Marian Bocek
Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ IPM Group
Bratislava, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Marian Bocek is a Series B investor at IPM Group in Bratislava focused on Robotics and Logistics. Marian is the Managing Partner of IPM, a UK-based fund management and advisory company, authorised and regulated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority to carry out investment advisory and arrangement activities. Since its inception, IPM has been mandated to advise on a number of asset-specific fund vehicles investing in large-scaleemerging markets infrastructure projects developed by elements of the Samsung Group. This has seen IPM sign agreements with (i) Samsung Asset Management (Korea’s largest asset manager with c.US$180bn assets under management); (ii) Samsung Life Insurance (Korea’s largest life insurance company with c.US$260bn assets under management); and, (iii) KDB KIAMCO – (Korea’s largest specialist asset management company with c.US$195bn assets under management). IPM has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with CEFC Jade Capital, a branch of a private Chinese Conglomerate with revenue of US$35bn (2014), headquartered in Shanghai with energy and financial services as its core business. Marian is a former Director of InfraMed Management and Board Director of the JWPC Wind Farm (Jordan), Lamsa Wind Farm (Jordan) and Hamitabat CCGT (Turkey). Prior to InfraMed, Marian executed principal transactions in oil and gas, mining, and infrastructure across global emerging markets (MENA, Latin America, SEE/CEE, Asia) for an Africa-focused multi-strategy hedge-fund, Nubuke Investments, in London, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an investment arm of the World Bank, in Washington, DC. Some of his realised investments in the MENA plus Turkey region include a US$1.4 billion debt and mezzanine financing in Enerjisa, Turkey's largest renewable energy portfolio to date; Metito, a pre-IPO equity stake in the largest desalination producer in the Middle East; and a number of public minority investments in global natural resource companies in Africa (Addax, Afren, Tullow Oil, Heritage Oil, Maridive, First Quantum, Katanga Mining, Orascom Construction, Verenex). Prior to that, Marian was with Lehman Brothers’ Global FIG M&A/Investment Banking team in New York, covering financial institutions in the United States and Europe. Marian holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Cambridge University and completed his undergraduate studies in economics at Oberlin College and Oxford University.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
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Industries Marian Bocek invests in
Stages Marian Bocek invests in
Countries Marian Bocek invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Robotics 2 (67%)
- Logistics 2 (67%)
- 3D Technology 2 (67%)
- Industrial Automation 2 (67%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (67%)
Stage
- Series B 2 (67%)
- Series C 1 (33%)
Country
- United States 2 (67%)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Photoneo Brightpick Group
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Photoneo is a leading provider of robotic vision and intelligence. Based on a patented 3D technology, Photoneo has developed the world’s highest resolution and highest accuracy 3D camera, thus unlocking the full potential of powerful, reliable and fast machine learning and also reducing the training and deployment time. By bringing intelligentrobots into the field, Photoneo helps companies mainly in the automotive, logistics, e-commerce, food and medical industry to improve the performance and efficiency of their manufacturing, fulfillment and assembly process. | $21M / Series B / Dec 07, 2021 | |
Brightpick
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Brightpick offers AI robots for warehouses to easily automate every step of their order fulfillment. The innovative Brightpick robots enable warehouses of any size to fully automate order picking, consolidation and dispatch, as well as stock replenishment. Brightpick Autopicker, the company’s award-winning flagship robot, is the only mobile robotin the world that robotically picks and consolidates orders directly in warehouse aisles. The Brightpick solution takes just weeks to deploy and allows companies to reduce their fulfillment labor to a minimum. Headquartered near Cincinnati, OH, Brightpick has more than 200 employees and hundreds of AI robots deployed across the US and Europe. | $21M / Series B / Dec 07, 2021 | |
Wildcat Discovery Technologies
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Wildcat Discovery Technologies accelerates the discovery of new materials for energy applications, with a focus on the development of advanced materials for rechargeable and primary batteries. Wildcat’s business also includes collaborative development projects for materials for other applications, including gas storage, carbon capture,thermoelectrics, and structural materials.Wildcat synthesizes and evaluates thousands of materials every week. To do this, the company uses proprietary unique-in-the-world high throughput synthesis and testing platforms to rapidly explore thousands of new materials with the goal of improving performance and reducing costs.Wildcat employs an experienced team of scientists and engineers, with backgrounds in batteries, materials development, and high throughput automation. We also have a world class scientific advisory board.Wildcat is pursuing partnership and collaboration opportunities with corporate leaders throughout the battery supply chain, including global material suppliers, cell makers, and OEM’s throughout the automotive, electronics, medical, military, and consumer products industries. | $20M / Series C / Oct 18, 2019 |
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About IPM Group
IPM Group is an investment firm that offers a vast range of financial advisory, investment management, and family office services. The company focuses on investments in the InfraTech segment, the cross-section between the real assets infrastructure strategy and groundbreaking technologies, that are placed to fix pressing global infrastructureissues in the sectors of energy, mobility, and AI-enabled critical infrastructure.Established on 2014, IPM Group makes a positive economic impact and long-term value for clients, the companies it invests in, and the communities in which it works. It is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
IPM Group Contacts
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Adrian Vycital
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
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Dominika Ziakova
Head of Investor Relations
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Marian Bocek
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
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What does Marian Bocek invest in?
Marian Bocek invests primarily in Robotics, Logistics and 3D Technology startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Marian Bocek last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Marian Bocek closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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