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Joel Roos

Investor

Investor at Backbone Ventures

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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.

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Experience

  1. RAROGFounder & Board Membercurrent2026 — present
  2. GAYA EarthFoundercurrent2025 — present
  3. QBIT CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
  4. BackBone VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
  5. FAIR VCLimited Partnercurrent2023 — present
  6. AkinaInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  7. S2S VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2022 — present
  8. ETH ZürichEntrepreneur in Residence2025 — 2026
  9. AgrinormInvestor2022 — 2025
  10. BowFlex Inc.Managing Director Switzerland2021 — 2024Zurich, Switzerland
  11. BowFlex Inc.Director of Digital Product2023 — 2024Zurich, Switzerland
  12. VAYCEO and Founder2018 — 2021Zurich, Switzerland
  13. VAYCTO and Founder2018 — 2019Zurich, Switzerland
  14. Swiss VolleyProfessional Volleyball Player2014 — 2019
  15. Rapyuta RoboticsControl Engineer2016 — 2017Zurich, Switzerland

Education

  1. ETH ZürichMaster of Science - MS, Robotics2015 — 2018
  2. ETH ZürichBachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering2011 — 2015

Skills & more

Public Speaking13Team Leadership13Problem Solving7Communication3Challenge Driven3Computer Vision15Robotics8Robot Operating System (ROS)4Volleyball4Motion Analysis3Robot Control1OpenCV2
+6 moreSensor FusionC++JavaC (Programming Language)Python (Programming Language)React Native

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Same school

Also attended ETH Zürich136

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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Shared employers

Also worked at ETH Zürich58

Max HeftiInvestment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgMichal NatoraSenior Investment Director - Industrial IT & Robotics at Emerald Technology Ventures AgAnnina WinklerSenior Investment Manager - Water & AgriFood at Emerald Technology Ventures AgAndreas GuggenbühlInvestor at Backbone VenturesPaola BranniInvestor at Extantia CapitalLeo AllgoewerImpact Investor at AENU

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Also worked at Rapyuta Robotics1

Seungmin HongFounder at Simantic

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Andreas Guggenbühl
Investor at Backbone Ventures
Dr. Heinrich Baumann
Investor at Backbone Ventures
Dr. Jan Claudio Muñoz
Investor at Backbone Ventures
Jan Claudio Muñoz
Partner at Backbone Ventures
Jan-Claudio Munoz
Investor at Backbone Ventures
Janic Frölicher
Founding Partner at Backbone Ventures
Josef Ming
Investor at Backbone Ventures
Laszlo Meier
Associate at Backbone Ventures