EVITADO

Overview
EVITADO is a Hamburg-headquartered German mobility-safety startup, founded in 2019 by Alex Kasinec, Andrew Moakes and co-founders who met during graduate studies at Hamburg's Technische Universitat Hamburg (TUHH) and the Northern Institute of Technology Management (NIT). The company develops a portable LiDAR-based collision-warning and situational-awareness system for complex ground movements of large objects, with an initial focus on aircraft on airport aprons and inside hangars. The system provides the operator of a tug, pushback tractor or hangar mover with an intuitive top-down 3D view of the aircraft and its surroundings and issues advance collision warnings before impact. EVITADO reported an approximately USD 4.1 million Seed round in September 2025.

Why this entity matters
EVITADO is a T2-plus reference entity for the DACH mobility-safety, aviation-technology and Hamburg-cluster narrative for four reasons. First, aircraft ground-collision damage is a chronic and structurally under-addressed operational cost for airlines, maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) providers and ground-handling contractors; industry data commonly cited by EVITADO's founders suggests aircraft ground collisions occur on the order of one to two per month on average across large operators, and each event can generate very significant repair and downtime cost. EVITADO's portable LiDAR-based system is one of a small number of purpose-built aviation-ground-safety systems designed to be installed temporarily on any tow vehicle without permanent aircraft modification. Second, EVITADO is one of the highest-profile deep-tech spinouts from the Hamburg TUHH/NIT ecosystem, contributing to Hamburg's positioning as the world's third-largest commercial-aviation cluster after Seattle and Toulouse. Third, LiDAR-based situational awareness is a technology bridge that maps neatly from aviation ground operations into adjacent verticals including heavy port logistics, wind-turbine transport and other complex over-dimensional-cargo scenarios. Fourth, EVITADO's founding team is a rare example of an American graduate-founder cohort building a mobility-safety company inside a German industrial cluster.

Company history and product
Evitado Technologies GmbH was incorporated in 2019 in Hamburg by Alex Kasinec (Chief Executive Officer), Andrew Moakes and co-founders who met during graduate programmes at TUHH and NIT in Hamburg. The company's founding thesis was that aircraft ground collisions during towing, pushback and hangar movements are a chronic, high-cost operational problem for airlines and MROs, and that the operator of a tow vehicle cannot see the aircraft's full 3D envelope from the driver's seat. EVITADO's response is a portable sensor pod that can be mounted temporarily on an existing tow vehicle without permanent modification to the aircraft, using LiDAR to build a real-time 3D scan of the aircraft and its surroundings and to render a top-down bird's-eye view for the operator with automatic advance collision alerts. Early customer development focused on aviation ground handling and hangar operations, with EVITADO featured in Startup City Hamburg's aviation-startup showcase and on the Startup City Hamburg ecosystem directory. EVITADO reported an approximately USD 4.1 million Seed round in September 2025 according to Tracxn, Crunchbase and startupintros company profiles. The company's product roadmap and expansion beyond aviation into adjacent over-dimensional-cargo scenarios (for example heavy port logistics and wind-turbine transport) should be treated as company positioning rather than as committed product; expansion claims require confirmation against primary company communications for time-sensitive use.

Role in the DACH startup and technology ecosystem
EVITADO sits at the intersection of three DACH themes. First, it is one of the highest-profile deep-tech spinouts from the TUHH/NIT graduate ecosystem in Hamburg and one of a small number of Hamburg startups anchored to the city's aviation cluster, which the local ecosystem describes as the world's third-largest commercial-aviation hub after Seattle and Toulouse. Second, LiDAR-based situational awareness is a broader technology theme across German mobility, autonomous-vehicle and industrial-safety startups, with Munich, Berlin and Hamburg each hosting distinct LiDAR-integrator communities; EVITADO's positioning as an aviation-first LiDAR integrator is distinctive in the German landscape. Third, EVITADO is an example of the internationalised founder pattern of the Hamburg ecosystem, in which foreign graduate students at TUHH and NIT stay in the region and build German-incorporated companies after graduation, a pattern also visible across other Hamburg deep-tech ventures.

Selected relationships and affiliations
Founders: Alex Kasinec (Chief Executive Officer); Andrew Moakes; additional co-founders from the TUHH / NIT graduate cohort. Academic origin: Technische Universitat Hamburg (TUHH) and Northern Institute of Technology Management (NIT). Headquarters: Hamburg, Germany. Industry cluster: Hamburg commercial-aviation cluster (third-largest globally after Seattle and Toulouse per Startup City Hamburg). Reported Seed round: approximately USD 4.1 million in September 2025 (Tracxn / Crunchbase / startupintros). Public investor names for the Seed round were limited in publicly available sources at the time of research and should be treated as provisional pending confirmation from the company. Ecosystem support: Startup City Hamburg. Product category peers: aviation ground-handling safety systems; LiDAR-based collision avoidance integrators; over-dimensional-cargo safety systems. Related Startuprad.io entities: Hamburg aviation and deep-tech coverage; DACH mobility-safety coverage.

Startuprad.io relevance
EVITADO is a T2 reference entity for Startuprad.io's DACH mobility-safety, aviation-technology and Hamburg-cluster coverage. Startuprad.io has one verified tagged reference to EVITADO, a dedicated founder interview on the company's portable LiDAR collision-avoidance system, positioning EVITADO alongside Startuprad.io's broader coverage of German LiDAR and situational-awareness startups.

Public source context
This profile draws on EVITADO's own website https://evitado.io , the Startup City Hamburg ecosystem profile https://startupcity.hamburg/startups-ecosystem/evitado_technologies , the Startup City Hamburg feature on Hamburg aviation startups https://startupcity.hamburg/news-events/news/3-hamburg-startups-from-the-aviation-sector , the F6S company profile https://www.f6s.com/company/evitadotechnologies , the startupintros funding-and-team profile https://startupintros.com/orgs/evitado-technologies , the Tracxn company profile https://tracxn.com/d/companies/evitado-technologies/__KUFtzA6u-Gb-maBSbEX55cP3eLev4JLEoQiWExsbmGA , the Crunchbase profile https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/evitado-technologies , the AviationPros company page https://www.aviationpros.com/ground-support-worldwide/gse/gse-technology/company/55134983/evitado-technologies , and the Northdata German commercial-register record https://www.northdata.com/Evitado+Technologies+GmbH,+Hamburg/HRB+157857 .

Startuprad.io coverage of EVITADO

EVITADO appears in the following Startuprad.io interviews, news and analysis.

EVITADO Avoids Collisions of Planes on the Ground — Using Lidar — Founder Interview
Published: 15 March 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
Coverage type: Interview
https://www.startuprad.io/post/evitado-avoids-collisions-of-planes-on-the-ground-using-lidar-founder-interview

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1. EVITADO Avoids Collisions of Planes on the Ground — Founder Interview — 2026-03-15
https://www.startuprad.io/post/evitado-avoids-collisions-of-planes-on-the-ground-using-lidar-founder-interview
2. A Look Inside the World's First Law Regulating Autonomous Driving — Founder Interview — 2026-03-15
https://www.startuprad.io/post/a-look-inside-the-world-s-first-law-regulating-autonomous-driving-founder-interview
3. Incari — Founder Interview — 2026-03-15
https://www.startuprad.io/post/incari-wants-to-be-the-os-for-the-cars-of-the-future-founder-interview

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