Ken Forster

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Founding Partner @ Momenta
Meggen, LU, CH
Ken Forster's Location
Meggen, Lucerne, Switzerland, Switzerland
About Ken Forster

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.

Ken Forster's Current Company Details
Momenta

Momenta

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Founding Partner
Meggen, LU, CH
Ken Forster Work Experience Details
  • Momenta
    Founding Partner
    Momenta
    Meggen, Lu, Ch
  • Momenta
    Founding Partner
    Momenta 2012 - Present
    Meggen, Lucerne, Ch
    Momenta 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.
  • European Commission
    Industry 5.0 Community Of Practice Member
    European Commission 2023 - Present
    Brussels, Be
    Developing 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.
  • Phantasma Labs
    Venture Investor
    Phantasma Labs 2024 - Present
    Berlin, De
    Phantasma Labs provides Process Optimization and Decision Support powered by AI. Momenta backs the company from our Digital Industry Fund IV.
  • Cubeworks
    Venture Investor
    Cubeworks 2024 - Present
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us
    CubeWorks is redefining Cold Chain Monitoring. Momenta backs the company from our Digital Industry Fund I.
  • Atym
    Venture Investor
    Atym 2024 - Present
    Austin, 78701, Us
    Atym is unlocking the potential of constrained edge devices with cloud-like agility. Momenta backs the company from our Digital Industry Fund I.
  • Composabl
    Venture Investor
    Composabl 2024 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Composabl 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.
  • Sprayvision
    Venture Investor
    Sprayvision 2024 - Present
    Ostrava, Moravia-Silesia, Cz
    SprayVision is a leader in process control and simulation of paint coating operations. Momenta backs the company from our Digital Industry Funds III and IV.
  • Luffy Ai
    Venture Investor
    Luffy Ai 2024 - Present
    Abingdon, England, Gb
    Luffy 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.
  • Datahow Ag
    Venture Investor, Board Director
    Datahow Ag 2024 - Present
    Zurich, Zh, Ch
    DataHow is a leader in AI-powered solutions for bioprocess development and manufacturing. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund IV.
  • Minds.Ai
    Venture Investor
    Minds.Ai 2023 - Present
    Santa Cruz, California, Us
    Minds.ai is revolutionizing semiconductor manufacturing operations using AI to drive optimization and autonomy. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III.
  • Aperio
    Venture Investor
    Aperio 2023 - Present
    Boston, Us
    APERIO 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.
  • Pico Mes
    Venture Investor
    Pico Mes 2023 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Pico 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.
  • Tvarit
    Venture Investor, Board Director
    Tvarit 2023 - Present
    Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse, De
    Tvarit 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.
  • Raven.Ai
    Venture Investor
    Raven.Ai 2022 - Present
    Ottawa, Ontario, Ca
    Raven.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.
  • Shoreline
    Venture Investor
    Shoreline 2022 - Present
    Los Gatos, California, Us
    Shoreline 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.
  • Overview
    Venture Investor
    Overview 2022 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Overview 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.
  • Agtonomy
    Venture Investor
    Agtonomy 2022 - Present
    San Francisco, Us
    Agtonomy 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.
  • Axiom Cloud
    Venture Investor
    Axiom Cloud 2021 - Present
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    Axiom Cloud is revolutionizing how the world's cooling systems are powered, operated and maintained. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III.
  • Fixposition Ag
    Venture Investor, Board Observer
    Fixposition Ag 2021 - Present
    Zürich , Ch
    Fixposition simplifies autonomous navigation by increasing reliability and expanding availability of positioning. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund III.
  • Axino
    Venture Investor, Board Director
    Axino 2021 - Present
    Solothurn, So, Ch
    Axino 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.
  • Edge Impulse
    Venture Investor
    Edge Impulse 2020 - Present
    San Jose, California, Us
    Edge 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.
  • Equipmentshare
    Venture Investor
    Equipmentshare 2020 - Present
    Columbia, Missouri, Us
    EquipmentShare is helping thousands of contractors access equipment and tools - all connected. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I.
  • Pulse Industrial
    Venture Investor
    Pulse Industrial 2020 - Present
    Waterloo, Ontario, Ca
    Pulse Industrial provides real-time steam trap monitoring. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I and III.
  • Wastehero
    Venture Investor
    Wastehero 2020 - Present
    Aarhus C, Middle Jutland, Dk
    WasteHero 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.
  • Highbyte
    Venture Investor
    Highbyte 2020 - Present
    Portland, Maine, Us
    HighByte provides industrial data ops for Industry 4.0. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I and III.
  • Conservation Labs
    Venture Investor
    Conservation Labs 2020 - Present
    Pittsburgh, Pa, Us
    Conservation Labs mission is to enable cost-effective and sustainable water use. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I.
  • Fleet Space Technologies
    Venture Investor
    Fleet Space Technologies 2019 - Present
    Beverley, South Australia, Au
    Fleet 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.
  • Kolmostar Inc.
    Venture Investor
    Kolmostar Inc. 2019 - Present
    Fremont, Ca, Us
    Kolmostar provides ultra low power high precision GNSS positioning solutions for human, machines, and beyond. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund II.
  • Smartex.Ai
    Venture Investor
    Smartex.Ai 2019 - Present
    Porto, Pt
    Smartex provides Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision solutions to detect textile defects. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I and III.
  • Akua
    Venture Investor
    Akua 2019 - Present
    Woodside, California, Us
    AKUA 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.
  • Xage Security
    Venture Investor
    Xage Security 2019 - Present
    Palo Alto, California, Us
    Xage 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.
  • Crate.Io
    Venture Investor
    Crate.Io 2019 - Present
    Redwood City, Ca, Us
    Crate.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.
  • Inskill
    Venture Investor
    Inskill 2018 - Present
    Boston, Ma, Us
    InSkill (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.
  • Sight Machine
    Venture Investor
    Sight Machine 2017 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Sight Machine provide a manufacturing platform - a Common Data Foundation for Operations and Analysis. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I.
  • Expeto™
    Venture Investor
    Expeto™ 2016 - Present
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca
    Expeto 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.
  • Litmus
    Venture Investor
    Litmus 2015 - Present
    Santa Clara, California, Us
    Litmus 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.
  • Embedor Technologies
    Venture Investor
    Embedor Technologies 2015 - Present
    Embedor 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.
  • Sensewaves
    Venture Investor
    Sensewaves 2015 - Present
    Paris, Fr
    Sensewaves 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.
  • Eigen Innovations Inc.
    Venture Investor, Board Director
    Eigen Innovations Inc. 2014 - Present
    Fredericton, New Brunswick, Ca
    Eigen helps manufacturers adjust their processes in real-time so they avoid making bad parts. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund. I.
  • Nwave Technologies
    Venture Investor
    Nwave Technologies 2014 - Present
    Sacramento, California, Us
    Nwave 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.
  • Alleantia
    Venture Investor
    Alleantia 2014 - Present
    Pisa, Tuscany, It
    Alleantia provides a universal, zero-coding IoT Gateway for the Industrial IoT. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I.
  • Dizmo
    Venture Investor
    Dizmo 2012 - Present
    Zurich, Ch
    Dizmo provides the 'Interface of Things', an integration platform for visualization of things. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund I.
  • Chakra (A Momenta Company)
    Acquirer, Managing Director
    Chakra (A Momenta Company) 2023 - 2024
    Oakland, Ca, Us
    Founded 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.
  • Nubix
    Venture Investor
    Nubix 2020 - 2024
    Nubix 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.
  • Nanothings
    Venture Investor
    Nanothings 2018 - 2024
    New York, Ny, Us
    NanoThings 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.
  • Freewire Technologies
    Venture Investor
    Freewire Technologies 2017 - 2024
    Newark, California, Us
    Freewire 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.
  • Digitalswitzerland
    Digitalshaper 2022
    Digitalswitzerland 2022 - 2023
    Zurich, Ch
    Recognized as one of the 100 most important minds for the digitalization of Switzerland - by Digitalswitzerland, Handelszeitung, PME and BILANZ.
  • Sst Wireless Inc.
    Venture Investor
    Sst Wireless Inc. 2020 - 2023
    Richmond, British Columbia, Ca
    SST Wireless provides precision wireless sensors for industrial applications. Momenta backs the team from our Digital Industry Fund II. The company exited in 2023.
  • Mutable
    Venture Investor
    Mutable 2019 - 2023
    Denver, Colorado, Us
    Mutable 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.
  • Senseye
    Venture Investor
    Senseye 2015 - 2022
    Southampton, Hampshire, Gb
    Senseye powers your predictive maintenance journey to success. Momenta backed the team from our Digital Industry Fund I. The company exited to Siemens in 2022.
  • Continual
    Venture Investor
    Continual 2019 - 2021
    Netanya, Israel, Il
    Continual’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.
  • 151 Advisors (A Momenta Company)
    Acquirer, Managing Director
    151 Advisors (A Momenta Company) 2019 - 2020
    Boerne, Texas, Us
    Momenta Partners acquired 151 Advisors, a leading IoT and M2M consulting firm.
  • U-Blox
    Venture Investor (Thingstream)
    U-Blox 2018 - 2020
    Thalwil, Zürich, Ch
    ThingStream 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.
  • Parquery
    Venture Investor
    Parquery 2015 - 2020
    Zurich, Ch
    Parquery 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.
  • Geli
    Venture Investor
    Geli 2014 - 2020
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Geli’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.
  • Plat.One Is Now Part Of Sap
    Venture Investor, Coo
    Plat.One Is Now Part Of Sap 2014 - 2016
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    PLAT.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.
  • Koubachi
    Venture Investor, Board Member
    Koubachi 2013 - 2015
    Stockholm, Se
    Smart 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.
  • Thingworx
    Venture Investor, Managing Director
    Thingworx 2012 - 2014
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
    The First Platform for the Connected World. Momenta backed the company from our Digital Industry Fund 0. The company exited to PTC in 2013.
  • Syngenta
    Intelligent Agriculture Head
    Syngenta 2009 - 2012
    Basel, Basel, Ch
    Managing Director of $80M global business line in intelligent agriculture products and services.
  • The Coca-Cola Company
    Intelligent Retail Head
    The Coca-Cola Company 2003 - 2009
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    Strategy Head for the Chief Customer Officer focused on digitizing the relationship with global retail.
  • Altria
    Chief Enterprise Architect
    Altria 1999 - 2003
    Richmond, Virginia, Us
    Developed 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
  • Industrialvortex
    Cofounder And Cto
    Industrialvortex 1998 - 1999
    Co-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.
  • Objectautomation
    Cofounder And Coo
    Objectautomation 1996 - 1998
    Us
    Co-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.
  • Wonderware
    Program Manager
    Wonderware 1993 - 1996
    Lake Forest, Ca, Us
    Technical Evangelist, developing the brand and innovation plans for the award-winning Intouch HMI.
  • Lockheed
    Control Systems Engineer
    Lockheed 1985 - 1993
    Bethesda, Md, Us
    Principle 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

  • Virginia Commonwealth University
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    Executive Mba
  • University Of Silicon Valley
    University Of Silicon Valley
    Electrical Eng. / Software Eng.

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Ken Forster works for Momenta

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Ken Forster's current role is Founding Partner.

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Ken Forster attended Virginia Commonwealth University, University Of Silicon Valley.

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