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Future Positive Capital is a Paris-based VC with a second office in London. Its investments cover deep-technology companies applying AI, biotechnology, synthetic biology, as well as robotics. Co-funded in 2016 by ex-Index Ventures associate Sofia Hmich along with Alexandre Terrien and Michael Rosen; it has made 18 investments to date. In 2019 Future Positive raised over $57m pan-European impact investment fund, claiming that most European VCs are continuing to staying focused on sectors, such as consumer, fintech, and marketing, or web and mobile technologies. Future Positive’s belief is that there is instead, a long-tail of investment opportunities to back businesses that actually tackle “the world’s most pressing problems”.Through this fund, it will back throughout Seed and Series A stages, with the possibility to follow up on Series B investing between around €300,000 and €5m. Since then the company has backed startups in the like of BioBeats, an AI company focused on preventative mental health, cell-based startup Meatable, and more recently NotCo, the Chilean unicorn disrupting the food and beverage sector with AI-enabled plant-based products.The team counts on an extensive network of mentors, innovators, impact angel investors and entrepreneurs such as F1 pilots Nico Rosberg, the MD of Alibaba France Sebastien Badault, the Omid Ashtari the President of Citymapper amongst others.
Future Positive Capital is a Paris-based VC with a second office in London. Its investments cover deep-technology companies applying AI, biotechnology, synthetic biology, as well as robotics. Co-funded in 2016 by ex-Index Ventures associate Sofia Hmich along with Alexandre Terrien and Michael Rosen; it has made 18 investments to date. In 2019 Future Positive raised over $57m pan-European impact investment fund, claiming that most European VCs are continuing to staying focused on sectors, such as consumer, fintech, and marketing, or web and mobile technologies. Future Positive’s belief is that there is instead, a long-tail of investment opportunities to back businesses that actually tackle “the world’s most pressing problems”.Through this fund, it will back throughout Seed and Series A stages, with the possibility to follow up on Series B investing between around €300,000 and €5m. Since then the company has backed startups in the like of BioBeats, an AI company focused on preventative mental health, cell-based startup Meatable, and more recently NotCo, the Chilean unicorn disrupting the food and beverage sector with AI-enabled plant-based products.The team counts on an extensive network of mentors, innovators, impact angel investors and entrepreneurs such as F1 pilots Nico Rosberg, the MD of Alibaba France Sebastien Badault, the Omid Ashtari the President of Citymapper amongst others.
KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a joint corporate VC operated by Japanese telecommunications firm KDDI and investment firm Global Brain. It forms one part of KDDI's venture programs, the other being a Japan-only accelerator program, KDDI Infinity Labo. With the support of other companies in the group, such as au Financial Holdings and Soracom, KDDI is able to provide extensive and relevant support to its portfolio companies.
KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a joint corporate VC operated by Japanese telecommunications firm KDDI and investment firm Global Brain. It forms one part of KDDI's venture programs, the other being a Japan-only accelerator program, KDDI Infinity Labo. With the support of other companies in the group, such as au Financial Holdings and Soracom, KDDI is able to provide extensive and relevant support to its portfolio companies.
Founded in 2016, Paris-based Future Positive Capital invests in European startups in deep tech and biotechnology to solve major problems, with funding for only 20 portfolio startups. It has backed eight startups to date with its most recent investments being in the April 2021 undisclosed €5.2m funding round of French renewable energytech SWEETCH Energy and in the £7.9m Series A round of British ecosystem restoration technology Dendra Systems in September 2020.
Founded in 2016, Paris-based Future Positive Capital invests in European startups in deep tech and biotechnology to solve major problems, with funding for only 20 portfolio startups. It has backed eight startups to date with its most recent investments being in the April 2021 undisclosed €5.2m funding round of French renewable energytech SWEETCH Energy and in the £7.9m Series A round of British ecosystem restoration technology Dendra Systems in September 2020.
Silicon Valley Future Capital is a venture capital firm that invests primarily in early stage and growth stage companies with disruptive technologies or innovative business models. Founding partner Dr. Hong Miao used to be managing partner of CLI Ventures, senior VP of CheerLand Investment Group, executive president of the CL Institute of Innovation, and chairman of Zen Water Capital in Silicon Valley. The firm invests primarily in innovations in high-tech, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, cloud computing, robotics, life science, biotech, precision medicine and other disruptive technologies.
Silicon Valley Future Capital is a venture capital firm that invests primarily in early stage and growth stage companies with disruptive technologies or innovative business models. Founding partner Dr. Hong Miao used to be managing partner of CLI Ventures, senior VP of CheerLand Investment Group, executive president of the CL Institute of Innovation, and chairman of Zen Water Capital in Silicon Valley. The firm invests primarily in innovations in high-tech, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, cloud computing, robotics, life science, biotech, precision medicine and other disruptive technologies.
Alexander von Schirmeister is an angel investor and Executive VP Europe of mobile payments company SumUp. In 2017, he participated in the first seed round of Spanish AI-driven femtech Woom, his only disclosed investment to date.The German native has worked at Spanish telco Telefonica and held various executive roles in the US. He was a manager at eBay and became an executive director on the Board of eBay International.
Alexander von Schirmeister is an angel investor and Executive VP Europe of mobile payments company SumUp. In 2017, he participated in the first seed round of Spanish AI-driven femtech Woom, his only disclosed investment to date.The German native has worked at Spanish telco Telefonica and held various executive roles in the US. He was a manager at eBay and became an executive director on the Board of eBay International.
Part of the Telefonica group, Wayra started its investment in Latin American countries and Spain in 2011. It offers mentoring and acceleration programs across 24 countries, leveraging on a global network of over 350 million customers.Wayra bridges the gap between tech entrepreneurs and networks of governments, corporations and partners where Telefónica has a presence.To date, the firm has invested more than €40 million and built 11 acceleration hubs that provide startup entrepreneurs mentoring and support from corporate leaders, investors and serial entrepreneurs.
Part of the Telefonica group, Wayra started its investment in Latin American countries and Spain in 2011. It offers mentoring and acceleration programs across 24 countries, leveraging on a global network of over 350 million customers.Wayra bridges the gap between tech entrepreneurs and networks of governments, corporations and partners where Telefónica has a presence.To date, the firm has invested more than €40 million and built 11 acceleration hubs that provide startup entrepreneurs mentoring and support from corporate leaders, investors and serial entrepreneurs.
CEO and Founder of Odilo
Rodríguez is the CEO of Odilo, the first digital content-as-a-service (CaaS) edtech platform that he founded in 2011 whilst still working for BT Global Services in Madrid. The native of Cartagena, Murcia, also completed an internship in business development at Spain's Telefonica before spending five and a half years at BT. Rodríguez holds a master's in Science and Telecommunications Engineering from Madrid's Alfonso X El Sabio University.
Rodríguez is the CEO of Odilo, the first digital content-as-a-service (CaaS) edtech platform that he founded in 2011 whilst still working for BT Global Services in Madrid. The native of Cartagena, Murcia, also completed an internship in business development at Spain's Telefonica before spending five and a half years at BT. Rodríguez holds a master's in Science and Telecommunications Engineering from Madrid's Alfonso X El Sabio University.
Besides farming strawberries in a tropical climate, Singapore-based Singrow plans to add more crops and a regional e-supermarket to offer consumers more locally grown produce.
Besides farming strawberries in a tropical climate, Singapore-based Singrow plans to add more crops and a regional e-supermarket to offer consumers more locally grown produce.
Co-Founder and COO of Tokopedia
West Kalimantan native, Leontinus Alpha Edison, graduated from Atma Jaya University in Yogyakarta in 2003 with a bachelor’s in Information Technology. He worked as a website developer for various companies before becoming the General Manager of PT Indocom Mediatama, where he met co-founder William Tanuwijaya and future Tokopedia investor Victor Fungkong. Edison is also the co-founder of Indonesian VC firm Kolibra Capital.
West Kalimantan native, Leontinus Alpha Edison, graduated from Atma Jaya University in Yogyakarta in 2003 with a bachelor’s in Information Technology. He worked as a website developer for various companies before becoming the General Manager of PT Indocom Mediatama, where he met co-founder William Tanuwijaya and future Tokopedia investor Victor Fungkong. Edison is also the co-founder of Indonesian VC firm Kolibra Capital.
Fruits get a hip makeover with Tiaoguoshi’s novel retail concept: order online, collect offline for directly sourced fresh fruits and good service in nicely-designed stores.
Fruits get a hip makeover with Tiaoguoshi’s novel retail concept: order online, collect offline for directly sourced fresh fruits and good service in nicely-designed stores.
Co-founder of Coinffeine
Alvaro Polo Valdenebro is a co-founder of Coinffeine, a decentralized P2P bitcoin exchange platform and the first cryptocurrency project to be backed by a bank, Bankinter. Today he is Principal Software Development Engineer at Cabify. He has previously held positions as a Software Engineer at JobandTalent and in the R&D department of Telefonica. Valdenebro has also been a professor at Rey Juan Carlos University, teaching subjects including Networking, Distributed Software Architectures, Distributed Multimedia Services, Operating Systems and Foundations of Programming.
Alvaro Polo Valdenebro is a co-founder of Coinffeine, a decentralized P2P bitcoin exchange platform and the first cryptocurrency project to be backed by a bank, Bankinter. Today he is Principal Software Development Engineer at Cabify. He has previously held positions as a Software Engineer at JobandTalent and in the R&D department of Telefonica. Valdenebro has also been a professor at Rey Juan Carlos University, teaching subjects including Networking, Distributed Software Architectures, Distributed Multimedia Services, Operating Systems and Foundations of Programming.
Co-founder of Coinffeine
Sebastián Ortega is a Computer Science Engineer and co-founder of Coinffeine, a P2P bitcoin exchange platform and the first cyrptocurrency project to be backed a bank, Bankinter.Currently he works as a Data Engineer at Letgo. From 2011 to 2014 he worked in R&D for Telefonica, and has also worked as a Data Engineer at JobandTalent.According to his LinkedIn profile, Ortega hosts a software development podcast and publishes a tech and coding blog in his free time.
Sebastián Ortega is a Computer Science Engineer and co-founder of Coinffeine, a P2P bitcoin exchange platform and the first cyrptocurrency project to be backed a bank, Bankinter.Currently he works as a Data Engineer at Letgo. From 2011 to 2014 he worked in R&D for Telefonica, and has also worked as a Data Engineer at JobandTalent.According to his LinkedIn profile, Ortega hosts a software development podcast and publishes a tech and coding blog in his free time.
CEO and Co-founder of Bdeo
Julio Pernía Aznar is a Spanish telecommunication engineer. He started his career as a programmer in CERN and later consulted for big companies like Altran, Telefonica and AENA in a European Commission project. In 2006, he founded his first company, Noaris, specialized in SaaS and cloud computing for insurance companies. He was managing director of Noaris until 2017 when he co-founded Bdeo, a video intelligence platform for underwriting and claims process. Bdeo won the "Most Innovative Product" award in the Insurtech and Fintech categories at the South Summit in Madrid in 2018.
Julio Pernía Aznar is a Spanish telecommunication engineer. He started his career as a programmer in CERN and later consulted for big companies like Altran, Telefonica and AENA in a European Commission project. In 2006, he founded his first company, Noaris, specialized in SaaS and cloud computing for insurance companies. He was managing director of Noaris until 2017 when he co-founded Bdeo, a video intelligence platform for underwriting and claims process. Bdeo won the "Most Innovative Product" award in the Insurtech and Fintech categories at the South Summit in Madrid in 2018.
Founder and CEO of Haoyiku
Wu worked at Alibaba from 2005 to 2014, where he served as general manager of bargain deal site Juhuasuan and founder of Taobao Open Platform. In 2015, he launched online grocery retail platform Shandiangou (also known as 52Shangou) with fellow former Alibaba employee Wang Yongsen. In 2017, Wu left Shandiangou to found Haoyiku.
Wu worked at Alibaba from 2005 to 2014, where he served as general manager of bargain deal site Juhuasuan and founder of Taobao Open Platform. In 2015, he launched online grocery retail platform Shandiangou (also known as 52Shangou) with fellow former Alibaba employee Wang Yongsen. In 2017, Wu left Shandiangou to found Haoyiku.
Co-Founder and CEO of Tokopedia
North Sumatran native from Pematangsiantar city, William Tanuwijaya, holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Bina Nusantara University. After graduation, he worked as a software developer in various companies. In 2006, he joined the content provider company, PT Indocom Mediatama, as an IT and Business Development Manager; where he met co-founder Leontinus Alpha Edison and future Tokopedia investor Victor Fungkong. When Tokopedia merged with Gojek in 2021, Tanuwijaya remained as Tokopedia’s CEO.
North Sumatran native from Pematangsiantar city, William Tanuwijaya, holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Bina Nusantara University. After graduation, he worked as a software developer in various companies. In 2006, he joined the content provider company, PT Indocom Mediatama, as an IT and Business Development Manager; where he met co-founder Leontinus Alpha Edison and future Tokopedia investor Victor Fungkong. When Tokopedia merged with Gojek in 2021, Tanuwijaya remained as Tokopedia’s CEO.
NovoNutrients: Tackling the dual problems of CO2 emissions and over-fishing
The first to transform CO2 to fish food, NovoNutrients is trialing with industry giants Skretting and Chevron, and will soon raise Series A funding
AquaCultured Foods: World's first whole-cut vegan seafood made through microbial fermentation
Armed with its fermentation technology and proprietary strain of fungi, AquaCultured is closing an oversubscribed funding round, raising more than $1.5m to launch its non-GMO seafood alternatives, with plans to expand to more food verticals and overseas
Amidst a flurry of funding from overseas, local players urge a review of startup ownership rules in Indonesia
F&B supplier STOQO collapses, a casualty of Covid-19 restaurant closures in Indonesia
A once promising startup, STOQO's woes reflect the challenges faced by the local F&B industry, which is finding new ways to stay afloat
MenteLista: Empowering small children to learn English with 10 minutes daily practice
Designed for infants and children, ranging in age from just 6 months to 7 years old, this platform could revolutionize language study during the critical learning period
Rheaply: Pioneering B2B asset reuse through technology
Through its SaaS platform, this Chicago-based startup finds success in the under-served corporate second-hand market, essential to any successful circular economy, recently landing $8m Series A
Analysing and leveraging data: Interview with Datanest co-founders
From credit scoring to demand forecasting, Datanest has built many machine-learning products and looks to raise new funding, expand beyond Indonesia
A sub-second response time in cloud computing? Yes, with QingCloud, you can
Unusually for China, this five-year old startup chose to pursue slow expansion instead of a rapid growth model – a move that's now giving it an edge over the competition
Smart Bees wants to capitalize on China's two-children policy
High property prices fuel demand for Smart Bees' bespoke smart tech-equipped furniture that maximizes living spaces for families and young homeowners
SwissDeCode: Portable DNA test kits detect food contamination within minutes
DNAFoil, the startup’s rapid and accurate on-site food safety testing kit, can be deployed by non-expert staff after a few hours of training, with no need for lab equipment
Carbo Culture: Adapting indigenous techniques to remove and store CO2
By turning biomass into biochar, the startup’s technology locks carbon into a stable, solid form, with a storage life of over 2,000 years
Diamond Foundry: Growing conflict-free, eco-friendly diamonds in a lab
The world’s first lab-grown diamond producer certified carbon-neutral, Diamond Foundry became a unicorn recently with a $200m investment from Fidelity, adding to earlier funding from tech billionaires
OLIO: Zero food waste app expands with new product categories, going global
Recent $43m Series B funding will let sustainability app more than triple hiring, add homemade products and household goods to product listings
QOA: Gourmet guilt-free chocolate, without the cocoa
Munich-based QOA transforms industrial food waste into vegan chocolate, enabling consumers to avoid the sustainability and ethical issues of cocoa production
The death of Wazypark: A tale of too much money, and no business model
It was an investors’ and media darling. But the story of Wazypark got bitter in 2017, when management disputes and ballooning losses culminated in the startup’s final days
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