Thomas Hofmann
Founding Partner at ellipsis
Switzerland
Thomas Hofmann, Founding Partner at ellipsis is an active investor based in Switzerland. This profile covers what Thomas Hofmann backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.
Dr. Thomas Hofmann is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Science Officer at 1plusX. Dr. Hofmann serves as a Founding Partner at Ellipsis Venture. He is a Founding Partner at Future-Fund.ai. He served as an Advisor at Daedalean. He is a Co-Founder of Recommind. He served as a Board Member and Advisor at DeepCode. He was co-founder / chief scientist for OpenText, a professor of computer science (Uni Darmstadt), Dir Fraunhofer IPSI, Dir Eng, and co-site lead (Google ZH). He is a Professor of Data Analytics at ETH Zurich and serves as an Engineering Director and Site Lead at Google. He had done a PhD in Computer Science and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley..
- Investor type
- AngelVCPE
- Stages
- Early Stage VentureSeed
- Invests in
- Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper Tools & DataSaaS & Enterprise
- Location
- Switzerland
- Typical check
- $375K
- Past investments
- 6
Notable investments
Lakera
DaedaleanDaedalean AI
Mirelo AI
DeepCodeHow to reach Thomas Hofmann
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