Research & Ventures
Researcher, Project Lead, Investment Analyst
Where it started: AI, robotics and building the investment case for a start-up.
- $5M+EU and national research grants won
- $1MToshiba grant for the iSpace project
- $550kseed round built and pitched
A PhD at the University of Tokyo, research leadership at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and venture work that seeded Gravity R&D.
The research years
- University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science. Won a $1M Toshiba grant for iSpace, a 3D virtual space and early IoT project, and led a team of three MSc researchers.
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI). Won $5M+ in EU and national grants and coordinated three multi-country projects, including Europe’s most advanced industrial 3D CAVE tele-robot system.
- Australian National University. Research scholarship on automatic text summarization, later piloted by the Australian Federal Police.
The venture years
- ValDeal Innovations. Built the investment case, roadmap and go-to-market for Gravity R&D and pitched its $550k seed round. Led M&A and tech-scouting work, including the product roadmap for Omixon, which later raised $2M in venture funding.
What I took from it
A PhD in AI teaches you what a model can and cannot do. Venture work teaches you that this is rarely the question that decides the outcome.