Claude MICHEL

Founder | Advisor | Board Member | Tech & AI

📍 New Zealand🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2022
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Nov 2022
Brewing bigger beer. Craft brewer in New Zealand.
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Oct 2022
At UBCO we believe in creating products that enable people to do inspiring things, whether thats exploring our planet, creating a better world, or working smarter. Since its inception in 2015, UBCO has evolved into a digitally connected EV platform including on- and off-road transport (2X2), accessories, and cloud-based software. Founded in New Zealand, UBCO can now be found in the United States, Europe/UK, and Australia. We are passionate about providing a complete solution to our customers, from individual users to fleet managers, and have developed our product range to support a wide range of applications. The 2X2 is an all-wheel-drive electric motorbike that can go both on-road and off-road. Ultra-quiet, lightweight, and low maintenance, it can go through mud, up hills, over asphalt, and across streams without a second thought. The UBCO 2X2 - All-terrain, all-utility, and all-fun! 
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Sep 2022
Our vision for Sustainable Foods is to be a leading innovator and provider of delicious, nutritious, plant-based protein that helps us better nourish ourselves and also nurture our planet. Our tasty food is NZ-made, using thoughtfully sourced, natural ingredients. We believe in empowering conscious consumption choices without compromise. Our new brand is plan*t
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2025
CEO - Co-Founder
Mar 2025
Renior helps Architecture firms and Building suppliers create cinematic lifestyle visuals without the cost, delays, and coordination complexity of traditional production. Generate on-brand images and videos with consistent lighting, photorealistic materials, and contextual environments that make buildings, spaces, and products easier to understand, trust, and purchase. Built for scale, Renior supports design variations, materials, finishes, and project stages across planning submissions, client presentations, proposals, pitch decks, marketing campaigns, and social content. This ensures visual consistency as projects evolve from concept to delivery. We work with architects, designers, and building product suppliers across sectors including residential, commercial, hospitality, retail, workplace, and property development.
2024
Co-founder - CEO
Jan 2024
DesignGlad is a scalable graphic and product design agency. Offering unlimited designs and revisions for a flat monthly fee with a 48 hour turnaround, we work with local start-ups and SMEs who dont want to overcommit on their design requirements. We offer flexible membership options that scale with their needs. All our designers are Kiwis and Aussies - each with a specific skillset. They understand the cultural context of antipodean design, prioritising quality, efficiency and ultimately building long lasting relationships. DesignGlad has the context to maintain and emulate the tone of voice of their clients as they work through projects of branding, graphic design, marketing, product design and UX/UI work. Prioritising iteratively delivering on projects ensures that we are considerably more affordable to other alternatives such as freelancers, agencies and in-house designers, as well as offering the flexibility to scale on or off our plans month over month.
early stageDesign Services
2022
Investor
Nov 2022
Brewing bigger beer. Craft brewer in New Zealand.
Investor
Oct 2022
At UBCO we believe in creating products that enable people to do inspiring things, whether thats exploring our planet, creating a better world, or working smarter. Since its inception in 2015, UBCO has evolved into a digitally connected EV platform including on- and off-road transport (2X2), accessories, and cloud-based software. Founded in New Zealand, UBCO can now be found in the United States, Europe/UK, and Australia. We are passionate about providing a complete solution to our customers, from individual users to fleet managers, and have developed our product range to support a wide range of applications. The 2X2 is an all-wheel-drive electric motorbike that can go both on-road and off-road. Ultra-quiet, lightweight, and low maintenance, it can go through mud, up hills, over asphalt, and across streams without a second thought. The UBCO 2X2 - All-terrain, all-utility, and all-fun! 
Investor
Sep 2022
Our vision for Sustainable Foods is to be a leading innovator and provider of delicious, nutritious, plant-based protein that helps us better nourish ourselves and also nurture our planet. Our tasty food is NZ-made, using thoughtfully sourced, natural ingredients. We believe in empowering conscious consumption choices without compromise. Our new brand is plan*t
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