# Emilio Frazzoli

> Emilio Frazzoli is a seed investor at ETH Zurich backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ETH Zurich](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eth-zurich)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/emilio-frazzoli/3/4ba/40

Emilio Frazzoli is a seed investor at ETH Zurich in Boston focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Emilio Frazzoli is the Chief Scientist at Motional Inc and currently the Professor of ETH Zurich. He was the director of transportation at He is also a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, and the Operations Research Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Prior to Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT, Frazzoli held faculty positions at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and at the University of California, Los Angeles. He obtained a Laurea degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Rome, and a PhD from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Automotive | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Italy | 1 | 50% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Niulinx | Niulinx specializes in providing autonomous driving technology solutions based on artificial intelligence, connectivity, and data analytics. | $44.6M | Seed | Apr 11, 2026 |  |
| Embotech | Embotech develops autonomous driving software for industrial and logistics applications. Its platform combines AI, computer vision, and motion planning to enable self-driving vehicles for ports, logistics yards, and automotive operations. The company also provides automated vehicle marshalling, fleet management, and safety-certified autonomysolutions for commercial deployments. | $10.8M | Series A | Dec 17, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [A2A](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a2a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AFL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afl) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bystronic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bystronic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CDP Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cdp-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FuturePlay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/futureplay-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gruppo-ferrovie-dello-stato-italiane-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ETH Zurich

VC Fund · Zürich, Switzerland

ETH Zurich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics, and management university. It is an integral part of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain (ETH Domain) that is directly subordinate to Switzerland's Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education, and Research.ETH Zurich is consistently rated among the topuniversities in the world. It is considered the best university in continental Europe by the Shanghai Ranking ARWU, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and the QS World University Ranking. It is currently ranked 4th in Europe overall, and 8th best university in the world in engineering, science, and technology. Twenty-one Nobel Prizes have been awarded to students and professors of the institute in the past. The most famous of them is Albert Einstein in 1921 and the most recent is Richard F. Heck in 2010. It is a founding member of the IDEA League and the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU); and a member of the CESAER network.ETH Zurich was founded by the Swiss Federal Government in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, serve as a national center of excellence in science and technology, and provide a hub for interaction between the scientific community and industry.

5 contacts available at ETH Zurich.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alessandro Butte | Lecturer and Senior Researcher | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alessandro-butte |
| Beatrice Mauro | Member of Advisory Boards | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beatrice-mauro |
| Emilio Frazzoli | Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emilio-frazzoli |
| Mariana Popescu | PhD Researcher | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mariana-popescu |
| Srdjan Capkun | Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/srdjan-capkun |

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## FAQ

### What does Emilio Frazzoli invest in?

Emilio Frazzoli invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Italy. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Emilio Frazzoli last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Emilio Frazzoli closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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