ABB
VC Fund
Zürich, Switzerland
ABB is a VC fund in Zürich focused on Software and Manufacturing. ABB is engaged in power and automation technologies. The company provides a range of products, systems, solutions, and services. Its power businesses focus on power transmission, distribution, and power-plant automation and serve electric, gas and water utilities, as well as industrial and commercial customers. Its automation businesses serve arange of industries with measurement, control, protection, and process optimization applications. It operates in approximately 100 countries across four regions: Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East and Africa (MEA). During the year ended December 31, 2011, the business consisted of five divisions: Power Products, Power Systems, Discrete Automation and Motion, Low Voltage Products and Process Automation. On January 26, 2011, the company acquired Baldor Electric Company (Baldor). In May 2011, it purchased a controlling interest in United States-based Validus DC Systems.
- Total investments:
- 28
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 46%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries ABB invests in
Stages ABB invests in
Countries ABB invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 13 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Grant
- $5.2k–$30k
- Series A
- $3.4M–$24M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $2.5M–$106M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 8 (29%)
- Manufacturing 7 (25%)
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (25%)
- Energy 6 (21%)
- Information Technology 6 (21%)
Stage
- Grant 7 (25%)
- Series A 5 (18%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (14%)
- Seed 3 (11%)
- Series B 3 (11%)
Country
- United States 10 (36%)
- Sweden 3 (11%)
- Chile 1 (4%)
- China 1 (4%)
- Spain 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Hughes
Member of Board of Directors
|
Member of Board of Directors | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sami Atiya
Member of the Group Executive Committee
|
Member of the Group Executive Committee | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Adrian Guggisberg
President, ABB Motion Services
|
President, ABB Motion Services | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Babu Kuttala
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
|
Chief Data & Analytics Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Chao Wu
Principal at ABB Technology Ventures
|
Principal at ABB Technology Ventures | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 13 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| MorphoAI is a software tool that allows users to design, generate and identify robots and machines. | $30K / Grant / Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| eRoots Analytics specializes in software and consultancy for modern power systems, focusing on renewables integration, grid stability, and advanced planning tools. | $30K / Grant / Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Faraday Predictive specializes in predictive maintenance for industrial assets like rotating machinery. | $30K / Grant / Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Forgis is leading the next industrial revolution by introducing industrial intelligence into factories, which boosts the competitiveness of Western manufacturing. | $30K / Grant / Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Sesame Sustainability is a SAAS company that offers industrial decarbonization platform for modeling, optimization, and analysis. | $30K / Grant / Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| Bisly is an Estonian startup developing intelligent building solutions. | $30K / Grant / Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| GridBeyond is the developer of an artificial intelligence platform aimed at achieving a global zero-carbon future. The company provides AI-powered services and storage to help customers achieve a zero-carbon future by bridging the gap between distributed energy resources and electricity markets, allowing them to access utility-scale renewablesgeneration, battery storage, or industrial load that can be used to maximize opportunities and improve the grid. | $13.8M / Mar 16, 2026 | ||
| SaltX NCS is the underlying technology driving the future of thermal energy storage. | $10.5M / Post-IPO Equity / Nov 25, 2025 | ||
| Recylink is the platform for the sustainable management of industrial waste. They connect all the actors in this system, making your waste management more efficient, circular, and all digital. Their help you to keep the total traceability of each kilogram withdrawn, including its treatment certificates, documents and associated payments. | $5.2K / Grant / Oct 01, 2025 | ||
|
Hybrid Energy Storage Solutions
|
$13.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 28, 2025 | ||
| See all 28 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar industry
Similar country
Featured in Investor Lists
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does ABB invest in?
ABB invests primarily in Software, Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Grant and Series A stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is ABB's check size?
ABB typically joins rounds of $5.2k–$30k at Grant, $3.4M–$24M at Series A and $2.5M–$106M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ABB participates in.
How do I contact ABB?
Public channels for ABB include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.
Who are the partners at ABB?
The team at ABB includes Louis Hughes (Member of Board of Directors), Sami Atiya (Member of the Group Executive Committee) and Adrian Guggisberg (President, ABB Motion Services), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
