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Co-founder & CTO · Vanellus
FDN Editorial
Recorded Sep 22, 2026 · 4 minutes
Michael Negus · Vanellus
FDN Editorial
From Vanellus Founder Interview — Michael Negus · Recorded Sep 22, 2026
Michael Negus · Vanellus
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FDN Editorial
Material developments connected to Dr. Michael Negus and the companies they are building.
Commercial · Commercial partnership
In a September 22 FDN Interview, co-founder Laurence Cullen said Vanellus had entered a distribution agreement to bring its simulation tool to SimScale’s platform. Terms, platform availability, and activity under the agreement were not established.
Source
Founder interview · Laurence Cullen · Sep 22, 2026
Evidence
“we’ve inked a distribution agreement with them where we’re bringing our tool to their platform”
Laurence Cullen · Founder interview · · Passage starts at 04:43
Reported information has not necessarily been independently verified by FDN.
Product & Technology · Product launch
In a September 22 FDN Interview, co-founder Michael Negus said Vanellus had an active paying user for its simulation product.
Source
Founder interview · Michael Negus · Sep 22, 2026
Evidence
“we now have an active paying user”
Michael Negus · Founder interview · · Passage starts at 00:50
Reported information has not necessarily been independently verified by FDN.
Dr. Michael Negus is co-founder and CTO of Vanellus and holds an Oxford mathematics PhD. His work spans fluid dynamics, partial differential equation solving and simulation-engine development, supporting Vanellus’s approach to high-fidelity thermal simulation and its longer-term ambition to automate thermal design.
Dr. Michael Negus is co-founder and CTO of Vanellus, with a background in fluid dynamics, partial differential equations and simulation-engine development.
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