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Co-founder, CEO of Polaroo
Marc Rovira is the CEO and co-founder of Spanish household bill manager app Polaroo. In 2017, he joined his brother and a friend to develop the MVP originally known as Widuid. He also co-founded Brainit, an analytical tool for smart devices. He has also worked as a business development and communications manager at space tech Zero2Infinity. He was also a project manager and an engineer. He completed a master's in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at ESADE Business School. He also has a master's in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Bath, UK.
Marc Rovira is the CEO and co-founder of Spanish household bill manager app Polaroo. In 2017, he joined his brother and a friend to develop the MVP originally known as Widuid. He also co-founded Brainit, an analytical tool for smart devices. He has also worked as a business development and communications manager at space tech Zero2Infinity. He was also a project manager and an engineer. He completed a master's in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at ESADE Business School. He also has a master's in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Bath, UK.
Co-founder, CTO of Polaroo
Sergio Sanchez is the CTO and co-founder of Widuid that was later re-branded as Polaroo, a Spanish household bill management app. He spent eight months working on building the MVP with the Rovira brothers in 2017.The mechanical engineer also completed a master's in Automatic Control and Robotics at his alma mater, the Polytechnic Degree of Barcelona. Like fellow co-founder Marc Rovira, Sanchez was also at space tech startup Zero2Infinity working as a full stack developer and HMI engineer. He has also worked in biotech company Fungitech Global as a mechanical engineer.
Sergio Sanchez is the CTO and co-founder of Widuid that was later re-branded as Polaroo, a Spanish household bill management app. He spent eight months working on building the MVP with the Rovira brothers in 2017.The mechanical engineer also completed a master's in Automatic Control and Robotics at his alma mater, the Polytechnic Degree of Barcelona. Like fellow co-founder Marc Rovira, Sanchez was also at space tech startup Zero2Infinity working as a full stack developer and HMI engineer. He has also worked in biotech company Fungitech Global as a mechanical engineer.
Co-founder, CEO of Consumers Trust
Pedro Lourenço is the Portuguese co-founder and CEO of Consumers Trust, the company behind consumer complaints platform Portal da Queixa, founded in 2009. Since 2019, he has also been European Consumer Rights Ambassador at the European Commission, a position he was selected for thanks to his work at Consumers Trust. He is also co-founder and CEO at digital agency Megaklique Multimedia, and until 2015 was a co-founder of creative and innovation association Mexe-te. He holds a degree in Graphic Design, lives in Porto and is married to Consumers Trust co-founder Sónia Lage Lourenço.
Pedro Lourenço is the Portuguese co-founder and CEO of Consumers Trust, the company behind consumer complaints platform Portal da Queixa, founded in 2009. Since 2019, he has also been European Consumer Rights Ambassador at the European Commission, a position he was selected for thanks to his work at Consumers Trust. He is also co-founder and CEO at digital agency Megaklique Multimedia, and until 2015 was a co-founder of creative and innovation association Mexe-te. He holds a degree in Graphic Design, lives in Porto and is married to Consumers Trust co-founder Sónia Lage Lourenço.
CTO and co-founder of Sonicboom
Valentinus Boentaran is CTO and co-founder of Sonicboom Indonesia, a platform that offers data transmission via sound waves without the need for an internet connection. He has a degree in Computer Science from DigiPen Institute of Technology in Washington and one in Mathematics and Business Administration from Concordia University Irvine. He has worked on projects from Disney and Lucasfilm games.
Valentinus Boentaran is CTO and co-founder of Sonicboom Indonesia, a platform that offers data transmission via sound waves without the need for an internet connection. He has a degree in Computer Science from DigiPen Institute of Technology in Washington and one in Mathematics and Business Administration from Concordia University Irvine. He has worked on projects from Disney and Lucasfilm games.
CTO and co-founder of Onesight
Jiang Tong obtained bachelor's degrees in Civil Engineering from Tongji University and Control Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University between 2011 and 2016. Upon graduation, he joined a robotics startup founded by a team from Zhejiang university, Shanghai Seer Robotics Technology, working as an algorithm engineer from 2016 to 2017. He then joined Bumie Tech in 2017. He specializes in simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and location algorithm. Jiang now serves as CTO at Onesight.
Jiang Tong obtained bachelor's degrees in Civil Engineering from Tongji University and Control Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University between 2011 and 2016. Upon graduation, he joined a robotics startup founded by a team from Zhejiang university, Shanghai Seer Robotics Technology, working as an algorithm engineer from 2016 to 2017. He then joined Bumie Tech in 2017. He specializes in simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and location algorithm. Jiang now serves as CTO at Onesight.
CEO and co-founder of Natural Machines / Foodini
Emilio Sepulveda is a Spanish engineer and MBA graduate with over 20 years of experience in the technology space at a global level. He worked as Strategy and Innovation Manager at Telefónica, leading multiple startups and projects. He was also involved in team structuring, seed funding round support, business model and strategy development.Passionate about IoT and robotics, Sepulveda co-founded Natural Machines in 2012 to develop 3D food-grade home appliances for both B2B and B2C customers. The company has just launched the world’s first 3D food printer equipped with laser-cooking technology.
Emilio Sepulveda is a Spanish engineer and MBA graduate with over 20 years of experience in the technology space at a global level. He worked as Strategy and Innovation Manager at Telefónica, leading multiple startups and projects. He was also involved in team structuring, seed funding round support, business model and strategy development.Passionate about IoT and robotics, Sepulveda co-founded Natural Machines in 2012 to develop 3D food-grade home appliances for both B2B and B2C customers. The company has just launched the world’s first 3D food printer equipped with laser-cooking technology.
Co-founder, CEO of VEnvirotech
Noelia Márquez Alfaya is the Spanish CEO and co-founder of 100% biodegradable plastic tech VEnvirotech, where she has worked since 2017. Prior to this, she was CEO and founder at Kubic Sabadell, an extra-curricular studies center, from 2012 to 2017. During this time, she also co-founded Mimmo Solutions, a textile creation company. All of her companies were based in the Barcelona area. In 2017, she gained entry to the youth entrepreneurship acceleration program Yuzz Santander, a Santander Bank initiative. Márquez holds a degree in industrial engineering and organization from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
Noelia Márquez Alfaya is the Spanish CEO and co-founder of 100% biodegradable plastic tech VEnvirotech, where she has worked since 2017. Prior to this, she was CEO and founder at Kubic Sabadell, an extra-curricular studies center, from 2012 to 2017. During this time, she also co-founded Mimmo Solutions, a textile creation company. All of her companies were based in the Barcelona area. In 2017, she gained entry to the youth entrepreneurship acceleration program Yuzz Santander, a Santander Bank initiative. Márquez holds a degree in industrial engineering and organization from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
Co-founder of Xampla
Tuomas Knowles is co-founder of Britain’s Xampla, producer of plant-based biodegradable plastics made from protein, which was founded in 2018 based on his team’s pioneering research. Knowles is a professor of physical chemistry and biophysics at Cambridge University, where he has worked since 2010 and manages the Knowles Lab which focuses on researching protein self-assembly underlying neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Knowles holds a PhD in Biophysics from the University of Cambridge and a degree in physics from ETH Zurich, a science and technology university.
Tuomas Knowles is co-founder of Britain’s Xampla, producer of plant-based biodegradable plastics made from protein, which was founded in 2018 based on his team’s pioneering research. Knowles is a professor of physical chemistry and biophysics at Cambridge University, where he has worked since 2010 and manages the Knowles Lab which focuses on researching protein self-assembly underlying neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Knowles holds a PhD in Biophysics from the University of Cambridge and a degree in physics from ETH Zurich, a science and technology university.
Founder of TreeFrog Therapeutics
Kévin Alessandri is CEO, CTO and co-founder of TreeFrog Therapeutics, whose proprietory C-Stem technology mass-produces high-quality pluripotent stem cells in a 3D environment. Prior to founding TreeFrog in 2018, Alessandri spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at Bordeaux’s Institut d’Optique. During 2014 and 2015, he completed a post-doctorate at the University of Geneva, focused on developing 3D printed microfluidics systems to build 3D cell culture vessels for stem cell applications. From 2008 to 2013 he completed a PhD on cellular capsules technology and applications at the Institut Curie in Paris.
Kévin Alessandri is CEO, CTO and co-founder of TreeFrog Therapeutics, whose proprietory C-Stem technology mass-produces high-quality pluripotent stem cells in a 3D environment. Prior to founding TreeFrog in 2018, Alessandri spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at Bordeaux’s Institut d’Optique. During 2014 and 2015, he completed a post-doctorate at the University of Geneva, focused on developing 3D printed microfluidics systems to build 3D cell culture vessels for stem cell applications. From 2008 to 2013 he completed a PhD on cellular capsules technology and applications at the Institut Curie in Paris.
Founder of TreeFrog Therapeutics
Jean-Luc Treillou is co-founder of TreeFrog Therapeutics, whose proprietory C-Stem technology mass-produces high-quality pluripotent stem cells in a 3D environment. Since January 2019, he has also acted as an advisor and member of the strategic committee of IT security company Eshard. Prior to co-founding TreeFrog, Treillou founded YSOPIA Bioscience in 2011, where he was CEO until he left in 2021, and Chairman of the Board from 2018. Between 2009 and 2013 he held the posts of General Manager and Chairman of the Board at French R&D company Nutrionix.
Jean-Luc Treillou is co-founder of TreeFrog Therapeutics, whose proprietory C-Stem technology mass-produces high-quality pluripotent stem cells in a 3D environment. Since January 2019, he has also acted as an advisor and member of the strategic committee of IT security company Eshard. Prior to co-founding TreeFrog, Treillou founded YSOPIA Bioscience in 2011, where he was CEO until he left in 2021, and Chairman of the Board from 2018. Between 2009 and 2013 he held the posts of General Manager and Chairman of the Board at French R&D company Nutrionix.
co-founder of YITU Healthcare
Lin Chenxi was the first director of technology at Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of the Alibaba Group. From 2008 to 2012, he led a team of more than 100 senior engineers to successfully set up Apsara, the largest, distributed cloud computing operating system with independent intellectual property rights in China. Before joining the Alibaba Group, Lin worked for Microsoft Research Asia in the fields of machine learning, computer vision, information retrieval and distributed systems. In 2012, he joined Leo Zhu as cofounder and chief technology officer of YITU Healthcare.
Lin Chenxi was the first director of technology at Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of the Alibaba Group. From 2008 to 2012, he led a team of more than 100 senior engineers to successfully set up Apsara, the largest, distributed cloud computing operating system with independent intellectual property rights in China. Before joining the Alibaba Group, Lin worked for Microsoft Research Asia in the fields of machine learning, computer vision, information retrieval and distributed systems. In 2012, he joined Leo Zhu as cofounder and chief technology officer of YITU Healthcare.
co-founder and CEO of YITU Healthcare
Leo Zhu received his PhD in Statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he specialized in statistical modeling of computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI), He was a student of Professor Alan Yuille whose PhD in theoretical physics was supervised by Dr Stephen Hawking. Prior to co-founding and becoming the CEO of China’s leading AI technology startup YITU Healthcare, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AI laboratory and a research fellow at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University.
Leo Zhu received his PhD in Statistics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he specialized in statistical modeling of computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI), He was a student of Professor Alan Yuille whose PhD in theoretical physics was supervised by Dr Stephen Hawking. Prior to co-founding and becoming the CEO of China’s leading AI technology startup YITU Healthcare, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AI laboratory and a research fellow at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University.
CTO and Co-founder of Squirrel AI
CTO and co-founder of Squirrel AI, Fan Xing obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, China, between 1999 and 2006. After graduating, he worked at several Internet companies as a software engineer and architect. He was CTO and R&D Director of IMO Cloud Office from 2012–2015, a senior researcher and platform technology manager at ShanDa Interactive Entertainment from 2010–2012, a server manager at 51.com from 2008–2010 and a senior engineer at Tencent from 2006–2008. He joined Squirrel AI in 2015.
CTO and co-founder of Squirrel AI, Fan Xing obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, China, between 1999 and 2006. After graduating, he worked at several Internet companies as a software engineer and architect. He was CTO and R&D Director of IMO Cloud Office from 2012–2015, a senior researcher and platform technology manager at ShanDa Interactive Entertainment from 2010–2012, a server manager at 51.com from 2008–2010 and a senior engineer at Tencent from 2006–2008. He joined Squirrel AI in 2015.
Co-founder and CTO of Habibi Garden
Irsan Rajamin is a keen gardener and managed to rope in high school friend Dian Prayogi Susanto to develop more efficient crop farming systems using automated technology. The graduate from Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Telkom (Telkom University) in Bandung is responsible for the agritech’s software development as the CTO and co-founder of Habibi Garden.
Irsan Rajamin is a keen gardener and managed to rope in high school friend Dian Prayogi Susanto to develop more efficient crop farming systems using automated technology. The graduate from Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Telkom (Telkom University) in Bandung is responsible for the agritech’s software development as the CTO and co-founder of Habibi Garden.
Co-founder of Nongfenqi
Co-founder of Nongfenqi. Zhang received his master’s degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. Zhang met Zhou Jian when they both worked at Oufei, and the two collaborated to start Zhou’s computer game company. Zhang himself has invested tens of millions of RMB in Nongfenqi.
Co-founder of Nongfenqi. Zhang received his master’s degree in Electronic and Information Engineering from the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. Zhang met Zhou Jian when they both worked at Oufei, and the two collaborated to start Zhou’s computer game company. Zhang himself has invested tens of millions of RMB in Nongfenqi.
The coronavirus outbreak that left cinemas shut and millions in home quarantine has unexpectedly opened up a new medium for movies – short video platforms
Now called Wanwu Xinsheng, the startup recycles over 70,000 used electronic goods in China daily, clocking over RMB 2bn of transactions every month
Innovate big or go home: logistics unicorn YH Global eyes “Belt and Road” gold
The world’s first logistics firm to become a unicorn at Series A is a model of innovation in China. More overseas growth is next
Carlos Melo Brito: Driving force behind Porto's innovation boom
The professor has overseen the creation and growth of the University of Porto-based UPTEC incubator, birthplace of many of Portugal's most successful startups
Spanish VR edtech Play2Speak targets China's K-12 market
Keen on the multibillion-dollar tutoring market in Asia, Play2Speak creates VR immersive learning to help kids overcome the fear of learning a new language
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
Alén Space seeks funding of €1.5 million to accelerate plans to win a share of the global market of 2,600 small satellites to be launched by 2023
For Indonesia’s gig workers, Sampingan provides side jobs that matter
Besides helping businesses gather data and scale at a bargain, Sampingan wants to help its workers level up and perform more complex tasks
In China's Covid-19-hit economy, cities dish out dining and shopping coupons to revive spending
Local governments are offering incentives to spend, but as millions have lost their jobs and income, more is needed to boost consumer confidence
300 million users in 3 years: Cracking e-commerce the Pinduoduo way
The dark horse of online retail is our key to understanding China's new consumer growth story
Triporate: Producing business travel itineraries and bookings 10x faster than human agents
Triporate helps corporates save time and money with its automated travel bookings from analyzing staff emails; it raised €1.3m recently
Lalibela Global-Networks: A mission to digitalize, move Africa's healthcare system to the cloud
This year’s Web Summit winner, Lalibela Global-Networks, is digitalizing Africa’s paper-based healthcare system in a low-cost, low-code way to save lives and make healthcare affordable
Drone Hopper: Firefighters of the future
A senior Airbus engineer from Spain has developed heavy-duty autonomous drones to quell wildfires safely
Soul Parking aims to solve Indonesia's motorcycle problem with unique parking spaces
Known for its “Instagrammable” space-saving parking solutions, Soul Parking has adapted to Covid conditions with disinfecting service and contactless transactions to attract more riders
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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