We are a Venture Capital firm backing visionary teams building defensible AI solutions for the world's hardest problems
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EARLY
STAGE

First-check investments from $100k to $500k, transforming groundbreaking AI concepts into reality.

SECTOR
AGNOSTIC

Focused solely on AI as a transformative paradigm, across all industries and sectors

Defensible
Solutions

Backing AI solutions that require proprietary data and specialized expertise to create defensible technology moats.

Hands
On

Former founders and operators actively supporting portfolio companies beyond just capital.

Team
AI Experts and Entrepreneurs turned Investors

At ellipsis, we're not just investors – we're entrepreneurs and operators. Our team brings decades of experience in ML research, product development, and successful entrepreneurship. We focus on pre-seed and seed-stage startups where AI isn't just a feature, but the core of the product.

Yariv Adan

Yariv Adan

GENERAL PARTNER

Sr. Director PM at Google, co-founder of Google Assistant and Google Lens, PM lead for applied GenAI and ConvAI at Google Cloud

Matthias Dantone

Matthias Dantone

GENERAL PARTNER

Co-founder and CEO of Fashwell (sold to Apple), ML lead at Apple, Sr. Director PM at Scandit, PhD in ML from ETH

Juergen Galler

Juergen Galler

VENTURE PARTNER

Co-founder and CEO at 1plusX, SVP Data at Triplelift, Chief Strategy Officer at Swisscom, PM Director at Google, various board memberships

Thomas Hoffman

Thomas Hoffman

VENTURE PARTNER

Professor of AI at ETH, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at 1plusX, Eng Director at Google, Angel investor

Campus Scouts
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ellipis Campus Scouts

Scout promising startups at your university, gain insider VC experience, and earn rewards for successful referrals. Open to all ambitious students across European universities—Bachelor to PhD.

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