Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Europe in October 2023
Top 50 Manufacturing Angel Investors in Europe in October 2023
| Investor | Manufacturing Europe investments |
|---|---|
| Johann "Hansi" Hansmann | 5 |
| Ralf Dummel | 5 |
| Uldis Sipols | 4 |
| Christian Dahlen | 4 |
| Ali Omar | 4 |
| Charlie Songhurst | 3 |
| Gustaf Hagman | 3 |
| Sverre Bisgaard | 3 |
| Torsten Reil | 3 |
| Nadav Rosenberg | 3 |
| Saeid Esmaeilzadeh | 3 |
| James Nuzzo | 3 |
| Thibaud Elziere | 3 |
| Sten Tamkivi | 3 |
| Leena Niemistö | 3 |
| Frank Thelen | 3 |
| Christoph Behn | 3 |
| Judith Williams | 3 |
| Matt Clifford | 3 |
| Hermann Hauser | 3 |
| Chris Adelsbach | 3 |
| Alberto Giusti | 3 |
| Christian Gaiser | 2 |
| Just Beyer | 2 |
| Sebastian Picardo | 2 |
| Nikolaus D. Bayer | 2 |
| Povilas Urbonas | 2 |
| Carmen Busquets | 2 |
| Tobias Emanuelsson | 2 |
| Anne Lemcke | 2 |
| Dr. Gregor Heinrich | 2 |
| Mark Miller | 2 |
| Johannes von Borries | 2 |
| Hanno Renner | 2 |
| Alf Arnold | 2 |
| Nicolai Torgersen | 2 |
| Harold Mechelynck | 2 |
| Marcos Julian | 2 |
| Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara | 2 |
| Family, Friends & Angels | 2 |
| Uday Kumar Bangalore Shivaraman | 2 |
| Leo Giertz | 2 |
| Henrik Norlander | 2 |
| Tobias Fezer | 2 |
| Wolfgang Mauer | 2 |
| Indrikis Liepa | 2 |
| Alexandro Sances | 2 |
| Cédric Delorme | 2 |
| Stefan Lemcke | 2 |
| Nicholas Francis | 2 |
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Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.
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- Health Care, Fitness, Software
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Austria, United Kingdom, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- reebuild — Mit reebuild verwandeln Sie chaotische Papierberge in strategische Informationen.
- Storebox — Storebox is the first fully digitized self-storage solution in Europe, with more than 140 locations in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg. We offer storage spaces for private and business purposes, which are automatically accessible at any time. With our successful and recently awarded franchise system, we manage to grow and will continueto expand within Europe.Storebox is more than just a self-storage system. FULL-SERVICE CLICK & COLLECT Click & Collect directly in your neighbourhood? Storebox allows you to quickly and easily expand the Click & Collect offer for your customers to new districts, cities and countries. We coordinate the transport and customer communication for you.MICRO-HUBS FOR THE LAST MILE Use central warehouse locations in urban areas as a starting point for the last mile. Storebox as a micro-depot offers you the fastest way to your customers, allowing you to save time, money and emissions. Customer proximity and responsiveness through local storage: Benefit from our strategically positioned storage units and serve the needs of your customers as quickly as possible. At the same time, you can reduce unnecessarily driven kilometres by your employees in the field and thus save time and money.SPARE PARTS WAREHOUSE FOR SERVICE TECHNICIANS With Storebox you can store spare parts and goods directly where they will be used. In this way, you are in close proximity to the customer and save yourself long travel times for collecting the materials from a central warehouse. Create more efficiency by receiving deliveries of goods 24/7 directly to the Storebox and returning them if necessary.
- Ada Growth — Deine Mentorin in der Tasche. Gewinne, binde und entfalte die Potenziale der weiblichen Talente in deinem Unternehmen.
Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas.
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- Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design
- Angel, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, United States, Switzerland
Portfolio highlights
- Frinsh — Many ready-to-drink ginger shots are sweetened or blended with fruit juice and thus contain a lot of sugar. The Frinish Ginger Cubes, on the other hand, is made entirely with ginger. Our fresh ginger is processed into a fine ginger puree and then frozen promptly. This implies that the flavor and nutrients are kept better.
- KITCHBO — KITCHBO baking mat. We eagerly anticipated your responses and feedback and were overjoyed that your enthusiasm for our project was shared. It undoubtedly benefited from having a few treats to sample that matched the product. And because the KITCHBO baking mat made everything so incredibly crispy and crunchy, we could practically hear the lionsfrolicking and knew we had done everything correctly.
- TeaBlobs — TeaBlobs allows you to make tea fast, responsibly, and without using a bag. Now available in seven delectable flavors.
Uldis Sipols
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- CAD, Software, Simulation
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- CENOS — CENOS redefines engineering simulation software category for mass adoption: FROM enterprise niche and multi-purpose software for 100K simulation experts TO mass adoption of intuitive vertical-focused simulation apps by 10M+ practical engineers in production
Christian Dahlen is a business angel. He provides expert capital and venture advice to B2B SW startups in Silicon Valley and in Germany. He is a member of the Band of Angels, Silicon Valley's oldest seed funding organization. Christian was a VP at SAP and held various roles in business strategy and operations. Prior to SAP, he was theGeneral Manager for the Internet and phone business of Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Germany's largest cable operator. He joined KDG from Excite@Home, and before that was with McKinsey & Co.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Analytics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Germany, France
Portfolio highlights
- Deltia — We use computer vision and AI analytics to provide insights into manual assembly processes - our platform supports process engineers in driving productivity and quality of assembly processes
- Alphadoc — Interactive documentation that converts. Explain APIs and SDKs in a single environment. Keep your docs in sync, reuse content, powerful AI, and more
- comstruct — comstruct is working on a platform that will allow construction companies to digitize and automate material purchasing. All delivery bills, invoices, and purchase orders, as well as processes such as invoice verification, can be exchanged digitally with suppliers. All data pertaining to the purchasing process is made available for documentation,evaluation, and process optimization.
Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu.
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- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Finland, United States, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
- MÖ Foods — MÖ Kaurajogu is domestic, completely herbal and above all delicious. All our products are manufactured in Central Ostrobothnia, Lohtaja.
- GoalProfit — GoalProfit is the world’s first low code retail optimization platform empowering retailers to build customized intelligence applications. It was founded by former IBM executives, Maxim Morozov and Oleg Sidorkin. GoalProfit is on a mission to make big data solutions available for all retailers and help them to survive in a new post-covid reality.
- Builderhead — Builderhead is a construction management software designed for real estate developers and general contractors. The software combines project development, procurement, and construction management into a streamlined pipeline. We bring an industry spesific Project Development CRM, Bid Management Tools and Project Management Software in one easy-to-useplatform which integrates easily with other most used software in the industry. Even thought the construction industry accounts for 13% of the world’s GDP, there's been a global problem of poor productivity within the industry as productivity growth has increased only 1% over the past 20 years. From the real estate developers and general contractors point of view, the biggest issue is the projects that turn unprofitable unexpectedly. One unprofitable project destroys the whole year profits and another one can bankrupt the entire company. Most of the decisions that affect the success of a project are made before construction begins, but still there are no smart tools available for that stage to help the construction companies avoid unprofitable projects. We solve this global problem by bringing the most critical steps to the success of a construction project on the same platform.
Charles Songhurst is a founding partner of Katana Capital, a long-short equity hedge fund. He also runs the Songhurst Group, which holds assets in a variety of private companies.Charles ran corporate strategy for Microsoft and focused on partnering and M&A. He was involved in the Yahoo acquisition and commercial deal, and the Skypeacquisition. Before running corporate strategy, Charles was focused on the emergence of Google and the growth of the search industry.Prior, Charles was an analyst at McKinsey & Company in London. Charles received a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in politics, philosophy, and economics.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Hubflo — Hubflo is building an all-in-one work OS to help small businesses manage their business. Instead of having 10 complicated and expensive pieces of software, Hubflo offers SMB everything they need to run their business (CRM, projects, invoicing, expenses...) in a single comprehensive, simple and affordable platform.
- Story Protocol — Story Protocol is building open IP infrastructure to grow the creativity of the internet era.
- Borderless — Borderless is a workforce migration platform.It offers automation solutions that focuses on all aspects of hiring and onboarding of foreign workers, including recruitment, immigration, relocation, and compliance.
Gustaf Hagman CEO and Co-founder - LeoVegas Group
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- Robotics, Automotive, Industrial Automation
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- STILRIDE — The future of electric mobility
- Fieldstream —
Has built up and been the leader of Kongsberg Norspace in Horten, Norway and its predecessors over a period of more than 30 years, starting with AME space division in 1984. AME Space AS, a separate company created in 1986, became Alcatel Space Norway (ASN) in 1989 after an MBO in 1988. As MD lead ASN to an international leading position, developingand manufacturing satellite electronic products for satellite manufacturers world-wide, growing the company from 15 to 130 employees and sales exceeding 20 million Euros. Started Norspace, who took over the business of ASN when Alcatel closed ASN in 2003 following the satellite industry downturn in 2001-2002. After another successful build-up of Norspace over eight straight profitable years sold the company to Kongsberg in 2011. Retired from the position of CEO of Kongsberg Norspace end of March 2015.Kongsberg Norspace products are now (2015) found in over 200 satellites, mostly used for telecommunications.Presently engaged as board chairman, board member and investor in various companies.
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- CAD, Software, Simulation
- Pre-Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- CENOS — CENOS redefines engineering simulation software category for mass adoption: FROM enterprise niche and multi-purpose software for 100K simulation experts TO mass adoption of intuitive vertical-focused simulation apps by 10M+ practical engineers in production
Torsten Reil is Co Founder and CEO at Helsing. He holds a BA in Biology from Oxford University and an MSc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems from Sussex University. Prior to founding NaturalMotion, Torsten was researching for a PhD in Complex Systems at Oxford University’s Zoology department, from which he spun off NaturalMotion.Torsten hasbeen named amongst MIT’s TR100 global top innovators, Next-Gen’s 25 People in the Games Industry, and Develop magazine’s 25 Game Changers.
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- Software, SaaS, Computer
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- RobCo — Easily automate the repetitive tasks in your production facility with modular industrial robots from RobCo.
- Apheris — Build ML-powered products using data that spans organizational or geographical boundaries, while ensuring compliance with regulation.
- Tacto — Tacto develops an intuitive, data-driven, and automated solution for procurement in medium-sized industrial enterprises. The AI-based software gives customers a transparent overview of their procurement activities, algorithmically highlights risk & savings potential, and automates all transactional workflows in sourcing and supplier managementto focus on what matters. With Tacto customers can focus on strategic work, leverage savings potential, and reduce complexity - without the need for costly IT resources.
Nadav leads Taboola’s expansion and operations in Europe and Australia.Prior to joining Taboola, Nadav was a member of the founding team of Groupon UK & IR, taking part in building and managing Groupon’s business in the UK.Before joining Groupon, Nadav worked as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company in London.Nadav isbased in London and holds an MBA from INSEAD, France.
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- Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Pharmaceutical
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Israel, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- thymia — Making mental health as objectively measurable as physical health.
- Exogene — Exogene is a biotechnology company accelerating the discovery of T-cell-receptor(TCR)-based cancer immunotherapies for solid tumours by combining deep learning and high-throughput TCR-antigen screening. Exogene is building a computational platform to quickly and inexpensively identify new tumour targets shared across cancer patients, as well assafe and effective TCRs against these tumour targets for therapeutic application. Their mission is to develop better TCR-based immunotherapies, faster and at a fraction of the cost.
- Loops — Loops is a no-code analytics platform that provides product and data teams with growth opportunities hidden in their data.
Saeid Esmaeilzadeh
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- Legal, Advice, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Ageras — Ageras redefines administration for small businesses by integrating banking, accounting, and tax filing in a single platform.
- STILRIDE — The future of electric mobility
- Denjo Dogs — Denjo Dogs offer a selected assortment of designer dog products for modern, conscious homes. Stylish dog collars, luxury dog leads and more.
James Nuzzo
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- Security, Software, Manufacturing
- Angel
- United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- ExactTrak — ExactTrak Embedded command and control of mobile devices, even when they are turned off.
Thibaud Elzière is the Founder at Efounders.
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- Software, Internet, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, United States, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
- Swaap — We build the market-neutral AMM protocol.
- Kraaft — Kraaft.co is an instant messenger app dedicated to site monitoring for VRD public works trades: roads and various networks. Paris, Île-de-France in 2019.
- Hyperline — Enjoy the most flexible billing platform for B2B SaaS businesses. Start today without a single line of code.
Sten Tamkivi is the Chief Product Officer at Topia (formerly MOVE Guides). He was previously co-founder and CEO of Teleport (acquired by Topia), the place to scout for startup people. He co-founded the company as an EIR at Andreessen Horowitz.Sten has been a tech entrepreneur since 1996. After founding a few companies in Estonia, he joined Skypeas an early executive, ran the original R&D office, and held several global product leadership roles for 8+ years.He has an MS in Management from Stanford GSB.
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- Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Estonia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Salv — Smart AML solutions. Detect and mitigate money laundering risks through advanced transaction monitoring, sanction screening, and KYC risk scoring.
- Katana — Katana gives thousands of manufacturers a live look at their business with visual, intuitive, and easy-to-use ERP software.
- Entrepreneur First — We are the best place for the world's most ambitious talent to come together and build game-changing technology startups from scratch.
Leena Niemistö
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- Health Care, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Finland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- #Rens — RENS Original is the World's First Sneaker made from recycled coffee and plastic. We know you've been drinking it, now it is time to wear it.
- Vapaus — A circular economy startup Vapaus provides sustainable mobility solutions – Employee benefit bicycles and shared electric vehicles as a ready-to-use serviceWith its services, Vapaus supports customers’ to create and strengthen a better experience of the work community, to save on the costs of commuting and business travels, and to move towardssmarter and more environmentally friendly modes of transport, both at work and in employees’ leisure time.Every kilometer traveled by the Vapaus mobility solution removes carbon dioxide from the air, helping not only the environment but also customers on their way to carbon neutrality. The mission of Vapaus is to be a global leader when it comes to sustainable Corporate Mobility.
- Finnadvance — Finnadvance is an Organ-On-Chip company developing high throughput biological barriers on chips to mimic human biology such as vascular, lung and the Blood-Brain-Barriers for small molecule, micro-nano-formulation permeability and toxicity testing with in-vivo like dynamic cell cultures.
Frank Thelen is the Founder & CEO of 10xDNA Capital Partners. He previously worked at mytaxi - The Taxi App as an Investor. Frank Thelen attended Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.
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- Software, SaaS, Transportation
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- RobCo — Easily automate the repetitive tasks in your production facility with modular industrial robots from RobCo.
- Smartlane — With Smartlane Transport Intelligence you can optimize your transport logistics fully automatically. Reduce your transport costs by up to 20%.
- Build.One — Build.One is an end-to-end application development platform that allows to build mission-critical and legacy-free business applications without any limits, using a combination of No-Code, Low-Code and Pro-Code.
Christoph Behn is the Chairman & Founder of better ventures. He previously worked at Die Kartenmacherei as an Advisory Board & Founder. Christoph Behn attended HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management.
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- Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Eyewear
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- 42 Watt — 42 Watt is an energy conservation consultancy which strives to reduce costs, save energy and protect the climate.
- Halitus — Laser Technology x Gas Dynamics Analysis x Machine Learning.
- Manti Manti — Manti Manti goal is to turn children's glasses from a dusty medical device into a cool, stylish, sustainable, and functional lifestyle item. That youngsters enjoy. Parents, too.
Judith Williams
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- Manufacturing, Wellness, Sales
- Angel, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- PÁPYDO — PÁPYDO produces sustainable and primarily wood-free products.
- Womatics — Womatics produces pregnancy and breastfeeding easing products.
- Chiengora — Chiengora produces clothing made from dog wool.
Matt co-founded EF after being a consultant at McKinsey & Co. Prior to EF Matt spent his time studying at MIT fuelled by an obsession with R, Python and unusual datasets. EF is the best place for Europe’s top technical individuals to meet and build world-changing startups in London.They select purely on the basis of technical talent, so youcan apply before you have a team or an idea. The intensive 6-month programme is designed to give you the best possible support in the first 200 days of your startup’s life.They have created over 40 startups now worth over $300 million. The startups are funded by some prestigious investors including Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Octopus Investments and Y Combinator.
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- Software, FinTech, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Koos — KOOS is a simple legal and technological solution for motivating and rewarding your community. Boost your growth by sharing success.
- Patch — Patch is your new neighbourhood space for work, community, and events.
- Flow Engineering — Requirements management, made collaborative
Hermann Hauser co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners in 1997 with Anne Glover and Peter Wynn. In his long and successful history as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Hermann has founded or co-founded companies in a wide range of technology sectors. These include Acorn Computers (where he helped spin out ARM), Active Book Company,Virata, Net Products, NetChannel and Cambridge Network Limited. He was a founder director of IQ (Bio), IXI Limited, Vocalis, SynGenix, Advanced Displays Limited (acquired by Cambridge Display Technology), Electronic Share Information Limited, E*Trade UK and has supported many other start-ups.Hermann’s successes at Amadeus include: CSR plc (LON: CSR); Entropic Research Laboratory (acquired by Microsoft in 1999); Solexa (acquired by Illumina in 2007); and Icera (acquired by Nvidia in 2011). He is currently a non-executive director of XMOS, a company that is revolutionising re-configurable silicon chips; Intune Networks, a pioneer in the field of Optical Packet Switch & Transport; Tobii, the world leader in eye tracking and gaze detection; Plastic Logic, the first company to commercialize flexible plastic transistors (currently used in computer displays); and Cambridge Broadband Networks, a leader in point-to-multipoint wireless backhaul products.Hermann holds an MA in Physics from Vienna University and a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Hermann holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Bath, Loughborough and from Anglia Ruskin University and was awarded an Honorary CBE for ‘innovative service to the UK enterprise sector’ in 2001. In 2004, he was made a member of the Government’s Council for Science & Technology. In 2012 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his contribution to the translation of science into business, and in 2013 a Distinguished Fellow of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT.Austrian by birth, Hermann speaks German, English and conversational Italian and French.
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- Software, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Austria, United Kingdom, Italy
Portfolio highlights
- NXRT — Driving simulations for sales and training
- USound — USound is a fabless audio company offering high-performance silicon speakers and high-quality sound solutions based on MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology. It is our vision to inspire music enthusiasts and acoustic professionals with crisp, natural sound for a fantastic hearing experience.
- Oxford Ionics — Oxford Ionics is delivering world-leading innovations to create the most powerful, accurate and reliable quantum computers.
Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Arkifi — Arkifi is an artificial intelligence company that develops AI-powered financial analyst tools. Arkifi's framework generates consistent results that avoid fabricating factual details (referred to as "hallucination"), instilling enterprises with an unmatched level of confidence in the outcomes.
- Kavida.ai — Kavida helps procurement managers ensure on time deliveries and improve supplier collaboration.
- Renew Risk — Renew Risk is a software development firm that offers B2B SaaS solutions based on deep science for optimizing the financial lifetime of major renewable energy assets.
Alberto Giusti - Partner @ Guanxi
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- Energy Efficiency, Internet of Things, Industrial Automation
- Seed, Angel
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Alleantia — Alleantia, through converged industrial edge, transforms the way companies harness the power of data to improve industrial operations.
Christian Gaiser is CEO of Bonial International Group, the global leading network of location-based shopping apps and technology, operating in 11 countries across 4 continents.Having spent time in Silicon Valley in 2008, Christian developed the concept for Bonial due to the entrepreneurial environment he was living in and the amount of flyersand mailers he was accumulating. He thought at that time that there must be a new and different way to reach the consumer that takes the time-honored circular into consideration. The concept was born. In 2008, Christian Gaiser and his team founded kaufDA in Germany, which was quickly honored in 2010 as “the star among location-based services in Germany” by W&V, Germany’s main magazine for communication and promotion. kaufDA has become Germany’s leading network for local retail promotions, initially financed by the venture capital divisions of Deutsche Telekom AG and OTTO Group. In early 2011, kaufDA was acquired by Axel Springer SE, one of Europe’s largest media companies. In just four years, German consumers have used kaufDA to actively open more than 5 billion digital circulars, with kaufDA continuously providing the latest information on more than 247,000 retail outlets in Germany.From Germany, Christian went on to launch the kaufDA concept as Ofertia in Spain, Bonial in France, Lokata in Russia, Guiato in Brazil and Retale in the United States. In 2012, the company was branded as Bonial International Group globally. Since the birth of kaufDA in 2008, Christian and his team have successfully serviced 600 retailers and 12 million consumers. Prior to Bonial, Christian worked in various positions at Goldman Sachs Private Equity in London, at McKinsey & Company in Vienna and Zurich, at the Monitor Group/Ermgassen & Co in London and at SAP Investor Relations in Walldorf. Christian is a graduate of the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar and HEC, Montréal.
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- E-Commerce, Mobile, Real Estate
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- SPARETECH — SPARETECH builds the leading availability platform for industrial spare parts
- MYNE Homes — MYNE-Miteigentum ist der clevere Weg in die eigene Traum-Ferienimmobilie! Immoblieneigentum im Share-Deal | Nur anteilige Kosten | Professionell verwaltet
- Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.
Just Beyer
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- Funerals, Printing, Software
- Seed, Angel
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- academa — Academa primarily offers digital education in administration.
- Synctive — Synctive enables equipment-as-a-service and pay-per-use business models for machine and plant manufacturers.
- Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.
Sebastian Picardo is an active investor and advisor in the global luxury goods sector.As an investor, he has been very active in the fashion, technology and media sectors for over 9 years, investing in companies like Net a porter, Lyst, Farfetch, Business of Fashion and Highsnobiety. He has also been a venture advisor to London-based FelixCapital, a leading Venture Capital firm investing in digital lifestyle start-ups, since 2014.As an advisor, he has helped brands and retailers in areas such as digital marketing, customer experience, omni-channel retailing and innovation, In addition, he has advised companies wanting to enter and market their brands in China mainland.Sebastian was formerly Deputy President of Asia’s iconic luxury department store Lane Crawford. Sebastian joined Lane Crawford in 2012. As a member of the senior management team, he crafted and drove Lane Crawford’s “connected commerce” strategy, underlying the company's focus on omni-channel retail development to deliver a seamless customer experience.Previous to Lane Crawford, Sebastian was with Burberry where he served as Managing Director - Digital Commerce, based in the London headquarters. Prior to this role, he had helped transform and integrate the brand's Spanish operations into the global business as Managing Director - Operations at Burberry Spain. Before joining Burberry, Sebastian had held various senior finance roles at Net-A-Porter, Alexander McQueen and Deloitte.Originally from Argentina, he is a Chartered Accountant, holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a Master’s degree in International Finance. Most recently he attended Harvard Business School, where he successfully completed the Advanced Management Program.Sebastian lived in Buenos Aires, London, Barcelona and Hong Kong. He is fluent in Spanish, English, Italian and has an elementary command of Mandarin.
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- Fashion, Content, Lifestyle
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Italy, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Mos — Meet Mos: the way smart students get money for college
- UNMADE — Unmade helps fashion and sportswear brands connect demand directly to production - so they become more adaptive, responsive, efficient and responsible.
- Freeda Media — The voice of the new generations
Nikolaus invests in early stage ventures focusing on software, artificial intelligence, digitalisation and process optimisation, not only but mostly in Germany. Before converting himself into an angel investor, he co-founded and headed risk management solution provider IRIS Analytics, which was eventually acquired by IBM in 2015. Nikolaus holds adiploma in computer science from RWTH Aachen university, and fluently speaks German, English and Spanish.
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- Education, SaaS, EdTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- limbiq.com — limbiq is a centralized software platform designed to help businesses achieve end-to-end supply chain visibility and real-time updates, even on the SKU level, across all modes of transport. Our customers enjoy productivity gains of 60% or more, and cost savings of 40-60% due to lower safety stock levels and reduced process-related costs. With limbiq, you can collaborate seamlessly with all your partners along the supply chain and be automatically alerted when schedules change. Schedule a free personalized demo to see how limbiq can work for you and your team.
- Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.
- Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences — Build the skills, competencies, and mindset needed in the 21st-century with our fully-remote and flexible bachelor's and master's degrees.
Povilas Urbonas
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- CAD, Software, Simulation
- Pre-Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- CENOS — CENOS redefines engineering simulation software category for mass adoption: FROM enterprise niche and multi-purpose software for 100K simulation experts TO mass adoption of intuitive vertical-focused simulation apps by 10M+ practical engineers in production
Carmen Busquets - Founder @ CoutureLab
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- Fashion, E-Commerce, Search Engine
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Lyst — Lyst is a global fashion search platform used by 70 million shoppers every year. Offering over 4 million fashion products from 11,000 of the world’s leading fashion brands and stores, Lyst brings together the widest inventory in luxury and contemporary fashion online. The company has raised $60 million to date, and is backed by range of all-starinvestors including 14W (Moda Operandi, Reformation), Accel Partners (Facebook, Spotify), Balderton (Yoox Net-A-Porter Group), Draper Esprit, part of the Draper Venture Network (Hotmail, Skype), and the teams behind LVMH, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, and Tory Burch.
- Destree — Destree is a ready-to-wear and accessories label.
- Meadowlark Media — Meadowlark Media is a content company focused on sports.
Tobias Emanuelsson is a Founder and CEO at Polar Structure AB. He previously worked as the Founding Partner and Head of Transactions at Scandinavian Property Group.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- Sweden
Portfolio highlights
- STILRIDE — The future of electric mobility
- Taggr AB — Realize latent value in your equipment portfolio using light-touch, low-cost IoT technologies, delivered as-a-Service.
- ClimateView — ClimateView is a Swedish climate action technology company that helps cities transform climate planning into progress. We combine data, agent-based modelling and interface design to help cities successfully manage the transition to zero carbon economies.
Anne Lemcke
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- Personal Health, Manufacturing, Bakery
- Angel, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Austria
Portfolio highlights
- Holy Pit — Holy Pit is a manufacturer of natural cosmetic deodorant and other health and beauty products.
- Veggie Crumbz — Veggie Crumbz is a manufacturer of vegan, gluten free, vegetables based bread, snacks and other food products.
- Dr. Vivien Karl — Dr. Vivien Karl relies on a cream for moisturizing care against vulva dryness.
Dr. Gregor Heinrich is a CTO at creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft. He attended Leipzig University.
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- Recycling, Manufacturing, Sustainability
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.
MARK MILLER is a co-founder and partner at LearnLaunch. Miller is a lifelong entrepreneur since winning the business plan competition at Cornell University and building one of the earliest first education publishing subscription businesses. As a result of his own company exits and leading the sale of two companies he advised, Miller founded andserves as Managing Partner of Good Harbor Partners (GHP). GHP provides strategy consulting, outsourced corporate development and advisory M&A services to some of the top companies in the education marketplace.Miller has co-founded, built and/or served as Executive Chairman or CEO for leading publishing, technology and community companies. Many of these companies have had successful exits, including CollegiateLink, TakeNote, The Daily Jolt and The Custom Publishing Group.Miller was tapped by a set of leading University CIOs to commercialize CUPID and developed the first SaaS based on-demand publishing platform. NetPaper offered a new model for creation and consumption of textbook, journal and scholarly monograph content.Miller is a Cornellian and he currently serves on the The Cornell University Entrepreneurship Advisory Council. He was also was recognized for his contributions at Cornell and was tapped and serves as a member of the Quill and Dagger Honorary Society.
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- EdTech, Recycling, E-Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 101 Edu — 101 builds mobile-first teaching and assessment tools specifically for college STEM courses. Its first app, Chem101, replaces the clicker and provides tools for chemistry professors to engage their students in the classroom. Chem101 features a module that allows students to intuitively draw and visualize Lewis structures on their mobile devices.Its mobile platform enables instructors to engage students in the classroom, assign homework, and provide on-the-go reinforcement.101 Edu was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
- Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.
Johannes loves to see new technologies and products entering the market. One of his most memorable moments was the day when he received the first order for an inspection system his former company, Nanda Technologies, had developed. Now, as an investor, he enjoys supporting teams to achieve this same moment and to grow their company beyond it. Withmany years’ experience in the VC industry and being a successful founder himself, he is well-acquainted with the ups and downs of a startup.
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- Software, Automotive, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- Germany, Switzerland
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- BigRep — Industrial 3D Printers Designed for Professionals. Large Scale High-Performance 3D Printing for Commercial Prototyping and Production.
- Pagido — Pagido provides bill generation, financial administration, and factoring services for freelancers in Germany.
- Micropsi Industries — Micropsi Industries is a robotics software company. Our AIs allow robots to learn from humans and act in dynamic environments.
After working as skipper of sailing yachts for many years next to his studies, Hanno decided to become the captain of a startup. He co-founded Personio in 2015 with three study colleagues with the goal of digitizing HR management and Recruiting processes for small and mid-sized enterprises. Having build and led several teams while the company grew,he now in the CEO role is responsible for aligning all functions of the business around the shares vision of building the category leading HR Operating System for SMEs in and providing all resources necessary to reach this goal. Hanno holds degrees in Industrial Engineering and Technology Management from TU Munich and CDTM, studying abroad at Columbia University in New York.
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- Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, Sweden, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Parloa — Transform your customer service with our customized, enterprise-ready contact center AI platform across all channels.
- Amie — Meet the all-in-one calendar. Schedule time for todos, events, and contacts with joy. Try it for free!
- DataGuard — Are you looking to turn your privacy posture into a competitive advantage? Stay fully compliant with latest data privacy regulations. Talk to an expert now
Alf Arnold is a member of Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg.
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- Recycling, Manufacturing, Sustainability
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Boomerang — Boomerang offers reusable packing materials with a deposit system.
Nicolai Torgersen
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- CAD, Software, Simulation
- Pre-Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- CENOS — CENOS redefines engineering simulation software category for mass adoption: FROM enterprise niche and multi-purpose software for 100K simulation experts TO mass adoption of intuitive vertical-focused simulation apps by 10M+ practical engineers in production
Harold Mechelynck is Founder at Ogone.
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- FinTech, Finance, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- France, Belgium, United States
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- Cowboy — Meet Cowboy, the connected electric bike for urban riders. With an intuitive motor to sense your pedaling force and a companion app in the cockpit to guide your ride, tune into a newfound freedom in the city.
- Pockit — Open a prepaid account in 3 minutes online or in-app, get your contactless prepaid card in 2 working days with no credit check.
- Spreedly — Spreedly's Payments Orchestration Platform lets you connect to payment gateways in over 100 countries with a single API connection.
Marcos Julian - CEO @ Dessire
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- Manufacturing
- Seed
- Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Dessire — We design and develop bling products. Mainly we are specialized on making accesories manufactured with High Quality Zirconia Crystals
Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara
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- Gaming, Software, 3D Printing
- Seed
- Finland
Portfolio highlights
- 3DBear — 3DBear combines immersive technologies and education for the best learning results Augmented reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), 360-photos & 3D printing.
Family, Friends & Angels
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- SaaS, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Convertible Note
- Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Zakeke — Try out Zakeke's 3D Product Configurator & Customizer plugin for eCommerce. Let customers create & buy their dream products. Try it for free!
Angel / Sophisticated Investor and Trader (Ex London Stock Exchange(LSE), Deutsche Bank, London Clearing House(LCH) ) , Invested in 60+ Startups / 4 successful exits (with Avg 20x) and counting more. (Web3 -> udaybs.ETH )Invested in following asset classes from past 2 decades across UK / India / US / Europe / -Private Equity (Seed / Growth / VC/ Acquisition / Merger) - Equity Markets - Real Estate - FX - Commodity - Bonds - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto Market, Web3 , DeFi, NFT - Derivative Markets / Hedging / F&O / CFDGrowing Wealth in bumpy economic rides - There is no secret formula. Investment is an art. Being vigilant, dynamic, connecting dots, evaluating risk with constant change, loads of patience and visualising medium to long term.Private Equity Investments across globe in following domains / categories: - Energy - EV / Carbon Footprint - Blockchain / FinTech / AI / ML / Web3 / DeFi - D2C / B2C - Food & Beverages - Pharma - Media & Entertainment
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- FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series B, Equity Crowdfunding
- United Kingdom, India, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Agnikul — Agnikul is a space tech startup that designs, manufactures, tests, and launch orbital-class rockets for micro and nanosatellites. They currently work out of the National Center for Combustion R&D at IIT-Madras. Rocket scientists, engineers, ex-bankers and space lawyers are a part of their team. This unique blend of people is one of theirbiggest strengths. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Log 9 Materials — Log 9 Materials Scientific Private Limited is a graphene research and development company. At Log 9 Materials we are determined to accelerate the commercialization of graphene nanotechnology. We have just developed the first commercial product on graphene- 'Smoke-safe'. This innovative graphene based cigarette filter reduces the risk ofgetting cancer by 90%. We offer a wide range of graphene (CVD graphene, rGO) and its derivatives. We bring to you graphene as researchers and not just manufactures, so we understand the triviality of the grade of our products.
- Toffee Ride - Learning App for Classes I - IV — Toffee Ride is a learning App that is singularly focused on helping your child develop a thorough understanding of fundamental concepts.
Leo Giertz - General Partner @ Icebreaker.vc
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- Software, Customer Service, Technical Support
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Sweden
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- Mavenoid — Mavenoid is a computer software company that features a troubleshooting software that helps its users to locate malfunctions and provides guidelines on how to fix it. Its platform specializes in machine troubleshooting such as lawnmowers to cranes. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Stockholms Lan, Sweden.
Henrik Norlander is a professional golfer and plays on the PGA Tour.
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- Shoes, Manufacturing
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sweden
Tobias Fezer
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- Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
- Seed, Angel
- Germany
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- eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.
Wolfgang Mauer
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- Organic Food, Manufacturing, Food Processing
- Seed, Angel
- Germany
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- eatPlants — eatPlants manufactures products that help everyone cook easily plant-based food.
Indrikis Liepa
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- CAD, Software, Simulation
- Pre-Seed
- Latvia
Portfolio highlights
- CENOS — CENOS redefines engineering simulation software category for mass adoption: FROM enterprise niche and multi-purpose software for 100K simulation experts TO mass adoption of intuitive vertical-focused simulation apps by 10M+ practical engineers in production
A highly driven Senior Director and Executive with +25 Y in Management and Consulting experience, within the Telecommunication, Insurtech, Mobility, Telematics, and Space sectors and in Digitalization, IT, IoT, and Big Data areas.Always interested in the scouting of new technologies (ie: blockchain, AI, VR/AR/MR, ...) Active Mentor ofTechItalia:LAb Acceleration Program
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- Transportation, Manufacturing, Automotive
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- United Kingdom, Italy, Canada
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- MacRebur — > The Macrebur website
- Next Industries — Next Industries provides motion detection and industrial IoT. Their self-designed products, such as data loggers, gateways, and sensors, provide internet of things technology and artificial intelligence algorithms. They supply simple-to-use products for the structural, infrastructural, energy, environmental, and industrial markets. They helpcompanies detect motion in order to prevent damage, increase safety and improve UX/UI by using IoT sensors, cloud analytics and artificial intelligence.
- IMS - Part of Trak Global Group — IMS is a vehicle and driving data business, delivering enterprise solutions to over 350 customers including insurers, mobility operators and governments.
Business angel investing with impact in Foodtech, Winetech, Insuretech and Fintech
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- Software, Biotechnology, CRM
- Seed, Angel, Equity Crowdfunding
- France
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- Bet4Fun — Bet4Fun is the new Competitive Mobile Gaming App allowing players to challenge each other and earn rewards by instantly playing against other players or their friends around the world, in 1v1 or in Tournaments, for Free or in Real Money, on a variety of partner games, in intense matches !
- Courtigo — Courtigo is a CRM and comparator software for insurance brokers (SaaS)
- uvoji by T.zic — uvoji designs, develops, manufactures and markets all-in-one solutions for the treatment and disinfection of water at points of use and of surfaces by UV LEDs.To meet the major challenges of access to drinking water and provide technological solutions to the urgent needs of point-of-use water treatment, we launched the Oji Safe, Oji Pure and OjiReuse products. Our solutions are used notably by the French Red Cross for its operations.In response to the Covid pandemic, we developed the Uvo Care. Uvo Care is the disinfection box, Made in France, for all types of masks and everyday objects. The essential ally for resuming your professional activities in complete safety. It has been tested and approved by independent laboratories and kills over 99.999% of viruses and bacteria in just seconds (including SARS-COV2 virus).
Stefan Lemcke
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- Manufacturing, Bakery, Cosmetics
- Angel
- Austria, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Holy Pit — Holy Pit is a manufacturer of natural cosmetic deodorant and other health and beauty products.
- Veggie Crumbz — Veggie Crumbz is a manufacturer of vegan, gluten free, vegetables based bread, snacks and other food products.
Nicholas Francis is Co-founder at framebunker
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- SaaS, Robotics, Software
- Seed
- Denmark, United States
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- Waterplan — Waterplan is a SaaS platform for companies to manage water availability in their facilities.
- Reshape Biotech — Fully digital microbiology developed by Reshape Biotech
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