Matthias Dantone

Matthias Dantone is a Founding General Partner of ellipsis Ventures. He co-founded and led Fashwell, a Zurich computer-vision company that was acquired by Apple, and then led machine learning work at Apple. He was Senior Director of Product Management at Scandit, the Zurich computer-vision scale-up, and holds a PhD in machine learning from ETH Zurich. He is based in Sweden.

At ellipsis, Matthias built much of the fund's AI-native operating stack, works closely with the technical founders in the portfolio, and represents the fund across the Nordic ecosystem.

Investment interests

Machine-learning-first products with a real data moat; robotics and physical AI; developer tools and evaluation for AI systems; and founders who ship. He co-authored the fund's Learning Sessions on agents, world models and robotics.

Talks and recognition

• Deploy OneStage, London, 2026: one of 18 venture managers selected from 377 applications to pitch to the event's LP advisory committee.
• Slush x RAISE, Helsinki, 2025: ellipsis selected among the top 20 emerging managers from over 300 applicants.
• NVIDIA AI Change Makers pre-GTC event, 2026: on what AI investors expect from startups.
• Gothenburg Tech Week, 2025: evaluating startups in the AI era.
• GoWest, 2026: co-organiser of the founder stage.
• Guest lecturer on venture capital at ETH Zurich and the University of St. Gallen.

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