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COO and Co-founder of WOOM
Honduran-born Clelia Morales graduated in Marketing in 1995 at the Central American Technological University in Tegucigalpa. She worked in Honduras for two years as marketing manager for a local bank.In 1997, she moved to London for work experience at Image Communications before embarking on a career in PR and marketing at PR agency Porter Novelli. In 2006, Morales joined eBay Europe as head of PR and Communications. She spent nine years working at eBay, rising to become the head of marketing for France, Italy and Spain before leaving to start Woom in 2015 as COO and co-founder with former eBay colleague Laurence Fontinoy.
Honduran-born Clelia Morales graduated in Marketing in 1995 at the Central American Technological University in Tegucigalpa. She worked in Honduras for two years as marketing manager for a local bank.In 1997, she moved to London for work experience at Image Communications before embarking on a career in PR and marketing at PR agency Porter Novelli. In 2006, Morales joined eBay Europe as head of PR and Communications. She spent nine years working at eBay, rising to become the head of marketing for France, Italy and Spain before leaving to start Woom in 2015 as COO and co-founder with former eBay colleague Laurence Fontinoy.
Founder and CEO of Alodokter
A graduate with a master’s in Management and Business Strategy from the ESSEC Business School Paris, Nathanael Faibis had worked for two years as a project manager in France, Kenya and Morocco for a pharmaceutical market research company Sanisphere. In 2012, he worked for Lazada in Vietnam and Indonesia before becoming the head of production and user experience of Lazada Southeast Asia. However, he left Lazada in March 2013 to rejoin Sanisphere in Jakarta as the country head and global head of data management. Finally in April 2014, he decided to set up an Indonesian health portal Alodokter.
A graduate with a master’s in Management and Business Strategy from the ESSEC Business School Paris, Nathanael Faibis had worked for two years as a project manager in France, Kenya and Morocco for a pharmaceutical market research company Sanisphere. In 2012, he worked for Lazada in Vietnam and Indonesia before becoming the head of production and user experience of Lazada Southeast Asia. However, he left Lazada in March 2013 to rejoin Sanisphere in Jakarta as the country head and global head of data management. Finally in April 2014, he decided to set up an Indonesian health portal Alodokter.
Co-founder of Xiaoming Bike
Deng Yonghao founded his first bike store in Guagzhou, China in 1993, when bicycle was the dominant transportation tool in China. He agented Wuyang Bike and made profit by earning RMB200 from each bike. In 1995, he established first firm and shifted interest to European market.In 2008, Cronus the brand was born in France and Deng brought it bacto Guanghzhou in 2010 as sport bike industry was striving in China. In 2016, Deng Yonghao invested RMB100 million, up to US$ 14million, to Xiaoming Bike in series A round funding and joined as cofounder. CRONUS is now responsible for full production of Xiaoming Bike.
Deng Yonghao founded his first bike store in Guagzhou, China in 1993, when bicycle was the dominant transportation tool in China. He agented Wuyang Bike and made profit by earning RMB200 from each bike. In 1995, he established first firm and shifted interest to European market.In 2008, Cronus the brand was born in France and Deng brought it bacto Guanghzhou in 2010 as sport bike industry was striving in China. In 2016, Deng Yonghao invested RMB100 million, up to US$ 14million, to Xiaoming Bike in series A round funding and joined as cofounder. CRONUS is now responsible for full production of Xiaoming Bike.
CTO and Co-founder of Codemao (Bianchengmao)
Sun received his bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. In 2012, he and future co-founder of Codemao Li Tianchi both began a European master's program in Human Computer Interaction. Sun worked with Li and other students to build a software called Settler in 2013, which helped international students studying in France find banks, apartments, etc. Both Sun and Li were kicked out of the startup due to differences of opinion. In 2014, just months before Sun would have graduated in 2015, he quit the program, giving up three degrees, returned to China and founded Codemao with Li.
Sun received his bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. In 2012, he and future co-founder of Codemao Li Tianchi both began a European master's program in Human Computer Interaction. Sun worked with Li and other students to build a software called Settler in 2013, which helped international students studying in France find banks, apartments, etc. Both Sun and Li were kicked out of the startup due to differences of opinion. In 2014, just months before Sun would have graduated in 2015, he quit the program, giving up three degrees, returned to China and founded Codemao with Li.
CEO and co-founder of Zipline International
After graduating in economics and biotech at Harvard in 2009, Keller Rinaudo joined BCG in San Francisco but left to become a professional rock climber in November 2010. He has climbed alpine cliffs in France, underwater caves in Kentucky and the limestone towers of Yangshuo, China.In July 2011, Rinaudo became an entrepreneur, specializing robotics and drones, with over nine patents under his name. He founded Romotive that made inexpensive small robots using mobile phones as their computing system, machine vision system and wireless communication system.Romotive was pivoted into Zipline International in 2014 to design and manufacture make drones for the delivery of critical medical supplies in remote parts of the world.
After graduating in economics and biotech at Harvard in 2009, Keller Rinaudo joined BCG in San Francisco but left to become a professional rock climber in November 2010. He has climbed alpine cliffs in France, underwater caves in Kentucky and the limestone towers of Yangshuo, China.In July 2011, Rinaudo became an entrepreneur, specializing robotics and drones, with over nine patents under his name. He founded Romotive that made inexpensive small robots using mobile phones as their computing system, machine vision system and wireless communication system.Romotive was pivoted into Zipline International in 2014 to design and manufacture make drones for the delivery of critical medical supplies in remote parts of the world.
Founder and CEO of Makaron
Cai received a degree in engineering from Université de Technologie de Troyes in 2011. In 2012, he obtained a master's degree in Project Management from Essec Business School Paris and a Master of Sciences from Telecom ParisTech. Cai then worked at Microsoft France for a year. In 2013, he co-founded DreamStorm, which helped like-minded people start businesses, which was acquired by EFactor at a valuation of US$6.5m in 2014. Cai then became a partner at Gewara, a movie ticket booking startup. He left the company after it was acquired by Weiying Times in 2016. In 2017, Cai founded Makaron and has acted as CEO ever since.
Cai received a degree in engineering from Université de Technologie de Troyes in 2011. In 2012, he obtained a master's degree in Project Management from Essec Business School Paris and a Master of Sciences from Telecom ParisTech. Cai then worked at Microsoft France for a year. In 2013, he co-founded DreamStorm, which helped like-minded people start businesses, which was acquired by EFactor at a valuation of US$6.5m in 2014. Cai then became a partner at Gewara, a movie ticket booking startup. He left the company after it was acquired by Weiying Times in 2016. In 2017, Cai founded Makaron and has acted as CEO ever since.
CEO, co-founder of Teliman
Hawa Traore is CEO and co-founder at Teliman, Mali’s first on-demand mobility startup and one of francophone Africa’s first, where she has worked since its launch in 2018. She initially worked as COO for one year before becoming CEO. Before that, Traore worked as an engineer at one of Europe’s largest nuclear power plants, the European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) Flamanville 3 in France, for 4.5 years in construction planning and in project management. Previously, Traore completed a stint at Zodiac Aerospace as an engineer testing the life cycle of Airbus A320-200 cabins. The Malian national has a degree in mechanical and industrial engineering from Paris’ École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Metiers and also holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.
Hawa Traore is CEO and co-founder at Teliman, Mali’s first on-demand mobility startup and one of francophone Africa’s first, where she has worked since its launch in 2018. She initially worked as COO for one year before becoming CEO. Before that, Traore worked as an engineer at one of Europe’s largest nuclear power plants, the European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) Flamanville 3 in France, for 4.5 years in construction planning and in project management. Previously, Traore completed a stint at Zodiac Aerospace as an engineer testing the life cycle of Airbus A320-200 cabins. The Malian national has a degree in mechanical and industrial engineering from Paris’ École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Metiers and also holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.
CEO and co-founder of Aimentia
Edgar Jorba is CEO and co-founder at Aimentia, which runs the first AI-powered cloud-based virtual clinic for mental health patients. He has been based in Spain since 2018. Jorba previously worked in mental health research for more than two years in Spain and in France. Seeing the need for digitalization and improvement in mental health assessments and long wait times experienced by patients gave him the inspiration to start Aimentia.Jorba is currently studying for a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications technologies and services engineering at the Open University of Catalonia. He also holds a degree in industrial engineering from IQS in Barcelona.
Edgar Jorba is CEO and co-founder at Aimentia, which runs the first AI-powered cloud-based virtual clinic for mental health patients. He has been based in Spain since 2018. Jorba previously worked in mental health research for more than two years in Spain and in France. Seeing the need for digitalization and improvement in mental health assessments and long wait times experienced by patients gave him the inspiration to start Aimentia.Jorba is currently studying for a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications technologies and services engineering at the Open University of Catalonia. He also holds a degree in industrial engineering from IQS in Barcelona.
Armed with Asian and European experience, Miguel Amaro co-founded Uniplaces in 2011. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Nottingham, and took a course in Chinese Studies at East China Normal University. He obtained his master’s in Management, with a concentration in Global Entrepreneurship, from Babson Graduate School. Amaro also spent two months as an analyst at Grameen Bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh. While developing Uniplaces, he was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Picvic Labs (France), Zhejiang University Innovation Institute (China) and Osram (United States). Amaro is currently part of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers. As an investor, to date, he has only invested in Portuguese healthy food service EatTasty and part funding the company's angel, pre-seed and seed rounds, with undisclosed investments.
Armed with Asian and European experience, Miguel Amaro co-founded Uniplaces in 2011. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Nottingham, and took a course in Chinese Studies at East China Normal University. He obtained his master’s in Management, with a concentration in Global Entrepreneurship, from Babson Graduate School. Amaro also spent two months as an analyst at Grameen Bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh. While developing Uniplaces, he was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Picvic Labs (France), Zhejiang University Innovation Institute (China) and Osram (United States). Amaro is currently part of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers. As an investor, to date, he has only invested in Portuguese healthy food service EatTasty and part funding the company's angel, pre-seed and seed rounds, with undisclosed investments.
Adevinta Ventures is the investment arm of the Norway-based Adevinta, a local digital marketplace group operating in 15 countries in Europe, Latin America and North Africa, with 1.5bn monthly visitors. Its leading local brands include Leboncoin in France, InfoJobs in Spain, Subito in Italy and Jofogás in Hungary. In Spain, where its headquarters is in Barcelona, the company includes an umbrella of successful online classified platforms such as Infojobs, Fotocasa, Habitaclia, Milanuncios and Vibbo, counting over 18m active users.Adevinta Ventures invests in startups focused on marketplace and platform space specifically in verticals such as mobility, education and real estate. The fund typically invests in Series A and B rounds backing them also with marketing and data support as well as mentorship. Initial investments go up to €5m with follow-on capacity.
Adevinta Ventures is the investment arm of the Norway-based Adevinta, a local digital marketplace group operating in 15 countries in Europe, Latin America and North Africa, with 1.5bn monthly visitors. Its leading local brands include Leboncoin in France, InfoJobs in Spain, Subito in Italy and Jofogás in Hungary. In Spain, where its headquarters is in Barcelona, the company includes an umbrella of successful online classified platforms such as Infojobs, Fotocasa, Habitaclia, Milanuncios and Vibbo, counting over 18m active users.Adevinta Ventures invests in startups focused on marketplace and platform space specifically in verticals such as mobility, education and real estate. The fund typically invests in Series A and B rounds backing them also with marketing and data support as well as mentorship. Initial investments go up to €5m with follow-on capacity.
Founded in 1813 as a small grain-trading firm in Arlon, France (now Belgium), Continental Grain Company (CGC) is now headquartered in New York. It has operations in 10 countries and employs over 13,500 people worldwide. Business activities include animal feeds, aquaculture and meat production.Besides interests in the food, agribusiness and commodities sectors, CGC also manages different asset classes like private equity, listed securities and venture capital. Its investment portfolio includes more than 30 food and agribusiness companies, ranging from early-stage ventures to established market leaders across the US, China and Latin America.CGC Asia mainly invests in feed milling, animal husbandry, meat production and processing businesses in the region. Direct investments are made through Continental Capital Limited in China, focusing on high‐growth food and agribusiness firms.
Founded in 1813 as a small grain-trading firm in Arlon, France (now Belgium), Continental Grain Company (CGC) is now headquartered in New York. It has operations in 10 countries and employs over 13,500 people worldwide. Business activities include animal feeds, aquaculture and meat production.Besides interests in the food, agribusiness and commodities sectors, CGC also manages different asset classes like private equity, listed securities and venture capital. Its investment portfolio includes more than 30 food and agribusiness companies, ranging from early-stage ventures to established market leaders across the US, China and Latin America.CGC Asia mainly invests in feed milling, animal husbandry, meat production and processing businesses in the region. Direct investments are made through Continental Capital Limited in China, focusing on high‐growth food and agribusiness firms.
Co-CEO and co-founder of Deep Solutions
Oscar Serra is a co-founder and co-CEO as well as a big-data scientist at Deep Solutions, a producer of deep neural network software for image recognition. He combines this role with a multi-disciplinary management role in his family's €15m-revenue industrial machinery company Serra Workshops, where he has worked since 2010. Prior to this, he worked at Honda Research Institute Europe in Germany as a software programmer for one year, and as a PhD researcher in computer vision, deep learning and neural networks at Barcelona's Institute of Robotics and Industrial Information Systems (IRI). Serra has a total of five Master's degrees: Programming, Robotics, Neuroscience, Computer Vision, and an MBA. He has studied at Hult International Business School in San Francisco, Lumière University Lyon 2 in France, at Barcelona's IRI and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
Oscar Serra is a co-founder and co-CEO as well as a big-data scientist at Deep Solutions, a producer of deep neural network software for image recognition. He combines this role with a multi-disciplinary management role in his family's €15m-revenue industrial machinery company Serra Workshops, where he has worked since 2010. Prior to this, he worked at Honda Research Institute Europe in Germany as a software programmer for one year, and as a PhD researcher in computer vision, deep learning and neural networks at Barcelona's Institute of Robotics and Industrial Information Systems (IRI). Serra has a total of five Master's degrees: Programming, Robotics, Neuroscience, Computer Vision, and an MBA. He has studied at Hult International Business School in San Francisco, Lumière University Lyon 2 in France, at Barcelona's IRI and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
This Luxembourg-based venture capital firm was established in 2004 and has offices in Silicon Valley and Madrid, managing over €170 million in capital. It invests in early-stage, deeptech companies in the Iberian peninsula, France, the UK, and Ireland. The VC has a particular focus on AI, cybersecurity and big data. In 2019, it won the Spanish VC Deal of the Year 2019, alongside Caixa Capital Risc, for the sale of PlayGiga.Adara Ventures currently has 15 companies in its portfolio following eight exits totalling $1.2bn in value. Its most recent investments include leading the €2m seed round of medtech IOMED Medical Solutions, which converts medical text into extractable data, and in the €8m seed round of biotech startup QUIBIM – both Spanish companies.
This Luxembourg-based venture capital firm was established in 2004 and has offices in Silicon Valley and Madrid, managing over €170 million in capital. It invests in early-stage, deeptech companies in the Iberian peninsula, France, the UK, and Ireland. The VC has a particular focus on AI, cybersecurity and big data. In 2019, it won the Spanish VC Deal of the Year 2019, alongside Caixa Capital Risc, for the sale of PlayGiga.Adara Ventures currently has 15 companies in its portfolio following eight exits totalling $1.2bn in value. Its most recent investments include leading the €2m seed round of medtech IOMED Medical Solutions, which converts medical text into extractable data, and in the €8m seed round of biotech startup QUIBIM – both Spanish companies.
Co-founder of Therapixal
Olivier Clatz is the French co-founder of AI medical diagnosis company Therapixel, creator of MammoScreen breast cancer screening and diagnosis tool. Prior to co-founding Therapixel, Clatz worked for six years as a research scientist at INRIA (National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology) based at the Sophia Antipolis technology park near Antibes, in the south of France. His later work with INRIA focused on exploiting machine learning algorithms for medical imaging processing. Prior to this, he was a research associate at Harvard Medical School, in the US. In 2006, he completed his PhD at INRIA on the concept of personalized medicine. Clatz also holds a PhD in philosophy from the Ecole des Mines de Paris, and a master's degree in applied mathematics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay. Currently, he works at the French Government’s Commissariat Générale pour l’Investissement managing the national program AI For Diagnostics. He left Therapixel in 2019.
Olivier Clatz is the French co-founder of AI medical diagnosis company Therapixel, creator of MammoScreen breast cancer screening and diagnosis tool. Prior to co-founding Therapixel, Clatz worked for six years as a research scientist at INRIA (National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology) based at the Sophia Antipolis technology park near Antibes, in the south of France. His later work with INRIA focused on exploiting machine learning algorithms for medical imaging processing. Prior to this, he was a research associate at Harvard Medical School, in the US. In 2006, he completed his PhD at INRIA on the concept of personalized medicine. Clatz also holds a PhD in philosophy from the Ecole des Mines de Paris, and a master's degree in applied mathematics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay. Currently, he works at the French Government’s Commissariat Générale pour l’Investissement managing the national program AI For Diagnostics. He left Therapixel in 2019.
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.
Verkor: Accelerating low‑carbon battery production in France
French startup Verkor aims to raise up to €1.3bn by the end of next year to finance its first Gigafactory producing sustainable lithium-ion batteries for the European market
Biomede: Harnessing plants’ natural attributes to decontaminate soil
The Lyon-based startup says using plants to remove harmful metals from the earth is a sustainable, cost-effective green alternative to decontaminate soil in agricultural or urban environments
Les Nouveaux Affineurs: Disrupting centuries-old French cheese culture
Backed by Michelin-star chefs and investors, Les Noveaux Affineurs is gearing up to be a global player in the billion-dollar vegan cheese market
Qairos Energies: Mass producing green hydrogen from industrial hemp
The French startup is seeking a €19m Series B round to produce industrial quantities of green hydrogen and is planning a “circular economy” partnership with local farmers
Refurbed: Electronics recycling marketplace gets $54m for EU consolidation, overseas expansion
Consumers can reduce their carbon footprints by shifting toward a circular economy, become carbon-neutral by planting one tree with every purchase from Refurbed
Housfy leads growth in Spanish proptech
The real estate platform helps clients sell their property without the astronomical agency fees
European agritech is the new global focus, as startup investments nearly doubled in 2019
Last year, European agritech surpassed China for the first time in investments received, with openings in multiple subsectors from big data to blockchain
AddVolt: Taking the diesel out of cold-chain transport to make it cleaner, more efficient
The Porto-based startup is winning over the refrigerated goods transportation industry in Europe with the world's first renewable energy plug-in electrical system for the sector
Ecojoko: Using AI, real-time data to save electricity
The French startup’s energy-saving assistant and mobile app show how much electricity is being used and how much can be saved for every household appliance
Glovo’s 2018 rollercoaster ride
The year saw the delivery giant dealing with labor unions, diversification and international expansion
How millennials travel: Waynabox for low-cost, X-factor surprise getaways
Play online vacation games and let computers plan your holidays from just €150
Orain: Making vending machines smarter and more profitable
Vending machines can now interact with consumers and offer FMCG retailers valuable data, thanks to smart hardware from Barcelona-based Orain
Sustainable last-mile grocery delivery startup Revoolt eyes French, LatAm expansion
Seeking up to €1m new funding for its growth, the Madrid-based startup with its EV fleet and turnkey IoT solutions has also broken even
Therapixel: Using AI to improve breast cancer detection
Therapixel is raising €15m for commercial expansion of its AI-powered MammoScreen that gives accurate breast cancer screening results within minutes
TreeFrog Therapeutics: Mimicking how stem cells grow in the human body
The French biotech’s proprietory technology to cultivate pluripotent stem cells in a 3D environment can be scaled to mass-produce high-quality cells to treat diseases such as Parkinson’s
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