Where does Paolo Pirjanian work?

Paolo Pirjanian is Venture Partner at Calibrate Ventures and Board director at Embodied.

What check size does Paolo Pirjanian write?

Paolo Pirjanian typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

What boards does Paolo Pirjanian sit on?

Paolo Pirjanian holds tracked board seats at Exyn Technologies, Happiest Baby, Happiest Baby, Intuition Robotics.

Where did Paolo Pirjanian go to school?

Paolo Pirjanian studied at Aalborg University (PhD, Robotics, Computer Science, Vision).

Paolo Pirjanian

Investor

Venture Partner at Calibrate Ventures · Board director at Embodied

Los Angeles, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Paolo Pirjanian is a former iRobot CTO who helped bring over 20 million Roomba-like robots to market and founded Embodied, creator of Moxie, combining scaled robotics and child-focused social-robotics expertise.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareRobotics

Board director at Embodied

Intro paths

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In turn, Paolo can intro founders to Embodied's investors below.

Embodied's investors · 5

Calibrate VenturesPasadena · $5M checks · since 2022 Grishin RoboticsSilicon Valley · $250K – $1M checks Intel CapitalSanta Clara · $1M – $20M checks · since 2017 JAZZ Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $20M checks Sony Ventures CorporationTokyo

Co-founders at Embodied

Maja MataricExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

AmazonVice President, Delivery Automation, Last Milecurrent2025 — present
Happiest Baby, Inc.Board Member2017 — 2026Santa Monica, California
Calibrate VenturesVenture Partner2021 — 2025Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Embodied, Inc.Founder and Chief Executive Officer2017 — 2025Pasadena, CA
Exyn Technologies IncBoard Member and investor2016 — 2018Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Intuition RoboticsAdvisor and investor2015 — 2017Israel
iRobotChief Technology Officer2012 — 2015Pasadena
Evolution RoboticsCEO (Acquired by iRobot)2005 — 2012
Evolution RoboticsCTO2001 — 2005
University of Southern CaliforniaLecturer1999 — 2003
Jet Propulsion Lab/NASAResearcher1999 — 2001
Aalborg UniversityResearcher/Lecturer1994 — 1998

Skills & more

Management10Leadership2Strategy16Artificial Intelligence85Research46Consumer Electronics33Computer Vision83Robotics99Entrepreneurship57Start-ups20RobotResearch and Development (R&D)5

+12 more

R&DProduct ManagementAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsProduct DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringSimulationsMachine LearningImage ProcessingSignal ProcessingComputer ScienceC

From Paolo's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Happiest BabyBoard seat

via Calibrate Ventures · filed Dec 2019 · $40M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Exyn TechnologiesIntuition Robotics

Sources: the firm's website · SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Calibrate Ventures

Adrien Gaidon

Partner at Calibrate Ventures

Billy Quinn

Managing Partner & Founder at PEARL ENERGY INVESTMENTS

Carrie Zawistowski

VP of Portfolio Finance at Calibrate Ventures

Daniel Murray

Venture Partner at Calibrate Ventures

Henrik Christensen

Senior Advisor at Calibrate Ventures

Jason Schoettler

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Calibrate Ventures

Jennifer Notes

Principal & Controller at ABS Capital Partners

John Morrissey

Senior Advisor at Calibrate Ventures

Network1

Daniel Murray

Venture Partner at Calibrate Ventures

Investors connected to Paolo in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Paolo Pirjanian?: Paolo Pirjanian is a former iRobot CTO who helped bring over 20 million Roomba-like robots to market and founded Embodied, creator of Moxie, combining scaled robotics and child-focused social-robotics expertise.
Where does Paolo Pirjanian work?: Paolo Pirjanian is Venture Partner at Calibrate Ventures and Board director at Embodied.
What does Paolo Pirjanian invest in?: Paolo Pirjanian invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Robotics.
What check size does Paolo Pirjanian write?: Paolo Pirjanian typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What boards does Paolo Pirjanian sit on?: Paolo Pirjanian holds tracked board seats at Exyn Technologies, Happiest Baby, Happiest Baby, Intuition Robotics.
Where did Paolo Pirjanian go to school?: Paolo Pirjanian studied at Aalborg University (PhD, Robotics, Computer Science, Vision).