Theodora Preda

Partner @ Plug and Play | Venture Capital & Open Innovation | Board Advisor | Ex-Investment Banking

📍 Germany🔄 Updated July 2026💼 8 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2024
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Sep 2024
Blockbrain: The AI Transformation Platform for Enterprises. About Us: Blockbrain is an AI platform that empowers organizations to harness their collective knowledge and transform it into a powerful competitive advantage. Our innovative platform is designed to: • Automate key business processes • Enhance internal collaboration • Significantly boost efficiency and profitability What Sets Us Apart? AI-Powered Solutions: Our advanced artificial intelligence technology combines process optimization, automation and knowledge management. Security: We prioritize data protection, collaborating with leading cybersecurity experts to ensure the highest level of security for your sensitive information. Ethical AI: Our solutions are developed and implemented with a strong focus on ethical AI practices, guided by specialists in the field. At Blockbrain, were committed to helping your team work smarter, faster, and more securely. Let us help you unlock the full potential of your organizations knowledge and processes.
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Dec 2023
Certivity develops innovative RegTech software to make product compliance smarter, safer, more transparent, more efficient, and significantly cheaper. The administrative burden and risk for companies is high, as regulatory requirements must be constantly tracked, updated, and mapped in the respective product. Our software solution enables our customers to model digital regulatory twins of their products by connecting regulations to systems. It ensures that current regulatory requirements are integrated in the right place in the engineering process, while at the same time ensuring that the regular updates of the respective regulations are considered. This enables unprecedented traceability into business processes.
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Oct 2023
At Veecle, we revolutionize the automotive industry by introducing three essential building blocks for modern vehicle software: 1. Comprehensive Rust Software Runtime for Vehicles: As the only extensive Rust software runtime in the automotive sector, we leverage Rusts security and efficiency to power new vehicle functions. This positions us at the forefront of automotive software innovation, making it the default choice for developing modern vehicle features. 2. Exclusive Rust Software Stack for Infineon Aurix Processors: Our unique Rust software stack is designed to support Infineons Aurix processors, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance. This exclusive compatibility means our solutions are tailor-made for the most advanced automotive hardware. 3. Pioneering Android Automotive VHAL Integration: We are the first and only provider of an Android Automotive Vehicle Hardware Abstraction Layer (VHAL) that fully integrates modern infotainment systems with all vehicle functions. This groundbreaking innovation enhances the user experience by connecting cutting-edge infotainment with comprehensive vehicle control. By bridging these critical gaps, Veecle empowers automotive manufacturers to rapidly develop and deploy new digital features, significantly reducing development cycles and costs. Our solutions ensure a harmonious integration of new technologies with existing vehicle platforms, driving the future of automotive software.
Board Observer
May 2023
About:Energy is a battery modelling and data company. Our white-box models and data help small startups and big OEMs accelerate decisions across the battery supply chain, from cell selection to lifetime and performance prediction. We help reduce development time, save resources and help you innovate faster. We are compatible across major design platforms including Matlab Simulink, COMSOL, PybaMM and many more. Plus, we have no subscription fee.
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Jun 2022
Mercanis is the AI platform for the agentic procurement era. Whether deployed as a full procurement platform or as an agentic AI layer on top of existing systems, Mercanis unifies your procurement function and uses 55 specialized AI agents to orchestrate the entire procurement lifecycle. Industry leaders such as BASF, GASAG, Oventrop, naturenergie, Brose, and Struktol benefit from rapid implementation, high user adoption, and measurable cost savings from day one.
Board Observer
Apr 2022
Our sensors and analytics tools offer intelligent, real-time insights into the movement within our cities – saving time, resources and our planet. Most of today’s reactive traffic and transport systems are inefficient and, as a result, are often wasteful, overwhelmed and unreliable.
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Jan 2022
NODE Robotics solves the central dilemma faced by many manufacturers and users of mobile robots: in-house development or external sourcing? With our robust, scalable software platform NODE.OS, we offer a proven solution that integrates seamlessly into existing systems and provides comprehensive control over AGVs and AMRs. Our flexible and reliable software solutions eliminate the limitations of conventional systems, making the deployment and management of mobile robots simpler and more efficient – both for OEMs and operators. NODE Robotics stands for maximum user-friendliness and adaptability. Our platform delivers the flexibility needed to make safe decisions – without compromising on performance or scalability. Thanks to our proven technologies for localization, navigation, and fleet management, companies can unlock the full potential of their mobile robots. Versatile Applications: Whether in manufacturing or logistics, our solutions enhance operational efficiency, reduce downtime, and lay the foundation for consistent growth. NODE Robotics enables robust automation that meets today’s demands while supporting future advancements. We make mobile robots easy to use. ___ Imprint: https://node-robotics.com/imprint Contact: https://node-robotics.com/get-in-touch
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Jul 2021
SPARETECH is the MRO software that enables manufacturing companies to automate their spare parts management processes, from identification to spare parts ordering, thereby sustainably reducing inventories, costs, and CO2 emissions. SPARETECH is trusted by renowned global customers and partners and headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany with an international team dispersed around Europe and the U.S.
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2024
Investor
Sep 2024
Blockbrain: The AI Transformation Platform for Enterprises. About Us: Blockbrain is an AI platform that empowers organizations to harness their collective knowledge and transform it into a powerful competitive advantage. Our innovative platform is designed to: • Automate key business processes • Enhance internal collaboration • Significantly boost efficiency and profitability What Sets Us Apart? AI-Powered Solutions: Our advanced artificial intelligence technology combines process optimization, automation and knowledge management. Security: We prioritize data protection, collaborating with leading cybersecurity experts to ensure the highest level of security for your sensitive information. Ethical AI: Our solutions are developed and implemented with a strong focus on ethical AI practices, guided by specialists in the field. At Blockbrain, were committed to helping your team work smarter, faster, and more securely. Let us help you unlock the full potential of your organizations knowledge and processes.
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Dec 2023
Certivity develops innovative RegTech software to make product compliance smarter, safer, more transparent, more efficient, and significantly cheaper. The administrative burden and risk for companies is high, as regulatory requirements must be constantly tracked, updated, and mapped in the respective product. Our software solution enables our customers to model digital regulatory twins of their products by connecting regulations to systems. It ensures that current regulatory requirements are integrated in the right place in the engineering process, while at the same time ensuring that the regular updates of the respective regulations are considered. This enables unprecedented traceability into business processes.
Investor
Oct 2023
At Veecle, we revolutionize the automotive industry by introducing three essential building blocks for modern vehicle software: 1. Comprehensive Rust Software Runtime for Vehicles: As the only extensive Rust software runtime in the automotive sector, we leverage Rusts security and efficiency to power new vehicle functions. This positions us at the forefront of automotive software innovation, making it the default choice for developing modern vehicle features. 2. Exclusive Rust Software Stack for Infineon Aurix Processors: Our unique Rust software stack is designed to support Infineons Aurix processors, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance. This exclusive compatibility means our solutions are tailor-made for the most advanced automotive hardware. 3. Pioneering Android Automotive VHAL Integration: We are the first and only provider of an Android Automotive Vehicle Hardware Abstraction Layer (VHAL) that fully integrates modern infotainment systems with all vehicle functions. This groundbreaking innovation enhances the user experience by connecting cutting-edge infotainment with comprehensive vehicle control. By bridging these critical gaps, Veecle empowers automotive manufacturers to rapidly develop and deploy new digital features, significantly reducing development cycles and costs. Our solutions ensure a harmonious integration of new technologies with existing vehicle platforms, driving the future of automotive software.
Board Observer
May 2023
About:Energy is a battery modelling and data company. Our white-box models and data help small startups and big OEMs accelerate decisions across the battery supply chain, from cell selection to lifetime and performance prediction. We help reduce development time, save resources and help you innovate faster. We are compatible across major design platforms including Matlab Simulink, COMSOL, PybaMM and many more. Plus, we have no subscription fee.
Principal
Jan 2023
Plug and Play is a global innovation platform founded in Silicon Valley in 2006. We connect the people and organizations that drive technology forward, and turn those connections into real business outcomes. We run accelerator programs, facilitate corporate-startup pilots, invest in early-stage companies, and help governments and institutions build innovation ecosystems. Our network includes corporations, startups, investors, universities, and mentors across more than 20 industries and 60 locations worldwide. Since inception, weve accelerated thousands of startups and invested in over 2,500 companies. Our portfolio includes PayPal, Dropbox, LendingClub, Honey, and N26. Industries we work in: Advanced Manufacturing · Aerospace & Defense · Agtech · Animal Health · Brand & Retail · Crypto & Digital Assets · Deeptech · Energy · Enterprise & AI · Fintech · Food & Beverage · Health · Insurtech · Lifetech · Maritime · Media & Advertising · Medtech · Mobility & Physical AI · New Materials & Packaging · Real Estate & Construction · Semiconductors · Smart Cities · Sportstech · Supply Chain · Sustainability · Travel & Hospitality Where we operate: Americas: Silicon Valley · New York · Los Angeles · Washington D.C. · Detroit · Seattle · São Paulo · Alberta Europe: London · Munich · Stuttgart · Paris · Amsterdam · Barcelona · Madrid · Milan · Turin · Gothenburg · Vienna · Istanbul · Antwerp · Vilnius · Tirana · Yerevan · Tbilisi · Limassol · Tashkent Middle East & Africa: Riyadh · Abu Dhabi · Cairo Asia-Pacific: Tokyo · Osaka · Kyoto · Singapore · Seoul · Shanghai · Beijing · Shenzhen · Jakarta · Kuala Lumpur · Phnom Penh · GIFT City
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