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AI-powered edtech for children brings real-time interactive learning into the classroom for the price of a book.
AI-powered edtech for children brings real-time interactive learning into the classroom for the price of a book.
Using a direct-to-customer (DTC) model, Smile Formula brings down the cost of teeth straightening by two-thirds and makes the whole procedure much easier for customers.
Using a direct-to-customer (DTC) model, Smile Formula brings down the cost of teeth straightening by two-thirds and makes the whole procedure much easier for customers.
Co-founder, CEO of Smile and Learn
Victor Sánchez Rodríguez is a veteran consultant, having worked at Boston Consulting Group as senior principal from 2006 to 2015. After graduating in 1996, he joined PwC as consultant and moved on to Booz Allen in 2000 as a senior associate. He completed an MBA from INSEAD in 2002. The multi-lingual Sánchez started Smile and Learn in 2013 to help his children's school to acquire more hi-tech teaching resources. He left his BCG job to become CEO of the edtech in 2015. BCG consultant Blanca Rodríguez joined as co-founder and advisor in 2014.
Victor Sánchez Rodríguez is a veteran consultant, having worked at Boston Consulting Group as senior principal from 2006 to 2015. After graduating in 1996, he joined PwC as consultant and moved on to Booz Allen in 2000 as a senior associate. He completed an MBA from INSEAD in 2002. The multi-lingual Sánchez started Smile and Learn in 2013 to help his children's school to acquire more hi-tech teaching resources. He left his BCG job to become CEO of the edtech in 2015. BCG consultant Blanca Rodríguez joined as co-founder and advisor in 2014.
Co-founder of Smile and Learn
Blanca Rodríguez Montero won the MIT LatAm Startup competition in 2015 while completing an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at MIT's Sloan School of Management. She also worked in Boston for VCs like Rough Draft Ventures and Founder Collective while at MIT. In 2011, she started her first job at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) after graduating with in Law and Business Administration in Spain. In 2014, she joined BCG consultant Victor Sánchez Rodríguez to co-found edtech Smile and Learn. In June 2018, she moved to Paris as co-founder of Next Station, an online recruiting platform for international talent.
Blanca Rodríguez Montero won the MIT LatAm Startup competition in 2015 while completing an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at MIT's Sloan School of Management. She also worked in Boston for VCs like Rough Draft Ventures and Founder Collective while at MIT. In 2011, she started her first job at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) after graduating with in Law and Business Administration in Spain. In 2014, she joined BCG consultant Victor Sánchez Rodríguez to co-found edtech Smile and Learn. In June 2018, she moved to Paris as co-founder of Next Station, an online recruiting platform for international talent.
CEO and Founder of Smile Formula
Sam Xu (Xu Yinglin) holds a bachelor's in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University. After graduation, he joined British Petroleum in 2010 as a petroleum engineer and worked for three years in Houston before moving to energy investment from 2013 to 2017, working for KLR Group and CohnReznick Capital. He made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017 for his work in the energy field. In 2017, Xu enrolled in the Harvard Business School and obtained his MBA in 2019. In July 2019, he founded Smile Formula and has since served as its CEO.
Sam Xu (Xu Yinglin) holds a bachelor's in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University. After graduation, he joined British Petroleum in 2010 as a petroleum engineer and worked for three years in Houston before moving to energy investment from 2013 to 2017, working for KLR Group and CohnReznick Capital. He made it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017 for his work in the energy field. In 2017, Xu enrolled in the Harvard Business School and obtained his MBA in 2019. In July 2019, he founded Smile Formula and has since served as its CEO.
Using an app containing hundreds of interactive comics, M Mandarin helps foreigners learn Mandarin through other languages and by immersing them in virtual real-life situations.
Using an app containing hundreds of interactive comics, M Mandarin helps foreigners learn Mandarin through other languages and by immersing them in virtual real-life situations.
Co-founder and CTO of Portofolio
Before establishing Portofolio, Gigih Iski was a lead engineer at Etsuri Ltd., a UK-based news aggregator service that runs the fashion marketing website Miignon in Indonesia. Prior to that, he worked as a software engineer for various companies, and his track record includes developing software for trading and brokerage companies. In 2018, together with former derivatives broker Mahar Indra, he developed Portofolio as a platform for rookie investors to learn about currency trading and copy the strategies of more experienced traders.
Before establishing Portofolio, Gigih Iski was a lead engineer at Etsuri Ltd., a UK-based news aggregator service that runs the fashion marketing website Miignon in Indonesia. Prior to that, he worked as a software engineer for various companies, and his track record includes developing software for trading and brokerage companies. In 2018, together with former derivatives broker Mahar Indra, he developed Portofolio as a platform for rookie investors to learn about currency trading and copy the strategies of more experienced traders.
Co-founder and CTO of Tripvisto
Aditya Saputra really loves to code but is not a geek, according to his LinkedIn profile. He is a professional software developer, graduating with a degree in Information Systems in 2009. He still runs his own software development agency Smart Techno Nusantara that he founded in 2008. He joined Bernardus Sumartok and Fitri Andriani to co-found Tripvisto, becoming the CTO in May 2014. He loves to learn all about programming, project management, IT business development and IT product development. Aditya has over seven years experience in programming, especially using PHP with CodeIgniter framework.
Aditya Saputra really loves to code but is not a geek, according to his LinkedIn profile. He is a professional software developer, graduating with a degree in Information Systems in 2009. He still runs his own software development agency Smart Techno Nusantara that he founded in 2008. He joined Bernardus Sumartok and Fitri Andriani to co-found Tripvisto, becoming the CTO in May 2014. He loves to learn all about programming, project management, IT business development and IT product development. Aditya has over seven years experience in programming, especially using PHP with CodeIgniter framework.
Co-founder and CEO of Portofolio
Mahar Indra spent more than 10 years as a representative of a brokerage company before setting out to be an entrepreneur. His first venture, launched in 2011, was Sirtanio, which sells locally grown organic rice. He exited the company in 2015 to focus on the derivatives trading academy he established in 2011. In 2018, continuing on his mission to help rookie investors trade safely and avoid scams, he established Portofolio, a platform where aspiring currency traders can learn from experienced traders and even copy their trades.
Mahar Indra spent more than 10 years as a representative of a brokerage company before setting out to be an entrepreneur. His first venture, launched in 2011, was Sirtanio, which sells locally grown organic rice. He exited the company in 2015 to focus on the derivatives trading academy he established in 2011. In 2018, continuing on his mission to help rookie investors trade safely and avoid scams, he established Portofolio, a platform where aspiring currency traders can learn from experienced traders and even copy their trades.
Plug and Play, the world’s largest startup accelerator, is a seed and early-stage investment firm. Based in Silicon Valley, Plug and Play invests in more than 160 of the 5,000 startups it reviews every year and runs industry-specific accelerator programs to help the startups it funds grow faster.
Plug and Play, the world’s largest startup accelerator, is a seed and early-stage investment firm. Based in Silicon Valley, Plug and Play invests in more than 160 of the 5,000 startups it reviews every year and runs industry-specific accelerator programs to help the startups it funds grow faster.
Co-founder and CEO of Infra Digital Nusantara
A graduate from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, Ian McKenna had worked for Ericsson (Hutchison Australia) and Vodafone before joining the University of Indonesia to learn the local language in 2010. Based in Jakarta, he joined Fusion Payments in 2011 as country manager and also became its VP of Product and Marketing in 2013.Ian had also co-founded online directory BangArif in 2014 and an on-site customer support service named “What the FAQ” in 2017. He exited both ventures and also left Fusion Payments to focus on establishing PT Infra Digital Indonesia.
A graduate from Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, Ian McKenna had worked for Ericsson (Hutchison Australia) and Vodafone before joining the University of Indonesia to learn the local language in 2010. Based in Jakarta, he joined Fusion Payments in 2011 as country manager and also became its VP of Product and Marketing in 2013.Ian had also co-founded online directory BangArif in 2014 and an on-site customer support service named “What the FAQ” in 2017. He exited both ventures and also left Fusion Payments to focus on establishing PT Infra Digital Indonesia.
CEO and founder of M Mandarin
Dou received her master's degree in International Chinese Language Education from Shandong University in 2014. She worked in the TCSL (Teaching Chinese as a Second Language) sector for over 10 years, including as a TCSL teacher at the Confucius Institute in South Korea, as product manager at the Confucius Institute Headquarters and the Open University of China and as teacher at Shandong University. Before founding Funnybean Technology, parent company of M Mandarin, in 2016, she helped design the app Hello HSK - a platform for foreigners to learn and prepare for the HSK tests.
Dou received her master's degree in International Chinese Language Education from Shandong University in 2014. She worked in the TCSL (Teaching Chinese as a Second Language) sector for over 10 years, including as a TCSL teacher at the Confucius Institute in South Korea, as product manager at the Confucius Institute Headquarters and the Open University of China and as teacher at Shandong University. Before founding Funnybean Technology, parent company of M Mandarin, in 2016, she helped design the app Hello HSK - a platform for foreigners to learn and prepare for the HSK tests.
By translating intimidating financial jargon into plain language, this product comparison fintech helps improve access to financial products for Indonesians, many of them financially illiterate.
By translating intimidating financial jargon into plain language, this product comparison fintech helps improve access to financial products for Indonesians, many of them financially illiterate.
Alejandro Artacho Amichis of Spotahome
Alejandro Artacho Amichis has degrees in Business Administration and Law from Spanish universities and the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).He studied in China on an exchange program and got a grant from the Chinese government to learn Mandarin at UIBE in Beijing in 2010. He returned to Spain and started Abendium in 2011, an import and export business between Spain and China. He also established travel agency Aledasia in 2012 to market luxury trips to rich Chinese tourists. The Spotahome idea was resurrected by Artacho in 2014 after working in a property company in London.
Alejandro Artacho Amichis has degrees in Business Administration and Law from Spanish universities and the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).He studied in China on an exchange program and got a grant from the Chinese government to learn Mandarin at UIBE in Beijing in 2010. He returned to Spain and started Abendium in 2011, an import and export business between Spain and China. He also established travel agency Aledasia in 2012 to market luxury trips to rich Chinese tourists. The Spotahome idea was resurrected by Artacho in 2014 after working in a property company in London.
Plug and Play Spain is part of Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play Tech Center that runs 12 worldwide vertical acceleration programs. The Spanish accelerator program was launched in 2012 in Valencia. Plug and Play Spain has invested over €25 million in 45 companies with successful exits including Touristeye (Lonely Planet), Ducksboard (New Relic), Stream Hatchet (Millennial Esports) and Otogami (8Kdata).
Plug and Play Spain is part of Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play Tech Center that runs 12 worldwide vertical acceleration programs. The Spanish accelerator program was launched in 2012 in Valencia. Plug and Play Spain has invested over €25 million in 45 companies with successful exits including Touristeye (Lonely Planet), Ducksboard (New Relic), Stream Hatchet (Millennial Esports) and Otogami (8Kdata).
Can AI make ethical decisions? Ethyka by Acuilae wants to train AI systems to reason like humans
Ethyka, an AI training module, sets the ethical principles and conditioning for AI systems in applications ranging from chatbots to autonomous cars
Day Day Cook: Creating content that sells
She may not be a celebrity chef but Norma Chu, the analyst-turned-cook, is a familiar face in food-obsessed Hong Kong, where she has her recipe website to encourage youths to learn cooking
Rainier: Decade-long dedication to VR research bears fruit in edtech market
Beijing-based Rainier is using VR technology to improve safety in lab experiments at universities and high schools, even primary schools
HighPitch 2020: In conversation with top winners and UMG Idealab head Kiwi Aliwarga
Goers, Izy and CekLab demonstrated quick thinking when adapting their businesses to the pandemic, a capability they will need to stay competitive post-Covid
Ambit Robotics: Automated crop spraying for Southeast Asia's smallholder farmers
Small, affordable crop-spraying robots can help farmers save on labor costs and protect humans from exposure to harmful chemicals
Arkademi wants people "to finish the course, pass the test and get the certificate they need"
Adopting a mobile-first focus, Indonesian MOOC Arkademi sets out to meet the needs of professionals and graduates for affordable courses that have ready applicability
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
Agate learns it's not all about the games – it's about the fun
Agate has evolved into one of the biggest game development companies in Indonesia over the past decade. We learned how it got there from Shieny Aprilia, Agate's Vice President of Enterprise Business
Bodyswaps: Using VR to train workplace communication soft skills at scale
UK-based Bodyswaps taps VR's simulation powers for job-based soft skills training to improve management skills and employability
Using Reworld’s very own interactive physics engine, even rookie developers can turn their creative ideas into 3D games within two days
Spanish VR edtech Play2Speak targets China's K-12 market
Keen on the multibillion-dollar tutoring market in Asia, Play2Speak creates VR immersive learning to help kids overcome the fear of learning a new language
Coding edtech platform Dicoding fulfills market demand for tech professionals
Dicoding wants to remedy the shortfall in Indonesian tech professionals and prepare them for the global industry
Will this one-year-old startup revolutionize traditional industries?
Targeting retail and tourism first, Aibee aims to help traditional businesses keep up with their online counterparts using its all-in-one AI solutions
Spanish AI startups unleash the power of virtual assistants
More Spanish deep technology firms are shifting the paradigms in human-machine interactions, overhauling customer experience
BioMind: AI medical diagnostics with over 90% accuracy for 100 diseases
BioMind helps doctors save lives by providing more accurate diagnosis of life-threatening diseases like Covid-19 and brain tumors
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