Chris Bon

Partner at Summit Partners

📍 London, England Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2019
VC🌍 United Kingdom
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Investor
Sep 2019
We provide smart wearable scanner solutions that fuel a continual stream of worker-driven productivity gains. More than 2,000 global industrial customers trust our innovations. We are on a mission to enable our customers to optimize worker experience, maximize uptime, and get more done with their existing teams. In a nutshell: Our hard- and software solutions augment the boots on the ground and promote human-machine collaboration. This brings speed, accuracy, guidance, and ergonomics to the shopfloor workers. And that is what ProGlove is all about! Guiding principles inside ProGlove success story: We put the human first We value the autonomy and enablement of our ProGlove people. There’s always room to prototype unique solutions and upset the status quo. In a dynamic atmosphere, diverse teams collaborate on projects, taking ideas from the drawing board to implementation. We strive to grow ProGlove people aren’t scared to be challenged—because we know we’ve got the best team to support us. We prototype We’re true DIYers! Our favorite way of innovation is Design Thinking. ProGlove products are designed in-house and crafted by our dedicated expert teams. We simplify Our scanning solutions solve customers’ problems as seamlessly as possible. We value the same in our own house – ProGlove processes are as simplistic as possible while still delivering the structure we need. We boost productivity From distribution operations to warehouse systems: we improve something new every day. For our customers and for ourselves. Ready to embark on an exciting journey with us? Check out our open positions: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/WorkaroundGmbH/proglove
Investor
Aug 2018
OnRobot is a global company headquartered in the robotics cluster of Odense, Denmark. We provide small and mid-sized manufacturers with a full line of innovative Plug & Produce solutions for collaborative robot applications. Our electric grippers, force/torque sensors, tool changers, vacuum grippers and award-winning Gecko technology help manufacturers gain the full advantages of automation, including ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and safety alongside human workers. With our One Stop Shop for Collaborative Applications we facilitate fast and easy automation in applications such as material handling, machine tending, surface finishing, quality and assembly.
Investor
Nov 2017
Normec is a leading organisation in the Testing, Inspection, Certification, Compliance (TICC) industry. Our areas of expertise range from water, air and soil quality to fire safety, food safety and management systems. Normec tests, inspects and certifies so that organisations can innovate safely, quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. Our mission remains the same as that of the small organisation that saw the light of day in 2015: we want to support innovation in an ever-changing world. That way, our clients can safely continue trailblazing the way forward. Together with our clients, we see or create opportunities! Today, we have over 4,000 motivated employees working to improve our clients' organisations every day.
Investor
Aug 2016
Depuis 2008, Sipartech déploie ses propres réseaux de fibres optiques et de transmissions optiques en France et en Europe interconnectant les principaux datacenters ainsi que les grands centres d’affaire pour garantir l’excellence de ses services. Les réseaux de Sipartech représentent plus de 3500 km de câbles déployés dans les plus grandes villes françaises et couvriront très prochainement de nouvelles villes afin d’offrir un maillage complet du territoire français. En Europe, 25 000 km de fibres optiques permettent de desservir les grandes métropoles européennes. Mues par la volonté permanente d’aller toujours plus loin, en anticipant les grands tournants technologiques et l’évolution des besoins des clients et partenaires, nos équipes d’ingénieurs sont mobilisées pour optimiser l’existant et offrir des services et des solutions innovantes propres aux besoins de chacun de nos clients. Cette valeur fondamentale véhiculée au sein de Sipartech nous pousse tous les jours à relever de nouveaux défis et à aborder chaque problématique avec un regard unique. Nous apportons une réponse aux besoins en connectivité des entreprises, des opérateurs et des collectivités locales. Propriétaire de ses infrastructures et doté d'un Pôle de Recherche et Développement, Sipartech apporte à ses clients et partenaires un gage de compétitivité et de pérennité de leurs investissements.
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Investments (4)
2019
Investor
Sep 2019
We provide smart wearable scanner solutions that fuel a continual stream of worker-driven productivity gains. More than 2,000 global industrial customers trust our innovations. We are on a mission to enable our customers to optimize worker experience, maximize uptime, and get more done with their existing teams. In a nutshell: Our hard- and software solutions augment the boots on the ground and promote human-machine collaboration. This brings speed, accuracy, guidance, and ergonomics to the shopfloor workers. And that is what ProGlove is all about! Guiding principles inside ProGlove success story: We put the human first We value the autonomy and enablement of our ProGlove people. There’s always room to prototype unique solutions and upset the status quo. In a dynamic atmosphere, diverse teams collaborate on projects, taking ideas from the drawing board to implementation. We strive to grow ProGlove people aren’t scared to be challenged—because we know we’ve got the best team to support us. We prototype We’re true DIYers! Our favorite way of innovation is Design Thinking. ProGlove products are designed in-house and crafted by our dedicated expert teams. We simplify Our scanning solutions solve customers’ problems as seamlessly as possible. We value the same in our own house – ProGlove processes are as simplistic as possible while still delivering the structure we need. We boost productivity From distribution operations to warehouse systems: we improve something new every day. For our customers and for ourselves. Ready to embark on an exciting journey with us? Check out our open positions: https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/WorkaroundGmbH/proglove
2018
Investor
Aug 2018
OnRobot is a global company headquartered in the robotics cluster of Odense, Denmark. We provide small and mid-sized manufacturers with a full line of innovative Plug & Produce solutions for collaborative robot applications. Our electric grippers, force/torque sensors, tool changers, vacuum grippers and award-winning Gecko technology help manufacturers gain the full advantages of automation, including ease of use, cost-effectiveness, and safety alongside human workers. With our One Stop Shop for Collaborative Applications we facilitate fast and easy automation in applications such as material handling, machine tending, surface finishing, quality and assembly.
2017
Investor
Nov 2017
Normec is a leading organisation in the Testing, Inspection, Certification, Compliance (TICC) industry. Our areas of expertise range from water, air and soil quality to fire safety, food safety and management systems. Normec tests, inspects and certifies so that organisations can innovate safely, quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively. Our mission remains the same as that of the small organisation that saw the light of day in 2015: we want to support innovation in an ever-changing world. That way, our clients can safely continue trailblazing the way forward. Together with our clients, we see or create opportunities! Today, we have over 4,000 motivated employees working to improve our clients' organisations every day.
2016
Investor
Aug 2016
Depuis 2008, Sipartech déploie ses propres réseaux de fibres optiques et de transmissions optiques en France et en Europe interconnectant les principaux datacenters ainsi que les grands centres d’affaire pour garantir l’excellence de ses services. Les réseaux de Sipartech représentent plus de 3500 km de câbles déployés dans les plus grandes villes françaises et couvriront très prochainement de nouvelles villes afin d’offrir un maillage complet du territoire français. En Europe, 25 000 km de fibres optiques permettent de desservir les grandes métropoles européennes. Mues par la volonté permanente d’aller toujours plus loin, en anticipant les grands tournants technologiques et l’évolution des besoins des clients et partenaires, nos équipes d’ingénieurs sont mobilisées pour optimiser l’existant et offrir des services et des solutions innovantes propres aux besoins de chacun de nos clients. Cette valeur fondamentale véhiculée au sein de Sipartech nous pousse tous les jours à relever de nouveaux défis et à aborder chaque problématique avec un regard unique. Nous apportons une réponse aux besoins en connectivité des entreprises, des opérateurs et des collectivités locales. Propriétaire de ses infrastructures et doté d'un Pôle de Recherche et Développement, Sipartech apporte à ses clients et partenaires un gage de compétitivité et de pérennité de leurs investissements.
Principal
Jan 2016
Summit Partners is a global alternative investment firm with capital dedicated to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities. The Summit Partners’ strategy is grounded in a foundational belief that profitable growth is the most reliable path to building a durable business and creating long-term value. For four decades, the Summit team has focused on partnering with and powering the growth of great people and great companies. Summit invests across growth sectors of the economy and has invested in more than 550 companies in technology, healthcare, and other growth industries including financial services, consumer, business services and industrial technology. These companies have completed more than 175 public equity offerings, and more than 250 have been acquired through strategic mergers and sales. Summit maintains offices in North America and Europe and invests in companies around the world.
Investment activity
2016–2019 · 4 investments
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