We sat down with one of Join’s Founding Partners to talk about AI, teamwork, growth and overcoming obstacles in the world of VC. — Hi Tobi. Let’s begin with a simple but important question. Can you please explain what Join Capital’s vision is today? We have a vision to enable efficiency through autonomous processes, and we want mission-driven founders to be the drivers of these transformations across industries. …

Some of the world’s greatest challenges remain unsolved due to inefficient industry and legacy operations. At Join Capital, we believe the necessary solutions are being built by today’s entrepreneurs. That’s why we’re making strides to connect Europe’s most prolific industrial players with the innovative technologies they need most. We call…

On a sunny Thursday, Join Capital’s Jan Borgstädt stood in front of a room of investors, founders and industry experts. The murmur of the crowd slowly hushed as he began to speak. “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for your time and attention. I am Jan Borgstädt, a partner…

We are excited to announce our Seed investment in Modelwise, the Munich-based company providing an AI-based software tool for functional safety engineering. We all want to feel safe in our daily lives, whether it’s while boarding a plane, driving a car or simply using an electric toothbrush. Functional engineering focuses…

We are excited to announce our Series A investment in Lausanne-based Picterra, alongside VI Partners and ACE & Co. Picterra provides a machine learning DevOps platform for geospatial data analytics. The space industry has changed tremendously since the launch of Sputnik 1. Thanks to high levels of private funding and…

Every year, tens of thousands of patent attorneys use millions of hours for defining inventions in natural language documents. At the same time, thousands of patent examiners spend millions of hours looking for novelty factors within those documents. …

By Jennifer Diamant Foulon, Organizational Development Coach — Hiring a Chief Operating Officer is a recurring focus as startups lay the groundwork for scale. …

An interview with Marco Witzmann of Valispace — Founded in 2016, Valispace is enabling agile hardware development by offering a digital productivity tool for hardware engineers. As category creators in Engineering Information Management (EIM), the company is educating a new generation of hardware engineers about digitizing their day-to-day toolkits. …

The last few years have taught us all some important lessons. #1: Gathering in person and connecting with each other face-to-face is never something to take for granted. #2: Planning can only take you so far. When it comes to dealing with unexpected turbulence, agility is far more important. When…