Continental manager supports Scantinel Photonics

Karl Haupt will join the start-up's advisory board. Only recently, the start-up was able to attract two new investors.

Scantinel Photonics produces sensor systems for autonomous driving, the technology behind which is called Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). Now the Ulm-based start-up has appointed Karl Haupt as chairman of its advisory board. Haupt worked at Continental for 36 years, primarily in the field of driver assistance systems. He now brings this knowledge to Scantinel Photonics: "We are very pleased and also very proud to have Karl Haupt join us," says co-founder Andy Zott. "This means we have a real insider in our ranks from whose expertise we will benefit."

Only recently, Scantinel Photonics was able to win Zeiss Ventures and Scania Growth Capital as investors, and with Haupt, the start-up now succeeds in bringing a renowned head of the automotive industry into its own ranks. "Scantinel's technology immediately excited me," Haupt explains of his move. "I don't know of any company that is already so advanced in the development of FMCW lidar systems. Therefore, I am very happy to bring my experience here."

Since 2019, Scantinel Photonics has been dedicated to sensors for autonomous driving. For example, they enable obstacle detection and avoidance as well as object recognition and tracking with a range of 300 meters. The start-up expects its technology to displace the currently commonly used Time of Light (TOF) systems.