Earlier this year, smart data capture firm Scandit <a href="https://tech.eu/2022/02/09/switzerlands-scandit">raised</a> $150 million in a Series D  round, providing the company with a valuation north of $1 billion, a valuation that despite recent market upheavals, still holds.
But how do three researchers at ETH Zurich spin out a company that in just 13 short years grows from an idea in a lab to one that&#8217;s trusted by 5 of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies, and has a client roster with just about every household brand you can think of?
I sat down with <a href="https://www.scandit.com/">Scandit</a> co-founder and CEO <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuelmueller/">Samuel Mueller</a>, Ph.D. to find out. Along the way Samuel discusses what pitfalls fledgling European startups can avoid when going global, and how to course correct the &#8220;oh shit&#8221; moments.   We also get to know a bit more about the man driving the company in the lighting round, and crucially, Samuel weighs in on one of the most pressing questions of our modern era: when it comes to chocolate which country lays claim to the crown, Switzerland or Belgium?
All this and more with Scandit&#8217;s Samuel Mueller!

Benjamin Deplus

Lessons in sustainable growth and achieving market dominance from Zürich-based Scandit with co-founder and CEO, Samuel Mueller

Scandit

Earlier this year, smart data capture firm Scandit raised $150 million in a Series D  round, providing the company with a valuation north of $1 billion, a valuation that despite recent market upheavals, still holds. But how do three researchers at ETH Zurich spin out a company that in just 13 short years grows from [&hellip;]