# William Klippgen

> William Klippgen is a seed investor at Tigris Capital (Singapore) backing Robotics and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tigris Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tigris-capital)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alwaysinnovate
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/klippgen
- Website: http://cocooncap.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/williamlive

William Klippgen is a seed investor at Tigris Capital in Singapore focused on Robotics and Software. Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cocoon Capital, an early stage Enterprise and Deep tech investor in SE Asia. Former core tech engineer at Excite Inc., co-founder of Zoomit.com / Kelkoo.com and investor in over 25 high-tech startups across Asia, Europe and the US.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Industrial Automation | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Augmentus | Augmentus is a robotics technology company that is a leader in robot vision and robot motion planning solutions. Our proprietary technologies enable easy-to-use and rapid digitization of the work environment, automated robot path generation, and an intuitive graphical interface that eliminates the need for robot expertise and downtime robotprogramming. Augmentus' products are being used by the world's leading robotics and advanced manufacturing companies for applications such as robot welding, finishing, sandblasting, shot peening, and painting. We empower manufacturers to recoup ROI faster by lowering the time, cost and skill barriers in industrial automation. Companies using Augmentus have experienced up to 95% downtime reduction in industrial automation.We are on a mission to accelerate the transition to full automation, enabling local manufacturers everywhere to thrive. | $460K | Seed | Jul 27, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Tigris Capital

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Tigris Capital is an investment company. The firm seeks to invest in digital ventures out of Southeast Asia. Tigris Capital was founded by William Klippgen in 2003 and is based in Singapore.

1 contacts available at Tigris Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| William Klippgen | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-klippgen |

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## FAQ

### What does William Klippgen invest in?

William Klippgen invests primarily in Robotics, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did William Klippgen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for William Klippgen closed in Jul 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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