ZABIDOU
stage:
pre-seed
location:
australia / us
industry:
automation & robotics
year:
2025
leadership:
cibby pulikkaseril
nathan kirchner
co-investors:
antler
flying fox ventures
main sequence ventures
shearwater capital
website:
https://www.zabidou.com/
fund: spv
Zabidou is building advanced laser and computer vision sensing systems that automate real‑time detection, classification, and quality analysis of materials on industrial production lines.
Founded by Cibby Pulikkaseril (ex‑CTO/co‑founder of Baraja, which raised $100M to commercialize LiDAR), the team applies novel solid‑state laser techniques—polarization, speckle, and wavelength analysis—combined with edge AI to extract richer signals than conventional RGB cameras.
The platform retrofits in under an hour, streams >100k “laser touch points” per second, and delivers instantaneous hazard alerts and composition metrics, enabling higher purity, throughput, and longer unmanned shifts.
Notes
Investment Notes (Metagrove Ventures) — coming soon