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Julian Counihan
Partner, Schematic
Company

Based in
San Francisco, CA
Invests
Pre-Seed or Seed
Type
Investor
Julian Counihan is general partner and co-founder of Schematic Ventures, an early-stage venture fund in San Francisco focused on supply chain, manufacturing and industrial automation technology. He started his career as a software developer at Fortna, building warehouse control and automation systems, then worked in technology investment banking before moving into venture capital in 2017. Counihan has backed InfinitForm, Plus One Robotics and Outrider, and holds a systems engineering degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from MIT.
Relevant Investments
Outrider
Automates yard operations at distribution hubs with autonomous trucks, software and site infrastructure.
Seed 2018 to Series A 2019
outrider.ai
Plus One Robotics
Builds AI vision software that lets robots handle warehouse depalletizing, induction and palletizing tasks.
Seed 2016
www.plusonerobotics.com
InfinitForm
Builds an AI co-pilot that speeds up manufacturing design and cuts engineering cycle times.
Seed 2023 to 2025
infinitform.com
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