Henry Palmer

Founder & Managing Partner at Lightridge

📍 Berlin Metropolitan Area, Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 15 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Germany
15
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Board Observer
Apr 2022
Our vision is to move the world road freight in relays, accelerating the electrification agenda and creating a positive impact in drivers, clients and the environment. Trucksters is a digital transport operator that provides a long-distance FTL trucking service through a relay model based on Optimization & AI. Trucksters is a company backed by leading corporations including the joint venture of Porsche & Axel Springer (APX) and investment funds such as Big Sur, Metavallon, Kibo, Bonsai or The Valley. Visit us at http://www.trucksters.io
Board Observer
Apr 2022
Bliq empowers gig workers in the transport industry to manage their workflow across multiple platform jobs
Board Observer
Feb 2022
YardLink makes construction more efficient. We power up supply chains by bringing sites and suppliers together in one place, unlocking local partnerships and keeping projects running smoothly. Find out more at www.yardlink.com
Board Observer
Apr 2021
Hive is the international end-to-end operations platform that powers your D2C and B2B growth — from the supplier’s factory to your customer’s doorstep and beyond.
Investor & Board Observer
Jun 2020
Micropsi Industries is a robotics software company. We make a product called MIRAI, a first-of-its-kind robot control system that, by way of artificial intelligence, enables robots to learn from humans and act in dynamic environments. With more than 50 employees, most of them located in Berlin, San Francisco and Los Angeles, we are working to make task-specific, on-site machine learning for industrial robotics a reality.
Board Observer & Investor
Jun 2020
Micropsi Industries is a robotics software company. We make a product called MIRAI, a first-of-its-kind robot control system that, by way of artificial intelligence, enables robots to learn from humans and act in dynamic environments. With more than 50 employees, most of them located in Berlin, San Francisco and Los Angeles, we are working to make task-specific, on-site machine learning for industrial robotics a reality.
Investor & Board Observer
Sep 2019
Mercado is a purpose-built import order management system. Connecting brands to the people who make and move their products, so they can plan, buy, and move their products online with ease. Imports have never been at greater risk, and it’s never been more important to get this right.
Investor
Sep 2019
Mercado is a purpose-built import order management system. Connecting brands to the people who make and move their products, so they can plan, buy, and move their products online with ease. Imports have never been at greater risk, and it’s never been more important to get this right.
Board Observer & Investor
Sep 2019
Mercado is a purpose-built import order management system. Connecting brands to the people who make and move their products, so they can plan, buy, and move their products online with ease. Imports have never been at greater risk, and it’s never been more important to get this right.
Investor
Jun 2019
We teach machines to understand how people behave so that any human/machine interaction is safe, efficient and – most importantly – more human. By combining novel deep learning, behavioural psychology and statistical AI, we’ve developed powerful and ethical computer-vision software that predicts human decision-making. This means we can quickly, safely and accurately provide context around interactions between people and machines, whether it’s a consumer device, home appliance, vehicle, gaming equipment or any automated machine. We help you make better-informed decisions – just connect our Behaviour AI platform to your camera for real-time insights, or give us access to your video footage for crucial historical analytics. We do all of this whilst prioritising individual privacy with our ethical AI technology. Our solutions: Telematics - Understand the cause of incidents with usable video insight for accurate insurance reporting and decreased vehicle downtime with speedy, accurate and usable scene reconstructions for post-incident reporting. Traffic Analysis, Monitoring and Management - we enable traffic monitoring and management providers to enrich current intelligent transport systems (ITS) by spotting multiple traffic patterns sooner - making confident decisions faster. ADAS - Our behaviour AI technology can enhance your ADAS solution by improving driver safety monitoring, vehicle tracking and navigation with precision decision making, allowing for more conservative safety mechanisms, with proven reduction in false positives. Health and Safety - We offer health and safety service providers an extra layer of superior safety enhancement, making it easier and faster to to identify the riskiest incidents happening across hazardous sites. Connect with Humanising Autonomy Twitter: https://humanising.link/Twitter YouTube: https://humanising.link/Youtube Subscribe to our newsletter: https://humanising.link/newsletter-subscribe
Investor
Feb 2019
Nautilus Labs is a technology partner that pioneers the decarbonization of the ocean supply chain. As an independent third party, we are the source of truth and predictive insights between owners and charterers to unlock behavior change and enable new data-driven commercial frameworks for improved collaboration. Working across data availability and structures, we apply machine learning to unlock predictive decision-making for improved fleet efficiency. Our adaptable solutions are built around our clients’ workflows and are accompanied by human-centric change management programs to drive organizational adoption and long-term outcomes. With hubs in New York, Singapore, London, Paris, Athens, and Bangalore, the company is backed by top venture capital firms and investors, like the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund and M12.
Investor & Ex Board Member
Mar 2016
How people achieve their goals in fitness and health is changing. Outset have developed an on-demand app service, seamlessly connecting the user with personal trainers, when and where they want them. Giving people access to space, expertise and motivation that was previously hard to find. By delivering flexibility, low cost and ease of use, Outset hope to make working out just that little bit easier.
Investor
Mar 2016
How people achieve their goals in fitness and health is changing. Outset have developed an on-demand app service, seamlessly connecting the user with personal trainers, when and where they want them. Giving people access to space, expertise and motivation that was previously hard to find. By delivering flexibility, low cost and ease of use, Outset hope to make working out just that little bit easier.
Investor & Ex Board Member
Sep 2012
Premium artisan dry & sloe gins, handcrafted and distilled in Germany, inspired by Africa and in support of African elephant conservation. World Spirits Award 2021. www.elephant-gin.com www.satao-gin.com The founders of Elephant Gin have dedicated themselves to combining a great passion for gin with the love for the African wildlife. In 2013, they developed the award-winning Elephant London Dry Gin (45%) that uses rare African botanicals and focuses on resolutely artisan production methods. In December 2015, the company complemented its portfolio with an aromatic Elephant Sloe Gin (35%) and in 2017, introduced an overproof Elephant Strength Gin (57%). Elephant Gin also gives back to the continent that inspired the brand in the first place: The company donates 15 percent of all proceeds from every bottle of Elephant Gin to two African elephant foundations that are committed to save the African elephant from extinction.
early stageWine & Spirits
Investor
Sep 2012
Premium artisan dry & sloe gins, handcrafted and distilled in Germany, inspired by Africa and in support of African elephant conservation. World Spirits Award 2021. www.elephant-gin.com www.satao-gin.com The founders of Elephant Gin have dedicated themselves to combining a great passion for gin with the love for the African wildlife. In 2013, they developed the award-winning Elephant London Dry Gin (45%) that uses rare African botanicals and focuses on resolutely artisan production methods. In December 2015, the company complemented its portfolio with an aromatic Elephant Sloe Gin (35%) and in 2017, introduced an overproof Elephant Strength Gin (57%). Elephant Gin also gives back to the continent that inspired the brand in the first place: The company donates 15 percent of all proceeds from every bottle of Elephant Gin to two African elephant foundations that are committed to save the African elephant from extinction.
early stageWine & Spirits
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Venture Partner
Jan 2024
A family office with over 100 years of shipping heritage. Investing in private capital, alternatives and public securities globally. Supporting the green transition through COlab, our venture and direct tech investment unit. Focusing on long-term value creation with a permanent capital base and flexible investment mandate.
2022
Board Observer
Apr 2022
Our vision is to move the world road freight in relays, accelerating the electrification agenda and creating a positive impact in drivers, clients and the environment. Trucksters is a digital transport operator that provides a long-distance FTL trucking service through a relay model based on Optimization & AI. Trucksters is a company backed by leading corporations including the joint venture of Porsche & Axel Springer (APX) and investment funds such as Big Sur, Metavallon, Kibo, Bonsai or The Valley. Visit us at http://www.trucksters.io
Board Observer
Apr 2022
Bliq empowers gig workers in the transport industry to manage their workflow across multiple platform jobs
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