Lifelong digital industry practitioner, building 'connected' products, services, and businesses at Fortune 100 companies and startups. Founded Momenta, the leading Industrial Impact® venture capital firm, accelerating industrial innovators across energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and the supply chain. Since 2012, our team of deep industry operators has helped scale industry leaders and innovators to improve critical industries, the environment, and people's quality of life.
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Founding PartnerMomenta 2012 - PresentMeggen, Lucerne, ChMomenta is the leading Industrial Impact® venture capital firm, accelerating industrial innovators across energy, manufacturing, smart spaces, and the supply chain. For over a decade, our team of deep industry operators has helped scale industry leaders and innovators to improve critical industries, the environment, and people's quality of life. PitchBook has ranked Momenta as one of the ten best-performing venture capital firms for 2023 in its prestigious Global Manager Performance Score League Tables, and the firm is the only European-headquartered VC to secure a Top 10 spot on the list. -
Industry 5.0 Community Of Practice MemberEuropean Commission 2023 - PresentBrussels, BeDeveloping Industry 5.0 concept. Focus on Venture Capital / Private Equity, Industrial Impact perspective of Sustainability, Resilience and Human-Centric approaches to technologies and innovation in European industry. -
Venture InvestorPhantasma Labs 2024 - PresentBerlin, DePhantasma Labs provides Process Optimization and Decision Support powered by AI. Momenta backs the company from our Digital Industry Fund IV. -
Venture InvestorCubeworks 2024 - PresentAnn Arbor, Michigan, UsCubeWorks is redefining Cold Chain Monitoring. Momenta backs the company from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorAtym 2024 - PresentAustin, 78701, UsAtym is unlocking the potential of constrained edge devices with cloud-like agility. Momenta backs the company from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorComposabl 2024 - PresentSan Francisco, Ca, UsComposabl is a platform for building intelligent autonomous agents. Intelligent autonomous agents infuse automation with more human-like decision-making for specific tasks by combining various algorithms as skills. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Funds III and IV. -
Venture InvestorSprayvision 2024 - PresentOstrava, Moravia-Silesia, CzSprayVision is a leader in process control and simulation of paint coating operations. Momenta backs the company from our Digital Industry Funds III and IV. -
Venture InvestorLuffy Ai 2024 - PresentAbingdon, England, GbLuffy AI is a pioneer in adaptive AI for enhanced industrial control. Luffy's Adaptive Intelligence Framework, powered by neuroplasticity, offers unparalleled computational efficiency and enables edge deployments of optimized industrial control applications. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund IV. -
Venture Investor, Board DirectorDatahow Ag 2024 - PresentZurich, Zh, ChDataHow is a leader in AI-powered solutions for bioprocess development and manufacturing. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund IV. -
Venture InvestorMinds.Ai 2023 - PresentSanta Cruz, California, UsMinds.ai is revolutionizing semiconductor manufacturing operations using AI to drive optimization and autonomy. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III. -
Venture InvestorAperio 2023 - PresentBoston, UsAPERIO is a front-runner in operational data quality, detecting, prioritizing, and rectifying crucial data issues tied to process historians, sensor monitoring, and data analytics. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III. -
Venture InvestorPico Mes 2023 - PresentSan Francisco, Ca, UsPico MES enables digital transformation for small to medium-sized factories to bolster manufacturing, empower mid-sized factories, and build a connected supply chain, addressing the industry's pressing need for digital solutions. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III. -
Venture Investor, Board DirectorTvarit 2023 - PresentFrankfurt Am Main, Hesse, DeTvarit is a leading provider of digital solutions that help metal manufacturers achieve net-zero operations achieving higher productivity and lower energy costs. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III. -
Venture InvestorRaven.Ai 2022 - PresentOttawa, Ontario, CaRaven.ai helps manufacturers accelerate continuous OEE improvement by sharing real-time data insights and guiding actions. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III. -
Venture InvestorShoreline 2022 - PresentLos Gatos, California, UsShoreline IoT provides the industry-first, off-the-shelf, one-stop Asset Performance Management (APM) solution for industrial condition-based monitoring. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III. -
Venture InvestorOverview 2022 - PresentSan Francisco, California, UsOverview helps manufacturers radically reduce defects and waste through scalable, affordable quality control solutions based on vision analytics. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III. -
Venture InvestorAgtonomy 2022 - PresentSan Francisco, UsAgtonomy works with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to help them bring sustainable autonomy solutions to market and enable digital services that address the critical issues facing small farmers and land maintenance operators. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorAxiom Cloud 2021 - PresentSan Jose, Ca, UsAxiom Cloud is revolutionizing how the world's cooling systems are powered, operated and maintained. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III. -
Venture Investor, Board ObserverFixposition Ag 2021 - PresentZürich , ChFixposition simplifies autonomous navigation by increasing reliability and expanding availability of positioning. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III. -
Venture Investor, Board DirectorAxino 2021 - PresentSolothurn, So, ChAxino is the leading supplier of smart retail and cold-chain solutions that combine sensor technology with AI algorithms to remotely detect the core temperature of refrigerated food items in retail stores. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund 0 and I. -
Venture InvestorEdge Impulse 2020 - PresentSan Jose, California, UsEdge Impulse is on a mission to enable the ultimate development experience for machine learning on embedded devices for sensors, audio, and computer vision, at scale. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund II and III. -
Venture InvestorEquipmentshare 2020 - PresentColumbia, Missouri, UsEquipmentShare is helping thousands of contractors access equipment and tools - all connected. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorPulse Industrial 2020 - PresentWaterloo, Ontario, CaPulse Industrial provides real-time steam trap monitoring. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I and III. -
Venture InvestorWastehero 2020 - PresentAarhus C, Middle Jutland, DkWasteHero provides enterprise-level waste management software and technology that streamlines operations for the waste, recycling and resource industries through a smart, modular approach. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund II. -
Venture InvestorHighbyte 2020 - PresentPortland, Maine, UsHighByte provides industrial data ops for Industry 4.0. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I and III. -
Venture InvestorConservation Labs 2020 - PresentPittsburgh, Pa, UsConservation Labs mission is to enable cost-effective and sustainable water use. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorFleet Space Technologies 2019 - PresentBeverley, South Australia, AuFleet Space provides the world’s most advanced low-power satellite network. Secure planet-wide coverage for millions of compatible Industrial Internet of Things devices. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund II. -
Venture InvestorKolmostar Inc. 2019 - PresentFremont, Ca, UsKolmostar provides ultra low power high precision GNSS positioning solutions for human, machines, and beyond. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund II. -
Venture InvestorSmartex.Ai 2019 - PresentPorto, PtSmartex provides Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision solutions to detect textile defects. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I and III. -
Venture InvestorAkua 2019 - PresentWoodside, California, UsAKUA reduces shipping costs while improving customer satisfaction through a end-to-end location and condition monitoring for intermodal containers. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund II. -
Venture InvestorXage Security 2019 - PresentPalo Alto, California, UsXage delivers Zero Trust Security for the Real World to secure, manage & transform OT, IT and cloud operations. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I and III. -
Venture InvestorCrate.Io 2019 - PresentRedwood City, Ca, UsCrate.io enables Data Insights at Scale, providing the leading open-source, distributed SQL database empowering customers to turn data into business value. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorInskill 2018 - PresentBoston, Ma, UsInSkill (formerly RevTwo) is the world’s first Autonomous Support platform. The AI can analyze and solve all types of problems to find the best solution for your customer, whether that be self-service, talking to an agent, or creating a field service work order. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorSight Machine 2017 - PresentSan Francisco, Ca, UsSight Machine provide a manufacturing platform - a Common Data Foundation for Operations and Analysis. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorExpeto™ 2016 - PresentVancouver, British Columbia, CaExpeto provides Private Mobile Networks for the Enterprise, the world’s leading Enterprise Private Mobile Networking (PMN) platform. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorLitmus 2015 - PresentSanta Clara, California, UsLitmus provides an Industrial IoT Platform that Connects the Edge to the Enterprise to Drive Operational Improvement. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorEmbedor Technologies 2015 - PresentEmbedor Technologies is creating solutions for monitoring the structural health of civil infrastructure using wireless networked sensors. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorSensewaves 2015 - PresentParis, FrSensewaves provides a new generation of IoT analytics intelligence specifically designed to rapidly respond to today’s evolving energy and industry landscape. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture Investor, Board DirectorEigen Innovations Inc. 2014 - PresentFredericton, New Brunswick, CaEigen helps manufacturers adjust their processes in real-time so they avoid making bad parts. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund. I. -
Venture InvestorNwave Technologies 2014 - PresentSacramento, California, UsNwave sensors feature secure vehicle and driver identification powering advanced car park solutions such as visitor and permit management (VIP, disabled, EV), space reservation and contactless payments. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorAlleantia 2014 - PresentPisa, Tuscany, ItAlleantia provides a universal, zero-coding IoT Gateway for the Industrial IoT. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Venture InvestorDizmo 2012 - PresentZurich, ChDizmo provides the 'Interface of Things', an integration platform for visualization of things. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. -
Acquirer, Managing DirectorChakra (A Momenta Company) 2023 - 2024Oakland, Ca, UsFounded in 2019, Chakra's team has led multinational digital transformation projects for Fortune 100 companies, including GE Digital. Deeply rooted in design thinking, Chakra uses applied strategy models to merge the digital world with the industrial one, creating new go-to-market, business models, and revenue growth across the full tech ecosystem. -
Venture InvestorNubix 2020 - 2024Nubix delivers the leading edge-native application platform for companies to easily build, deploy and manage constrained device applications at the industrial IoT edge. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. The company was acquired by Atym in 2024.
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Venture InvestorNanothings 2018 - 2024New York, Ny, UsNanoThings has developed a novel LoRa-based connected temperature and impact detection sensor using printed electronics, enabling end-to-end visibility and traceability in the cold-chain industry, and allowing for increased automation and quality control. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I and II. The company was acquired by CubeWorks in 2024. -
Venture InvestorFreewire Technologies 2017 - 2024Newark, California, UsFreewire provides fully-integrated ultrafast electric vehicle charging solutions that free customers from the limitations of the electric grid. Momenta backed the team from our Digital Industry Fund I and III. The company exited to Speed Charge. -
Digitalshaper 2022Digitalswitzerland 2022 - 2023Zurich, ChRecognized as one of the 100 most important minds for the digitalization of Switzerland - by Digitalswitzerland, Handelszeitung, PME and BILANZ. -
Venture InvestorSst Wireless Inc. 2020 - 2023Richmond, British Columbia, CaSST Wireless provides precision wireless sensors for industrial applications. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund II. The company exited in 2023. -
Venture InvestorMutable 2019 - 2023Denver, Colorado, UsMutable provides a Public Edge Cloud to make the Internet faster. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. The company exited in 2023. -
Venture InvestorSenseye 2015 - 2022Southampton, Hampshire, GbSenseye powers your predictive maintenance journey to success. Momenta backed the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. The company exited to Siemens in 2022. -
Venture InvestorContinual 2019 - 2021Netanya, Israel, IlContinual’s AI-based solutions bridge the gap between mobile network evolution and new mobility, addressing the continually-evolving needs of mobile and automotive technologies. Momenta backed the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. Continual completed their IPO in 2021. -
Acquirer, Managing Director151 Advisors (A Momenta Company) 2019 - 2020Boerne, Texas, UsMomenta Partners acquired 151 Advisors, a leading IoT and M2M consulting firm. -
Venture Investor (Thingstream)U-Blox 2018 - 2020Thalwil, Zürich, ChThingStream provides IoT connectivity using low power GSM network technology: USSD with MQQT. Momenta assisted in the MBO of them from Myriad Group, and placed their CEO, backed them from our Digital Industry Fund I, and exited the company to u-blox in 2020. -
Venture InvestorParquery 2015 - 2020Zurich, ChParquery analyses any image from any camera to detect objects and provide real-time results to customers in the smart city - smart mobility sectors. Momenta backed the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. The company exited to VolkerWessels in 2020. -
Venture InvestorGeli 2014 - 2020San Francisco, California, UsGeli’s end-to-end software platform streamlines the energy storage development process, offering the industry’s only solution for design, automation, and management. Momenta backed the company from our Digital Industry Fund I. The company exited to Q-Cells in 2020. -
Venture Investor, CooPlat.One Is Now Part Of Sap 2014 - 2016Palo Alto, Ca, UsPLAT.ONE is the first Enterprise-Grade IoT Platform. Momenta carved it out from an Italian System Integrator, set it up in Silicon Valley, placed a CEO, established its market presence, and backed the company from our Digital Industry Fund 0 and I. The company exited to SAP in 2016. -
Venture Investor, Board MemberKoubachi 2013 - 2015Stockholm, SeSmart sensors for planting and agriculture - 'Giving your Plants a Voice'. Momenta backed the company from our Digital Industry Fund 0. The company exited to Husqvarna group in 2015. -
Venture Investor, Managing DirectorThingworx 2012 - 2014Boston, Massachusetts, UsThe First Platform for the Connected World. Momenta backed the company from our Digital Industry Fund 0. The company exited to PTC in 2013. -
Intelligent Agriculture HeadSyngenta 2009 - 2012Basel, Basel, ChManaging Director of $80M global business line in intelligent agriculture products and services. -
Intelligent Retail HeadThe Coca-Cola Company 2003 - 2009Atlanta, Ga, UsStrategy Head for the Chief Customer Officer focused on digitizing the relationship with global retail. -
Chief Enterprise ArchitectAltria 1999 - 2003Richmond, Virginia, UsDeveloped three-year investment plan, system architectures and standards, master data standards and technology platform Centers Of Excellence. Led downstream e-business programs with major retailers . Developed 'connected' concept retail store demonstrating emerging technologies such as point of sales analysis, in-store execution measurement, RFID tracking and market campaign -
Cofounder And CtoIndustrialvortex 1998 - 1999Co-founded this top-100 Business To Business e-commerce company. Built the engineering capability to develop the infrastructure, business processes, and applications to launch the site in less than two months. Managed strategic partnerships with vendors and financiers, worked with key customers and the industry press.
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Cofounder And CooObjectautomation 1996 - 1998UsCo-founded this successful software startup building first object-based, real-time industrial automation software platform - all built on Windows NT. Starting from ‘four guys in a garage’, built a world-class, thirty-person engineering team, enviable market presence, repeatable development process, and an award-winning technology platform for complex supply chain and manufacturing applications. Worked with key customers to spearhead strategic sales and develop turnkey automation solutions. -
Program ManagerWonderware 1993 - 1996Lake Forest, Ca, UsTechnical Evangelist, developing the brand and innovation plans for the award-winning Intouch HMI. -
Control Systems EngineerLockheed 1985 - 1993Bethesda, Md, UsPrinciple Engineer on 'Factory of the Future' processing plant. Developed pioneering PC-based control and monitoring systems for lights-out manufacturing facility. Solution won the 1993 Microsoft Windows World Open award for Best Manufacturing Application.
Ken Forster Education Details
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Virginia Commonwealth UniversityExecutive Mba -
University Of Silicon ValleyElectrical Eng. / Software Eng.
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Ken Forster attended Virginia Commonwealth University, University Of Silicon Valley.
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