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Investor and Board Observer
Jun 2023
Distran develops and sells ultrasound cameras able to "see" ultrasounds: each of the 124 ultrasound sensors on the camera perceives incoming sounds with a slight shift of a fraction of a milliseconds. This allows the algorithms inside the camera to compute back the position of the sound source and to display it in real-time to the user. The principle is similar to antenna arrays used by astronomers or the military. Here, the device is hand-held and allows industrials to quickly spot faults such as gas leak in their installation, often comprising hundreds of kilometers of pipes and thousands of potentially leaky elements.
Beyond cost savings, this tool enables to increase industrial safety and decrease emission of green house gases.
Investor
May 2023
ANYbotics, a global leader in AI-driven robot inspection solutions, tackles critical industry challenges in safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Designed for the toughest industrial environments, ANYbotics ANYmal robots excel in autonomous operations, advanced mobility, and real-time data collection, making them ideal for tasks such as routine inspections, remote operations, or predictive maintenance. Trusted by hundreds of industry leaders in energy, power, metals, mining, and chemicals worldwide, ANYbotics aims to augment industrial workforces with autonomous robots, addressing labor shortages and keeping workers out of harms way. Supported by over $150m in funding from leading European and Silicon Valley investors and a 200-expert team, ANYbotics has been shaping the future of industrial automation since 2009 with offices in Zurich and San Francisco. To learn more about how you can use ANYmal to transform your industrial operations, visit our website at anybotics.com.
Investor and Board Observer
Feb 2023
Our team believes in a future where autonomous robotics are used in meaningful, accountable applications.
Commercial UAVs have the technical capabilities to help save lives and share important stories- but they
have continued to be held back by fundamental problems in safety, regulation, and flight time. By solving these
fundamental issues, our team is able to offer the next generation of accountable and autonomous aerial robotics
that are ready for real-world use today.
Fotokite technology uses a tether combined with an onboard IMU to compute the vehicles position relative to the user. This allows for quick deployment and controlled flight by virtually anyone and obviates the need for complex start-up protocols, GPS dependency, trained pilots, and bulky remote controls.
The core algorithms were developed and refined over the course of years of research and experimentation at the world renowned Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich. With this foundation in place, the team is now working on expanding control capabilities with a keen eye on delivering intuitive user interaction, enabling expanded capabilities to teams in Firefighting and Public Safety applications.
Board Member
Jan 2023
Wir sind Brentano. Wir stellen seit 1935 Pflegeprodukte und Tees her. Die Rezeptur: natürliche Inhaltsstoffe und all unser Fachwissen.
Investor and Board Observer
May 2022
Sulzer Schmid is an independent Swiss technology company and innovator of next-generation technology for the inspection of rotor blades.
Our collaborative and cloud-based 3DX™ Blade Platform is at the core of our digital end-to-end process and integrates every aspect of the rotor blade inspection in one place. It offers a fully transparent view of the blade health status of the entire fleet and allows customers to capture visual blade data using our fully autonomous drones, process the images and generate highly customizable reports at a push of a button.
Having repeatable, high-quality inspection data allows our customers to track damage progression over time and make informed decisions about the timing of repairs, reducing downtime and improving the annual energy production.
To date, we have completed thousands of inspections across more than 30 countries.
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Investor and Board Observer
Jun 2023
Distran develops and sells ultrasound cameras able to "see" ultrasounds: each of the 124 ultrasound sensors on the camera perceives incoming sounds with a slight shift of a fraction of a milliseconds. This allows the algorithms inside the camera to compute back the position of the sound source and to display it in real-time to the user. The principle is similar to antenna arrays used by astronomers or the military. Here, the device is hand-held and allows industrials to quickly spot faults such as gas leak in their installation, often comprising hundreds of kilometers of pipes and thousands of potentially leaky elements.
Beyond cost savings, this tool enables to increase industrial safety and decrease emission of green house gases.
Investor
May 2023
ANYbotics, a global leader in AI-driven robot inspection solutions, tackles critical industry challenges in safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Designed for the toughest industrial environments, ANYbotics ANYmal robots excel in autonomous operations, advanced mobility, and real-time data collection, making them ideal for tasks such as routine inspections, remote operations, or predictive maintenance. Trusted by hundreds of industry leaders in energy, power, metals, mining, and chemicals worldwide, ANYbotics aims to augment industrial workforces with autonomous robots, addressing labor shortages and keeping workers out of harms way. Supported by over $150m in funding from leading European and Silicon Valley investors and a 200-expert team, ANYbotics has been shaping the future of industrial automation since 2009 with offices in Zurich and San Francisco. To learn more about how you can use ANYmal to transform your industrial operations, visit our website at anybotics.com.
Investor and Board Observer
Feb 2023
Our team believes in a future where autonomous robotics are used in meaningful, accountable applications.
Commercial UAVs have the technical capabilities to help save lives and share important stories- but they
have continued to be held back by fundamental problems in safety, regulation, and flight time. By solving these
fundamental issues, our team is able to offer the next generation of accountable and autonomous aerial robotics
that are ready for real-world use today.
Fotokite technology uses a tether combined with an onboard IMU to compute the vehicles position relative to the user. This allows for quick deployment and controlled flight by virtually anyone and obviates the need for complex start-up protocols, GPS dependency, trained pilots, and bulky remote controls.
The core algorithms were developed and refined over the course of years of research and experimentation at the world renowned Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich. With this foundation in place, the team is now working on expanding control capabilities with a keen eye on delivering intuitive user interaction, enabling expanded capabilities to teams in Firefighting and Public Safety applications.
Board Member
Jan 2023
Wir sind Brentano. Wir stellen seit 1935 Pflegeprodukte und Tees her. Die Rezeptur: natürliche Inhaltsstoffe und all unser Fachwissen.
2022
Senior Investment Manager Swisscanto Private Equity
Jul 2022
Wir sind die im Wirtschaftsraum Zürich verankerte und global vernetzte Universalbank mit einer einzigartigen Kombination aus Kundennähe, Kompetenz und Verantwortung.
Unsere Wurzeln liegen mit unserem Leistungsauftrag im Kanton Zürich und unser Ziel ist es, eine leistungsstarke Schweizer Universalbank zu sein.
Der Staat haftet gemäss Gesetz für alle Verbindlichkeiten der Zürcher Kantonalbank, so weit ihre eigenen Mittel nicht ausreichen. Diese Staatsgarantie wirkt als Stabilisator für den gesamten Finanzplatz, insbesondere in Zeiten wirtschaftlicher Unsicherheit.
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