Gregor Haidl
Principal
About me
Team | Industrial, Climate & Deep Tech |
at HTGF since | 2017 |
my focus | Industry Software & AI, Early-stage Product Management |
my background | Mechanical Engineering, Entrepreneur, TUM Manage & More |
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Gregor holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Technical University of Munich and is a former Manage & More fellow of UnternehmerTUM. After several stays in China, for example at BMW Brilliance Automotive, and a one-year start-up experience, he is now a principal in the Industrial, Climate and Deep Tech Team of High-Tech Gründerfonds. His focus is on industrial software solutions in the areas of R&D, automation and energy as well as on supporting founders on their way to product-market fit.
Four questions for …
What drives you?

My curiosity & enthusiasm for technical innovations and their implementation in commercially successful products by outstanding teams.
What fascinates you about pre-seed/seed phases?

There is still no playbook, a lot of uncertainty and many pivots. It is a magical moment when teams reach product market fit for the first time.
What distinguishes the HTGF team?

We are a very diverse & unpretentious team that is passionate about new innovations & technologies and is highly committed to supporting our founding teams.
What inspires you outside of work?

I do a lot of sport, e.g. swimming or kitesurfing. In addition, my time in China has given me a passion for Asian cuisine and I cook a lot.
My success stories in the HTGF portfolio

viboo makes buildings more energy efficient through its Predictive Control as a Service platform. Rooted in extensive research at Empa and ETH Zurich, the company empowers smart thermostats with predictive …
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Spinning-off from the LASA (Learning Algorithms & Systems Laboratory) of EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), the company aims to make robotics accessible to all companies. Its technology combines reinforcement …
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Gilytics, an ETH Zurich spin-off, was founded in 2017 by Stefano Grassi, Heather Pace Clark and Philippe Bieri. The company’s software, Pathfinder, is a Geographic Information System (GIS) cloud platform …
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Threedy commercializes its instant3D hub platform – a visual computing platform for industrial customers to translate the ever growing web of 3D, business and process data into highly responsive and …
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Erium GmbH was founded in 2019 and is based at the “gate” technology and start-up centre in Garching near Munich. The company currently has 10 employees and is a leader …
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Deep learning and AI have revolutionized how images, sounds and natural language are processed. However, software for Computer-Aided Design (CAD) for the development of technical products is still using traditional …
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With Soley, industrial companies can identify and eliminate unnecessary variants, components, storage locations, purchasing processes, cost drivers, and margin eaters. With the digitized, collaborative decision-making process, companies like Viessmann, Bosch …
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As an agency for performance advertising TrackScale offers individual online and offline campaign solutions that can be measured and optimized by the unique tracking technology in real-time.
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SimScale gives engineers access to a wide range of engineering simulation tools via the web-based platform www.simscale.com — on-demand, scalable and with interactive collaboration features.
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memetis develops foil-based miniature actuators made of shape memory alloys (SMA). SMA are metallic alloys that seem to “remember” a certain shape by electric heating that has been trained beforehand …
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Recent posts

AICA closes a Seed investment round – Bringing real-time intelligence to industrial control

Industrial 3D specialist Threedy Secures $10.4 Million in Latest Series A Investment Round

viboo closes CHF 1.5m seed round to fully commercialize its predictive energy efficiency platform to decarbonize buildings

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