As the official acceleration program of NVision Ventures, we are proud to welcome Bumbar as one of the newest startups joining our acceleration program.
Bumbar is a deep-tech data platform building Continuous Ground Truth infrastructure for autonomous systems. It delivers high-fidelity, physics-grade datasets that capture the dynamic, real-world conditions needed to train robust AI models. While AI models often excel in controlled environments, they frequently become “brittle” and fail when confronted with unpredictable edge cases. This vulnerability stems from static training data that focuses only on what an event is, while ignoring the crucial temporal context of how and why. To navigate safely, autonomous systems like delivery drones require high-quality, dynamic datasets that reflect the fluid complexity of reality rather than isolated snapshots. By acting as a live monitoring node today while simultaneously collecting vital training data for tomorrow, the platform provides the dual-purpose utility needed to move autonomous systems from experimental labs to reliable real-world operations.
The founding team behind Bumbar includes:
Domagoj Rozić, CEO; Brian Jones, CTO; Miroslav Smolić, Head of R+D.
Reflecting on joining the program, the team shared:
“Our purpose in joining Bird is to be a part of the community of companies, mentors, and investors that best represent Croatian innovation.
Bumbar is a company that straddles the US and Europe. Zagreb is the location of our ‘foot’ in the EU. Croatia has a wealth of experienced engineers and is a country that manufactures goods.
This tight loop between local knowledge workers and fabricators has provided Bumbar with an incredible amount of innovation for the cost.”
