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Founder & CEO of SXBBM.com (Shixiong Bangbangmang)
A former doctoral student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Shen quit his studies to focus on SXBBM.com (Shixiong Bangbangmang) and subsequently, his second startup, Licaifan, in internet finance.
A former doctoral student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Shen quit his studies to focus on SXBBM.com (Shixiong Bangbangmang) and subsequently, his second startup, Licaifan, in internet finance.
VP and co-founder of Yuanfudao
Li Xin had worked as the general manager of marketing at news portal NetEase before co-founding Fenbi, the predecessor of Yuanfudao, in April 2014. He is now the VP of Yuanfudao.
Li Xin had worked as the general manager of marketing at news portal NetEase before co-founding Fenbi, the predecessor of Yuanfudao, in April 2014. He is now the VP of Yuanfudao.
Co-founder and CEO of Liulishuo
A former product manager at Google HQ and director of product at AdChina, Wang Yi was an electrical engineering major at Tsinghua University, and holds a PhD in computer science from Princeton University.
A former product manager at Google HQ and director of product at AdChina, Wang Yi was an electrical engineering major at Tsinghua University, and holds a PhD in computer science from Princeton University.
Co-Founder and Product Manager of Traveloka
Ex-NetSuite software engineer Albert (who goes by one name) has a bachelor’s in Mathematics and Computer Science from Purdue University. He was a classmate of Traveloka co-founder and CEO Ferry Unardi at Purdue.
Ex-NetSuite software engineer Albert (who goes by one name) has a bachelor’s in Mathematics and Computer Science from Purdue University. He was a classmate of Traveloka co-founder and CEO Ferry Unardi at Purdue.
Asia Africa Investment & Consulting
Founded in 2013, Asia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC) is a Japanese VC that invests in developing nations in Africa. Based in Singapore, the Japanese investment team are also involved in consultancy work. To date, AAIC has invested in eight companies. Investments during 2020 include two Egyptian startups: mobile teleradiology medtech Rology’s $860,000 seed funding in September and mental health medtech platform Shezlong’s Series A round in June.
Founded in 2013, Asia Africa Investment & Consulting (AAIC) is a Japanese VC that invests in developing nations in Africa. Based in Singapore, the Japanese investment team are also involved in consultancy work. To date, AAIC has invested in eight companies. Investments during 2020 include two Egyptian startups: mobile teleradiology medtech Rology’s $860,000 seed funding in September and mental health medtech platform Shezlong’s Series A round in June.
Partnerships Director of Eliport
Patrick Synge has lived in Spain for eight years since he left Britain after studying music at Warwick School. He has worked in sales since graduating from the University of the West of England. He started his sales career at Euro Sports Media and deVere Group. Synge was the head of sales at food-delivery startup Degustabox before joining Eliport as co-founder and director of partnerships. He and co-founder Dmitry Skorinko created Eliport to solve the last-mile delivery problem by using autonomous delivery robots in local neighborhoods. Since March 2019, Synge has also joined Alias Robotics as VP for sales.
Patrick Synge has lived in Spain for eight years since he left Britain after studying music at Warwick School. He has worked in sales since graduating from the University of the West of England. He started his sales career at Euro Sports Media and deVere Group. Synge was the head of sales at food-delivery startup Degustabox before joining Eliport as co-founder and director of partnerships. He and co-founder Dmitry Skorinko created Eliport to solve the last-mile delivery problem by using autonomous delivery robots in local neighborhoods. Since March 2019, Synge has also joined Alias Robotics as VP for sales.
CFO and co-founder of Modulous Tech
Sarah Hordern is a co-founder, CFO and Group Development Leader at UK-based Modulous, the first end-to-end generative design and delivery solution for affordable, sustainable and modulized housing, where she has worked since 2019. She is simultaneously a non-executive director at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and at lenders Newbury Building Society. She was previously executive advisor at the Cambridge Code 2018-19, the first digital tool that measures subconscious drivers of behavior, and spent two years as COO at residential management company Meyrick Estate Management. From 1999 to 2014, she was a joint managing director in the area of property and finance at Newbury Racecourse, one of the UK’s largest horse-racing establishments, where she was responsible for the design and commercial negotiations for a new community of 1,500 homes. Prior to this, Hordern spent five years at PwC in corporate tax management. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
Sarah Hordern is a co-founder, CFO and Group Development Leader at UK-based Modulous, the first end-to-end generative design and delivery solution for affordable, sustainable and modulized housing, where she has worked since 2019. She is simultaneously a non-executive director at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and at lenders Newbury Building Society. She was previously executive advisor at the Cambridge Code 2018-19, the first digital tool that measures subconscious drivers of behavior, and spent two years as COO at residential management company Meyrick Estate Management. From 1999 to 2014, she was a joint managing director in the area of property and finance at Newbury Racecourse, one of the UK’s largest horse-racing establishments, where she was responsible for the design and commercial negotiations for a new community of 1,500 homes. Prior to this, Hordern spent five years at PwC in corporate tax management. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oxford University in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
Co-founder and CEO of Oper
Robin Lazendra is the CEO and co-founder of Oper Indonesia, a designated-driver services platform. He previously founded the Indonesian social media app GetFolks. He studied IT at Bina Nusantara university in Jakarta.
Robin Lazendra is the CEO and co-founder of Oper Indonesia, a designated-driver services platform. He previously founded the Indonesian social media app GetFolks. He studied IT at Bina Nusantara university in Jakarta.
Kejora is a stage agnostic venture capital firm that focuses in investments in Southeast Asia. Since established in 2008, Kejora has expanded to three offices in Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia. It is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Kejora is a stage agnostic venture capital firm that focuses in investments in Southeast Asia. Since established in 2008, Kejora has expanded to three offices in Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia. It is headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Founded in 2016 in Boulder, Colorado, Blackhorn specializes in startup investment in potential game-changers for industry, including construction – its top priority for investment – manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, transportation, water and energy. It has no geographical bias and currently has 48 companies in its portfolio with two acquisitions to date. Its most recent investments include in the undisclosed $8m round of US medtech Cytovale in January 2021 and in the $20.5m December 2020 Series A round of employees compensation fintech Foresight Risk, based in Silicon Valley.
Founded in 2016 in Boulder, Colorado, Blackhorn specializes in startup investment in potential game-changers for industry, including construction – its top priority for investment – manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, transportation, water and energy. It has no geographical bias and currently has 48 companies in its portfolio with two acquisitions to date. Its most recent investments include in the undisclosed $8m round of US medtech Cytovale in January 2021 and in the $20.5m December 2020 Series A round of employees compensation fintech Foresight Risk, based in Silicon Valley.
Established in 1977, Matrix Partners is an American venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Cambridge in the US, as well as in Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai and Bangalore, and has invested in prominent companies like Apple and FedEx. It participates in all stages of investment and, to date, has invested over US$4 billion and has over US$4 billion currently under management. The company has invested in more than 500 companies and was lead investor in over 150. It has seen more than 100 exits. Recent investments include US$11 million in Brightback Series A and in Klook's Series D.
Established in 1977, Matrix Partners is an American venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Cambridge in the US, as well as in Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai and Bangalore, and has invested in prominent companies like Apple and FedEx. It participates in all stages of investment and, to date, has invested over US$4 billion and has over US$4 billion currently under management. The company has invested in more than 500 companies and was lead investor in over 150. It has seen more than 100 exits. Recent investments include US$11 million in Brightback Series A and in Klook's Series D.
Not-for-profit social impact investor, Rabo Foundation, is a subsidiary of Rabobank based in the Netherlands. The bank specializes in sustainability-oriented banking, food and agriculture financing.Founded in Utrecht in 1974, Rabo Foundation actively invests in the Netherlands and 22 emerging markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. It mainly focuses on funding for social enterprises, especially savings and credit cooperatives and producer organizations for smallholder farmers. It currently has investments in 26 startups including participation in AgroCenta’s $790,000 seed round in January 2021. Rabo has also pumped in $500,000 in Dutch fintech Geldfit.nl, a debt prevention and counseling app service.
Not-for-profit social impact investor, Rabo Foundation, is a subsidiary of Rabobank based in the Netherlands. The bank specializes in sustainability-oriented banking, food and agriculture financing.Founded in Utrecht in 1974, Rabo Foundation actively invests in the Netherlands and 22 emerging markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. It mainly focuses on funding for social enterprises, especially savings and credit cooperatives and producer organizations for smallholder farmers. It currently has investments in 26 startups including participation in AgroCenta’s $790,000 seed round in January 2021. Rabo has also pumped in $500,000 in Dutch fintech Geldfit.nl, a debt prevention and counseling app service.
Co-founder and Group Executive Chairman of Orami
Ferry Tenka was the brains behind Indonesian online childcare products marketplace Bilna that later merged with Thai e-commerce giant Moxy to form Orami. He is currently Orami’s executive chairman and also heads its Indonesian operations as CEO of Bilna Indonesia.He briefly worked at SanDisk as a systems design engineer before setting up daily deals website Disdus.com that later became Groupon Indonesia. He was Groupon Indonesia’s CEO before he left in 2012 to start Bilna. Ferry read a degree in Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, USA, where he met up with Jason Lamuda, a co-founder of Disdus.com, Bilna and Berrybenka.
Ferry Tenka was the brains behind Indonesian online childcare products marketplace Bilna that later merged with Thai e-commerce giant Moxy to form Orami. He is currently Orami’s executive chairman and also heads its Indonesian operations as CEO of Bilna Indonesia.He briefly worked at SanDisk as a systems design engineer before setting up daily deals website Disdus.com that later became Groupon Indonesia. He was Groupon Indonesia’s CEO before he left in 2012 to start Bilna. Ferry read a degree in Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, USA, where he met up with Jason Lamuda, a co-founder of Disdus.com, Bilna and Berrybenka.
Bruno Bianchi of Spotahome
Bruno Bianchi always wanted to be his own boss. He started a Costa del Sol Spanish jewelry import business in 2004, sourcing from Thailand and India. Then he became the sales director of Miguel Ángel Palomo SA to expand the Spanish olive business internationally. He had also worked as a cook in Ireland and Denmark.The Argentinian speaks English, Spanish, French, Italian and Danish. The COO of Spotahome joined the startup as a co-founder at a later stage when the proptech idea was revived by CEO Artacho.
Bruno Bianchi always wanted to be his own boss. He started a Costa del Sol Spanish jewelry import business in 2004, sourcing from Thailand and India. Then he became the sales director of Miguel Ángel Palomo SA to expand the Spanish olive business internationally. He had also worked as a cook in Ireland and Denmark.The Argentinian speaks English, Spanish, French, Italian and Danish. The COO of Spotahome joined the startup as a co-founder at a later stage when the proptech idea was revived by CEO Artacho.
CTO and Co-founder of Coinffeine
Joaquín Guanter Gonzálbez, also known as Ximo, is a co-founder and former CTO of Coinffeine, a P2P bitcoin exchange platform backed by Bankinter .He has a degree in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPC) with a specialization in Language Theory and AI. For more than six years he worked as a Software Developer at Microsoft and since 2012 he's been working for the R&D department at Telefónica. His expertize and interests are focused on programming languages, AI and statistics.
Joaquín Guanter Gonzálbez, also known as Ximo, is a co-founder and former CTO of Coinffeine, a P2P bitcoin exchange platform backed by Bankinter .He has a degree in Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPC) with a specialization in Language Theory and AI. For more than six years he worked as a Software Developer at Microsoft and since 2012 he's been working for the R&D department at Telefónica. His expertize and interests are focused on programming languages, AI and statistics.
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In Spain, women are busy launching startups
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Girls in Tech Indonesia: Inspiring the geek in every girl
Girls in Tech Indonesia aims to put the country's women at the forefront of its tech and startup world
Patamar Capital’s impact investing: On preferred business model, backing women, Mapan
The pioneer in impact investing in Asia gives us the lowdown on its investment criteria, its new focus on women entrepreneurs and related sectors, how it helps its portfolio companies and more
WOOM: Spanish fertility femtech gets €2m funding to expand into new B2B2C markets
AI fertility app WOOM has also created an English-language version to reach more users in North America, Europe and Asia
South Summit 2021: Martin Varavsky, Leandro Sigman on post-Covid healthcare trends
Serial entrepreneur Martin Varavsky and Insud Pharma Chairman Leandro Sigman share their thoughts and projections on the future of health tech
Beatriz González: Seaya Ventures head and Spanish tech VC trailblazer
From Cabify to Glovo, the only woman to head a Spanish VC firm has backed some of the country’s most successful startups to date
In Indonesia, Ramadan goes hi-tech
From consumption to charity, tech startups have come to play a key role in Ramadan traditions in Indonesia
Didimo: Creator of "digital humans" secures €6.2m in seed funding
Portuguese startup Didimo aims to humanize online interactions with its disruptive 3D technology
Du'Anyam: Empowering rural women to work independently and learn financial planning skills
Du’Anyam had to cancel bulk orders to survive the Covid-19 downturn, pivoting to B2C online sales, until the tourism and hospitality sectors recover
GeoDB: Empowering consumers through monetizing their digital data
Consumers and businesses, and not just tech giants, should tap the value of big data too, says blockchain-based data trading platform GeoDB, which has raised £5.5m since 2018
Teliman: Driver-centered mobility model assisting Malian development
The startup addresses a basic necessity with its on-demand ride-hailing services while supporting the personal and economic progress of its drivers, including empowering women
Algobash: SaaS for more effective IT hiring in Indonesia
With its remote assessment and automated interview platform, Algobash seeks faster, fairer and more inclusive recruitment and training of coders, to support tech growth in Indonesia
MENA and Du’Anyam: How two Indonesian social enterprises are tackling Covid-19 challenges
The call to help women in rural communities has become more urgent as social enterprises struggle to survive the current crisis
Cecilia Tham: the power of shifting paradigms
The embodiment of unconventional thinking and creativity, this female entrepreneur from Hong Kong has been pioneering social transformation within Barcelona's startup ecosystem since 2011
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