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Head of Customer Success and co-founder of Blox
Carlos Ricci Ricci has an MBA in marketing from Minas Gerais Catholic Pontifical University and an MBA in business finance from the Getulio Vargas Foundation.He has worked in banking for over 30 years, including more than 14 years in sales and risk management at Banco Fidis. He also worked as an account manager at ABN AMRO bank for over 16 years. He is now the co-founder and Head of Customer Success of edtech startup Blox.
Carlos Ricci Ricci has an MBA in marketing from Minas Gerais Catholic Pontifical University and an MBA in business finance from the Getulio Vargas Foundation.He has worked in banking for over 30 years, including more than 14 years in sales and risk management at Banco Fidis. He also worked as an account manager at ABN AMRO bank for over 16 years. He is now the co-founder and Head of Customer Success of edtech startup Blox.
CEO and Co-founder of Solatom
Miguel Frasquet Herraiz is passionate about the energy sector, having worked for six years on projects in China, the UAE and several European countries, as well as four years at the CTAER (Advanced Technology Centre for Renewable Energy) as an engineer and solar R&D coordinator. In 2016, Frasquet co-founded Solatom based on his PhD thesis and is currently the CEO of the startup that develops solar concentrators for industrial applications.
Miguel Frasquet Herraiz is passionate about the energy sector, having worked for six years on projects in China, the UAE and several European countries, as well as four years at the CTAER (Advanced Technology Centre for Renewable Energy) as an engineer and solar R&D coordinator. In 2016, Frasquet co-founded Solatom based on his PhD thesis and is currently the CEO of the startup that develops solar concentrators for industrial applications.
British Oxford-educated engineer William Reeve is a serial investor and entrepreneur who built two successful businesses Fletcher Research and LOVEFiLM.com from scratch and led them to successful exits. He is currently Chairman of online investment management platform Nutmeg.com, CEO of proptech accelerator Goodlord and Non-Executive Director of Dunhelm Soft Furnishings. He was also Co-CEO and Chairman at grocery delivery company Hubbub.co.uk and was Non-Executive Chairman at healthy snack startup Graze.com. He was Head of Operations at Paddy Power betting agency, Managing Director of Oxalyst Systems and has been a non-executive director at a host of online platforms including Secret Escapes, Zoopla! and DealChecker.co.uk.
British Oxford-educated engineer William Reeve is a serial investor and entrepreneur who built two successful businesses Fletcher Research and LOVEFiLM.com from scratch and led them to successful exits. He is currently Chairman of online investment management platform Nutmeg.com, CEO of proptech accelerator Goodlord and Non-Executive Director of Dunhelm Soft Furnishings. He was also Co-CEO and Chairman at grocery delivery company Hubbub.co.uk and was Non-Executive Chairman at healthy snack startup Graze.com. He was Head of Operations at Paddy Power betting agency, Managing Director of Oxalyst Systems and has been a non-executive director at a host of online platforms including Secret Escapes, Zoopla! and DealChecker.co.uk.
CEMEX Ventures is the investment arm of global Mexican cement giant CEMEX and was established in 2017 with offices in Mexico, Spain, Colombia and China. It focuses exclusively on tech and non-tech solutions to painpoints in the construction sector. Every year, together with global management consultant Boston Consulting Group and startup monitoring platform Tracxn, it names its 50 Most Promising Startups in the Construction Ecosystem, investing in a few of the companies cited. It currently has 12 companies in its portfolio.Its most recent investments have included an undisclosed contribution to the funding round of US soil marketplace Soil Connect in 4Q 2020 and in the $1.7m July 2020 Series A round of US recycling company Arqlite.
CEMEX Ventures is the investment arm of global Mexican cement giant CEMEX and was established in 2017 with offices in Mexico, Spain, Colombia and China. It focuses exclusively on tech and non-tech solutions to painpoints in the construction sector. Every year, together with global management consultant Boston Consulting Group and startup monitoring platform Tracxn, it names its 50 Most Promising Startups in the Construction Ecosystem, investing in a few of the companies cited. It currently has 12 companies in its portfolio.Its most recent investments have included an undisclosed contribution to the funding round of US soil marketplace Soil Connect in 4Q 2020 and in the $1.7m July 2020 Series A round of US recycling company Arqlite.
Bamboo Capital Partners is an impact investment company that focuses on supporting energy access, finance and healthcare-related ventures in developing countries. The company manages 10 investment funds across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, with companies in Indonesia, India, Kyrgyz Republic, and Brazil having received investments from this company. Bamboo Capital Partners states that their portfolio healthcare companies have served 3.4m patients, and 9.68m metric tons of CO2 emissions have been avoided through the use of solar panels and green energy championed by their startups.Bamboo Capital Partners have worked with governments and major investment groups to support the fulfillment of SDG goals through startup investing. In 2020, Bamboo Capital Partners was appointed by the government of Madagascar and the World Bank as the fund manager for the $40m Off-Grid Market Development Fund. Bamboo is also a partner of the Palladium Group, which owns a minority stake in the VC.
Bamboo Capital Partners is an impact investment company that focuses on supporting energy access, finance and healthcare-related ventures in developing countries. The company manages 10 investment funds across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, with companies in Indonesia, India, Kyrgyz Republic, and Brazil having received investments from this company. Bamboo Capital Partners states that their portfolio healthcare companies have served 3.4m patients, and 9.68m metric tons of CO2 emissions have been avoided through the use of solar panels and green energy championed by their startups.Bamboo Capital Partners have worked with governments and major investment groups to support the fulfillment of SDG goals through startup investing. In 2020, Bamboo Capital Partners was appointed by the government of Madagascar and the World Bank as the fund manager for the $40m Off-Grid Market Development Fund. Bamboo is also a partner of the Palladium Group, which owns a minority stake in the VC.
Founded over 110 years ago from several small agricultural cooperative banks, the Dutch commercial banking group Rabobank has over 10m customers across 47 countries. The banking group’s Rabo Investments vehicle manages Rabo Ventures with a €120m fund investing globally in early-stage fintech and agtech startups. There is also a €30m fund-of-funds to partner with leading VCs in other funding rounds like the $12m funding round of Dutch e-scooter company GO Sharing.The Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund specializes in supporting enterprises involved in creating sustainable solutions for diverse food and agricultural sectors including livestock farms. Rabo F&A Innovation Fund currently has 11 agri-foodtech startups in its portfolio, including participation in a $12m Series A round of Vence, US-based virtual fencing tech company for livestock management.
Founded over 110 years ago from several small agricultural cooperative banks, the Dutch commercial banking group Rabobank has over 10m customers across 47 countries. The banking group’s Rabo Investments vehicle manages Rabo Ventures with a €120m fund investing globally in early-stage fintech and agtech startups. There is also a €30m fund-of-funds to partner with leading VCs in other funding rounds like the $12m funding round of Dutch e-scooter company GO Sharing.The Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund specializes in supporting enterprises involved in creating sustainable solutions for diverse food and agricultural sectors including livestock farms. Rabo F&A Innovation Fund currently has 11 agri-foodtech startups in its portfolio, including participation in a $12m Series A round of Vence, US-based virtual fencing tech company for livestock management.
Founded in Moscow in 2021 by Sergey Azatyan who has worked in investment banking since 1999, Inventure Partners currently has nine portfolio companies across diverse market segments in Europe. In March 2019, the VC took a stake in the €5m Series A round of German car-sharing platform MILES Mobility. Inventure joined Refurbed’s $17m Series A round in March 2020 and also in the Series B round in August 2021. Two investees, insurtech Lemonade and medtech Amwell, were listed via IPO in 2020 with Lemonade reported to have achieved the strongest IPO debut in 2020 for a US company. The newly-formed VC has also successfully managed five exits: Busfor, fogg, Getgoing, 2can and Netology. It also partially exited Gett.
Founded in Moscow in 2021 by Sergey Azatyan who has worked in investment banking since 1999, Inventure Partners currently has nine portfolio companies across diverse market segments in Europe. In March 2019, the VC took a stake in the €5m Series A round of German car-sharing platform MILES Mobility. Inventure joined Refurbed’s $17m Series A round in March 2020 and also in the Series B round in August 2021. Two investees, insurtech Lemonade and medtech Amwell, were listed via IPO in 2020 with Lemonade reported to have achieved the strongest IPO debut in 2020 for a US company. The newly-formed VC has also successfully managed five exits: Busfor, fogg, Getgoing, 2can and Netology. It also partially exited Gett.
Co-founder and COO of Kudo
Agung Nugroho, a graduate in Chemical Engineering at the Institut Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia, began his career at Jakarta’s Boston Consulting Group in 2008. He was promoted to a consultant role in 2012 but left later that year to embark on an MBA program at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. In 2014, he co-founded PT Kudo Teknologi Indonesia, an online-to-offline startup. Agung is also a curator at the Global Shapers Community, a youth-centric initiative by the World Economic Forum.
Agung Nugroho, a graduate in Chemical Engineering at the Institut Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia, began his career at Jakarta’s Boston Consulting Group in 2008. He was promoted to a consultant role in 2012 but left later that year to embark on an MBA program at the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. In 2014, he co-founded PT Kudo Teknologi Indonesia, an online-to-offline startup. Agung is also a curator at the Global Shapers Community, a youth-centric initiative by the World Economic Forum.
Co-founder and CFO of Kata.ai
After graduating with a degree in International Business Economics from Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Germany, Wahyu Wrehasnaya worked as a media researcher at Nasdaq’s German office.He returned to Indonesia in 2015 and joined three other co-founders to develop a virtual assistant service YesBoss. He was the Chief Consumer Officer (CCO) of YesBoss until the one year-old app service was replaced by Kata.ai. Wahyu is now the CFO of the new artificial intelligence chatbot startup.
After graduating with a degree in International Business Economics from Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg in Germany, Wahyu Wrehasnaya worked as a media researcher at Nasdaq’s German office.He returned to Indonesia in 2015 and joined three other co-founders to develop a virtual assistant service YesBoss. He was the Chief Consumer Officer (CCO) of YesBoss until the one year-old app service was replaced by Kata.ai. Wahyu is now the CFO of the new artificial intelligence chatbot startup.
Founder and CEO of Science4you
Banker-turned-toymaker Miguel Pina Martins started his educational toys business, Science4you, as his final-year project at University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE), where he was studying Finance. Upon graduation, he worked as an analyst at Banco de Investimento Global for four months before quitting to focus on his startup full time. Miguel Pina Martins was born in 1985. In 2018, he published a book A Ciência de Brinca (The Science of Play in English), about his business experiences.
Banker-turned-toymaker Miguel Pina Martins started his educational toys business, Science4you, as his final-year project at University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE), where he was studying Finance. Upon graduation, he worked as an analyst at Banco de Investimento Global for four months before quitting to focus on his startup full time. Miguel Pina Martins was born in 1985. In 2018, he published a book A Ciência de Brinca (The Science of Play in English), about his business experiences.
Co-founder and CMO of Paprika
Indra Halim graduated in 2003 with a degree in Business and IT from RMIT University in Australia. He has been an investor in Medan’s Gelato Bar since 2010. As a co-founder of health food startup Lesssalt and food information website kulinermedan, Indra has extensive experience in the culinary world. He was also CFO for three years at Benah.in, a now-defunct social media website for SMEs. In 2015, he joined Paprika as a co-founder and CMO but left the company in 2016.
Indra Halim graduated in 2003 with a degree in Business and IT from RMIT University in Australia. He has been an investor in Medan’s Gelato Bar since 2010. As a co-founder of health food startup Lesssalt and food information website kulinermedan, Indra has extensive experience in the culinary world. He was also CFO for three years at Benah.in, a now-defunct social media website for SMEs. In 2015, he joined Paprika as a co-founder and CMO but left the company in 2016.
Chief Strategist and co-founder of Knokcare (formerly Knok Healthcare)
A senior engineer with nearly two decades of experience, Pedro Moreira was a consultant for 11 years before he became a project manager at Aguas do Porto. He is currently an IT director at Aguas do Porto.In 2015, Moreira co-founded Portuguese startup Knok Healthcare, now known as Knokcare. The healthtech’s chief strategist is also an assistant professor at the Polytechnic of Porto’s School of Engineering. He received his master’s degree from the University of Minho, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Porto.
A senior engineer with nearly two decades of experience, Pedro Moreira was a consultant for 11 years before he became a project manager at Aguas do Porto. He is currently an IT director at Aguas do Porto.In 2015, Moreira co-founded Portuguese startup Knok Healthcare, now known as Knokcare. The healthtech’s chief strategist is also an assistant professor at the Polytechnic of Porto’s School of Engineering. He received his master’s degree from the University of Minho, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Porto.
Co-founder and CEO of Seekmi
University of British Columbia alumna Clarissa Leung had worked as a software engineer at ATR Humanoid Robotics Computational Neuroscience, Panasonic and Barclays Investment bank before dipping her toes into the entrepreneurial world in Canada. After her MBA at Queen’s University in Ontario, Clarissa moved to Indonesia in 2014 to join venture capital fund AccelerAsia as managing director. However, she left a year later to become a co-founder of on-demand household services startup Seekmi and was appointed its CEO in 2016.
University of British Columbia alumna Clarissa Leung had worked as a software engineer at ATR Humanoid Robotics Computational Neuroscience, Panasonic and Barclays Investment bank before dipping her toes into the entrepreneurial world in Canada. After her MBA at Queen’s University in Ontario, Clarissa moved to Indonesia in 2014 to join venture capital fund AccelerAsia as managing director. However, she left a year later to become a co-founder of on-demand household services startup Seekmi and was appointed its CEO in 2016.
Co-founder of Mindstores
Senja Lazuardy is an IT jack-of-all-trades, with skills ranging from Linux system administration to augmented reality. After graduating from Universitas Al-Azhar Indonesia, he worked for two years as a Linux system administrator and consultant. He later joined augmented reality startup AR&Co as its head of IT. Under his leadership, the company worked with big names like Disney, Nissan and Unilever. He is currently the IT director of Slingshot, formerly known as AR&Co, that is owned by the WIR Group.
Senja Lazuardy is an IT jack-of-all-trades, with skills ranging from Linux system administration to augmented reality. After graduating from Universitas Al-Azhar Indonesia, he worked for two years as a Linux system administrator and consultant. He later joined augmented reality startup AR&Co as its head of IT. Under his leadership, the company worked with big names like Disney, Nissan and Unilever. He is currently the IT director of Slingshot, formerly known as AR&Co, that is owned by the WIR Group.
Co-founder of Xpeng Motors
In 2011, Yang earned his master’s degree in Control Science and Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology. From 2011 until January 2015, he worked as an electric vehicle project manager at Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. In June 2014, he co-founded Xpeng Motors with He Xiaopeng, Xia Heng and He Tao in Guangzhou. After leaving Xpeng Motors in 2017, Yang joined Qeebike, an electric bike-sharing startup based in Hangzhou, and has served as its CTO ever since.
In 2011, Yang earned his master’s degree in Control Science and Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology. From 2011 until January 2015, he worked as an electric vehicle project manager at Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. In June 2014, he co-founded Xpeng Motors with He Xiaopeng, Xia Heng and He Tao in Guangzhou. After leaving Xpeng Motors in 2017, Yang joined Qeebike, an electric bike-sharing startup based in Hangzhou, and has served as its CTO ever since.
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