Chris Thomas

Apeiron Labs is reimagining ocean monitoring by developing solutions to decrease the marginal cost and effort of ocean sensing by orders of magnitude. Our oceans play a significant role in the global economy, weather, and long term climate trends. The Blue Economy is currently estimated at $1.5 trillion and expected to double by 2030. However, our real-time knowledge of the oceans is woefully incomplete. Existing and emerging markets require 4D ocean data - volumetric data over time - which is prohibitively expensive to acquire with today’s technologies. We need radically innovative approaches. Our co-founders, Applied Invention and S2G Ventures, have a successful track record of creating and investing in some of the world’s most impactful technologies and companies. We are hiring. If you are passionate about solving hard problems, we’d like to hear from you!

Cloud inventory and manufacturing software: Plan, procure, store, produce, sell, and ship, all in one place.

Dephy is a robotics startup founded in 2016 with the primary mission of bringing humans Beyond Nature™ with performance enhancing wearable robotics technologies. We utilize a practical, hands-on approach to design, build, evaluate and commercialize the world’s most advanced exoskeletons for human augmentation. We are active in the military, academic, business, medical and consumer market.

Monogoto is a cloud-based cellular network. Its API-driven Infrastructure-as-a-Service was designed from the ground up with simplicity in mind to enable cellular connectivity with existing enterprise IT infrastructure. With hundreds of ready-to-use APIs, Monogoto offers cellular connectivity with edge to the cloud security for IoT, Private LTE, and 5G use cases. Its services include full audit for all network events with anomaly detection and alerts automation. Monogoto’s enterprise-friendly solution enables customers to consume advanced cellular VAS with zero CAPEX and an “as-a-Service” business model. The Monogoto network is distributed globally with public connectivity in 180 countries. Helping companies to comply with regulation, the Monogoto solution supports on-premise local breakout topology for private LTE/5G networks.

Tuebor is an honor-pledge commitment to invest in at least one Michigan-based business per year.

Sortera Technologies brings state-of-the-art artificial intelligence data analytics and advanced sensors to the industrial scrap metal recycling and re-use industry. VISION Sorteras vision is to enable 100% reuse of metals recovered from end-of-life products for manufacturing of similar products. BUSINESS CASE Currently, almost 25 million tons (~50 billion lbs) of automotive shredder metal scrap is produced in US each year from end-of-life automobiles and other products, and a large fraction of this is shipped overseas to be hand sorted into aluminum, copper, brass, zinc and stainless steel, and manufactured into parts. Sortera’s highly automated sorting facilities perform highly accurate sortation of metal alloys at much lower cost making these valuable feedstocks for domestic manufacturing. SORTERA’S INNOVATIONS AND PRODUCTS OFFER COST, QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGES TO DOMESTIC INDUSTRY WHILE ENSURING A SAFER & BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR THE FUTURE. ADVANTAGES OF SORTERA TECHNOLOGY: 1. Fully automated Intelligent sorters for manufacturing lower cost, higher quality metal alloys for domestic industry 2. Decrease reliance on foreign imported metals 3. 20 times higher energy efficiency for aluminum parts manufacturing 4. Increase local manufacturing of innovative metal parts 5. Local supply chains reducing procurement time & inventory 6. Reduce green-house gas emissions 7. Reduce/eliminate need for landfills

Metropolis is building AI for the real world. Our platform powers seamless entry, effortless payments, safer environments and personalized service across real estate, airports, mobility, retail and hospitality. For people, that means daily experiences feel faster, more personal and magical. For partners, it unlocks new revenue, sharper visibility and stronger loyalty.

Our Next Energy (ONE) is paving the way for an electric future, innovating energy storage technologies that will rapidly expand the world’s ability to access sustainable power for vehicles, renewables, and the grid. We are showing the world what’s possible, rapidly clearing hurdles that stand in the way of mass clean energy adoption: extending range, increasing safety, lowering cost and, of course, using the cleanest chemistries.

In November 2017, nuTonomy joined Aptiv and is an integral part of Aptiv’s Automated Mobility team. Today, our real-world mobility solutions are driving us toward a safer, greener and better connected future. nuTonomy was co-founded as a spin-out of MIT by Dr. Karl Iagnemma and professor Emilio Frazzoli. With continued research, development, and both current and future commercial deployments, we are looking for talented and passionate people to join our team. Work with leading engineers, research scientists, marketers and business development experts, all while enabling the future of mobility. Aptiv is providing the “brain” and “nervous system” for vehicles that will change the face of mobility for people worldwide. Aptiv’s Automated Mobility team is focused on developing, and commercializing autonomous vehicles and systems that enable point-to-point mobility via large fleets of autonomous vehicles in challenging urban driving environments. With talented teams working across the globe, from Boston to Singapore, Aptiv was the first company to deploy a commercial, point-to-point autonomous ride-hailing service based in Las Vegas, Nevada. At Aptiv, we believe that our mobility solutions have the power to change the world. For more information, please aptiv.com/our-journey and see our aptiv.com/careers for opportunities.

Tuebor Capital is the personal investment arm and family office of Chris Thomas. Its primary focus is backing transformative early stage companies, across a wide variety of sectors, throughout the State of Michigan.

Apeiron Labs is reimagining ocean monitoring by developing solutions to decrease the marginal cost and effort of ocean sensing by orders of magnitude. Our oceans play a significant role in the global economy, weather, and long term climate trends. The Blue Economy is currently estimated at $1.5 trillion and expected to double by 2030. However, our real-time knowledge of the oceans is woefully incomplete. Existing and emerging markets require 4D ocean data - volumetric data over time - which is prohibitively expensive to acquire with today’s technologies. We need radically innovative approaches. Our co-founders, Applied Invention and S2G Ventures, have a successful track record of creating and investing in some of the world’s most impactful technologies and companies. We are hiring. If you are passionate about solving hard problems, we’d like to hear from you!

Cloud inventory and manufacturing software: Plan, procure, store, produce, sell, and ship, all in one place.

Dephy is a robotics startup founded in 2016 with the primary mission of bringing humans Beyond Nature™ with performance enhancing wearable robotics technologies. We utilize a practical, hands-on approach to design, build, evaluate and commercialize the world’s most advanced exoskeletons for human augmentation. We are active in the military, academic, business, medical and consumer market.

Monogoto is a cloud-based cellular network. Its API-driven Infrastructure-as-a-Service was designed from the ground up with simplicity in mind to enable cellular connectivity with existing enterprise IT infrastructure. With hundreds of ready-to-use APIs, Monogoto offers cellular connectivity with edge to the cloud security for IoT, Private LTE, and 5G use cases. Its services include full audit for all network events with anomaly detection and alerts automation. Monogoto’s enterprise-friendly solution enables customers to consume advanced cellular VAS with zero CAPEX and an “as-a-Service” business model. The Monogoto network is distributed globally with public connectivity in 180 countries. Helping companies to comply with regulation, the Monogoto solution supports on-premise local breakout topology for private LTE/5G networks.