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CEO and and co-founder of Bluepha
Zhang Haoqian completed a doctorate degree in systems and synthetic biology at Peking University in 2016. He has published more than 20 papers in international academic journals. In 2019, he was honored as one of China's 100 Most Creative People in Business. He is also a member of the Synthetic Biology Committee under China Society of Biotechnology.Peking University has participated in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competitions, with Zhang as a team member or leader between 2008 and 2010. The team has won gold medals twice at the iGEM competitions supported by MIT. He was also coaching the university’s iGEM team from 2011 until 2017. Zhang also founded the committee of China iGEMer Community.In 2010, Zhang met fellow iGEMer and Bluepha co-founder Li Teng at the iGEM giant jamboree event. They co-founded SynBio startup Bluepha in 2016, a spin-off from Tsinghua University.
Zhang Haoqian completed a doctorate degree in systems and synthetic biology at Peking University in 2016. He has published more than 20 papers in international academic journals. In 2019, he was honored as one of China's 100 Most Creative People in Business. He is also a member of the Synthetic Biology Committee under China Society of Biotechnology.Peking University has participated in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competitions, with Zhang as a team member or leader between 2008 and 2010. The team has won gold medals twice at the iGEM competitions supported by MIT. He was also coaching the university’s iGEM team from 2011 until 2017. Zhang also founded the committee of China iGEMer Community.In 2010, Zhang met fellow iGEMer and Bluepha co-founder Li Teng at the iGEM giant jamboree event. They co-founded SynBio startup Bluepha in 2016, a spin-off from Tsinghua University.
CEO and co-founder of Volantis
Bachtiar Rifai graduated in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in Physics from Universitas Gadjah Mada, but his career has led him towards entrepreneurial pursuits, especially in technology. While he was in university, he worked freelance as a web designer and SEO consultant, and in 2008, founded his own digital marketing company, Jogja Web Services, which was dedicated to helping SMEs. In 2012, he left Jogja Web Services, joined travel booking site Pegipegi – now owned by Traveloka – and founded a new digital marketing consultancy, WireHub. In 2014, he joined Lazada and Blanja.com. In 2015, Rifai and his co-founders established Kofera, which offers automated digital marketing using AI. Kofera helps its clients efficiently connect various types of data, including sales and stock, on one platform, where the data can be accessed, processed and used to automatically guide ad spending. In 2018, Rifai spun off a new business from Kofera: Volantis, a company that applies Kofera's data-driven principles to more use cases and provides enterprise clients with end-to-end services.
Bachtiar Rifai graduated in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in Physics from Universitas Gadjah Mada, but his career has led him towards entrepreneurial pursuits, especially in technology. While he was in university, he worked freelance as a web designer and SEO consultant, and in 2008, founded his own digital marketing company, Jogja Web Services, which was dedicated to helping SMEs. In 2012, he left Jogja Web Services, joined travel booking site Pegipegi – now owned by Traveloka – and founded a new digital marketing consultancy, WireHub. In 2014, he joined Lazada and Blanja.com. In 2015, Rifai and his co-founders established Kofera, which offers automated digital marketing using AI. Kofera helps its clients efficiently connect various types of data, including sales and stock, on one platform, where the data can be accessed, processed and used to automatically guide ad spending. In 2018, Rifai spun off a new business from Kofera: Volantis, a company that applies Kofera's data-driven principles to more use cases and provides enterprise clients with end-to-end services.
Commercial Director and co-founder of Digitanimal by SensoWave
An industrial engineer by training, Rubén Blanco Carrera comes from a family of ranchers in Cabañas, 18 km from Ávila, Spain. Currently he is Commercial Director and co-founder of IoT startup SensoWave, as well as its brand Digitanimal, aimed at remote farming. The business idea of Digitanimal partly came about because of Blanco’s personal experience with his own livestock. Using IoT remote tracking, detecting heat and parturition through the use of sensors , which are analyzed to reflect the behavior of the cattle and notify alert ranchers to the anomalies detected, he was able to save a mother and calf from a difficult delivery. In another incident, the technology helped alert him to the attack of wolves. Blanco holds both a first degree and a master's degree from Madrid's Alfonso X El Sabio University, the former in Technical Engineering in Industrial and Product Design and the latter in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Electronics. He then worked as an industrial engineer at both private company Retailgas and at Alfa Imaging, the startup co-founded by Carlos Callejero, with whom Blanco later co-founded SensoWave.
An industrial engineer by training, Rubén Blanco Carrera comes from a family of ranchers in Cabañas, 18 km from Ávila, Spain. Currently he is Commercial Director and co-founder of IoT startup SensoWave, as well as its brand Digitanimal, aimed at remote farming. The business idea of Digitanimal partly came about because of Blanco’s personal experience with his own livestock. Using IoT remote tracking, detecting heat and parturition through the use of sensors , which are analyzed to reflect the behavior of the cattle and notify alert ranchers to the anomalies detected, he was able to save a mother and calf from a difficult delivery. In another incident, the technology helped alert him to the attack of wolves. Blanco holds both a first degree and a master's degree from Madrid's Alfonso X El Sabio University, the former in Technical Engineering in Industrial and Product Design and the latter in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Electronics. He then worked as an industrial engineer at both private company Retailgas and at Alfa Imaging, the startup co-founded by Carlos Callejero, with whom Blanco later co-founded SensoWave.
Co-founder, COO of Cocuus
Daniel Rico Aldaz is the Spanish COO and co-founder at 3D printing food tech and cell-based meat startup Cocuus, where he has worked since he co-founded it in 2017. Before Cocuus, Rico founded an industrial design company, Rico Ingenio, which was established in 2009, where he continues to be a founding partner.His last full-time position before Cocuus was at systems automation company Kaizen for less than a year, where he headed up the technical office. Prior to that, Rico briefly led the computer-to-plate (CTP) and quality control departments at printers Estellaprint. For 15 years, until 2016, Rico was founder at his own industrial design company El Seis Y El Cuatro.Rico’s varied career has also seen him as head designer of children's parks and gyms at Mader Play, as an IT teacher at a worker’s foundation and as both a graphic and an artistic designer in two communication agencies and a lighting company. During his career, Rico has had experience with design and manufacturing in 3D processes, which he used to innovate in Cocuus. Rico did not attend university. He studied music and design at high school.
Daniel Rico Aldaz is the Spanish COO and co-founder at 3D printing food tech and cell-based meat startup Cocuus, where he has worked since he co-founded it in 2017. Before Cocuus, Rico founded an industrial design company, Rico Ingenio, which was established in 2009, where he continues to be a founding partner.His last full-time position before Cocuus was at systems automation company Kaizen for less than a year, where he headed up the technical office. Prior to that, Rico briefly led the computer-to-plate (CTP) and quality control departments at printers Estellaprint. For 15 years, until 2016, Rico was founder at his own industrial design company El Seis Y El Cuatro.Rico’s varied career has also seen him as head designer of children's parks and gyms at Mader Play, as an IT teacher at a worker’s foundation and as both a graphic and an artistic designer in two communication agencies and a lighting company. During his career, Rico has had experience with design and manufacturing in 3D processes, which he used to innovate in Cocuus. Rico did not attend university. He studied music and design at high school.
CTO and co-founder of Aimentia
Eric Mourin is the Barcelona-based CTO and co-founder of Aimentia, which runs the first AI-powered virtual clinic for mental health patients. He met his fellow co-founder Edgar Jorba, who is now CEO of Aimentia, at the Open University of Catalonia. The company was established while both co-founders were still students.Mourin is a computer engineer by training. Prior to setting up Aimentia, he worked as a software engineer. He also spent close to two years working on a World Heath Organization (WHO) project involving the design and implementation of an IT system for the monitoring and control of neglected tropical diseases. This IT system equipped affected countries to make data-based decisions to reduce incidence of such endemic diseases, while allowing the WHO to efficiently monitor progress.Mourin holds a master’s in computer and information systems security from the Open University of Catalonia as well as a bachelor’s in computer engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
Eric Mourin is the Barcelona-based CTO and co-founder of Aimentia, which runs the first AI-powered virtual clinic for mental health patients. He met his fellow co-founder Edgar Jorba, who is now CEO of Aimentia, at the Open University of Catalonia. The company was established while both co-founders were still students.Mourin is a computer engineer by training. Prior to setting up Aimentia, he worked as a software engineer. He also spent close to two years working on a World Heath Organization (WHO) project involving the design and implementation of an IT system for the monitoring and control of neglected tropical diseases. This IT system equipped affected countries to make data-based decisions to reduce incidence of such endemic diseases, while allowing the WHO to efficiently monitor progress.Mourin holds a master’s in computer and information systems security from the Open University of Catalonia as well as a bachelor’s in computer engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
Founder and CEO of Sribu, Co-founder and CEO of Sribulancer
Purdue engineering graduate Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation, he worked as an engineer at Distribution Service Technologies and Sigma Cipta Caraka (Telkomsigma), both IT companies. He subsequently became Head of Business Development at Bayu Buana Travel, a travel company. He eventually quit to start crowdsourcing creative website Sribu in 2011. In 2014, he founded Sribulancer, an online marketplace for freelancers.
Purdue engineering graduate Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation, he worked as an engineer at Distribution Service Technologies and Sigma Cipta Caraka (Telkomsigma), both IT companies. He subsequently became Head of Business Development at Bayu Buana Travel, a travel company. He eventually quit to start crowdsourcing creative website Sribu in 2011. In 2014, he founded Sribulancer, an online marketplace for freelancers.
CTO and co-founder of Gestoos
Marcel Alcoverro is the CTO and co-founder of Gestoos, a gesture recognition startup. Alcoverro graduated from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) with a master’s in Advanced Computing, Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality as well as PhD in Telecommunication Engineering. He is the author of several papers in international peer-reviewed journals on computer vision, computer graphics and 3D data processing.
Marcel Alcoverro is the CTO and co-founder of Gestoos, a gesture recognition startup. Alcoverro graduated from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) with a master’s in Advanced Computing, Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality as well as PhD in Telecommunication Engineering. He is the author of several papers in international peer-reviewed journals on computer vision, computer graphics and 3D data processing.
Co-founder & PM of Triporate
Asier Vitorica is a Psychology graduate who has over six years of social media management experience. In 2016, he joined Demium Startups' incubation program and subsequently co-founded Triporate, a startup that applies AI to corporate travel planning. At Triporate, Vitorica oversees strategic integration, manages product and competitor analysis and is responsible for the design and control of project roadmaps.
Asier Vitorica is a Psychology graduate who has over six years of social media management experience. In 2016, he joined Demium Startups' incubation program and subsequently co-founded Triporate, a startup that applies AI to corporate travel planning. At Triporate, Vitorica oversees strategic integration, manages product and competitor analysis and is responsible for the design and control of project roadmaps.
Co-founder and UI/UX Manager of Bobobox
Agung Mahesa Yudhistira is an Information Systems graduate from Universitas Bina Nusantara, Indonesia. After graduating in 2016, he joined PT Lapi Divusi, an IT development and consultancy company, as a Quality Assurance engineer. He assumed the role of systems analyst at the company, but left in 2018 to start Bobobox, a capsule hotel startup.
Agung Mahesa Yudhistira is an Information Systems graduate from Universitas Bina Nusantara, Indonesia. After graduating in 2016, he joined PT Lapi Divusi, an IT development and consultancy company, as a Quality Assurance engineer. He assumed the role of systems analyst at the company, but left in 2018 to start Bobobox, a capsule hotel startup.
Founder of Rainier
Born in October 1962, Wen Fu'an is a professor at the Institute of Educational Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). He is also a director of BUPT Network Teaching System Research Center and the deputy director of BUPT Electronic Information Virtual Simulation Experiment Teaching Center. He started his research on virtual experiments in 1998. He founded Rainier Science and Technology in 2007.
Born in October 1962, Wen Fu'an is a professor at the Institute of Educational Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). He is also a director of BUPT Network Teaching System Research Center and the deputy director of BUPT Electronic Information Virtual Simulation Experiment Teaching Center. He started his research on virtual experiments in 1998. He founded Rainier Science and Technology in 2007.
Co-founder and CEO of Dorabot
After a brief career in banking, Spencer Deng co-founded the logistics robotics startup Dorabot and became its CEO. The economics graduate from Sun Yat-sen University was an associate at JP Morgan before joining UPS, where he rose to become a manager for the Asia-Pacific region. He joined Dorabot in 2015, and was featured in Forbes China’s 30 Under 30 in 2017 and 2018.
After a brief career in banking, Spencer Deng co-founded the logistics robotics startup Dorabot and became its CEO. The economics graduate from Sun Yat-sen University was an associate at JP Morgan before joining UPS, where he rose to become a manager for the Asia-Pacific region. He joined Dorabot in 2015, and was featured in Forbes China’s 30 Under 30 in 2017 and 2018.
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 COO of Marfeel
Juan Margenat, a civil engineer with an MBA, is a serial entrepreneur. He is also an active business angel within the Spanish investment ecosystem. He has invested in and mentored tech startups like Kantox, Habitissimo, Deporvillage and Captio. Margenat is the founder and former CEO of PlanB!, part of the leading tourist company Barcelo Group, and Weekendesk Iberia, one of the largest gift-experience companies in Spain. With his extensive experience in tourism and commerce, Margenat is sought after for support within the Barcelona tech-community.He is currently co-founder and COO of Marfeel, a mobile ad-tech company with offices in Barcelona and New York.
Juan Margenat, a civil engineer with an MBA, is a serial entrepreneur. He is also an active business angel within the Spanish investment ecosystem. He has invested in and mentored tech startups like Kantox, Habitissimo, Deporvillage and Captio. Margenat is the founder and former CEO of PlanB!, part of the leading tourist company Barcelo Group, and Weekendesk Iberia, one of the largest gift-experience companies in Spain. With his extensive experience in tourism and commerce, Margenat is sought after for support within the Barcelona tech-community.He is currently co-founder and COO of Marfeel, a mobile ad-tech company with offices in Barcelona and New York.
Co-founder and COO of Kopi Kenangan
Before he became the COO of grab-and-go coffee chain Kopi Kenangan, James Prananto had built a career as an executive in Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), one of Indonesia's biggest media conglomerates. Prananto, who holds an MBA from the Loyola Marymount University, USA, started his career at Bakrie Brothers as an investment analyst. The stint only lasted for a few months before he joined MNC. Between 2013 and 2015, he worked his way up to become assistant head of investor relations and corporate finance. In 2015, he became the head of marketing for MNC's e-commerce branch, Mister Aladin, and held the role until 2018, a year after he established Kopi Kenangan with Edward Tirtanata.
Before he became the COO of grab-and-go coffee chain Kopi Kenangan, James Prananto had built a career as an executive in Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), one of Indonesia's biggest media conglomerates. Prananto, who holds an MBA from the Loyola Marymount University, USA, started his career at Bakrie Brothers as an investment analyst. The stint only lasted for a few months before he joined MNC. Between 2013 and 2015, he worked his way up to become assistant head of investor relations and corporate finance. In 2015, he became the head of marketing for MNC's e-commerce branch, Mister Aladin, and held the role until 2018, a year after he established Kopi Kenangan with Edward Tirtanata.
CSO and co-founder of Biel Glasses
Eulàlia Sánchez is co-founder and Chief Science Officer at medtech startup Biel Glasses, which pioneered a solution that lets people with low vision lead independent lives. She is also a professor of Optics and Optometry and an expert optometrist at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), where she has worked for the last 30 years. She is also coordinator at the Low Vision Research Unit at the university's Vision Center. She holds a master's in Optometry and Vision Sciences from UPC.
Eulàlia Sánchez is co-founder and Chief Science Officer at medtech startup Biel Glasses, which pioneered a solution that lets people with low vision lead independent lives. She is also a professor of Optics and Optometry and an expert optometrist at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), where she has worked for the last 30 years. She is also coordinator at the Low Vision Research Unit at the university's Vision Center. She holds a master's in Optometry and Vision Sciences from UPC.
DGene : Star Wars-inspired 3D holograms made affordable for businesses
DGene's mobile-based VR/AR solution using integrated light field cuts the need for 3D modeling, useful for many sectors from retail marketing to conference calls
UBTECH: CES robotics star wants to bring humanoid robots to every family
UBTECH’s next-generation bipedal robot recently made an impressive global debut, and the startup’s founder has once again become the focus of attention
Enoc Armengol: The design and e-commerce 3.0 star inspired by Inspector Gadget
Also a serial entrepreneur, the Spaniard has created a trail of celebrated design products and startups from Singapore to Barcelona
Future Food Asia 2021 announces finalists for $100,000 prize
Ten startups from agrifood tech and cleantech sectors will pitch during the five-day conference, are also eligible for two more prizes from sponsors Cargill and Thai Wah
Digital Union: Fighting fake users in China's mobile app industry
The Beijing-based cybersecurity startup is helping developers spot fake app downloads, so their ad money don’t go to waste
Future Food Asia 2021: Two winners take home $100,000 each
Agrifood startups, corporations and investors urged to collaborate and take action, tackling challenges in nutrition and climate change
Quant Group makes personal loans safer, easier in China
Using big data and AI, Chinese fintech startup Quant Group simplifies and accelerates loan processing, and assures monetary security for financial institutions
Oceanium: Supporting sustainable seaweed farming
Scottish startup Oceanium has developed a proprietary biorefinery and processing model to create seaweed-based compostable materials, alt-protein ingredients and nutraceuticals for use across industry verticals
Plant-based eggs (Part II): The foodtech startups to watch
Here’s a shortlist of the foodtech startups to watch in the global vegan egg market
For your X-ray records, just check the cloud
A Chinese startup has built a digital medical image library on the cloud, bringing ease and cost savings to patients, doctors and hospitals countrywide
HighPitch: E-grocery marketplace Pasar20 and healthcare edtech Appskep top the Medan chapter
Representing Sumatra’s startup ecosystem in the national finals later in November, Pasar20 and Appskep have ambitious expansion plans in store
BukuWarung: Accounting-payments app targets Indonesia's 60m MSMEs
BukuWarung’s easy-to-use 6MB app designed for lower-end smartphones gets boost from Covid-19-accelerated digitalization
Meatable joins Royal DSM to create growth media specific for cell-based meat tech
The R&D between the biotech startup and fellow Dutch nutrition conglomerate could help scale and drive the commercial viability of lab-grown meat
Inspired by rowdy teenagers: the Musical.ly story
Now better known as TikTok, the original Musical.ly was the only Chinese social app to have cracked the Western market – before it got snapped up by Bytedance and joined its stable of short video apps
Using Reworld’s very own interactive physics engine, even rookie developers can turn their creative ideas into 3D games within two days
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