David Rytz
Campus Associate at REMUS Capital
Oxford, England
Overview
Work Experience
Head of Robotics
2025 - Current
Currently in the R&D phase, we are actively seeking collaborations, funding, and expertise to accelerate our mission of restoring one million square meters of coral reefs by 2033 using AI-powered monitoring, autonomous drones, and blockchain verification.
PhD Candidate at Oxford Robotics Institute
2019
Campus Associate
2020
Sourcing deals and due diligence in the Oxbridge and London ecosystem REMUS is a VC firm that leads Seed, Series A, and early Series B rounds in technology companies investing primarily in enterprise technology in large traditional verticals, writing checks between $100K to $15M. REMUS has a concentrated investment approach and focuses on building, not betting.
REMUS is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in companies enabling digital transformation.
Research Assistant
2018 - 2019
Supervisor: Dr. Michael Mistry at the Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour. Enhancement of contact state estimation for ANYmal quadrupedal research platform as well as teleoperation capabilities.
Master Thesis
2016 - 2017
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. M. Hutter, RSL, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and Dr. A. Elfes, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Research Group, CSIRO, Australia. Master thesis title: A Virtual Model Controller with Contact Force Distribution for an Ultra-light Legged Robot. Design, implementation, simulation, and hardware testing of a virtual model controller on the hexapod MAX. Development of a single leg admittance controller for position and velocity controlled actuators.
Teaching Assistant
2013 - 2016
Subjects: Electrical engineering 1 (HPE, Prof. Dr. J. Biela), Innovations project (PDZ, Prof. Dr. M. Meboldt), Technical Drawing and CAD (EDAC, Prof. Dr. K. Shea) Assisting a group of about twenty-five students once per week. This includes preparing tutorials, giving an introduction to the assignment, supervising students during the lessons, and correction of the assignment. The content of the course covers the basics in the field of electrical engineering. Taught intensive short class for exam preparation.
Bachelor Thesis
2015 - 2015
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. M. Meboldt, PDZ, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and Mario Grazioli, Business Unit Direct Fastening and Screw Fastening, Hilti AG, Liechtenstein. Researched, developed, and simulated next generation direct fastening tool based on tool design BX-3 ME. Organized manufacturing, assembled, and hardware tested resulting prototype. The redesigned tool showed a significant improvement in fastening quality in challenging concrete application.