# Michal Natora

> Michal Natora is a seed investor at Emerald Technology Ventures backing Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Emerald Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerald-technology-ventures)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mnatora

Michal Natora is a seed investor at Emerald Technology Ventures in Zürich focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Michal Natora - Industrial IT Specialist & Open Innovation Manager @ Emerald Technology Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| Computer | 1 | 25% |
| Robotics | 1 | 25% |
| Industrial | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Germany | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mantis Robotics | Mantis Robotics is building fenceless industrial robots with physical intelligence, that interact and collaborate safely with humans. By completely rethinking safe human-robot collaboration, they are creating responsive robots for flexible factories where humans and robots can work together without sacrificing productivity. | $5M |  | Dec 16, 2024 |  |
| sewts | Founded in 2019 and based in Munich, sewts GmbH provides cutting-edge perception software, pushing the boundaries of robotics in processing of easily deformable materials. sewts has developed and demonstrated a unique technology that uses high-precision finite element method (FEM) simulations to efficiently train machine learning algorithms. Theintelligent software solution enables countless applications in industrial automation like the handling of textiles in industrial laundries or the manufacturing of garment. sewts is backed by APEX Ventures, Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, UnternehmerTUM Initiative for Industrial Innovators and a couple of highly experienced business angels. | $7.7M | Series A | Aug 09, 2023 |  |
| AlphaICs | Alphaics is advancing AI compute with its patented technology called RAP, which would revolutionize the autonomous systems. Alphaics owns several inventions critical to AI computing. Currently Alphaics is commercializing the RAP (Real AI Processing) for use in Self driving cars, Robotics, Intelligent cloud computing, UAV and more. | $8M | Series B | Jan 20, 2021 |  |
| AlphaICs | Alphaics is advancing AI compute with its patented technology called RAP, which would revolutionize the autonomous systems. Alphaics owns several inventions critical to AI computing. Currently Alphaics is commercializing the RAP (Real AI Processing) for use in Self driving cars, Robotics, Intelligent cloud computing, UAV and more. | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 20, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [3one4 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3one4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Endiya Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endiya-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rebright Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebright-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-industrial-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [APEX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apex-ventures-12df) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [APEX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apex-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Emerald Technology Ventures

VC Fund · Zürich, Switzerland

Emerald Technology Ventures specializes in clean technology venture capital. Emerald focuses on the areas of energy, water, and materials. , Emerald manages several venture capital funds and venture capital portfolio mandates.

5 contacts available at Emerald Technology Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Vaslet | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-vaslet |
| Frank Balas | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-balas |
| Hans Dellenbach | CFO and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hans-dellenbach |
| Michal Natora | Industrial IT Specialist & Open Innovation Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michal-natora |
| Simone Riedel Riley | Head of Techfund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simone-riedel-riley |

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## FAQ

### What does Michal Natora invest in?

Michal Natora invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Computer startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 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 Michal Natora last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michal Natora closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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