Joel Roos
InvestorInvestor at Backbone Ventures · Venture Partner at QBIT Capital
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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About
ETH Zurich graduate in mechanical engineering and robotics who co-founded VAY (acquired by Nautilus Inc. in 2021) and is an active angel investor in Swiss startups.
Experience
- RAROGFounder & Board Membercurrent2026 — present
- GAYA EarthFoundercurrent2025 — present
- QBIT CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
- BackBone VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
- FAIR VCLimited Partnercurrent2023 — present
- AkinaInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- S2S VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2022 — present
- ETH ZürichEntrepreneur in Residence2025 — 2026
- AgrinormInvestor2022 — 2025
- BowFlex Inc.Managing Director Switzerland2021 — 2024Zurich, Switzerland
- BowFlex Inc.Director of Digital Product2023 — 2024Zurich, Switzerland
- VAYCEO and Founder2018 — 2021Zurich, Switzerland
- VAYCTO and Founder2018 — 2019Zurich, Switzerland
- Swiss VolleyProfessional Volleyball Player2014 — 2019
- Rapyuta RoboticsControl Engineer2016 — 2017Zurich, Switzerland
Skills & more
Public Speaking13Team Leadership13Problem Solving7Communication3Challenge Driven3Computer Vision15Robotics8Robot Operating System (ROS)4Volleyball4Motion Analysis3Robot Control1OpenCV2
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Jan Claudio Muñoz
Partner at Backbone Ventures
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Investor at Backbone Ventures
Josef Ming
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Louis-Paul Zuppinger
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Marcel Kubli
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joel Roos?
- ETH Zurich graduate in mechanical engineering and robotics who co-founded VAY (acquired by Nautilus Inc. in 2021) and is an active angel investor in Swiss startups.
- Where does Joel Roos work?
- Joel Roos is at Backbone Ventures.
- Where did Joel Roos go to school?
- Joel Roos studied at ETH Zürich (Master of Science - MS, Robotics); ETH Zürich (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering).
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