Join Capital is a Berlin-based, early-stage venture capital firm investing in the European Neue Industry, focusing primarily on industrial and enterprise startups.
EQT Ventures led the pre-seed round, with participation from Join Capital, to support platform development.
"Engineers of real-world products are the unsung heroes of the modern world, they bring solutions to many of the planet’s critical issues, but time is of the essence. We need a faster way to make engineering more cost-effective, efficient, and productive. Our platform will supercharge engineers, giving them the tools to exponentially increase their impact by generating and showcasing thousands of different tested designs in a fraction of the time."
The round was led by Join Capital with participation from IQ Capital, Northern Gritstone, Seraphim, Episode 1 and Schauenburg Ventures to fund global growth and product development.
"Opteran has built the AI technology required to transform autonomous machines beyond today’s limited use in restricted scenarios to enable more widespread adoption,"
The seed round was led by Join Capital with participation from Forward Partners and angel investors.
"Silico is on a mission to transform the way enterprises make decisions and I am delighted that Join Capital are joining us on this journey, alongside Forward Partners and our angel investors. They are already unlocking immense value in the business by providing us with access to key markets in mainland Europe and introducing us to new corporate customers. We have been privileged to have spent time getting to know the team at Join Capital; our values are fully aligned and we could not think of a better partner to work with as we embark on our next stage of growth."
The seed round was led by IQ Capital with participation from Episode1, Join, and Seraphim Capital.
"2021 will be the year when Natural Intelligence will challenge deep learning in solving some of the most fundamental short-comings in autonomous applications and this funding round will set Opteran on a path to be at the forefront of this next wave. Already in a position to demonstrate the technology, we are confident that Natural Intelligence will become highly sought after as the way to deliver lightweight, low-cost and effective autonomy in a radically new way that will open up huge growth opportunities for robotics."
