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Entrepreneur First is a global entrepreneur incubator program and early-startup investor. The incubator is an intensive six-month program for founders and aspiring entrepreneurs to help them develop ideas that can go into building their own companies. The program is held in six cities around the world: Bangalore; Berlin, London, Paris, Singapore and Toronto (Canada).Participants do not need to have a startup or a specific business idea to participate, and those who have established their own companies can seek partners or co-founders at the program. Roughly 40-50% of the cohort reach the “Launch” phase, where the participants have established their own companies and received investments from Entrepreneur First and potentially other VCs. Entrepreneur First can invest in a startup built by program participants in exchange for 10% equity. The exact amount invested varies: £80,000 for the European programs; S$75,000 for the Singapore and Bangalore programs; and C$100,000 for the Canada program.
Entrepreneur First is a global entrepreneur incubator program and early-startup investor. The incubator is an intensive six-month program for founders and aspiring entrepreneurs to help them develop ideas that can go into building their own companies. The program is held in six cities around the world: Bangalore; Berlin, London, Paris, Singapore and Toronto (Canada).Participants do not need to have a startup or a specific business idea to participate, and those who have established their own companies can seek partners or co-founders at the program. Roughly 40-50% of the cohort reach the “Launch” phase, where the participants have established their own companies and received investments from Entrepreneur First and potentially other VCs. Entrepreneur First can invest in a startup built by program participants in exchange for 10% equity. The exact amount invested varies: £80,000 for the European programs; S$75,000 for the Singapore and Bangalore programs; and C$100,000 for the Canada program.
BraveGeneration is a Portuguese investment vehicle founded in 2015 for projects arising from the television series Shark Tank Portugal. South African entrepreneur Tim Vieira acts as its principal investor and mentor. The holding currently funds around 30 startups, both in tech and in other sectors. Consumers Trust is the first company it has invested in not to have appeared on the television show.
BraveGeneration is a Portuguese investment vehicle founded in 2015 for projects arising from the television series Shark Tank Portugal. South African entrepreneur Tim Vieira acts as its principal investor and mentor. The holding currently funds around 30 startups, both in tech and in other sectors. Consumers Trust is the first company it has invested in not to have appeared on the television show.
Best known for being the first to invest in social networking hit Momo, seed and early-stage venture capital firm Purplesky Capital, also known as Buttonwood Capital, was founded in 2011. Founded in 2011 by Zheng Gang (Scott Zheng), a successful serial entrepreneur. Brett Krause, former president of JPMorgan Chase China, is its managing partner. PurpleSky focuses on early-stage investments in China digital media and mobile internet companies.
Best known for being the first to invest in social networking hit Momo, seed and early-stage venture capital firm Purplesky Capital, also known as Buttonwood Capital, was founded in 2011. Founded in 2011 by Zheng Gang (Scott Zheng), a successful serial entrepreneur. Brett Krause, former president of JPMorgan Chase China, is its managing partner. PurpleSky focuses on early-stage investments in China digital media and mobile internet companies.
Sandeep Aggarwal is a serial entrepreneur with an MBA from Washington University at St. Louis, USA. He worked at Microsoft and Citibank before returning to India in 2011 to establish ShopClues, India’s first online managed marketplace and the country’s fifth unicorn in the consumer internet sector . In 2014, he also founded an automotive e-commerce site Droom, where he currently serves as CEO. He recently became an angel investor and plans to invest US$3 million in 2017.
Sandeep Aggarwal is a serial entrepreneur with an MBA from Washington University at St. Louis, USA. He worked at Microsoft and Citibank before returning to India in 2011 to establish ShopClues, India’s first online managed marketplace and the country’s fifth unicorn in the consumer internet sector . In 2014, he also founded an automotive e-commerce site Droom, where he currently serves as CEO. He recently became an angel investor and plans to invest US$3 million in 2017.
Co-founder of Farmlink
Born in the 1970s, Sun Junqi has decades of experience as an entrepreneur, first in traditional industries, and more recently, in the catering sector. He co-founded Farmlink in 2014.
Born in the 1970s, Sun Junqi has decades of experience as an entrepreneur, first in traditional industries, and more recently, in the catering sector. He co-founded Farmlink in 2014.
Kike Sarasola is a successful entrepreneur in the hotel industry. He launched an international boutique hotel chain Room Mate Hotels Group in 2001.Sarasola is also an Olympic sportsman for equestrian sports, four-time horse riding champion in Spain and the first Spaniard to win a bronze medal at a European Championship. He is also a volunteer at the ECOALF sustainable clothing brand and the Minicol Foundation that helps Colombian kids affected by violence.
Kike Sarasola is a successful entrepreneur in the hotel industry. He launched an international boutique hotel chain Room Mate Hotels Group in 2001.Sarasola is also an Olympic sportsman for equestrian sports, four-time horse riding champion in Spain and the first Spaniard to win a bronze medal at a European Championship. He is also a volunteer at the ECOALF sustainable clothing brand and the Minicol Foundation that helps Colombian kids affected by violence.
Founder and CEO of Koudai Jianzhi
Serial entrepreneur Zhang Yiyun is a graduate of South China Institute of Software Engineering, Guangzhou University. Zhang started his first business at aged 13, and made his first million in senior high with an online hacker training platform (100,000 paying members). Koudai Jianzhi is his 5th business venture.
Serial entrepreneur Zhang Yiyun is a graduate of South China Institute of Software Engineering, Guangzhou University. Zhang started his first business at aged 13, and made his first million in senior high with an online hacker training platform (100,000 paying members). Koudai Jianzhi is his 5th business venture.
Born in 1965, Carmen Busquets is a Venezuelan luxury and fashion goods entrepreneur since 1992.
Born in 1965, Carmen Busquets is a Venezuelan luxury and fashion goods entrepreneur since 1992.
Being the first investment group in Zhejiang province to list on the NEEQ market, ZSVC has over 30 funds under its management today, amounting to nearly RMB 40 billion. Founded in 2007, it is the major investor for more than 130 Chinese startups across healthcare, media & entertainment, logistic and advanced manufacturing sectors, with more than 30 successful exits. Headquartered in Hangzhou, it has taken its widely acclaimed “Zhejiang Entrepreneur Experience” to a broader world with subsidiaries in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shenyang and the Silicon Valley.
Being the first investment group in Zhejiang province to list on the NEEQ market, ZSVC has over 30 funds under its management today, amounting to nearly RMB 40 billion. Founded in 2007, it is the major investor for more than 130 Chinese startups across healthcare, media & entertainment, logistic and advanced manufacturing sectors, with more than 30 successful exits. Headquartered in Hangzhou, it has taken its widely acclaimed “Zhejiang Entrepreneur Experience” to a broader world with subsidiaries in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Shenyang and the Silicon Valley.
Sandeep Tandon is a serial entrepreneur and investor, with a bachelor’s and a master’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, USA. He is currently the managing director of Tandon Technology Ventures, part of Sandeep’s Tandon Group that is based in San Jose in California. He also co-founded Freecharge that was recently sold to Paytm, an e-commerce brand owned by India’s mobile internet company One97 Communications. Sandeep is an active angel investor and mentor, with personal investments in 15 startups including a first Series A funding of US$ 4.5 million in Unacademy in January 2017.
Sandeep Tandon is a serial entrepreneur and investor, with a bachelor’s and a master’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, USA. He is currently the managing director of Tandon Technology Ventures, part of Sandeep’s Tandon Group that is based in San Jose in California. He also co-founded Freecharge that was recently sold to Paytm, an e-commerce brand owned by India’s mobile internet company One97 Communications. Sandeep is an active angel investor and mentor, with personal investments in 15 startups including a first Series A funding of US$ 4.5 million in Unacademy in January 2017.
Serial entrepreneur Bernardo Hernández entered the tech startup scene with his first internet venture idealista.com that has now transformed into a leading real estate platform in Spain. Since then, he has invested in well-known names in the Spanish digital market like Spain’s popular social network Tuenti, local free classified ads Wallapop and on-demand delivery app Glovo. Hernández was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Camilo José Cela from Madrid when he was the Product Management director at Google in 2010. In September 2017, he became the executive chairman at Citibox.
Serial entrepreneur Bernardo Hernández entered the tech startup scene with his first internet venture idealista.com that has now transformed into a leading real estate platform in Spain. Since then, he has invested in well-known names in the Spanish digital market like Spain’s popular social network Tuenti, local free classified ads Wallapop and on-demand delivery app Glovo. Hernández was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Camilo José Cela from Madrid when he was the Product Management director at Google in 2010. In September 2017, he became the executive chairman at Citibox.
Danhe Capital is the investment fund established by Chen Yidan, a Chinese internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Tencent.
Danhe Capital is the investment fund established by Chen Yidan, a Chinese internet entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is a co-founder of Tencent.
Rick Klausner is an award-winning scientist, former executive director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and an entrepreneur. Cell and molecular biologist Klausner was also director of the US National Cancer Institute from 1999-2001 and currently serves as CEO at biotech Lyell Immunopharma working with cell-based technology. He has also co-founded three US healthcare startups to date, Juno Therapeutics in 2013, MindStrong Health in 2014 and GRAIL in 2015. In 2021, he participated as an investor in the $48m Series A round of Dutch cell-based meat startup Meatable which leverages pluripotent stem cells for the first time in foodtech.
Rick Klausner is an award-winning scientist, former executive director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and an entrepreneur. Cell and molecular biologist Klausner was also director of the US National Cancer Institute from 1999-2001 and currently serves as CEO at biotech Lyell Immunopharma working with cell-based technology. He has also co-founded three US healthcare startups to date, Juno Therapeutics in 2013, MindStrong Health in 2014 and GRAIL in 2015. In 2021, he participated as an investor in the $48m Series A round of Dutch cell-based meat startup Meatable which leverages pluripotent stem cells for the first time in foodtech.
Co-founder and CEO of Shenma
Co-founder and CEO of Shenma. Serial entrepreneur. His first startup was an e-commerce company. Before co-founding Shenma, he started a second company called Ruixingxiao that provided marketing consulting services to small companies. He met Chen Xiaofeng while consulting for Xindazhou Electric Motorcycles, after which they decided to go into business together.
Co-founder and CEO of Shenma. Serial entrepreneur. His first startup was an e-commerce company. Before co-founding Shenma, he started a second company called Ruixingxiao that provided marketing consulting services to small companies. He met Chen Xiaofeng while consulting for Xindazhou Electric Motorcycles, after which they decided to go into business together.
Co-founder and Co-chairman of Momo
Lei Xiaoliang is a product veteran and the former product manager of Netease. He became an entrepreneur, co-founding social networking app Momo in 2011, through the invitation of Momo founder Tang Yan (who was chief editor at Netease then). Lei first headed product development at Momo, and has been the co-president of Momo since June 2014. He currently heads its game business.
Lei Xiaoliang is a product veteran and the former product manager of Netease. He became an entrepreneur, co-founding social networking app Momo in 2011, through the invitation of Momo founder Tang Yan (who was chief editor at Netease then). Lei first headed product development at Momo, and has been the co-president of Momo since June 2014. He currently heads its game business.
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