Michael Von Roeder

Managing Director, exigo capital · 1 appearance on the record.

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Following his role as CEO and board member of IoT firm Sensorberg, he served as Group CDO and CIO at Elia Group through late 2025. Today, he operates and invests through exigo capital, focusing on enterprise AI, cybersecurity, and B2B technology ventures.

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Assertion Supported
Sensorberg has raised more than €5 million in total capital
“Overall, more than five million.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 7:27 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg

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Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sensorberg CEO: Open platforms will beat GE and Siemens in smart buildings
“In the future, it's not going to be like the GE or Siemens doing all that with a proprietary solution, but it's, you know, many folks can contribute.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 3:41 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Opinion
Von Roeder: European real estate sector is conservative and doesn't understand SaaS
“Because in the retail in the, sorry, in the real estate industry, at least in Europe, very conservative, so they don't understand SaaS.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 5:44 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Von Roeder: Sensorberg will generate €2.5M in 2019 revenue, 20% recurring
“We make this year, we make round about two and a half million euros overall. And I would guess 20% is recurring for now.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 6:05 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sensorberg has maintained zero customer churn in its entire company history
“We have zero churn so far in the whole history of the company.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 9:56 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Opinion
Von Roeder: Berlin offers the best engineering talent in Europe
“Most are actually based in Berlin because you get, you know, the best engineers in Germany or probably I would say in Europe you get in Berlin.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 14:29 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Disclosure
Sensorberg targets a €20M valuation for its current funding round
“I would say we're in the ballpark of around twenty million.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 14:43 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sensorberg earns 50% hardware margins but CEO prefers making hardware free
“Well, 50% right now, but actually in my ideal world, I would give away the hardware for free and just make money with the second part, which is the SaaS model.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 4:00 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Von Roeder: Sensorberg has roughly 5,000 total doors installed
“Let's say 5000.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 4:40 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sensorberg door controller costs more than €200 per unit to manufacture
“More than 200 if you just take the door controller.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 7:17 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Assertion Supported
Sensorberg has raised more than €5 million in total capital
“Overall, more than five million.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 7:27 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Disclosure
Von Roeder: Sensorberg raising low single-digit million round to break even
“I'm currently raising another round of you know, low single million digit because I want actually us to be able to go break even late next year, early,”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 7:36 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Von Roeder: Sensorberg grew from €100k to €2–3M revenue, targeting €7M
“The first year I took over, we made overall a hundred K revenues overall recurring in one time. Last year we made, I don't know, let's say 700. This year we make between two and three million. Next year we want to do seven.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 13:40 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sensorberg maintained headcount of 30 but replaced most staff during turnaround
“I took over the company with 30 people. It's now 30 again, but the people are different mostly.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 3:02 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Von Roeder: Sensorberg enterprise sales cycle takes one year
“Yeah, it's a year.”
Michael Von Roeder Aug 7, 2019 ▶ 11:41 1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
1474 Advantages of IoT+SaaS with $2.5m Revenue CEO of Senorberg Aug 7, 2019 6m
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