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Gregor Haidl Principal

Gregor HaidlPrincipal

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

CV

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?

Gregor Haidl

My curiosity & enthusiasm for technical innovations and their implementation in commercially successful products by outstanding teams.

What fascinates you about pre-seed/seed phases?

Gregor Haidl

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?

Gregor Haidl

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?

Gregor Haidl

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.

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My success stories in the HTGF portfolio

12 of 500 Companies
2023

viboo

International
Energy

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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2023

AICA

International
Robotics / Automation

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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2020

Gilytics

International
Energy

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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2020

Threedy

Hesse
Industrial & Engineering Software

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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2020

Erium

Bavaria
AI

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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2019

Neural Concept

International
Industrial & Engineering Software

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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2015

Soley

Bavaria
Industrial & Engineering Software

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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2012

TrackScale

Berlin
Marketing & AdTech

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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2012

SimScale

Bavaria
Industrial & Engineering Software

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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Guided to exit

12 of 500 Companies
2018

memetis

Baden-Württemberg
Exit
Advanced Materials

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

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News

18. March 2025

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

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3. June 2024

Neural Concept Raises $27 million Series B to further accelerate global growth

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21. February 2024

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

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Story

19. October 2023

Is Product Management the missing puzzle piece in Europe?

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News

14. September 2023

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

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8. March 2023

The Swiss startup AICA closes CHF 1.2 million financing round, to give robots a sense of touch and enable autonomous learning