Tobias Schmid

Tobias is a Senior Analyst in Emerald’s Zurich office, where he focuses on investments in industrial deep tech across multiple stages, with a particular interest in automation, robotics and IT/IoT. He plays an integral role in sourcing, evaluating, and executing investments across the globe, contributing to technical and commercial due diligence as well as investment committee preparation. Tobias has been actively involved in investments such as Embotech, Mantis Robotics, Sea Machines Robotics, Hiboo, and TinyMobileRobots. In addition to his investment activities, Tobias supports the Swiss government-backed Technology Fund, where he analyzes and assesses climate tech startups applying for loan guarantees.

Before joining Emerald in 2022, Tobias gained experience in corporate venture capital at TRUMPF GmbH, financial audit at PwC, and served as a teaching assistant in economics during his studies.

Tobias holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and completed an academic exchange at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.