# Top 50 Hardware Angel Investors in Switzerland in June 2026

## Ariel Luedi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: Software, Augmented Reality, Enterprise Software

Ariel Luedi is a Founder at Hammer Team - Growth Accelerator. He attended the ETH Zurich.

## Soheila Yalpani
- Type: Angel
- Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Consulting, GreenTech, Cyber Security

oheila is an entrepreneur with C-team leadership experience on project management and pre-master planning of large-scale smart, resilient green infrastructure projects.

## Danny Hayes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Clean Energy, Cyber Security, Finance

As the CEO of Climate Transition Swiss AG, I lead a Swiss company that develops and finances green, resilient infrastructure projects across North America, Europe, and Japan. With over 20 years of international business experience, I have a strong track record of delivering sustainable energy solutions that create positive environmental and socialimpact.In addition to my role as CEO, I am also a Lobbyist for Climate Policy at the U.S. House of Representatives, where I focus on influencing environmental initiatives in Japan and Europe. I am passionate about advocating for climate action and fostering global collaboration on this urgent issue. I am also a member of the Forbes Business Council and a regular contributor to their climate section, where I share my insights and expertise on green business and policy.

## Andreas Pfluger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Retail Technology, Information Technology

Andreas Pfluger is a Director at JUMI Enterprises.

## Penny Schiffer
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Health Care, Finance

Penny Schiffer - CEO & Co-founder @ Raized.ai

## David Sikorsky
- Type: Angel
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Content, Software, Education

David Sikorsky - Venture Partner @ JAL Ventures

## Bettina Buechel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Drones, Robotics, Security

Bettina Büchel has been Professor of Strategy and Organization at IMD since 2000. Her current research topics include strategy implementation, new business development, strategic alliances and change management.She is Director of the public program Orchestrating Winning Performance as well as several partnership programs. She has workedextensively with companies such as Nestlé, Allianz, Evonik, Commerzbank, Nilfisk-Advance and others in developing strategic priorities, implementating strategic initiatives and managing change.Professor Büchel is of German origin. She received her bachelor of economics and public administration at the University of Constance, Germany, her Masters of Human Resources and Industrial Relations at Rutgers University, USA and her PhD at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. After obtaining her PhD, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok where she was teaching MBA and PhD students from across Asia.

## Christian Wenger
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Christian Wenger - Chairman @ Startup INVEST

## Stef van Grieken
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: PaaS, SaaS, Software

Stef van Grieken serves as a co-founder and CEO at Cradle.

## Niklas Ostberg
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: SaaS, E-Commerce, Mobile

Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Östberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Delivery Hero. He holds a Master of Industrial Engineering & Management from Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm & ETH Zurich.Following five years as a management consultant at Oliver Wyman, Niklas co-founded Pizza.nu (later OnlinePizza.se) where he served as afull-time chairman. After winning the Swedish market he was responsible for building up market leading companies in online food ordering in Poland, Finland and Austria. In late 2010, Niklas convinced Team Europe to develop the concept to the German market under the name of Lieferheld (Lieferheld.de) and got the license to use the technology and know-how from the original Swedish company.After a successful market entry into the competitive German market, Niklas Östberg and his team decided to launch the business model internationally under the name of Delivery Hero in May 2011. The company has since then expanded the concept organically and through acquisitions into 34 international markets, and is today the largest global platform for online food ordering with 200,000+ local restaurants in its network, processing more than 10m orders monthly.What initially was a small vision narrowed to the Swedish market has today expanded into a global vision to provide a platform of choice, convenience, reliability and quality. Or, in essence, an entire food court in your pocket.Niklas’ vision is to transform the industry. Therefore services of Delivery Hero will reflect changing eating habits just as new opportunities in technology and logistics.

## James Isilay
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

James Isilay serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Cognism.

## Mihai Faur
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: PaaS, SaaS, Software

Mihai Faur

## Mehdi Ghissassi
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology

Mehdi Ghissassi serves as the Head of Product Management at DeepMind.

## Fritz Mumenthaler
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Drones, Computer, Robotics

Fritz Mumenthaler - Chairman @ Komed Health AG (PLC)

## Bruno Glaus
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Drones, Computer, Robotics

Bruno Glaus

## Manfred Petri
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jena, Thuringen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Video, Mobile, Sports

Manfred Petri was named managing director of mpnewco GmbH, a small private equity holding company since 2004. He has been investor and advisor in renewable energy companies. Prior to joining mpnewco GmbH, he was the Managing Director of Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG in Hof. He has over 20 years of executive level experience in designing,manufacturing and selling power accessories. During his leadership he oversaw the expansion of company activities to Australia, New Zealand, USA and Eastern Europe encompassing a territory with 600 customers in 52 countries. He founded/acquired the subsidiaries in Czech Republic, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Poland, which led to increase product development that led to several international patents. He was responsible for the vertical integration of the business segments and enormous growth of the company that made the family owned business Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG most attractive to integrated health solution that ties health education, nutrition, community health worker training, telemedicine and e-medical record keeping together to increase access to health and reduce health stresses in different communities several international buyers including Nexans S.A. (French cable manufacturer), which ultimately acquired Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG in 2002. His career started by joining the Gerhard Petri GmbH & Co. KG in Hof/Germany, a family owned business designing, manufacturing and selling power accessories (cable connectors, cable lugs etc.). Petri received his MA from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich/Germany, and his PhD/Dr. phil. (Dissertation supported by "Studienstiftung des Dt. Volkes"). He is fluent in German, English, Latin and has basic knowledge in French

## Sandeep Raju
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Relevant deals: 2
- Focus: Semiconductor, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence

Sandeep is a co-founder at Samaaru India. As Chief Investment Officer at Pioneering Ventures, he co-led the incubation of Samaaru as a PV group company and serves as a board member overseeing platform services, new business incubation, and investor relations. Sandeep earlier served in P&L leadership, M&A, investments and incubation rolesat Infosys and Wipro. He learnt venture development skills by training on board-sponsored projects at Infosys including the Life Sciences Practice (incubation lead and first employee), Lodestone ($350 mn acquisition), OnMobile (NSE: ONMOBILE), Yantra (now IBM), Stratify (now Iron Mountain), CiDRA, Workadia and Infosys China. Over two decades, he has learnt from stressed venture and market situations during three downturns. As an executive, entrepreneur or lead investor, he has helped create ~1000 new jobs, led multi-cultural teams of ~1500 associates, worked on venture transactions worth ~$0.5 billion, delivered ~6x growth over 6 years as a P&L leader, and co-created ~7x value with co-investors in recent years.

## Éric Thuillier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: iOS, Books, Retail

Mr. Eric Thuillier is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Deep Wealth, a Geneva-based investment advisory firm providing private capital solutions and investment consulting services to institutional investors including foundations and single family offices. Eric is also a business angel and active in the Swiss VC and growth ecosystem. Priorto Deep Wealth, Eric has co-founded Investivity, an award winning Geneva-based wealth manager and private office. He led before the multi-asset quantitative trading department in Geneva of Koch Industries, one of the largest private US companies and has held quant positions as VP, at a hedge fund trading equity futures, in the rates exotics dealing room of HSBC and in the FX models validation group at ABN Amro. Eric is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM), a level 2 CFA (level 3 pending), graduated as a French computer science engineer and further holds a MSc in corporate finance from Dauphine University (France) and another MSc in quantitative finance from ENSAE / Dauphine.

## Remy Lazarovici
- Type: Angel
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, PaaS, SaaS

Remy Lazarovici

## Yuri Gurski
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Women's, Software

Yuri Gurski has been building international IT and media businesses for more than 15 years as an executive, entrepreneur, investor, and startup mentor. Yuri is acclaimed for his extraordinary number of business exits: the firms that Yuri funded and advised have been acquired by Google, Facebook, Farfetch, Playtech.Yuri is a Co-founder & CEOat Palta, a health & well-being technology company led by entrepreneurs on a mission to create a global positive impact. Across its consumer-centric health products, Palta already has more than 300 million users in apps like Flo, Simple, Zing, and others. It has also set an ambitious goal to empower more than 1 billion health-aware people with innovative health and wellness products. Headquartered in London with offices also in Vilnius, Limassol, and Warsaw, Palta has over 800 employees across its product companies. In 2021, Palta raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Per Brillioth at VNV Global, with the participation of Target Global and other existing and new investors. Yuri Gurski is a distinguished MBA alumnus of Kozminski University (in Warsaw/Poland). Yuri has received numerous awards, including Belarus Entrepreneur of the Year (2010 and 2011); Startup Mentor of the Year (2014), and Best Belarusian Entrepreneur Under 40 (2016).

## Richard Melville Hall
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Augmented Reality, Consumer Electronics

Richard Melville Hall

## Daniel Kottlarz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Bergheim, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Robotics, Computer Vision, Industrial Engineering

Daniel Kottlarz is a founder of MYBOTSHOP.

## Tej Tadi
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Robotics, Neuroscience

Tej Tadi is an Electronics Engineer and has pursued an advanced master in Virtual Reality & Computer Graphics at The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland. During his PhD (EPFL), he set up an immersive virtual reality system in combination with state-of-the-art brain imaging technologies enabling trans-disciplinary work incognitive psychology, neuroimaging, and virtual reality. His research has led to important and highly visible scientific publications (Science) and awards (Pfizer Award for Neuroscience in 2009). Through his research, he has built a strong multi-disciplinary base spanning computer science, systems biology, neuroimaging, and computational and cognitive neuroscience. He founded MindMaze in 2011 to design and develop novel applications in Neuro-Rehabilitation, Game training & Interfaces. The technology platform from MindMaze will help in the neurology, psychiatry and sports rehabilitation.

## Patrick Delarive
- Type: Angel
- Location: Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Security, Wireless, Wearables

Patrick is a businessman active in real estate, wealth management, show business, hospitality, education and private equity, benefiting from a strong network. At Biowatch since November 2015.

## Martin Strobel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: PaaS, SaaS, FinTech

Martin Strobel - Non Executive Director @ msg life

## Jens Hilgers
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, eSports

Jens Hilgers a serial entrepreneur with His primary interest in esports, videogames and online technologies. Having build his first videogame online tournaments, lan-events and gameserver farms as early as 1997 he had consider myself a veteran in the eSports industry.
Building companies and making ideas become reality is what he really loves.Outstanding user experience, agility, transparency and sustainability are the core principles of his daily work. He is  a creative thinker, problem solver and quick learner. He has team up with ambitious and smart people of upright character.For 22 years now he has been building and managing international games&tech companies in Central and Eastern Europe aswell as in Asia. Since 2012 he is also actively investing in and supporting selected startups.

## Gregor Gregersen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Retail Technology

Gregor Gregersen

## Ivo Petrov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Events, Software, Broadcasting

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## Simon Michel
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Robotics, Manufacturing, Medical Device

Mr. Simon Michel has been the Chief Executive Officer of Ypsomed Holding AG since July 2014. Mr. Michel serves as a Senior Vice President of Marketing & Sales for Ypsomed Holding AG and is responsible for the business development and marketing of the injection, infusion and blood glucose meters as well as pen needles. He has been working withYpsomed since October 2006 and has been a Member of management since 2008. He served as a Finance Director of International, MIM at New Look Group Limited. He served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Ypsomed Holding AG since October 2006 and also served as its Senior Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Michel served as Head of the Infusion Business Division at Ypsomed Holding AG. From 2003 to 2006, he worked for Orange Telecommunications in Zurich and Lausanne, was responsible for, among other things, the introduction and marketing of UMTS. Mr. Michel has been a Director of Sphinx Werkzeuge AG since 2006. He has been a member of executive committee of the local trade and industry association since 2008. He studied Masters with a focus on Media and Communications Management and Economics at the University of St. Gallen.

## Nathan Kaiser
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Computer, Software, Analytics

Nathan Kaiser is a Swiss and Taiwan dual national, admitted as an attorney-at-law and foreign lawyer at the Zurich, Berlin and the Taipei bar association, as well as a member of the Hong Kong Law Society. He speaks at and hosts events pertaining to law & tech, and legal issues related to the digital economy and Asia. He advises companies ondigital and policy issues, and their international market presence, bridging Asia, Switzerland and the US.Nathan spent two decades practicing law in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Taipei. Nathan is an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center of Harvard University in Cambridge, MassachusettsOriginally from Solothurn, Switzerland, Nathan studied in Lausanne, Strasbourg and St. Gallen.

## Ralph Mogicato
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, PaaS

Ralph Mogicato - Vice President @ SICTIC

## Tegan Kline
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Tegan Kline, Co-Founder and CEO at Edge & Node, working to make The Graph the Internet’s unbreakable foundation of open data to create a world powered by individual autonomy shared self-sovereignty and limitless collaboration. She was on the initial team that launched The Graph. The Graph is Edge & Node’s first protocol, an indexing andquery protocol organizing the world’s open blockchain data and making open data a public good. Tegan helps leaders and innovators connect more deeply with stakeholders across the blockchain ecosystem. Tegan made Forbes 30 under 30’s class of 2022. The Information’s 30 Most Powerful People in Crypto List. Tegan Kline is the former International Business Development Manager and Investor Relations Lead for an A16z and Sequoia backed blockchain company that created tools and protocols for users to obtain digital freedom and an open and accessible internet. Tegan has launched 3 unicorns in her lifetime. Tegan began her career on Wall Street in Investment Banking at BAML and, prior to discovering blockchain, worked in Sales and Trading at Barclays.

## Beat Schillig
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Music

Beat Schillig - Founder @ Venture Kick

## David Studer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Biel, Bern, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, SaaS, Social

David Studer

## Laurent Dassault
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Banking, FinTech

Born July 7, 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Laurent Dassault is the son of Serge Dassault (1925). Married to Martine de Souza Lambrey Dassault in 2002. He Has two sounds, Julien and Adrien, from His previous wedding with Martine Raych.After 13 years in banking, Laurent Dassault in 1991 joined the group founded by his grandfather Marcel Dassault. AtDassault Investissements, he handles indirect compensation involved in military aeronautical contracts.He has also developed—and increased the value of—the firm’s investments in the arts and vineyards. Profoundly forward-looking and business oriented, Laurent Dassault enjoys creating, innovating and building. He is also deeply involved in many charitable and humanitarian organizations.Laurent Dassault today sits on some 30 boards involved principally in the financial, industrial and artistic sectors.

## Christopher Jentzsch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Mobile Apps, iOS, Apps

Christopher Jentzsch

## Andreas Buhl
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Rental, Retail, Social

Andreas Buhl

## Zürcher Kantonalbankand
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Medical Device, Energy, Medical

Zürcher Kantonalbankand

## JaMes Sowers
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pensacola, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Initial Coin Offering, Seed, Secondary Market
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

James Sowers is a Korean-American businessman and philanthropist. He is a former singer/songwriter who was abandoned at birth who had his music career tragically ended by a reckless driver in a car accident. He is currently a Director @ the GreaterGoodSociety . James is An experienced ICO and blockchain advisor.He has angel invested in over 40startups and initial coin offerings. He is also a contributor to Known Blockchain publications and has been featured in other well known financial publications.James has already made a very positive impact on the project, his vision and professionalism along with his great personality traits complement the SafeCrypt.io team in a very positive way.

## Bettina Hein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Leisure, Tourism

Bettina Hein is the founder and CEO. She is a repeat entrepreneur based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to founding Pixability, Bettina co-founded Swiss-based SVOX AG and led the venture-backed speech software company to profitability. Bettina was the initiator of the START, an organization that advances entrepreneurship among college students.In 2000, START received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Bettina holds a Master of Science degree from MIT, where she was a Sloan Fellow; a law degree from the University of Constance; and a degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen.

## Bertrand Gili
- Type: Angel
- Location: Grenoble, Rhone-Alpes, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sensor, Robotics, Software

Bertrand Gili is the  President at Metrologic Group SAS. Bertrand Gili attended I.M.E.A.

## Thomas Rauber
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tafers, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, Apps, Mobile

Thomas Rauber is the Owner and CEO of TR Invest SA. He attended IMD.

## Ursula Soritsch-Renier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Messaging, Information Technology

Ursula Soritsch-Renier is the Chief Digital and Information Officer at Saint-Gobain.Ursula Soritsch-Renier attended Executive Eduction at Harvard.

## Rand Hindi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Software, Information Technology

Dr Rand Hindi is an entrepreneur and investor in 50+ deeptech and web3 companies. He is the CEO at Zama, a homomorphic encryption startup. Rand started coding at the age of 10, created a social network at 14, and started his PhD at 21. He then created Snips, the first private-by-design voice assistant, which was acquired by Sonos. He was electedan MIT TR35, a Forbes “30 under 30”, and was a lecturer at Sciences Po in Paris as well as a member of the French Digital Council.He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a PhD in Bioinformatics from University College London (UCL).

## Khalid Zitouni
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Logistics

Khalid Zitouni

## John O'Connor
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Computer, Software, Blockchain

Director of African Operations at IOHK, the blockchain development company behind Cardano. He previously worked as Head of Strategy and Communications at the Cardano Foundation. Cardano is a leading blockchain platform and cryptocurrency.
John graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

## Joeri van Geelen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

Joeri van Geelen is the managing director of Prysm Group. It is an economic consulting firm led by Harvard PhD economists specialized in distributed ledger and blockchain technology. Taking a first-principles approach, Prysm Group uses the tools of contract theory, game theory, market design, social choice theory, and monetary economics to designcustomized solutions for distributed ledger technology and blockchain-based projects.Prysm Group’s areas of expertise include consortium governance, consensus governance, token economics, incentive design, and market structure. Prysm Group counts among its Senior Advisors former Chief Economist at Microsoft and Nobel Prize-winning Harvard economist; the firm’s research has been presented at DARPA, Federal Reserve, IBM, Microsoft, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Harvard, MIT, NBER, and Stanford.

## Ryan Gariepy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Robotics, Agriculture

Cat meme connoisseur and autonomous systems guru, Ryan fulfills his duties as Chief Technology Officer while resisting the urge to express all of his thoughts solely via block diagrams.As CTO, Ryan drives the development of Clearpath’s autonomous control software while providing technical strategy for the company’s product lines and managingexternal research partnerships. An avid speaker in the robotics community, Ryan has been invited to speak at over a dozen international robotics events. He has also presented on behalf of the Canadian High Commission in London, England, and on behalf of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots at the United Nations. Co-founder of the Robot Operating System developers’ conference and a Director of the Board for the Open Source Robotics Foundation, it is no wonder why Ryan was recognized on Business Insider’s Top 40 Under 40 List alongside his business partners.

## Jari Ovaskainen
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tampere, Western Finland, Finland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Gaming, PC Games

Jari Ovaskainen - Business Development Director @ Modulight

## Patrick Spaulding Ryan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Software

Patrick Spaulding Ryan is the Co-Founder, Fractional CFO and CLO of Always Blue Games. He previously worked at TikTok as a Lead Technical Program Manager, Security + Web3 R D. Patrick Spaulding Ryan attended Stanford University.

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