About
Cyril Vančura, a PhD semiconductor physicist turned VC, backs thesis-driven semiconductor and sensor startups in tightly coupled R&D ecosystems, assembling unusually large €10–15M European seed rounds and pushing global ambition.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareMedical DevicesSemiconductors
Experience
- imec.xpandPartnercurrent2018 — presentLeuven, Belgium
- Lodestar VenturesAdvisor2017 — 2020
- Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC)Investment Principal2017Stuttgart Region
- Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC)Senior Investment Director2013 — 2016Stuttgart Region
- Robert Bosch LLCInvestment Director2009 — 2013Palo Alto, California, United States
- Robert Bosch LLCSenior Engineer MEMS Technologies2007 — 2008Palo Alto, California, United States
- Robert Bosch LLC, Research and Technology CenterPost-doc MEMS Technologies2006 — 2007Palo Alto, California, United States
- University of Kaiserslautern, GermanyResearch Assistant2001
Education
- Kauffman Fellows Program2010 — 2012
- Harvard Business SchoolStrategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation
- ETH ZürichPh.D., Physics2001 — 2005
- ETH ZürichDiplom, Physics1998 — 2001
- RPTU Kaiserslautern-LandauVordiplom, Physics1996 — 1998
Skills & more
Management12Strategy11Mergers & Acquisitions17Private Equity13Venture Capital52Sensors16MEMS19Start-ups68Corporate Development21Entrepreneurship22Business Development17Physics6
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SemiconductorsInvestmentsBusiness StrategyEnergyFinancial ModelingPortfolio ManagementDue DiligenceLanguages English · French · German
From Cyril's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,777
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Also attended ETH Zürich112
Bastian HasslingerInvestor at Index VenturesSteve VassalloInvestor at Foundation CapitalHelge DaebelPartner, Head of Water at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMaurin DaiInvestment Manager, Physical AI & Robotics at Emerald Technology Ventures AgChristoph FreiPartner, Head of Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMax HeftiInvestment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures Ag
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Also attended RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau6
Shared employers
Also worked at Lodestar Ventures1
Also worked at Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH (RBVC)9
Paulina SzyzdekPrincipal at E12 Venture Capital, LlcPatrick HerlingerInvestment Manager at LBBW Venture Capital GmbHSamantha HuangPrincipal at BMW i VenturesYvonne LutschInvestment Director at Lam CapitalNicholas WheelerInvestor at Bosch VenturesShaohu ZhouManager, Investment and Research at Gobi Partners
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Also worked at Robert Bosch LLC6
Colleagues at imec.xpand
Benoit Devogelaere
Partner at imec.xpand
Bert Gyselinckx
Partner at imec.xpand
Frank Bulens
Partner at imec.xpand
Jonathan Fajardo Cortes
Principal at imec.xpand
Karolina Dorozynska
Investment Associate at imec.xpand
Marrit van den Heuvel
Portfolio Manager at imec.xpand
Michael Engelmann
Principal at imec.xpand
Moritz Müller
Investment Associate at imec.xpand
































