Nolan Paul

Chief Executive Officer @ Yamaha Agriculture | Board of Directors

📍 Palo Alto, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2020
VC🌍 United States
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Board Observer
Jun 2020
Oxipital AI is a leader in AI-enabled machine vision technologies for robotic process automation and product inspection in critical industries such as food processing, agriculture, and consumer goods production. The company’s mission is to deliver actionable insights through deep object understanding, to customers, as they embrace Industry 5.0 and to unlock previously unachievable levels of resiliency, efficiency, and sustainability in their manufacturing operations.
Board Observer
Apr 2020
Our sensors + data predict shelf life to reduce food waste and improve quality.
Board Observer
Mar 2020
Our mission: Deliver robotic systems for the hardest jobs in agriculture. As a spinout of SRI International®, we are brining the world's first commercial robotic apple harvester to market.
Board Observer
Sep 2019
Invert Robotics provides remote robotic inspection services with unprecedented levels of safety, accuracy and speed. Our main focus is in the Food Production, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Aviation and Energy industries. This is not an everyday job, but a job where safety and accuracy are paramount. Besides this, Invert Robotics comes together with an agile and inventive work environment. At Invert Robotics, we believe that it is a basic human right to work in a safe and sustainable environment where our health and safety is taken seriously by employers. Working in confined and hazardous spaces continues to cause serious injuries and fatalities worldwide. Our team at Invert Robotics is dedicated to developing technology that will change the future of industrial inspections in these environments. By using technology, we can perform tasks remotely and eliminate the risks involved in working in confined and hazardous spaces. Our ultimate goal is to eliminate the need for people to enter any confined and hazardous environments providing our children with a future which is safer, more colourful and sustainable. Contact us today to request a demo or to find out more about how we can help to improve your inspections.
Board Observer
May 2019
Our story started in a small shed surrounded by orchards and farms in the heart of New Zealand’s thriving ag sector. This environment enables us to test our prototypes first hand, see the problems we need to solve in real life, and get instant feedback from farmers and agriculturalists. Our customers are across the fence. And they’ve seen a lot of innovation come and go. So they set incredibly high expectations. They know what works and what doesn’t – and won’t hesitate to tell you so. So we’ve always been driven to create solutions that are not just innovative but that perform. From what started with Steve (ag expert) and Alistair (tech expert), we’ve built a world-class team of specialists across ag, tech, and engineering. We’re still located in the heart of New Zealand’s thriving ag sector, but now we’re sending robots all over the world.
Member/Investor
May 2017
Angels by the Sea is a mutual-benefit organization in Santa Cruz that is committed to supporting great young companies in and around the central coast area. We facilitate connections with established successful business entrepreneurs and investors. Our members are entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders who have founded, funded, and built world-class companies. Our members have a wide array of industry expertise and together create an extensive network of entrepreneurial support. We provide a unique forum where our members can interact with, mentor and coach local entrepreneurs. This provides our members the opportunity to directly engage with local start ups by providing them feedback, serving as advisors or board members, making introductions, as well as assisting with team-building, strategic planning, and fundraising.
Experience · 8 entries
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2020
Board Observer
Jun 2020
Oxipital AI is a leader in AI-enabled machine vision technologies for robotic process automation and product inspection in critical industries such as food processing, agriculture, and consumer goods production. The company’s mission is to deliver actionable insights through deep object understanding, to customers, as they embrace Industry 5.0 and to unlock previously unachievable levels of resiliency, efficiency, and sustainability in their manufacturing operations.
Board Observer
Apr 2020
Our sensors + data predict shelf life to reduce food waste and improve quality.
Board Observer
Mar 2020
Our mission: Deliver robotic systems for the hardest jobs in agriculture. As a spinout of SRI International®, we are brining the world's first commercial robotic apple harvester to market.
2019
Board Observer
Sep 2019
Invert Robotics provides remote robotic inspection services with unprecedented levels of safety, accuracy and speed. Our main focus is in the Food Production, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Aviation and Energy industries. This is not an everyday job, but a job where safety and accuracy are paramount. Besides this, Invert Robotics comes together with an agile and inventive work environment. At Invert Robotics, we believe that it is a basic human right to work in a safe and sustainable environment where our health and safety is taken seriously by employers. Working in confined and hazardous spaces continues to cause serious injuries and fatalities worldwide. Our team at Invert Robotics is dedicated to developing technology that will change the future of industrial inspections in these environments. By using technology, we can perform tasks remotely and eliminate the risks involved in working in confined and hazardous spaces. Our ultimate goal is to eliminate the need for people to enter any confined and hazardous environments providing our children with a future which is safer, more colourful and sustainable. Contact us today to request a demo or to find out more about how we can help to improve your inspections.
Board Observer
May 2019
Our story started in a small shed surrounded by orchards and farms in the heart of New Zealand’s thriving ag sector. This environment enables us to test our prototypes first hand, see the problems we need to solve in real life, and get instant feedback from farmers and agriculturalists. Our customers are across the fence. And they’ve seen a lot of innovation come and go. So they set incredibly high expectations. They know what works and what doesn’t – and won’t hesitate to tell you so. So we’ve always been driven to create solutions that are not just innovative but that perform. From what started with Steve (ag expert) and Alistair (tech expert), we’ve built a world-class team of specialists across ag, tech, and engineering. We’re still located in the heart of New Zealand’s thriving ag sector, but now we’re sending robots all over the world.
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