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CEO and Founder of Reclamador.es
Pablo Rabanal holds a degree in Business Administration and Economics as well as one master's in Audiovisual Management and another in Internet Business.He started his career in the entertainment sector as a TV/movie producer and distributor for Esicma. He was CEO at Bwin and started a joint venture facilitating private investments in audiovisual products with British group Future Film.Since 2012, Rabanal has served as CEO and founder of Reclamador.es, a web platform that manages and automates consumer claims, which has over 25,000 clients and collected more than €40m in compensation for users to date.
Pablo Rabanal holds a degree in Business Administration and Economics as well as one master's in Audiovisual Management and another in Internet Business.He started his career in the entertainment sector as a TV/movie producer and distributor for Esicma. He was CEO at Bwin and started a joint venture facilitating private investments in audiovisual products with British group Future Film.Since 2012, Rabanal has served as CEO and founder of Reclamador.es, a web platform that manages and automates consumer claims, which has over 25,000 clients and collected more than €40m in compensation for users to date.
Co-founder and Chief Credit Officer of Akseleran
Christopher Gultom worked as a consultant for four years before establishing P2P lending firm Akseleran. In 2013, after graduating with a Bachelor's in Economics from Universitas Gadjah Mada, he started work at Arghajata Consulting as an associate. He left Arghajata in 2015 and joined AJCapital Advisory as a senior consultant. When he and fellow co-founders started developing Akseleran in 2016, he took on the role as CFO. However, after launching Akseleran and leaving AJCapital in April 2017, he became Akseleran's Chief Investment Officer while Mikhail Tambunan stepped into the CFO role. In September 2017, he became Akseleran's Chief Credit Officer.
Christopher Gultom worked as a consultant for four years before establishing P2P lending firm Akseleran. In 2013, after graduating with a Bachelor's in Economics from Universitas Gadjah Mada, he started work at Arghajata Consulting as an associate. He left Arghajata in 2015 and joined AJCapital Advisory as a senior consultant. When he and fellow co-founders started developing Akseleran in 2016, he took on the role as CFO. However, after launching Akseleran and leaving AJCapital in April 2017, he became Akseleran's Chief Investment Officer while Mikhail Tambunan stepped into the CFO role. In September 2017, he became Akseleran's Chief Credit Officer.
Co-founder, CEO of Smile and Learn
Victor Sánchez Rodríguez is a veteran consultant, having worked at Boston Consulting Group as senior principal from 2006 to 2015. After graduating in 1996, he joined PwC as consultant and moved on to Booz Allen in 2000 as a senior associate. He completed an MBA from INSEAD in 2002. The multi-lingual Sánchez started Smile and Learn in 2013 to help his children's school to acquire more hi-tech teaching resources. He left his BCG job to become CEO of the edtech in 2015. BCG consultant Blanca Rodríguez joined as co-founder and advisor in 2014.
Victor Sánchez Rodríguez is a veteran consultant, having worked at Boston Consulting Group as senior principal from 2006 to 2015. After graduating in 1996, he joined PwC as consultant and moved on to Booz Allen in 2000 as a senior associate. He completed an MBA from INSEAD in 2002. The multi-lingual Sánchez started Smile and Learn in 2013 to help his children's school to acquire more hi-tech teaching resources. He left his BCG job to become CEO of the edtech in 2015. BCG consultant Blanca Rodríguez joined as co-founder and advisor in 2014.
Co-founder of Uniplaces, Co-founder of StudentFinance
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 focus on 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.
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 focus on 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.
CEO and founder of Koiki
Aitor Ojanguren is an industrial engineer and serial entrepreneur from Bilbao, Spain. He holds an MBA from Bauer University in Boston. He also specialized at the IESE Business School in social entrepreneurship and is an active investor in social impact tech startups.Ojanguren has over 15 years experience in the logistics sector. He founded Celeritas, a leading logistic e-commerce service company. He is CEO of Koiki, an environmentally sustainable last-mile delivery social enterprise that employs vulnerable people in Spain, which he founded in 2015.
Aitor Ojanguren is an industrial engineer and serial entrepreneur from Bilbao, Spain. He holds an MBA from Bauer University in Boston. He also specialized at the IESE Business School in social entrepreneurship and is an active investor in social impact tech startups.Ojanguren has over 15 years experience in the logistics sector. He founded Celeritas, a leading logistic e-commerce service company. He is CEO of Koiki, an environmentally sustainable last-mile delivery social enterprise that employs vulnerable people in Spain, which he founded in 2015.
Co-founder of 4D ShoeTech
Feng Zifeng read Engineering at South China Agricultural University in 2014. In 2015, he incorporated the idea of emerging 3D printing technology into his college innovation project. He and a few friends created a 3-in-1 printer with 3D printing and scanning functions.In 2016, he led the team to conduct research to apply 3D printing technology in the footwear industry. He met Zhou Zhiheng, China’s general manager for footwear brand Michael Antonio. He decided to focus on using 3D printing technology in footwear industry and became a co-founder of 4D ShoeTech.
Feng Zifeng read Engineering at South China Agricultural University in 2014. In 2015, he incorporated the idea of emerging 3D printing technology into his college innovation project. He and a few friends created a 3-in-1 printer with 3D printing and scanning functions.In 2016, he led the team to conduct research to apply 3D printing technology in the footwear industry. He met Zhou Zhiheng, China’s general manager for footwear brand Michael Antonio. He decided to focus on using 3D printing technology in footwear industry and became a co-founder of 4D ShoeTech.
CEO and founder of Intelligent Learning
After graduating from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2003, Yang Renbin worked as a software architect for nearly four years at Peking University’s Institute of Computer Science & Technology (ICST).In 2007, he joined ChinaCache as general manager of its CDN business unit. In 2009, he left Beijing for Hangzhou and joined Alibaba as product director and strategy director. He later became the chief architect of the mobile Taobao app.In 2014, he left Alibaba and launched neighborhood social app Youlin in Hangzhou. He also founded edtech platform Intelligent Learning in January 2018.
After graduating from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2003, Yang Renbin worked as a software architect for nearly four years at Peking University’s Institute of Computer Science & Technology (ICST).In 2007, he joined ChinaCache as general manager of its CDN business unit. In 2009, he left Beijing for Hangzhou and joined Alibaba as product director and strategy director. He later became the chief architect of the mobile Taobao app.In 2014, he left Alibaba and launched neighborhood social app Youlin in Hangzhou. He also founded edtech platform Intelligent Learning in January 2018.
Founder and Commissioner of Kumparan
Abdul Rahman was one of Detikcom’s founding pioneers before setting up Kumparan in early 2017 with fellow co-founder Budiono Darsono. His interest in computer programming started in early 1990 before the internet boom in Indonesia. He was the website designer for one of Indonesia’s early online-news portal that was later transformed into Detikcom.
Abdul Rahman was one of Detikcom’s founding pioneers before setting up Kumparan in early 2017 with fellow co-founder Budiono Darsono. His interest in computer programming started in early 1990 before the internet boom in Indonesia. He was the website designer for one of Indonesia’s early online-news portal that was later transformed into Detikcom.
CEO and Founder of CloudYoung
With an EMBA from Peking University, Zhao Hongqi has worked in the communications industry for 15 years at Huawei and Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group. He held roles such as senior executive in product R&D, quality control, services and marketing. He founded CloudYoung as CEO in Beijing in 2013.
With an EMBA from Peking University, Zhao Hongqi has worked in the communications industry for 15 years at Huawei and Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group. He held roles such as senior executive in product R&D, quality control, services and marketing. He founded CloudYoung as CEO in Beijing in 2013.
Founder and CEO of Kurio
Former CEO of Lintas.me, a social news and curation site, David Wayne Ika holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Business Management from Pensacola Christian College. He had worked at the SemutApi Colony group of companies, FJ Benjamin, Lintas.me (previously known as LintasBerita) and Merah Putih Incubator. David founded Kurio in 2013 while serving as CEO of Lintas.me. He left Lintas.me in 2015 to focus on Kurio. David was born in Jakarta in 1981.
Former CEO of Lintas.me, a social news and curation site, David Wayne Ika holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Business Management from Pensacola Christian College. He had worked at the SemutApi Colony group of companies, FJ Benjamin, Lintas.me (previously known as LintasBerita) and Merah Putih Incubator. David founded Kurio in 2013 while serving as CEO of Lintas.me. He left Lintas.me in 2015 to focus on Kurio. David was born in Jakarta in 1981.
Co-founder of Adskom
Armed with a master’s and a bachelor’s in Computer Science from Purdue University in Indiana in USA, Daniel Armanto was the co-founder and CTO of Adskom. He recently left the startup in January 2017 and is now the CTO of Happy5.He was also previously a co-founder and CTO of Indonesia’s location-based social network Koprol, with experience in building high scalable and high performance web applications.
Armed with a master’s and a bachelor’s in Computer Science from Purdue University in Indiana in USA, Daniel Armanto was the co-founder and CTO of Adskom. He recently left the startup in January 2017 and is now the CTO of Happy5.He was also previously a co-founder and CTO of Indonesia’s location-based social network Koprol, with experience in building high scalable and high performance web applications.
Co-founder and CEO of Pricebook
An Economics graduate from the University of Tokyo in Japan, Tomonori Tsuji initially worked as a digital marketing consultant at ItoKuro Inc. He later worked in Singapore as a product manager at an online media management company Leapseas Pte Ltd. In 2013, he co-founded the price comparison website Pricebook, with university alumnus Ryoji Mori. Although headquartered in Japan, they decided to launch Pricebook in Indonesia. Tomonori is still on the Pricebook team as the CEO.
An Economics graduate from the University of Tokyo in Japan, Tomonori Tsuji initially worked as a digital marketing consultant at ItoKuro Inc. He later worked in Singapore as a product manager at an online media management company Leapseas Pte Ltd. In 2013, he co-founded the price comparison website Pricebook, with university alumnus Ryoji Mori. Although headquartered in Japan, they decided to launch Pricebook in Indonesia. Tomonori is still on the Pricebook team as the CEO.
Co-founder and CEO of eFishery
Gibran Huzaifah ran a composting business and a catfish farm while reading a degree in Biology at Institut Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia. After graduating in 2012, he teamed up with fellow ITB alumnus Chrisna Aditya to establish an aquaculture tech firm PT Multidaya Teknologi Nusantara, aka Cybreed. In 2013, it launched eFishery, an automatic feeder system for aquaculture farms. In 2017, Gibran’s achievements earned him a spot on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list of notable Asian figures.
Gibran Huzaifah ran a composting business and a catfish farm while reading a degree in Biology at Institut Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia. After graduating in 2012, he teamed up with fellow ITB alumnus Chrisna Aditya to establish an aquaculture tech firm PT Multidaya Teknologi Nusantara, aka Cybreed. In 2013, it launched eFishery, an automatic feeder system for aquaculture farms. In 2017, Gibran’s achievements earned him a spot on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list of notable Asian figures.
Co-founder and General Manager of Bobobox
Zulfikar Rifan is a serial entrepreneur based in Bandung, Indonesia, who established capsule hotel startup Bobobox in 2018. While studying for his degree in Information Systems at Universitas Harapan Bangsa Bandung, Indonesia, Zulfikar established his own fashion shoe brand. Upon graduating in 2015, he opened a cafe, established a new fashion brand and became involved with Kembangin.social, a social enterprise development platform based in Bandung.
Zulfikar Rifan is a serial entrepreneur based in Bandung, Indonesia, who established capsule hotel startup Bobobox in 2018. While studying for his degree in Information Systems at Universitas Harapan Bangsa Bandung, Indonesia, Zulfikar established his own fashion shoe brand. Upon graduating in 2015, he opened a cafe, established a new fashion brand and became involved with Kembangin.social, a social enterprise development platform based in Bandung.
Founder and CEO of MSParis of MSParis
With an educational background in finance and business, Xu spent seven years working in investment banking upon graduating from Columbia University in 2005. She worked at Deutsche Bank and Macquarie Capital in Hong Kong, where she helped major Chinese e-commerce companies such as Vipshop, Moonbasa and Alibaba with their overseas IPOs, among other financial needs. She is a CFA Charterholder. Xu founded Shanghai Qiansong Internet Technology Co., Ltd., the parent company of MSParis, in 2014.
With an educational background in finance and business, Xu spent seven years working in investment banking upon graduating from Columbia University in 2005. She worked at Deutsche Bank and Macquarie Capital in Hong Kong, where she helped major Chinese e-commerce companies such as Vipshop, Moonbasa and Alibaba with their overseas IPOs, among other financial needs. She is a CFA Charterholder. Xu founded Shanghai Qiansong Internet Technology Co., Ltd., the parent company of MSParis, in 2014.
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Carlos Melo Brito: Driving force behind Porto's innovation boom
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Spanish VR edtech Play2Speak targets China's K-12 market
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Intracity delivery startup Fengxiansheng takes on the Middle East
Backed by the most popular online shopping platform in the Middle East, Hangzhou's No. 1 intracity delivery startup Fengxiansheng (“Mr Wind”) is expanding to the region
Alén Space: Nanosatellite company targets contracts of over €2 million by 2020
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For Indonesia’s gig workers, Sampingan provides side jobs that matter
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In China's Covid-19-hit economy, cities dish out dining and shopping coupons to revive spending
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300 million users in 3 years: Cracking e-commerce the Pinduoduo way
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Triporate: Producing business travel itineraries and bookings 10x faster than human agents
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Lalibela Global-Networks: A mission to digitalize, move Africa's healthcare system to the cloud
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Drone Hopper: Firefighters of the future
A senior Airbus engineer from Spain has developed heavy-duty autonomous drones to quell wildfires safely
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Jakarta Aman uses social networking to improve neighborhood security
Backed by Jakarta's provincial government and MDI Ventures, neighborhood security app Jakarta Aman seeks to reignite the “gotong royong” spirit to keep communities safe
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