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Gerard Olivé is a serial entrepreneur based in Barcelona. He is currently the co-CEO and co-founder of Antai Venture Builder, in charge of a multimillion-euro advertising inventory. He graduated in Audiovisual Communications at Barcelona's Ramon Llull University. As an angel investor, Olivé made his first disclosed investment in 2016 when he participated in the pre-seed and subsequent seed funding rounds of Spanish femtech WOOM. He founded BeRepublic, a strategic consulting firm specializing in digital businesses in southern Europe and Latin America. In 2015, he co-founded BeAgency, an interactive marketing agency with offices in Barcelona and Madrid. He is also a co-founder and mentor of Connector Startup Accelerator. He has also co-founded startups like Wallapop, Glovo, CornerJob, Deliberry, Shoppiday, Shopery, BePretty, Mascoteros, Marmota, Havet, Prontopiso, Medox and Trendier.
Gerard Olivé is a serial entrepreneur based in Barcelona. He is currently the co-CEO and co-founder of Antai Venture Builder, in charge of a multimillion-euro advertising inventory. He graduated in Audiovisual Communications at Barcelona's Ramon Llull University. As an angel investor, Olivé made his first disclosed investment in 2016 when he participated in the pre-seed and subsequent seed funding rounds of Spanish femtech WOOM. He founded BeRepublic, a strategic consulting firm specializing in digital businesses in southern Europe and Latin America. In 2015, he co-founded BeAgency, an interactive marketing agency with offices in Barcelona and Madrid. He is also a co-founder and mentor of Connector Startup Accelerator. He has also co-founded startups like Wallapop, Glovo, CornerJob, Deliberry, Shoppiday, Shopery, BePretty, Mascoteros, Marmota, Havet, Prontopiso, Medox and Trendier.
Andrew McCollum is CEO of television streaming service Philo and was also one of its earliest investors. Prior to that, he was one of the co-founders of Facebook. He served as an entrepreneur in residence at two of Philo’s investors, the US-based VC firms New Enterprise Associates and Flybridge Partners, and is also an early-stage angel investor himself.His last disclosed investments were in 2015, in US-based unicorn Diamond Foundry, the first certified carbon-neutral lab-produced diamond manufacturer, as well as in breastfeeding app Moxxly’s undisclosed seed round prior to it being acquired by Medela.
Andrew McCollum is CEO of television streaming service Philo and was also one of its earliest investors. Prior to that, he was one of the co-founders of Facebook. He served as an entrepreneur in residence at two of Philo’s investors, the US-based VC firms New Enterprise Associates and Flybridge Partners, and is also an early-stage angel investor himself.His last disclosed investments were in 2015, in US-based unicorn Diamond Foundry, the first certified carbon-neutral lab-produced diamond manufacturer, as well as in breastfeeding app Moxxly’s undisclosed seed round prior to it being acquired by Medela.
Justin Mateen is the co-founder and former CMO of dating app Tinder. The well-known American internet entrepreneur is also an adviser to Home Chef, Rich Uncles, LLC, Jobr, Hutch, Cargomatic and Common. He was named in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2014. His career as an entrepreneur started with Site Canvas and Cover Canvas, after he graduated from USC Marshall School of Business. The early stage investor supports innovative tech and real estate companies.
Justin Mateen is the co-founder and former CMO of dating app Tinder. The well-known American internet entrepreneur is also an adviser to Home Chef, Rich Uncles, LLC, Jobr, Hutch, Cargomatic and Common. He was named in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2014. His career as an entrepreneur started with Site Canvas and Cover Canvas, after he graduated from USC Marshall School of Business. The early stage investor supports innovative tech and real estate companies.
Didac Lee is a Spanish entrepreneur and angel investor of Chinese descent. Lee focuses on investments in Spanish startups with recent participation in seed rounds of e-sports training program Gamestry and life management tool Eelp!Based in Barcelona, he has also established 15 companies including co-founding Galdana Ventures, a VC with interests in the US, Asia, Israel and Europe. Galdana has a portfolio of 30 companies with total investments worth US$1bn. Other companies include Tradeinn online sports stores and Inspirit business incubator. The serial entrepreneur is also a board member of Barcelona FC.
Didac Lee is a Spanish entrepreneur and angel investor of Chinese descent. Lee focuses on investments in Spanish startups with recent participation in seed rounds of e-sports training program Gamestry and life management tool Eelp!Based in Barcelona, he has also established 15 companies including co-founding Galdana Ventures, a VC with interests in the US, Asia, Israel and Europe. Galdana has a portfolio of 30 companies with total investments worth US$1bn. Other companies include Tradeinn online sports stores and Inspirit business incubator. The serial entrepreneur is also a board member of Barcelona FC.
Mark Goldstein is an angel investor, fundraiser and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Bad Ass Advisors, a matchmaking service for startups and advisors, and also started 12 companies, including back office solutions provider BackOps. Goldstein is best-known for being the private investment manager of Marc Benioff, the billionaire CEO, chairman and founder of Salesforce and owner of Time magazine. With his wife Kristen Koh Goldstein, he operates Marc Benioff's private investment vehicle Efficient Capacity, which invests in two to three early-stage startups a month. He is also an angel investor and participated in a funding round of Diamond Foundry, the first carbon-neutral producer of lab-grown diamonds.
Mark Goldstein is an angel investor, fundraiser and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Bad Ass Advisors, a matchmaking service for startups and advisors, and also started 12 companies, including back office solutions provider BackOps. Goldstein is best-known for being the private investment manager of Marc Benioff, the billionaire CEO, chairman and founder of Salesforce and owner of Time magazine. With his wife Kristen Koh Goldstein, he operates Marc Benioff's private investment vehicle Efficient Capacity, which invests in two to three early-stage startups a month. He is also an angel investor and participated in a funding round of Diamond Foundry, the first carbon-neutral producer of lab-grown diamonds.
Founder and CEO of Insan Medika
Born in 1989, Try Wibowo has joined entrepreneurship coaching programs since his second year at Madiun Public High School. Eager to follow in the footsteps of the successful, local entrepreneurs; Try decided to start his first business venture in 2008 after leaving high school. The success of his Assistant Nurse Vocational Training Center motivated him to consider setting up an online nursing services agency to provide employment for the local graduates, nurses and other healthcare workers. The young entrepreneur, from Ngawi Regency in East Java, invested IDR 50 million to launch Insan Medika in 2013. He became the CEO of the newly incorporated PT Insan Medika Persada in December 2015.
Born in 1989, Try Wibowo has joined entrepreneurship coaching programs since his second year at Madiun Public High School. Eager to follow in the footsteps of the successful, local entrepreneurs; Try decided to start his first business venture in 2008 after leaving high school. The success of his Assistant Nurse Vocational Training Center motivated him to consider setting up an online nursing services agency to provide employment for the local graduates, nurses and other healthcare workers. The young entrepreneur, from Ngawi Regency in East Java, invested IDR 50 million to launch Insan Medika in 2013. He became the CEO of the newly incorporated PT Insan Medika Persada in December 2015.
Co-founder and CMO of Storial
Aulia Halimatussaidah, aka Ollie or LLIA, is a writer, blogger and entrepreneur. In 2003, she started her own blog Salsabeela, writing about her personal life and a variety of topics including entrepreneurship and publishing. She graduated in Information Technology from Universitas Gunadarma in 2004 and worked in web development for Plasmedia before launching various ventures like social mobile games.She was also the MD of Indonesia's first online bookstore Kutukutubuku for over 10 years until it was closed in 2016. Together with co-founder Brilliant Yotenaga, she established advertising firm Zetta Media, self-publishing platform NulisBuku and storytelling platform Storial.
Aulia Halimatussaidah, aka Ollie or LLIA, is a writer, blogger and entrepreneur. In 2003, she started her own blog Salsabeela, writing about her personal life and a variety of topics including entrepreneurship and publishing. She graduated in Information Technology from Universitas Gunadarma in 2004 and worked in web development for Plasmedia before launching various ventures like social mobile games.She was also the MD of Indonesia's first online bookstore Kutukutubuku for over 10 years until it was closed in 2016. Together with co-founder Brilliant Yotenaga, she established advertising firm Zetta Media, self-publishing platform NulisBuku and storytelling platform Storial.
COO and co-founder of FROGS
Asro Nasiri is a seasoned aircraft engineer. From 1993 to 2007, Nasiri worked for the Indonesian state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia. He designed and analyzed various systems for civilian and military aircraft, including weapon systems and FLIR thermal imaging. He left the company in 2007 to become a lecturer and director of an incubator at Yogyakarta's Universitas Amikom.In 2017, he was approached by Indonesian entrepreneur Kiwi Aliwarga who was looking for engineers to build Indonesia's first passenger-carrying drones. They co-founded FROGS to design and build passenger-carrying drones in Indonesia, with Nasiri as COO and chief certification officer.
Asro Nasiri is a seasoned aircraft engineer. From 1993 to 2007, Nasiri worked for the Indonesian state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia. He designed and analyzed various systems for civilian and military aircraft, including weapon systems and FLIR thermal imaging. He left the company in 2007 to become a lecturer and director of an incubator at Yogyakarta's Universitas Amikom.In 2017, he was approached by Indonesian entrepreneur Kiwi Aliwarga who was looking for engineers to build Indonesia's first passenger-carrying drones. They co-founded FROGS to design and build passenger-carrying drones in Indonesia, with Nasiri as COO and chief certification officer.
Co-founder and CEO of Allozymes
Peyman Salehian is an Iranian-born entrepreneur trained in chemical and biomolecular engineering. He founded his first company in 2010 after developing a custom material, and sold his stake in the company in 2013 before pursuing a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS).Salehian graduated from the PhD program in 2017 and worked as a research fellow before embarking on one-year stints at two Singapore companies. In late 2019, he and fellow NUS researcher Akbar Vahidi established Allozymes, a startup offering enzyme engineering services using NUS-developed technology under license, with Salehian as CEO and Vahidi as CTO.
Peyman Salehian is an Iranian-born entrepreneur trained in chemical and biomolecular engineering. He founded his first company in 2010 after developing a custom material, and sold his stake in the company in 2013 before pursuing a PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS).Salehian graduated from the PhD program in 2017 and worked as a research fellow before embarking on one-year stints at two Singapore companies. In late 2019, he and fellow NUS researcher Akbar Vahidi established Allozymes, a startup offering enzyme engineering services using NUS-developed technology under license, with Salehian as CEO and Vahidi as CTO.
The hassle of remembering passwords is a thing of the past thanks to Secken, China’s only biometric authentication company offering safe and easy Internet logins.
The hassle of remembering passwords is a thing of the past thanks to Secken, China’s only biometric authentication company offering safe and easy Internet logins.
RMKB Ventures is a hands-on venture firm investing in seed stage digital companies in Indonesia. Managing partner Kevin Sutantyo is a veteran entrepreneur in the US and in Indonesia. He recently became a venture partner at Sovereign’s Capital, also an investor in Printerous.
RMKB Ventures is a hands-on venture firm investing in seed stage digital companies in Indonesia. Managing partner Kevin Sutantyo is a veteran entrepreneur in the US and in Indonesia. He recently became a venture partner at Sovereign’s Capital, also an investor in Printerous.
Co-founder of Xhockware
Electrical engineer and serial entrepreneur João Neiva is the co-founder of MeshPorto and its restaurant productivity tool, PsstMenu as well as Xhockware. Before starting his first company, Xhockware, Neiva was a product developer for Kinematix. He received his master’s degree from University of Porto, where he studied electrical and computer engineering. Neiva served as COO at Xhockware, where he remains a shareholder, before co-founding his later companies. I could not find that he holds a master's but I left it from the original write up, maybe they found it in an old news piece? HIs LinkedIn is not very detailed
Electrical engineer and serial entrepreneur João Neiva is the co-founder of MeshPorto and its restaurant productivity tool, PsstMenu as well as Xhockware. Before starting his first company, Xhockware, Neiva was a product developer for Kinematix. He received his master’s degree from University of Porto, where he studied electrical and computer engineering. Neiva served as COO at Xhockware, where he remains a shareholder, before co-founding his later companies. I could not find that he holds a master's but I left it from the original write up, maybe they found it in an old news piece? HIs LinkedIn is not very detailed
Co-founder and co-CEO of Indexa Capital
Since 2016, François Derbaix has become a co-founder and adviser to Indexa Lending, in addition to his role as co-CEO of Indexa Capital. Derbaix is a serial entrepreneur, with interests in the vacation rental and retail sectors like Rentalia and Soysuper. He was the CEO of Toprural from 2000 to 2012, when it was acquired by North American travel giant HomeAway.Derbaix has also invested in various Spanish and Belgian internet businesses like Percentil. The University of Leuven summa cum laude graduate was the first private investor to join a fund managed by the European Investment Fund in 2014.
Since 2016, François Derbaix has become a co-founder and adviser to Indexa Lending, in addition to his role as co-CEO of Indexa Capital. Derbaix is a serial entrepreneur, with interests in the vacation rental and retail sectors like Rentalia and Soysuper. He was the CEO of Toprural from 2000 to 2012, when it was acquired by North American travel giant HomeAway.Derbaix has also invested in various Spanish and Belgian internet businesses like Percentil. The University of Leuven summa cum laude graduate was the first private investor to join a fund managed by the European Investment Fund in 2014.
Co-founder of Wallapop
Miguel Vicente is an entrepreneur, based in Barcelona, Spain, who is Chairman and Co-founder of Antai Venture Builder, the leading online and mobile venture builder in Southern Europe. He is also Chairman of Barcelona Tech City, the city's main startup cluster and has co-founded numerous start-ups including Wallapop, JustBell (merged with Glovo), Carnovo, Deliberry, Elma Care, BePretty, Prontopiso and Media Digital Ventures. His first major international startup experience was as Founder and CEO of LetsBonus in 2009, a successful social shopping company in Spain, Italy and Portugal. He led the company until its 2012 sale to Living Social.
Miguel Vicente is an entrepreneur, based in Barcelona, Spain, who is Chairman and Co-founder of Antai Venture Builder, the leading online and mobile venture builder in Southern Europe. He is also Chairman of Barcelona Tech City, the city's main startup cluster and has co-founded numerous start-ups including Wallapop, JustBell (merged with Glovo), Carnovo, Deliberry, Elma Care, BePretty, Prontopiso and Media Digital Ventures. His first major international startup experience was as Founder and CEO of LetsBonus in 2009, a successful social shopping company in Spain, Italy and Portugal. He led the company until its 2012 sale to Living Social.
Co-founder, CEO, Business Development Manager of FarmCloud
Miguel Matos is a Portuguese entrepreneur and co-founder of FarmCloud, where he has been CEO and head of business development since 2016. He had earlier been a partner and sales manager at FarmControl World and FarmControl Brasil, the forerunners of FarmCloud. Matos is also co-founder of biometrics company Sidelmat and founder of Portugal's first company developing biometric solutions, BioGlobal, where he was CEO from 2011 to 2014. Matos holds a degree majoring in Marketing from the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE).
Miguel Matos is a Portuguese entrepreneur and co-founder of FarmCloud, where he has been CEO and head of business development since 2016. He had earlier been a partner and sales manager at FarmControl World and FarmControl Brasil, the forerunners of FarmCloud. Matos is also co-founder of biometrics company Sidelmat and founder of Portugal's first company developing biometric solutions, BioGlobal, where he was CEO from 2011 to 2014. Matos holds a degree majoring in Marketing from the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE).
Francisco Polo: The former entrepreneur heading Spain's Digital Advancement
He's been charged to transform Spain into an entrepreneurial nation, and a technological and innovation frontrunner
A Q&A with the Veniam founder and CEO
2gether: The world's first crypto-collaborative financial platform
Banking on the opportunities afforded by blockchain, 2gether is owned by its customers who get commission-free financial services in euros and cryptocurrency
Tiantian Xuenong: China's first pay-for-knowledge agricultural platform
Capitalizing on a deep understanding of Chinese agriculture, this startup is building an online school where farmers can learn agricultural and business skills
Bob Xu, one of China's first and most successful angel investors
Known for his whimsical investment style, Xu has caught a number of unicorns
Payfazz aims to be Indonesia's first on-demand financial services company
Handling transactions averaging over IDR 1tn monthly, Payfazz hopes to bring the benefits of banking to all Indonesians
HumanITcare: The first real-time symptom tracker for mental illness patients
FollowHealth’s HumanITcare app combines wearables, analytics and AI to monitor and improve outcomes for sufferers of depression, schizophrenia, alcoholism and more
RecyGlo, Myanmar's first circular economy waste management system, targets regional growth
Turning trash into cash, Yangon-based recycling pioneer RecyGlo wants to extend its zero-waste circular economy model to the rest of Southeast Asia
Bound4Blue’s aeronautical tech propels first sustainable shipping vessel in the Pacific
Winning €5m fresh funding, Bound4Blue also scores with its EC-backed pilot, the first of its kind, offering new possibilities to cargo vessels seeking sustainable transportation
Neil Shen: The super unicorn hunter
His bet on ByteDance, the startup that gave the world TikTok, helped Neil Shen top this year's Forbes Midas List. But for Shen, even in that deal he once made the wrong call
Farm Friend: World’s first agri-drone sharing platform wins over users, investors
Gone are the days of the lone Chinese farmer toiling under the sun. Now drones are here to help – and there’s even a drone sharing platform too
Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Spotahome clinches Spain’s first Silicon Valley-led funding
Now in Europe’s US$500 billion home rental market, the Spanish proptech will soon expand to LatAm, the US and Asia
Kibus Petcare: World's first auto-cook and -dispense healthy pet food device
Kibus Petcare applies the healthy eating revolution to the ever-growing pet-care business, eyes sales in 25 countries after crowdfunding launch
SoccerDream: World's first VR soccer training platform to launch in China, US
SoccerDream uses virtual reality to boost trainee players' performance on the field by 36% compared to their peers
FROGS: Overcoming challenges to launch Indonesia's first drone-taxi for daily commutes
The Yogyakarta-based startup backed by UMG Idealab seeks more technical resources to launch Indonesia's first homegrown “flying taxi,” after the success of its agritech drones
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