Innovobot

Overview

Innovobot engages with firms to comprehensively evaluate potential investment opportunities within the following:\- Cybersecurity\- Clean & sustainable technology\- Robotics\- Internet of things\\In its analysis of a specific investment opportunity, Innovobot dissects the investment target's vision and proposed market offering, the current market dynamics within which it operates, its strategic plan to achieve the vision, and its operational effectiveness to implement this plan.\\Innovobot's experienced team of executives and entrepreneurs can further assist its clients in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of their target companies in each of:\- Sales Channel Development\- Intellectual Property Strategy\- Research & Development\- Product Design\- Organizational Structure\- Supply Chain Optimization\\Our Team:\- MARIO VENDITTI\As COO of Above Security, A Hitachi Group company, Mario was primarily responsible for the organization's business development, and service delivery (including the development of the technology). During his tenure, Above Security went from a small local start-up to a global company with clients in 40+ countries and multiple operations centers around the world, until it was ultimately acquired by Hitachi Systems in October 2015. \\While at Above Security, Mario was a key member and leader of the senior executive team that implemented a new global sales strategy and team, a supply chain to service customers in 40+ countries, a continuous improvement program culminating in being ISO 9001:2008 certified, re-engineered the ArkAngel Cyber security platform and built a strong relationship with the National Research Council of Canada and universities in Canada and Europe. \\Additionally, under Mario's guidance, Above Security was internationally recognized as one of the Top 10 MSSP vendors to watch by the Gartner group and acquired two separate companies, SecureIT in Switzerland and Seccuris in Winnipeg. Mario also worked for 12 years in strategic consulting and management, with a focus on helping companies structure operations for growth and expansion. Mario has an engineering degree, MSC (Physics) and MBA, each from McGill University.\\- CHRIS STERN\Chris is a Mechanical Engineer with 20 years' experience in Capex Sales and Business Development in pharmaceutical packaging equipment, automotive machining and the entire solar manufacturing and deployment segment (from Silicon manufacturing to residential deployment). \\Chris was a co-founder at Pure Energies and was responsible for creating the supply chain and the lead flow of customers/segments.\Chris was a co-founder at Pure Energies and was responsible for creating the supply chain and the lead flow of customers/segments. Responsibilities in business development included building out new home builder channels, large scale marketing agreements with WWF, Alarm.com, Mike Holmes Group, David Suzuki Foundation, Rick Mercer Report, etc. \In 5 years, the company grew from 0 to 25 MM in revenue with 200 employees in Toronto and San Francisco. After NRG Energy acquired Pure in 2014, Chris started a consulting business focusing on tech start-ups and strategy development in clean tech.

Investment Focus

• Innovative technology solutions addressing societal challenges
• Early-stage deep-tech startups
• Positive social and environmental impact
• Scalable business models
• Strong management teams

Portfolio Companies