TDJ Pitango invests using the smart money formula and supports the best founders in scaling their startups globally. The fund concentrates on early and growth phases, investing $1-5m per round into startups with strong technology, operating on large or quickly growing markets. Drawing on over 25 years of successful VC investment experience, TDJ Pitango employs deep knowledge and understanding of what it takes for an organization to become a truly global company and how to build impressive value. The fund actively supports its portfolio startups in the value-building journey by providing them with access to networks and by attracting the best experienced senior talent to the startups. The fund helps in fundraising for the next financing rounds and actively supports the exiting process. TDJ Pitango also brings expertise related to strategy and business development, HR and growing pains challenges as well as legal and finance. The fund is Founders-friendly, invests in minority stakes, and very much likes to co-invest with other, smart investors, who bring value to the table.

TDJ Pitango Ventures

OTB Ventures is a leading European VC focused on DeepTech with an unfair advantage in accessing Central and Eastern European (CEE) deal flow, investing in early growth, real tech startups (late Seed, Series A and B) that develop unique technologies in 4 verticals: SpaceTech, AI & Automation, FinTech and Cybersecurity OTB Ventures was established in 2017 and is currently the largest VC originating from the CEE, managing over $300M. OTB Ventures has two offices: Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Warsaw (Poland).

OTB Ventures

Experior Venture Fund is the leading early and growth stage venture capital investor in Poland.   EVF invests between EUR 500k and EUR 3m in high-growth innovative companies that are driving transformative change in their industries.   The firm has a dedicated team of professionals who support entrepreneurs in delivering success. Support of the Experior Venture Fund is tailored towards the specific needs of each portfolio company, the Fund provides a unique combination of both capital and operational know-how driving value creation of portfolio companies.

Experior Venture Fund

Founders Factory builds and funds startups together with exceptional entrepreneurs and the world's leading companies. We invest across four key themes - fintech, health, climate, and deeptech. Founded in 2015 by Brent Hoberman, Henry Lane Fox and George Northcott, Founders Factory combines capital and bespoke support from a team of over 70 specialists with a broad network of corporates and established entrepreneurs. Founders Factory has backed over 300 technology companies globally. Corporate partners include Aviva, L’Oreal, Guardian Media Group, easyJet, Reckitt, Marks and Spencer, CSC Group, J&J, Deutsche Telekom, Fastweb, Pico Global, Mediobanca and Standard Bank.

Founders Factory

Tiga Investments is a private company that provides investment services. It was founded by George Raymond Zage.

Tiga Investments

Cosmose

Cosmose AI empowers oCommerce by synergizing Offline and Online for Omnichannel. Their technology influences how more than 1 billion consumers shop by understanding their offline behavior, then delivers predictive analytics for businesses to optimize their marketing strategies and boost revenue. Connected to the consumer markets with high regard for privacy, shoppers and businesses alike create their own unique shopping experiences with Cosmose. Omnipresent with connections to 500K+ locations and 1B+ smartphones, Cosmose is the leader in location intelligence for its positioning accuracy (to the nearest 1.6m) and seamlessness (no hardware needed).

Cosmose offers a customer analytics platform that helps in analyzing and predicting customer off-line shopping behavior. The company keeps track of the offline shopping behavior of over 1 billion people, using artificial neural networks to predict who is likely to visit a store. The platform provides insights on customers that did not make a purchase, window shoppers, and the customers that went into the fitting room (in fashion retail) but did not buy anything. Users can also connect with competitors’ customers as well to analyze their behavior. In order to protect the privacy of consumers, the company uses alphanumeric IDs named OMNIcookies which do not collect personal information. The company has offices in Europe and Asia.

Speeding up sales, cutting costs, and preparing for the future of retail—whether brick-and-mortar or online.

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Cosmose offers a customer analytics platform that helps in analyzing and predicting customer off-line shopping behavior. The company keeps track of the offline shopping behavior of over 1 billion people, using artificial neural networks to predict who is likely to visit a store. The platform provides insights on customers that did not make a purchase, window shoppers, and the customers that went into the fitting room (in fashion retail) but did not buy anything. Users can also connect with competitors’ customers as well to analyze their behavior. In order to protect the privacy of consumers, the company uses alphanumeric IDs named OMNIcookies which do not collect personal information. The company has offices in Europe and Asia.Key customers and partnershipsThe majority of the company’s customers are from China and Japan which includes Walmart, Marriott, Samsung, LVMH, and Shu Uemura. As of April 2023, Cosmose’s technology was used in over 20 million venues in Asia.In April 2023, Cosmose announced plans to apply Web3 principles to advance the company’s retail ecosystem as part of a strategic partnership with NEAR Foundation, a Web3 technology company.

RADAR provides an integrated hardware and software solution powered by RFID with computer vision technology for automated inventory monitoring and autonomous checkout for retailers. The company’s technology was developed in-house, using proprietary signal processing technology and location algorithms.RADAR’s inventory monitoring solution provides real-time inventory insights and can reportedly track inventory location with slight movements. It enables retailers to track customer interactions with inventory, down to item levels.&nbsp;RADAR’s software also uses computer vision and RFID to monitor customer-product interactions within the stores and maintains a virtual cart of items picked up by customers, facilitating automated checkouts.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsAs of August 2023, the company had implemented its platform across over 1,000 stores.

RADAR

Based in France, Exotec develops an automated order picking system named “Skypod” for retailers, which is capable of prioritizing orders for optimum responsiveness by automating the movement of goods from bin storage to workstation.The company’s Deepsky software uses mathematical models to control its fleet of bin-carrying robots to ensure continuous activity. Deepsky software can be integrated with Exotec’s software and third-party automation equipment. It can also collect data for improved performance visibility. The Skypod system can be integrated with the rest of the warehouse logistics chain or used as a standalone fulfillment system.Key customers and partnershipsExotec’s retail customer partnerships include retailers such as Carrefour, Ariat, Supplyweb, Cdiscount, and Monoprix. As of April 2023, Exotec had deployed 5,000 Skypod robots.Exotec partnered with Advanced Handling Systems (AHS), a system integrator and provider of material handling and storage systems, to deploy Exotec’s solution in North America. AHS has deployed Exotec’s solutions for Ariat International, Comoto Holdings, and Gymshark.

Exotec 

Chile-based Zippedi provides autonomous mobile robots for inventory fulfillment and store management via its robot Bruno. The robot is 70 centimeters tall, weighs 30 kilos, and uses&nbsp; AI to detect insufficient inventory, incorrect price labels, and misplaced items. Bruno is equipped with high-resolution cameras and various sensors for generating real-time information.&nbsp;In July 2020, the company introduced more features to help retailers better manage their inventory by adding a mapping feature for third-party platforms enabling them to identify the specific aisle to pick up items using their app. Zippedi also allows integration with third-party platforms. In January 2023, Zippedi launched Bruno App to enable retail employees to manage Bruno using their mobile devices.Key customers and partnershipsAs of January 2023, Zippedi’s Robots were available in 200 stores across North and South America, with plans to expand deployment to Australia and Germany. Bruno was initially deployed in five supermarkets in Chile in October 2019, including Cencosud,&nbsp; Tottus, Home Center, and Walmart.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29105">April 2024</a>, Zippedi teamed up with supermarket chain SMU to deploy autonomous mobile robots (AMR) at Unimarc supermarkets. Zippedi planned to roll out the technology in six Unimarc stores across Chile.

Zippedi

BrainCorp is a software development company that specializes in AI systems for the autonomous robotic industry. The company develops specialized operating systems for autonomous robots, integrated with advanced machine learning and computer vision systems. The company’s pre-product work was doing R&amp;D for Qualcomm Inc. and the US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA).&nbsp;&nbsp;Brain Corp’s key product offerings solutions include autonomous inventory management, which utilizes computer vision and RFID technology to monitor shelf inventory and generate inventory insights; “BrainOS Inventory Insights,” the company’s proprietary in-store inventory analytics solution; and inventory scanning robots to generate actionable inventory insights such as shelf-restock alerting, price tag compliance alerting, planogram compliance, and task management automation. The comapny’s solution utilizes Google Cloud's Vertex AI Vision models. In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26301">January 2024</a>, Brain Corp announced the launch of its “BrainOS InventoryAI Suite,” a suite of AI-powered inventory analytics solutions that enables retailers to integrate inventory intelligence into their operations.Brain Corp’s Floor Care solutions utilize advanced cameras and LiDAR sensors to manage fleets of floor cleaning autonomous mobile robots. Brain Corp’s technology also powers Inventory Scan, a floor-scrubber robot integrated with shelf analytics technology developed in partnership with Tennant. In January 2022, the company introduced BrainOS Mobile, which directly connects operators and managers with their BrainOS-powered robotic fleets. In September 2023, it launched <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/21622">Site Maps,</a> a feature that provides visual representations of a facility's environment and insights into site operations.Key customers and partnershipsAs of March 2024, BrainCorp had over 32,000 robots subscribed to the company’s BrainOS platform across autonomous floor scrubbing, autonomous vacuuming, and autonomous inventory scanning segments. In October 2022, Sam’s Club deployed floor-scrubber robots integrated with Brain Corp’s inventory scanner technology across 600 stores.&nbsp;BrainCorp’s operating systems power 1) Whiz, an autonomous vacuum cleaner sold by Softbank robotics and ICE Robotics, 2) Inventory Scan, and 3) <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26301">Dane AIR</a>; an autonomous inventory scanning robot developed by Dane Technologies.&nbsp;It also announced the adoption of <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/10838?industryIds=17">Google Cloud</a> in May 2022 as the core technical infrastructure to manage its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) fleets to offer data integration and reporting capabilities to users. The company also has a partnership with JRTech Solutions, Canada's largest Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL) provider, to distribute BrainOS Sense Suite in Canada (<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/35635">October 2024</a>).

Brain Corp

Companies developing robots that offer directions, assist with queries, and provide in-store entertainment to customers while providing insights on customer behavior. 

Companies that develop autonomous cleaning and sanitation robots for use in retail floors. 

Companies developing stock counting, price tagging, and consumer data aggregation robots mainly targeted for use in supermarkets and department stores.  

Companies developing robotic technology for automated online order preparation solutions and micro-warehousing centers designed to assist SME retailers with order fulfillment.

Companies in “customer analytics” and “inventory management” often use technologies such as AI and ML

Almost all companies operating in micro fulfillment and floor cleaning segments use robotics

Companies in "customer analytics" and "inventory management" often makes use of technologies such as IoT

Compared with 4G, 5G is better suited for heavy density of professional service robots

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