Alper Aydemir
Investor at Sunrise Robotics
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolAlper Aydemir is an investor and veteran robotics researcher with 14 years of experience in computer vision and robotic perception, now based in Stockholm. He co-founded and scaled Volumental from a garage-stage startup to a product used by millions across 42 countries, wearing roles from CTO and CEO to hands-on engineer and operator. His R&D pedigree includes a PhD from KTH and contributions at NASA JPL on dense 3D mapping for projects such as the DARPA Robotics Challenge and Google Tango. Today he combines technical depth in perception with startup operating and investing experience, backing robotics and vision-first companies like Sunrise Robotics and rerun.io. Notably, he bridges high-impact research and practical productization—able to move algorithms from lab prototypes into global, revenue-generating deployments.
14 years of coding experience
B.Sc. Mechatronics, B.Sc. Mechatronics at Sabanci UniversityPhD Robotics and computer vision, PhD Robotics and computer vision at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyBaccalauréat, Baccalauréat at Lycée Saint-Joseph Istanbul
English, French, Turkish, Swedish
Github Skills (68)
sdk10
hardware10
intel9
mesh9
3d-reconstruction9
computer-vision9
in-app-purchase9
chat9
geometry9
database-access9
payment-methods9
slack9
zulip8
javascript8
ssh8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
alperv/libfloorplan
Jan 2012 - Feb 2014
Contributions:9 commits in 2 years 1 month
alperv/alperv.github.io
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
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