About Graspian

Introduction

Graspian was founded in 2020 by Christian Bjerrum-Niese and Sepideh Naserbakht. At the time, Christian was working on commercialisation nanosensors at Stensborg A/S.
Christian proposed to create tactile gripping tools using proprietary force sensors, and with the support of Stensborg senior management, he was encouraged to start a new company.

Soft funding was achieved from Danish Innovation Fund in 2021, and later that year we secured our first round of working capital from a group of private investors.
Our vision is to add the sense of touch to robots.

What we do

In many robotic gripping applications, the object is either soft or fragile, or its location is unknwon. In such cases conventional grippers can be inadequate. Graspian introduces a gripping tool equipped with advanced tactile sensors. By adding advanced sensing capabilities, we resolve difficult grassing challenges.

The Graspian team

Anders S. Frandsen

CEO

Anders has more than 20 years of experience in management and product development from both start-ups and established corporations. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics from the Engineering College of Copenhagen.

Alexander Mizrahi-Werner

Development engineer

Alexander Mizrahi-Werner is an MLOps and robotics engineer with hands on experience in model deployment, embedded systems, and advanced automation. He combines practical hardware–software development with a strong passion for AI, robotics, and experimental side projects.

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The Graspian Board of Directors

Torben Jacobsen

Board Chairman & Investor

Torben is a seasoned board and management executive

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Per Ibsen

Board member & Lead investor

Per is a seasoned serial entrepreneur, board executive and deep-tech innovator

Kim Vejlby Hansen

Board member

Kim Vejlby Hansen is the CEO of N. Foss & Co. and an experienced senior executive with a strong track record in leading global industrial and technology driven companies. He combines strategic leadership with deep operational insight and serves as chairman and board member across several organizations, driving growth, innovation, and long term value creation.

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The Graspian Advisory Board

Lars Ulrik Nielsen

Advisory Board member & Investor

Lars is a partner of 2C Engineering. He is a seasoned technology innovator with a strong profile in mechanical and electrical design

Kenneth Bruun Henriksen

Advisory Board member

Kenneth Bruun Henriksen is an experienced Chief Officer with a strong track record in the industrial automation and robotics sector. He brings deep expertise in sales, international business, management, project execution, strategy, and account development. Kenneth holds a degree from AVT Business.

Pierre d'Hermilly

Advisory Board member

Pierre is a seasoned entrepreneur, he has experience in business development and as CEO.

Silvia Tolu

Advisory Board member

Silvia brings valuable insights to our company about robotics and smart sensors for grasping and manipulation by means of her research in Neurorobotics at the Automation and Control group DTU Technical University of Denmark.

Silvia is an Associate Professor at DTU electro (Electrical and Photonics Engineering Department) where she leads the Neurorobotics Technology Laboratory (NRT-LAB). Her work encompasses advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems for human-robot-environment interactions.

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