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Michal Natora

Venture Capital and Open Innovation in B2B Software, Automation & Robotics, and Industrial AI

Zurich

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Open Innovation
Business Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Innovation Management
Project Management
Technology Management
Accounting Management
Data Analysis
Mathematical Modeling
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Signal Processing
Optimisation
Programming
Databases
Physics
Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Future Trends
Requirement Engineering

Education

Work Experience

  • Investment Director - Industrial Information Technology & Robotics

    2020

    Board positions or board support at SecurityMatters (acquired by Forescout Technologies), P97 Networks, Librestream Technologies, Ushr (acquired by Dynamic Map Platform), AlphaICs, Open Mineral, xFarm Technologies, and sewts.

  • Investment Manager - Industrial Information Technology

    2015 - 2020

    Deal sourcing, conducting trend & market studies, due diligence (technical, market, financial), support of portfolio companies in the sector of industrial Information Technology.

  • Open Innovation Manager

    2014 - 2015

    Developing open innovation services for Emerald's strategic fund investors. Assessing investment opportunities in the industrial IT sector.

2011 - 2013

  • Consultant

    2011 - 2013

    Led projects in quality management of software and data processes in the area of electronic control units.

  • Researcher

    2007 - 2010

    Conducted original research and coordinated an applied research project involving two research institutes and a private company.

PerfectIntelligence.biz

2006 - 2007

  • Entrepreneur

    2006 - 2007

    Invented and implemented Action Mouse Mover - one of the first programs for automated mouse-clicking at that time.

2005 - 2006

  • Teaching Assistant

    2005 - 2006

    Developed topics and structure of the upcoming mathematics lectures and taught to classes of 25 students.

  • Intern

    2004 - 2004

    Optimized chemical reaction times in small-sized automatic reactors which directly impacted the final product design.