Fotokite announces Bart Slager as new CEO along with closing CHF13.7 series B financing led by MSA Safety

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– SWITZERLAND, Zurich –  Fotokite aka Perspective Robotics AG, a Swiss startup making fully autonomous tethered UAVs for firefighting and public safety teams, today announced that it has closed a CHF13.7 series B financing round and the appointment of Bart Slager as the new CEO while Chris McCall will transition into a new role as Chief Corporate Development Officer and be based in California.

Bart Slager was brought onto the Fotokite team as CFO last September and steps in to lead the team.

Concurrently, Dr. Sergei Lupashin, Founder, Chairman, and CTO, has decided to move away from his day-to-day operations role as CTO and will focus solely on his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

“Bart brings tremendously valuable experience and insights from his rich career in the aviation industry. We are very pleased to have his leadership as we execute on our mission to help teams save lives by providing the best technology and actionable intelligence to first responders.” said founder and Board Chairman, Dr. Sergei Lupashin.

Dr. Lupashin added: “The entire team is excited to announce the new financing as well as welcome Bart as Fotokite’s new CEO as we grow and expand our capabilities to serve first responders”. 

MSA Safety Inc. (NYSE: MSA), the global leader in the development, manufacture, and supply of advanced safety solutions that protect people and facility infrastructures, led Fotokite’s financing round alongside Swisscanto Invest, a Zurich-based tech growth fund with existing investors including Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital Ltd. and Sony Innovation Fund participating as well.
The capital infusion is helping enable Fotokite to scale up operations, further bolster its in-house engineering team, and continue to drive sales of its Fotokite Sigma system in North American and European markets.

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