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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

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.

  • 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.