Gentian Investments

Ajila digitises processes with adaptive forms, contract generation and electronic signatures in creating bespoke implementations for more than 270 clients.

Gentian supported Ajila in its strategic move to capitalise the existing know-how and build Digital.Deals, a SaaS platform for experience driven forms, contracts and signatures.
Elian Kool served as a member of the board of Ajila Holding AG until Swisscom acquired a substantial stake in Ajila in December 2019.

Alaya provides innovative and measurable solutions for companies’ social responsibility and engagement program with an interactive platform.

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Since January 2020, Elian Kool supports Alaya as member of the board.

ANYbotics develops autonomous legged robot solutions to increase productivity and safety on industrial plants through the intelligent automation of inspection and maintenance. Their robot serves as a mobile data acquisition vehicle that is able to offer full plant coverage at lower cost and higher quality. 

Beekeeper is a workplace app that connects the non-desk workforce to operational systems and communication channels.

The free app Bring! helps millions of users worldwide organize their

grocery shopping. Via smartphone, desktop, smartwatch and voice assistant users can create shopping lists for any occasion and share them with others in their household.

Firstbird connects people with their vocation and companies worldwide with suitable candidates. With Firstbird, employees become brand ambassadors and referrals become your most successful recruiting channel.

Fotokite builds a vehicle-integrated aerial camera system that provides public safety teams with mission critical situational awareness. Fotokites save team resources by launching, flying, and landing with the single push of a button.

Guuru turns loyal customers into experts (guuru's) to provide authentic human advice within seconds on all digital channels. Guuru’s technology manages the onboarding, certification, compensation and quality monitoring of the guurus.

KLE is the first restaurant of chef Zizi Hattab in Zurich, Switzerland. Before opening KLE in January 2020, Zizi became an experienced chef and leader at some of the best restaurants in the world, like Schloss Schauenstein, Osteria Francescana, El Celler de Can Roca and Cosme.

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In February 2020, the restaurant was awarded 14 points by Gault & Millau. and in November 2020 as discovery of the year for 2021.

Merantix is a pioneering platform for commercializing AI in industry. They conceptualize, build, and scale machine learning companies through their unique incubation environment which is built on trust in their brand, technological synergies across use cases and relentless product focus.

NOMOKO makes the world machine-readable by creating the "Mirror World". The Mirror World is a 1:1 digital replication of the world around us. The 4th industrial revolution is about connecting the physical and digital worlds. For this to happen, software needs to understand the world we live in and hence needs a machine readable world. The Mirror World will deliver this machine readable world and can therefore be seen as the world wide web of the 4th industrial revolution.

Since July 2020, Elian supports Nomoko as a member of the board (announcement).

Sunflower Labs makes an autonomous outdoor security system that senses and deters unwanted visitors before they’re at your door. Their elegant sensors detect motion and vibration, differentiating between people, animals, and cars. When they detect something unusual, they’ll notify you and deploy a fully autonomous drone. The drone flies directly to the scene and streams live video of what’s happening. Guided by the sensors, it follows the activity, performs a security “sweep,” and lands itself safely in its weatherproof docking station.

Swiss Ocean Tech creates the very first solution for Safe Anchoring for any ship / vessel.

AnchorGuardian will provide safety at any time during anchoring for crew and passengers by minimizing the risk of anchor dragging, immediate, fail-safe anchor dragging alarms and predicting anchor dragging.

Elian supports Swiss Ocean Tech since its seed round in 2020 as member of the board.

Tastry is a data and insights company that has invented revolutionary flavor chemistry and machine learning algorithms to predict how consumers perceive sensory-based products before they go to market. Tastry "taught a computer how to taste."

VIU challenges the status quo for design, production and distribution of eyewear, offering signature eyewear with a modern twist that is both authentic and timeless.

Gentian is investing in many more Swiss early-stage startups though the Wingman Venture Fund. Wingman Venture is a fund from founders for founders, focusing on leading seed rounds, adding strategic value and providing meaningful access.

Wingtra is a professional drone manufacturer based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company produces the VTOL WingtraOne drone, which collects high-precision aerial data for surveying and mapping applications. Since its market entry in 2017, Wingtra has partnered with more than 50 of the biggest surveying equipment dealers across the globe, such as RDO Inc. and SITECH.