Lance VandenBrook

President & CEO @ Onward Robotics | Robotics and Automation

πŸ“ United StatesπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 5 investmentsπŸ“… 10 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Jun 2023
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Board Member (US business)
Jun 2023
ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth. ICEYE owns the worlds largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system. ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future. Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1,000 employees. We’re a growing international team of builders. Join us.
Investor
Jan 2021
From installation and construction to manufacturing and marketing, our talents have all been assembled here at Labor Central. Our deep rooted passion to make roofing one of the top successful trades and to create an environment where everybody wins - is rule one! We know how hard you work, trying to bid jobs, crew jobs, get jobs, and make money. Labor Central - bringing our ever-growing and ever improving database of well connected and capable crews and contractors. ​
early stageConstruction
Board Member
Oct 2020
We are a human-centered robotics company. Our mission is to make technical advances towards robots and humans working together side by side, with an emphasis on human-centric design. Diligent Robotics is developing a suite of artificial intelligence that enables robots to collaborate with and adapt to humans in everyday environments. Our service robots are designed to participate and work together with teams of humans. Our first product is a hospital service robot that can assist clinical staff with logistical tasks, allowing them to spend more of their time on direct patient care, improving patient satisfaction, quality of service, and safety.
Board Member / Investor
Jan 2016
T&E is a supplier of Electric Utility Tools, rubber goods testing, dielectric testing and Materials, including stocking full crews of tools for bucket and digger trucks. We supply high, medium and low voltage materials. We have solar panels, batteries, boxes, charge controllers and everything needed to have a full solar kit. We also carry safety supplies, hard hats, glasses, vests, cones. T&E is a full service electrical tool and material supplier with a store front in Oklahoma City. We were founded in 2015, have been in Utility since 2017 and helped supply tooling, materials and support to get the power back on in Puerto Rico.
Experience Β· 7 entries
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2023
Board Member (US business)
Jun 2023
ICEYE is the world leader in sovereign intelligence from space. We deliver persistent monitoring capabilities to detect and respond to changes in any location on Earth. ICEYE owns the worlds largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. To our customers we provide intelligence with unmatched quality, latency and revisit times, in any weather, day or night. To governments who choose to operate their own constellation we provide this proven capability as a sovereign system. ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. We enable fast decisions that contribute to a safer future. Founded and headquartered in Finland, ICEYE operates globally with over 1,000 employees. We’re a growing international team of builders. Join us.
2021
Investor
Jan 2021
From installation and construction to manufacturing and marketing, our talents have all been assembled here at Labor Central. Our deep rooted passion to make roofing one of the top successful trades and to create an environment where everybody wins - is rule one! We know how hard you work, trying to bid jobs, crew jobs, get jobs, and make money. Labor Central - bringing our ever-growing and ever improving database of well connected and capable crews and contractors. ​
early stageConstruction
2020
Board Member
Oct 2020
We are a human-centered robotics company. Our mission is to make technical advances towards robots and humans working together side by side, with an emphasis on human-centric design. Diligent Robotics is developing a suite of artificial intelligence that enables robots to collaborate with and adapt to humans in everyday environments. Our service robots are designed to participate and work together with teams of humans. Our first product is a hospital service robot that can assist clinical staff with logistical tasks, allowing them to spend more of their time on direct patient care, improving patient satisfaction, quality of service, and safety.
2016
T&E Flow Services
Board Member / Investor
Jan 2016
Board Member / Investor
Jan 2016
T&E is a supplier of Electric Utility Tools, rubber goods testing, dielectric testing and Materials, including stocking full crews of tools for bucket and digger trucks. We supply high, medium and low voltage materials. We have solar panels, batteries, boxes, charge controllers and everything needed to have a full solar kit. We also carry safety supplies, hard hats, glasses, vests, cones. T&E is a full service electrical tool and material supplier with a store front in Oklahoma City. We were founded in 2015, have been in Utility since 2017 and helped supply tooling, materials and support to get the power back on in Puerto Rico.
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