for the sector. AccelerComm provides award‑winning 5G channel‑coding IP and a LEOPhy layer‑1 modem designed to correct transmission errors from noise, interference and poor signal strength. Its configurable channel‑coding IP can be optimized for both terrestrial and satellite communications to deliver higher throughput, lower latency and reduced power consumption for 5G radio baseband processing. The product suite includes a channel coding solution for baseband processing and LEOPhy, a complete L1 modem for low‑earth orbit 5G satellite links. AccelerComm works with customers and partners including Vodafone, Intel, AMD and National Instruments and is active in industry groups such as the O‑RAN ALLIANCE and Small Cell Forum. The company plans to use new funding to expand the team, drive US and global expansion, and further develop its technology as demand grows among mobile operators, telecoms equipment vendors and satellite operators. Founded at the University of Southampton in 2016, AccelerComm has won multiple awards, including a Global Mobile Award at MWC Barcelona in 2022. AccelerComm was founded in 2016 by Professor Rob Maunder as a University of Southampton spinout and is led by CEO Tom Cronk. The company develops channel coding IP used to correct transmission errors in mobile, small cell and satellite communications, optimized to meet cellular and satellite throughput and error-correction targets. Its product suite delivers reduced latency and power consumption for critical 5G components and can be integrated into custom silicon (ASIC), programmable hardware (FPGA) or deployed as software. AccelerComm is already working with Intel, Xilinx and National Instruments. The company raised £5.8m in a Series A and intends to use the funds to expand the team, drive US and global expansion, and further develop its technology. Demand is expected from mobile operators, telecoms equipment vendors, satellite operators and connected device manufacturers.