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Josef Brunner

Josef Brunner

Josef Brunner founded NutriUnited after leading technology businesses in enterprise energy management and industrial IoT.

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Josef Brunner founded NutriUnited after leading technology businesses in enterprise energy management and industrial IoT.

Current Work

Founder and CEO, NutriUnited

Josef Brunner is the founder and CEO of NutriUnited, a group focused on bringing family-run food businesses together. His earlier ventures include JouleX, an enterprise IT energy-management company he co-founded, and relayr, an industrial IoT company where he was a founding investor and CEO.

Cisco announced an agreement to acquire JouleX in 2013, and Munich Re announced an agreement to acquire relayr in 2018. Brunner also worked as a chief architect at Cisco. His experience spans technical architecture, enterprise software, industrial technology and acquisitions; at NutriUnited, he has moved into food-business succession and group building.

Experience Josef brings to founders

  1. Enterprise software
  2. Industrial IoT
  3. Technical architecture
  4. Acquisitions
  5. Buy-and-build strategy

Operating and investing experience

A selection of companies and roles connected to Josef Brunner.

Ventures

NutriUnited

Founder and CEO

JouleX

Co-founder and former chief architect

relayr

Founding investor and former CEO

Cisco

Former Chief Architect

Highlights

  1. Co-founded JouleX.
  2. Led relayr as CEO.
  3. Founded NutriUnited.

Questionsfounders ask aboutJosef Brunner

Who is Josef Brunner?

Josef Brunner founded NutriUnited after leading technology businesses in enterprise energy management and industrial IoT.

What experience does Josef Brunner bring to mentoring?

Their experience spans enterprise software, industrial IoT, technical architecture, acquisitions and buy-and-build strategy.

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