Thilo Schlüter

Managing Director bei Besant Capital

📍 Spain🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Sep 2025
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Sep 2025
Were an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.
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Feb 2025
Guardz is the unified cybersecurity platform purpose-built for MSPs. We consolidate the essential security controls, including identities, endpoints, email, awareness, and more, into one AI-native framework designed for operational efficiency. Our identity-centric approach connects the dots across vectors, reducing the gaps that siloed tools leave behind so MSPs can see, understand, and act on user risk in real time. Backed by an elite research and threat hunting team, Guardz strengthens detection across environments, turning signals into actionable insights. With 24/7 AI + human-led MDR, Guardz utilizes agentic AI to triage at machine speed while expert analysts validate, mitigate, and guide response, giving MSPs scalable protection without adding headcount. Our mission is simple: give MSPs the scale, confidence, and clarity they need to stay ahead of attackers and deliver protection to every SMB they serve.
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Jul 2024
Founded in 2021 by Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, Zepto is on a mission to save you time —making every second count towards lifes real joys. Our platform has revolutionised rapid commerce in India with cutting-edge technology and strategically optimised delivery hubs. Zepto offers an extensive range of 45,000+ products, from fresh groceries to electronics, beauty essentials, apparels, toys and more, delivering across 50+ cities in minutes* Zepto Café extends our commitment to convenience, featuring a curated menu of over 200 fresh items.
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May 2024
Inference is the engine that powers AI, and Groq was built from the silicon up to deliver the worlds fastest inference at scale. We pioneered the LPU—the first processor designed specifically for AI inference—and are transforming that innovation into a global cloud platform powering production AI workloads. With the capital, infrastructure, and team to execute, were uniquely positioned to define the next era of AI infrastructure. The opportunity is massive, and its still wide open. Now lets go build it!
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Mar 2024
Forta is clearing the path to quality healthcare. We continuously improve the patient journey and deliver personalized care by applying AI and machine learning. The first care vertical Forta is improving is autism ABA therapy. Care is difficult to access and the delivery model must be reinvented to provide early access to families. 1 in 44 children [CDC, 2021] is diagnosed to be on the autism spectrum. We are looking for driven, innovative, patient-focused individuals to join our team as we reinvent the care and tools available to neurodiverse families.
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Feb 2024
Isar Aerospace develops next generation rockets for sustainable access to space for small and medium satellites and satellite constellations.
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Dec 2023
Organizations of all sizes and industries use Wiz to rapidly identify and remove the most critical risks in AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Alibaba Cloud and Kubernetes so they can build faster and more securely.
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Oct 2023
People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products help our 70+ million customers get more from their money every day. As we continue our lightning-fast growth,‌ 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, weve been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And were looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.
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Oct 2022
Clinch leads the industry in developing platforms that help brands and agencies advertise better. The company’s AI-driven Personalization/DCO technology delivers custom-tailored ad experiences across all channels, driving best-in-class performance and ROI, while its Omnichannel Campaign Management Platform, Flight Control, enables agencies to manage the entire campaign lifecycle, from strategy through activation and measurement on a single platform that makes agencies massively more productive, efficient, and profitable with automated workflows that save time and money. Flight Control replaces all the point solutions that have become part of the planning, activation, optimization, and measurement of ad campaigns with a single, unified, media-agnostic, SaaS platform already integrated with your DSP and all other partners. Built with agencies for agencies, Flight Control eliminates complexity through campaign workflow automation and makes agencies more efficient and profitable. Flight Control includes: - Innovative Visual UI to enable transparent, end-to-end team collaboration - Workflow automation to eliminate errors and delays - Omnichannel Personalization/DCO to improve campaign performance - Smart Ad Serving that learn from its results across every channel - Powerful Consumer Engagement Intelligence that enriches first party data
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May 2022
minu, la plataforma líder en retención de talento. Pioneros en el Salario On-demand en México. Mejora hasta un 20% la retención de talento en tu empresa, con nuestra plataforma todo-en-uno que incluye nuestros +45 beneficios. Juntos mejoremos el bienestar financiero, físico y mental de los trabajadores de México.
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2025
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Sep 2025
Were an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.
Investor
Feb 2025
Guardz is the unified cybersecurity platform purpose-built for MSPs. We consolidate the essential security controls, including identities, endpoints, email, awareness, and more, into one AI-native framework designed for operational efficiency. Our identity-centric approach connects the dots across vectors, reducing the gaps that siloed tools leave behind so MSPs can see, understand, and act on user risk in real time. Backed by an elite research and threat hunting team, Guardz strengthens detection across environments, turning signals into actionable insights. With 24/7 AI + human-led MDR, Guardz utilizes agentic AI to triage at machine speed while expert analysts validate, mitigate, and guide response, giving MSPs scalable protection without adding headcount. Our mission is simple: give MSPs the scale, confidence, and clarity they need to stay ahead of attackers and deliver protection to every SMB they serve.
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2025
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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Jul 2024
Founded in 2021 by Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, Zepto is on a mission to save you time —making every second count towards lifes real joys. Our platform has revolutionised rapid commerce in India with cutting-edge technology and strategically optimised delivery hubs. Zepto offers an extensive range of 45,000+ products, from fresh groceries to electronics, beauty essentials, apparels, toys and more, delivering across 50+ cities in minutes* Zepto Café extends our commitment to convenience, featuring a curated menu of over 200 fresh items.
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May 2024
Inference is the engine that powers AI, and Groq was built from the silicon up to deliver the worlds fastest inference at scale. We pioneered the LPU—the first processor designed specifically for AI inference—and are transforming that innovation into a global cloud platform powering production AI workloads. With the capital, infrastructure, and team to execute, were uniquely positioned to define the next era of AI infrastructure. The opportunity is massive, and its still wide open. Now lets go build it!
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