NKF advises Accel on its investment in Viso
Viso, a low/no-code platform for computer vision applications, has raised $9.2 million seed round led by Accel to bring computer vision capabilities to companies across the globe. Notable angel investors and industry experts, Mehdi Ghissassi (DeepMind), Mihai Faur (UiPath), Remy Lazarovici (Celonis), James Isilay (Cognism), and Stef van Grieken (Cradle), also participated in the round. The investment will be used to further accelerate growing the team to serve customers worldwide, and to continue enhancing the computer vision platform’s end-to-end and no-code capabilities.
Viso, based in Schaffhausen, is filling a white space for a truly end-to-end solution. It is a horizontal platform that covers everything from collecting and annotating data to training and packaging models to building and monitoring applications. Since its public launch in 2022, Viso’s platform has attracted an impressive customer base across a range of geographies and use cases.
Accel investment in Viso is its first investment in Switzerland, and one of a growing family focused on real-world applications of AI – from Scale and Rasa to recent investments, such as AssemblyAI and Synthesia.
Niederer Kraft Frey advised Accel on its investment in Viso. The NKF team was led by corporate/M&A and technology partner Jacques Bonvin (pictured left), working with partner Andrea Wuerzner (pictured right), associate Naomi Loretz, junior associates Robert Deprez-Fernandes and Peter-Conradin Schreiber (all corporate/M&A) and senior associate Livia Keller (employment).
