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Opteran
09.05.21

Teaching AI to fly like a bee

Opteran's Chief Scientific Officer joins a University College London Senior Lecturer and MIT Tech Review Writer to discuss how honeybees can help us make more crash-proof drones
Antony Funnell ABC
Philippe from our investment team — together with our friends Lisa (UVC), Robin (Aveo), and Levent (Paua Ventures) — had a Clubhouse fireside chat about the Industrial Tech space. In this event recap, you can find out what key trends industrial tech startups should be taking advantage of right now.
06.05.21 4 min.

ICYMI: Industrial Technology goes Clubhouse (better late than never!)

Philippe from our investment team — together with our friends Lisa (UVC), Robin (Aveo), and Levent (Paua Ventures) — had a Clubhouse fireside chat about the Industrial Tech space. In this event recap, you can find out what key trends industrial tech startups should be taking advantage of right now.
Philippe Klitzing Medium
Prodsmart
02.06.21 4 min.

The Founder Fix #1: Hiring for Sales

Hiring for sales is tough. That's why you need a formula. Founder and CEO of Prodsmart, Gonçalo Fortes, gives us the lowdown on his sales hiring journey in our first Founder Fix.
Gonçalo Fortes Medium
When physical distancing becomes social distancing, what happens to company morale and performance over time? Here’s what we’re learning from startups during the pandemic.
11.02.21 5 min

Home office doesn’t work. Here’s what we’re learning from startups during the pandemic.

When physical distancing becomes social distancing, what happens to company morale and performance over time? Here’s what we’re learning from startups during the pandemic.
Tobias Schirmer, Thijs van der Burgt Medium
Opteran
25.11.20 3 min.

Opteran masters autonomy with insect-based natural intelligence. Here’s why we invested.

We proudly announce our backing, along with IQ Capital, Episode 1 and Seraphim Capital, of Opteran Technologies — a spinoff company from the University of Sheffield that is designing the next generation of autonomous technology.
Sebastian v. Ribbentrop, Mira Kamp Medium
Proxyclick
16.11.17 2 min

We’ve invested in Proxyclick

Proxyclick is a startup in Brussels selling a software-as-a-service visitor management system that replaces pen and paper with an iPad check-in process at office reception desks.
JOIN CAPITAL Medium
Prodsmart
23.02.18 3 min

We’ve invested in Prodsmart

Production floor tracking and management in real time
JOIN CAPITAL Medium
23.05.18 3 min

beWanted offers a fresh take on hiring in a competitive HR market. Here’s why we invested.

With a strong vision, team and product, beWanted is poised to become one of the most important resources for young job seekers and companies looking to hire talent.
JOIN CAPITAL Medium
22.06.18 3 min

Pioneering “Human Augmentation”: Why We’ve Invested in German Bionic

JOIN Capital co-leads funding round for the industrial robotics startup that’s transforming workplace safety with exoskeletons
JOIN CAPITAL Medium