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Laura González- Estéfani is best known as the co-founder of Venture City. Established in 2017, the tech accelerator has offices in Miami in the US and Madrid in Spain. The director of one of Spain’s largest banks CaixaBank is also a board member of the European Commission’s Innovation Council. She has also worked for Facebook as a country manager for Spain and Portugal.González- Estéfani has also been a prolific private investor and business angel since 2016. She invests across ecosystems and market verticals, including success stories like Cabify and Spotahome. In 2020, she participated in the seed round of Spanish femtech WOOM.
Laura González- Estéfani is best known as the co-founder of Venture City. Established in 2017, the tech accelerator has offices in Miami in the US and Madrid in Spain. The director of one of Spain’s largest banks CaixaBank is also a board member of the European Commission’s Innovation Council. She has also worked for Facebook as a country manager for Spain and Portugal.González- Estéfani has also been a prolific private investor and business angel since 2016. She invests across ecosystems and market verticals, including success stories like Cabify and Spotahome. In 2020, she participated in the seed round of Spanish femtech WOOM.
Co-founder of Babytree
One of the first in China to go to Harvard on a full scholarship since 1949, Bo Shao, who also holds an MBA from the university, worked at Boston Consulting Group before starting EachNet in China in 1999. EachNet was acquired by eBay in 2003 for US$225 million. Today he is a founding partner of Matrix Partners China.
One of the first in China to go to Harvard on a full scholarship since 1949, Bo Shao, who also holds an MBA from the university, worked at Boston Consulting Group before starting EachNet in China in 1999. EachNet was acquired by eBay in 2003 for US$225 million. Today he is a founding partner of Matrix Partners China.
Co-founder & CPO of Ontruck
Escribano is a computer engineer with a master's in IT Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was Co-founder and Product Manager of TouristEye, a company sold to Lonely Planet in 2013.In 2014, he co-founded Seltag, a marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods. Seltag was used by over 200,000 users across Spain but was unable to compete against larger platforms in the market so the business was closed down at the end of 2015.in 2016, he co-founded OnTruck, a leading innovation-oriented logistics company that optimizes road freight transportation through technology, and has since been its chief procurement manager.
Escribano is a computer engineer with a master's in IT Management from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was Co-founder and Product Manager of TouristEye, a company sold to Lonely Planet in 2013.In 2014, he co-founded Seltag, a marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods. Seltag was used by over 200,000 users across Spain but was unable to compete against larger platforms in the market so the business was closed down at the end of 2015.in 2016, he co-founded OnTruck, a leading innovation-oriented logistics company that optimizes road freight transportation through technology, and has since been its chief procurement manager.
Co-founder, COO of Kibus Petcare
Marta Arisa is co-founder and COO at Kibus Petcare, the first hardware that automatically cooks and dispenses healthy pet food. She has worked there since 2018. She simultaneously continues to work at the Catalan Tourist Board, where she is currently budget manager. Prior to this, she worked in human resources at Innova Humana Consultores for one and a half years and for two years in business support at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia's corporate innovation program Innova. She also briefly worked as a consultant at the business transfer Marketplace for SMEs in Catalonia.Arisa holds a Master's degree in Financial Management and Accounting from Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University.
Marta Arisa is co-founder and COO at Kibus Petcare, the first hardware that automatically cooks and dispenses healthy pet food. She has worked there since 2018. She simultaneously continues to work at the Catalan Tourist Board, where she is currently budget manager. Prior to this, she worked in human resources at Innova Humana Consultores for one and a half years and for two years in business support at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia's corporate innovation program Innova. She also briefly worked as a consultant at the business transfer Marketplace for SMEs in Catalonia.Arisa holds a Master's degree in Financial Management and Accounting from Barcelona's Pompeu Fabra University.
Co-founder of Mobvoi
Zhu graduated from Stanford University in 2012 with a master’s in Mechanical Engineering. That same year, he returned to China and co-founded Mobvoi. In 2014, Zhu left Mobvoi to work at IDG Capital Partners as the firm’s first Entrepreneur-In-Residence. A year later, he joined VC firm FreeS Fund, where he now serves as vice president.
Zhu graduated from Stanford University in 2012 with a master’s in Mechanical Engineering. That same year, he returned to China and co-founded Mobvoi. In 2014, Zhu left Mobvoi to work at IDG Capital Partners as the firm’s first Entrepreneur-In-Residence. A year later, he joined VC firm FreeS Fund, where he now serves as vice president.
Infortisa is a Valencia-based IT company considered to be one of Spain's top tech companies. Infortisa is leader in computer distribution, with over 30 years' experience offering technological solutions in the B2B sector. Since 2016, it has been active in Juan Roig’s Marina de Empresa (EDEM) Smart Money program in Valencia and is committed to investing in highly innovative startups with the aim of accelerating and promoting Spanish innovation and entrepreneurship, and to becoming a reference investor in the national tech ecosystem.In 2017, it had invested more than €90m in capital.
Infortisa is a Valencia-based IT company considered to be one of Spain's top tech companies. Infortisa is leader in computer distribution, with over 30 years' experience offering technological solutions in the B2B sector. Since 2016, it has been active in Juan Roig’s Marina de Empresa (EDEM) Smart Money program in Valencia and is committed to investing in highly innovative startups with the aim of accelerating and promoting Spanish innovation and entrepreneurship, and to becoming a reference investor in the national tech ecosystem.In 2017, it had invested more than €90m in capital.
CDO and co-founder of Gestoos
Andrea Halfpap is a co-founder and design director of Gestoos, a gesture recognition startup. She had been part of the UX teams at Vodafone Global, Claro Partners and Carmeq GmbH, building her expertise around visual and interactive design for mobile and web applications.Halfpap graduated from the Cologne International School of Design and specialized in Visual Communication and Research at the University of Western Sydney.
Andrea Halfpap is a co-founder and design director of Gestoos, a gesture recognition startup. She had been part of the UX teams at Vodafone Global, Claro Partners and Carmeq GmbH, building her expertise around visual and interactive design for mobile and web applications.Halfpap graduated from the Cologne International School of Design and specialized in Visual Communication and Research at the University of Western Sydney.
Co-founder, co-CEO and CCO of Shotl
Based in the US and Spain, Gerard Martret is a member of Founders Network in San Francisco. After graduating from the University of Barcelona in 2000, he and his brothers established a mobility venture builder Camina Lab in New York. In 2001, they also co-founded two businesses in Barcelona: on-demand driving service Drivania Chauffeurs and Bhagna Innovation, a communication agency that ceased operations in 2011. The Martrets also co-founded transport tech startup Routebox Technologies in 2010. In 2016, they diversified into the provision of on-demand shuttles and bus-pooling services. Martret is Co-CEO and Chief Communication Officer at Shotl.
Based in the US and Spain, Gerard Martret is a member of Founders Network in San Francisco. After graduating from the University of Barcelona in 2000, he and his brothers established a mobility venture builder Camina Lab in New York. In 2001, they also co-founded two businesses in Barcelona: on-demand driving service Drivania Chauffeurs and Bhagna Innovation, a communication agency that ceased operations in 2011. The Martrets also co-founded transport tech startup Routebox Technologies in 2010. In 2016, they diversified into the provision of on-demand shuttles and bus-pooling services. Martret is Co-CEO and Chief Communication Officer at Shotl.
Founded in 2017 by the ex-COO of Deutsche Bank Henry Ritchotte, Ritmir Ventures is based in London and has invested in nine companies internationally. Ritchotte is passionate about digital innovation within the banking sector and established Ritmir specifically to invest in fintech startups during the seed and Series A funding stages.
Founded in 2017 by the ex-COO of Deutsche Bank Henry Ritchotte, Ritmir Ventures is based in London and has invested in nine companies internationally. Ritchotte is passionate about digital innovation within the banking sector and established Ritmir specifically to invest in fintech startups during the seed and Series A funding stages.
Albert Wenger is a managing partner at New York-based Union Square Ventures. He is also an angel investor with disclosed investments in 25 startups, many in the area of sustainability. His most recent investments have been in the April 2021 $6.2m seed round of Finnish carbon sequestration startup Carbon Culture and in the $9.5m Series A round of French web browser innovation company Beam.
Albert Wenger is a managing partner at New York-based Union Square Ventures. He is also an angel investor with disclosed investments in 25 startups, many in the area of sustainability. His most recent investments have been in the April 2021 $6.2m seed round of Finnish carbon sequestration startup Carbon Culture and in the $9.5m Series A round of French web browser innovation company Beam.
Co-founder of Psquared
Argentinian native Jorge Araujo Müller is co-founder and investor at Psquared, Spain’s first flexible workplace management and design company, Psquared, for hybrid workspaces, where he has worked since its foundation in April 2019. Psquared is a spin-off of startup innovation hub CoBuilder, founded one year earlier and which Araujo co-founded. He has several other roles. Since 2020, he is a co-founder at startup development agency We Are Grit and advisor of a talent agency for Latin Americans in Spain, Base España. He is also an investor and advisor at e-commerce recruitment agency RSV Outsourcing. Araujo also holds part-time educational roles, speaking on innovation at Barcelona’s ESADE institution to MBA students and as a mentor at Mexico’s chapter of the MassChallenge accelerator. Earlier, Araujo worked as a business advisor to the digital agency JustDigital, and was co-founder and sales director at the digital talent agency Bandit, for a year. Before that, from 2012–2016, he was CSO and co-founder of Barcelona-based startup Nubelo – a tech recruitment agency for freelancers – until it was acquired by Freelancer.com. Prior to this, Araujo worked for two years as a business researcher at JP Morgan Chase and for almost two years at West Side Consultants, both in Argentina. Araujo holds a business administration qualification from CEMA University, Buenos Aires.In 2013, Araujo and his brother were named in Forbes Argentina’s 30 Promesas list of young entrepreneurs.
Argentinian native Jorge Araujo Müller is co-founder and investor at Psquared, Spain’s first flexible workplace management and design company, Psquared, for hybrid workspaces, where he has worked since its foundation in April 2019. Psquared is a spin-off of startup innovation hub CoBuilder, founded one year earlier and which Araujo co-founded. He has several other roles. Since 2020, he is a co-founder at startup development agency We Are Grit and advisor of a talent agency for Latin Americans in Spain, Base España. He is also an investor and advisor at e-commerce recruitment agency RSV Outsourcing. Araujo also holds part-time educational roles, speaking on innovation at Barcelona’s ESADE institution to MBA students and as a mentor at Mexico’s chapter of the MassChallenge accelerator. Earlier, Araujo worked as a business advisor to the digital agency JustDigital, and was co-founder and sales director at the digital talent agency Bandit, for a year. Before that, from 2012–2016, he was CSO and co-founder of Barcelona-based startup Nubelo – a tech recruitment agency for freelancers – until it was acquired by Freelancer.com. Prior to this, Araujo worked for two years as a business researcher at JP Morgan Chase and for almost two years at West Side Consultants, both in Argentina. Araujo holds a business administration qualification from CEMA University, Buenos Aires.In 2013, Araujo and his brother were named in Forbes Argentina’s 30 Promesas list of young entrepreneurs.
Co-founder, CEO of Alias Robotics
David Mayoral Vilches is the CEO and co-founder of Alias Robotics that is based in the Basque Country, Spain. He is an entrepreneur with experience in robotics. He was previously the co-founder, CEO and president of Erle Robotics until its sale to Swiss medtech Acutronic Robotics that is now run by his brother, Victor. He studied Entrepreneurship and Innovation at IE Business School in Madrid, where he was named Young Entrepreneur Spain in 2016.
David Mayoral Vilches is the CEO and co-founder of Alias Robotics that is based in the Basque Country, Spain. He is an entrepreneur with experience in robotics. He was previously the co-founder, CEO and president of Erle Robotics until its sale to Swiss medtech Acutronic Robotics that is now run by his brother, Victor. He studied Entrepreneurship and Innovation at IE Business School in Madrid, where he was named Young Entrepreneur Spain in 2016.
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Raising $50m second fund, Indogen Capital seeks more international partners and exits
Cooperation is key to Indogen's investment thesis, as it looks to help more foreign VCs and their portfolio startups find success in Southeast Asia's biggest market
Shilling Capital Partners: Growing Portuguese tech businesses from seed
An early mover, the influential angel investing firm is accelerating local techs into Brazil and globally
Indonesian insurtech Qoala survives pandemic with new partners and products
Acquisition of Thai insurtech FairDee to spearhead expansion into Southeast Asia, building on earlier entry into Malaysia and Vietnam and a Covid-19 travel insurance product at home
Carlos Melo Brito: Driving force behind Porto's innovation boom
The professor has overseen the creation and growth of the University of Porto-based UPTEC incubator, birthplace of many of Portugal's most successful startups
Faraday Venture Partners’ MP Gonzalo Tradacete: “We are actively looking for startups”
Amid the Covid-19 slump, Faraday Venture Partners' CIO and MP shares his expectations for startup investments and favored sectors, the measures his firm has taken so far to help investees ride out the crisis, and more.
Portugal's health & medtech startups: Taking innovation and disruption to heart
Backed by local and foreign money, Portugal’s healthcare and medical technology startups are hungry to go global
New Ventures Innovation: Prasetiya Mulya University takes on student entrepreneurship
To prepare a new generation of startup founders, Prasetiya Mulya University combines theoretical education with real-life exposure to the startup world
Animal AgTech Innovation Summit 2021: Experts discuss post-pandemic priorities
The pandemic not only put digital tech in everyone’s hands, it also forced thinking about collecting meaningful data and moving it on-demand to both producers and decision makers
Animal AgTech Innovation Summit 2021: Future of aquaculture in the US
With the US Importing over 85% of its seafood, industry experts examine how and why the country should develop a sustainable aquaculture industry
EV maker Xpeng Motors partners Didi to offer car rentals and better charging services
Besides working with China's largest ride-hailing platform, Xpeng Motors has also connected to the charging networks of EV maker NIO and TELD, China's biggest EV charging network
Big Idea Ventures Founder Andrew D Ive: Asia will lead cell-based meat innovation
In a wide-ranging interview, the managing general partner of the US- and Singapore-based foodtech investor also expounds on his goal to extend sustainability to the rest of the food sector, combining good returns with doing good
SWITCH Singapore: Alternative protein sure to take off in Asia, with Singapore as innovation hotbed
In an in-depth discussion, food industry experts say products made with alternative protein in hybrid forms could offer the fastest route to commercialization
Smart Agrifood Summit 2021: A global innovation ecosystem is needed to catch up with other sectors
Investors from SVG Ventures/THRIVE, Pinduoduo and others agree that players must join forces to boost agrifood tech investment, internationally and across the value chain
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