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OUR DOMAINS

Industrial Circular Economy

Addressing industrial problems with more sustainable, digital, connected business models and innovations.

Manufacturing, transportation, and access to energy have long been a pillars of economic prosperity.

Emerging technologies, such as advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), are transforming the world of production and creating new opportunities for industry, society and the environment.

We invest, alongside our partners, in global technology startups that are bringing about this new digital, sustainable industrial future.

Focus Areas

Current and Past
Program Partners

Avis Budget Group
Yildiz Holding
The Chicago Connectory
Proline Ventures
Enerjisa
Erdem Holding
ILAVA
Amplifier
GXO
Genpa
Shibumi International
Automotive Ventures

Investment
Portfolio

Dox

End-to-end Battery Intelligence

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ISTMOS

IoT solution for protecting wine (from winery to consumer)

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Lombris

Enriching the soil, enriching life

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NiCat

AI-assisted research & development for battery materials

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Stroma Vision

Computer vision for workplace safety

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DroneQube

Robotic UAV station for a sustainable future

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Innovasion Labs
PINC

Next generation materials technology for extreme performance batteries

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M-Based

Mycelium: The new form of the material

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NiveauUp

Extreme fast charging technology

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T-Phite

Battery material from used tires

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Hyperfuel

Transforming the way people fuel

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KFOBIX

Superhydrophobic nanomaterial coating

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NetLume

Low-code platform for industrial IoT and analytics

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Our Next Energy

Powering the next century

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Vyorius

Simplifying back-end drone operations

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Meet Our
Ecosystem Members

Yagmur Sagnak

Investor

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Trent Edwards

Anthem

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Fady Harfoush

Loyola University Chicago

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Yoon Lee

Chief Innovation Officer

march5

Beth Bond

Head of City Development

Bosch

Steve Deutsch

Motorola Solutions

Venture Capital

Nahel Gandhi

Ideology

Founder

Hayati Molinas

Stario Investment

Management

Jerry Quandt

Illinois Autonomous

Vehicles Association

Alexander Renz

New Mobility Lab

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Jochen (Joe) Renz

New Mobility Lab

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Hakan Metin Akgün

Proline Ventures

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Ozan Baran

CEO

Quickload

Siobhan Brewster

Partner

Amplifier

Thiag Loganathan

Serial Entrepreneur

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Henry Palmer

Partner

Amplifier

Santosh Sankar

Founding Partner

Dynamo Ventures

Augustin Wegscheider

Partner

Boston Consulting Group

Brad Gillette

Head of Operations

Gatik

Joel Kopinsky

ITB Group

Founder

Join our family of startups, investors, and corporate partners in the food and agricultural technology sectors.

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