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Founder, CEO and CTO of Zhen Robotics
Founder, CEO and CTO of Zhen Robotics. An expert in AI and robotics, Liu Zhiyong used to work at Alibaba as the technical leader of its AI program “Wall-e Super Brain.” He has a master’s degree in Machine Learning and Robotics from Tsinghua University. He pursued a doctoral degree in Computer Science at ETH Zurich but never finished. He has also performed research in AI and robotics at Imperial College London. He has published more than ten papers in top journals and owns several invention patents.
Founder, CEO and CTO of Zhen Robotics. An expert in AI and robotics, Liu Zhiyong used to work at Alibaba as the technical leader of its AI program “Wall-e Super Brain.” He has a master’s degree in Machine Learning and Robotics from Tsinghua University. He pursued a doctoral degree in Computer Science at ETH Zurich but never finished. He has also performed research in AI and robotics at Imperial College London. He has published more than ten papers in top journals and owns several invention patents.
R&D Head of Alén Space
Diego Nodar López is co-founder and head of R&D at Alén Space, where he is responsible for the development of the company's proprietary hardware and software. Nodar began his career at Vigo University's Aerospace Group, before working at Alén Space and the Aerospace Innovation Center in Galicia. Nodar studied telecommunications engineering, computing and electronics at Spain's Vigo University and holds a degree in Radiocommunication and Electromagnetic Engineering. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Space Technology.
Diego Nodar López is co-founder and head of R&D at Alén Space, where he is responsible for the development of the company's proprietary hardware and software. Nodar began his career at Vigo University's Aerospace Group, before working at Alén Space and the Aerospace Innovation Center in Galicia. Nodar studied telecommunications engineering, computing and electronics at Spain's Vigo University and holds a degree in Radiocommunication and Electromagnetic Engineering. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Space Technology.
Co-founder of DuduBus
A graduate of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Chen Zhichao worked as a product manger at Tencent's Interactive Entertainment Group for three years before he co-founded DuduBus in 2015. He has since worked as its marketing director.
A graduate of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Chen Zhichao worked as a product manger at Tencent's Interactive Entertainment Group for three years before he co-founded DuduBus in 2015. He has since worked as its marketing director.
Co-founder and CTO of Logisly
Robbi Baskoro graduated in IT and has worked in both government and private sectors for over 12 years. He worked as an assistant at the Directorate General of Higher Education from 2010 to 2018. Based in Surabaya and Jakarta, he has also started his own company Nusaraya in 2010. The serial entrepreneur is also the co-founder and commissioner of gaming and lifestyle website Duniaku.net. He has exited various ventures and managed a software development house prior to co-founding Logisly as CTO.
Robbi Baskoro graduated in IT and has worked in both government and private sectors for over 12 years. He worked as an assistant at the Directorate General of Higher Education from 2010 to 2018. Based in Surabaya and Jakarta, he has also started his own company Nusaraya in 2010. The serial entrepreneur is also the co-founder and commissioner of gaming and lifestyle website Duniaku.net. He has exited various ventures and managed a software development house prior to co-founding Logisly as CTO.
CEO and co-founder of Blox
Bruno Berchielli has a master’s in AI and digital technology management from the University of Bologna. He also completed a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Brazil’s Insper business school that included studying in Canada.In 2017, Berchielli and brother Leandro started testing the idea for the Blox edtech platform in São Paulo. After spending one year developing the curriculum management platform, Blox was officially launched in 2019. The AI specialist is also a member of São Paulo’s Entrepreneur Circle.
Bruno Berchielli has a master’s in AI and digital technology management from the University of Bologna. He also completed a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Brazil’s Insper business school that included studying in Canada.In 2017, Berchielli and brother Leandro started testing the idea for the Blox edtech platform in São Paulo. After spending one year developing the curriculum management platform, Blox was officially launched in 2019. The AI specialist is also a member of São Paulo’s Entrepreneur Circle.
CFO and Co-founder of Solatom
Raul Villalba Van Dijk is currently an energy management consultant at KPMG Madrid, having spent time in the consulting industry in Spain, South Africa and the UK. Since 2016, he has been CFO and a member of the founding team of Solatom, a startup developing solar concentrators for industrial applications. He graduated with a masters in science specializing in thermal energy systems for solar plants. He also holds an MBA from the London Business School.
Raul Villalba Van Dijk is currently an energy management consultant at KPMG Madrid, having spent time in the consulting industry in Spain, South Africa and the UK. Since 2016, he has been CFO and a member of the founding team of Solatom, a startup developing solar concentrators for industrial applications. He graduated with a masters in science specializing in thermal energy systems for solar plants. He also holds an MBA from the London Business School.
Co-founder of Xendit
Vivek Ahuja graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Quantitative Economics degree in 2008. He went on to receive training for nuclear engineering and submarine officer roles in the US Navy, serving on the nuclear submarine USS Michigan for three years. He left the US Navy in 2013 to pursue an MBA at the University of California, Berkeley. Ahuja was briefly involved as a co-founder of payments gateway Xendit, but left the startup to join fintech company Affirm Inc in 2015.
Vivek Ahuja graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Quantitative Economics degree in 2008. He went on to receive training for nuclear engineering and submarine officer roles in the US Navy, serving on the nuclear submarine USS Michigan for three years. He left the US Navy in 2013 to pursue an MBA at the University of California, Berkeley. Ahuja was briefly involved as a co-founder of payments gateway Xendit, but left the startup to join fintech company Affirm Inc in 2015.
Founder of TreeFrog Therapeutics
Maxime Feyeux is President, CSO 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, Feyeux worked as a maturation engineer at Aquitaine Science Transfert and completed a post-doctoral degree at Bordeaux’s Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives. He also has a post-doctoral degree from the University of Geneva and completed his PhD in neurobiology and neurosciences at the Université d’Evry-Val d’Essone.
Maxime Feyeux is President, CSO 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, Feyeux worked as a maturation engineer at Aquitaine Science Transfert and completed a post-doctoral degree at Bordeaux’s Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives. He also has a post-doctoral degree from the University of Geneva and completed his PhD in neurobiology and neurosciences at the Université d’Evry-Val d’Essone.
Co-founder and COO of Ele.me
Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Jointly founded Ele.me with his classmate, Zhang Xuhao, in 2008 when they were third-year mechanical engineering graduate students.
Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Jointly founded Ele.me with his classmate, Zhang Xuhao, in 2008 when they were third-year mechanical engineering graduate students.
Co-founder and CEO of Ele.me
Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Jointly founded Ele.me with his classmate, Kang Jia, in 2008 when they were third-year mechanical engineering graduate students.
Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Jointly founded Ele.me with his classmate, Kang Jia, in 2008 when they were third-year mechanical engineering graduate students.
Founder of Yitu (Medimage)
Graphic design major at Dalian Nationalities University (class of 2010). Former visual designer at startups Momo (dating app), Ricebook (restaurant app) and Nice (photo app).
Graphic design major at Dalian Nationalities University (class of 2010). Former visual designer at startups Momo (dating app), Ricebook (restaurant app) and Nice (photo app).
Co-founder, CEO of Bodyswaps
Christophe Mallet is the French co-founder and CEO of UK-based VR edtech for soft-skills training Bodyswaps, where he has worked since its founding in 2019. Prior to this, he was CEO and co-founder at VR marketing agency Somewhere Else from 2016 before the agency pivoted to training and skills development and became the basis of Bodyswaps’ product offer. The agency had clients such as Adidas, for which Somewhere Else produced an interactive VR in-store promotional tool that was deployed in over 100 locations in China, Europe and the US and was nominated for a VR Award and an Immersive Perspective award. Mallet also co-founded another VR agency Exheb, forerunner to Somewhere Else in 2014.For almost six years before that, Mallet worked in social media and digital strategy management at Carve Consulting in London, a digital agency helping organisations to become social businesses. Mallet also co-founded a music label, Ubermax Records, in 2011.Mallet holds two master’s degrees: Science in Management and Business from the HEC School of Management in Paris, and International Business and Management from Vienna University of Economics and Management.
Christophe Mallet is the French co-founder and CEO of UK-based VR edtech for soft-skills training Bodyswaps, where he has worked since its founding in 2019. Prior to this, he was CEO and co-founder at VR marketing agency Somewhere Else from 2016 before the agency pivoted to training and skills development and became the basis of Bodyswaps’ product offer. The agency had clients such as Adidas, for which Somewhere Else produced an interactive VR in-store promotional tool that was deployed in over 100 locations in China, Europe and the US and was nominated for a VR Award and an Immersive Perspective award. Mallet also co-founded another VR agency Exheb, forerunner to Somewhere Else in 2014.For almost six years before that, Mallet worked in social media and digital strategy management at Carve Consulting in London, a digital agency helping organisations to become social businesses. Mallet also co-founded a music label, Ubermax Records, in 2011.Mallet holds two master’s degrees: Science in Management and Business from the HEC School of Management in Paris, and International Business and Management from Vienna University of Economics and Management.
Co-founder, CTO of Meatable
Daan Luining is the Dutch co-founder and CTO at cell-based meat startup Meatable, the first to claim a highly scalable culture technology, where he has worked since 2018. He is also a research director at the Cellular Agriculture Society in Leiden, a joint initiative for cell-based startups to share knowledge and to collaborate on projects to further scale the sector. Luining is also on the board of directors at the not-for-profit Cultured Meat Foundation that promotes sector innovation. His past posts have all been in the area of research, either as a researcher or a technician, and at the same time as completing studies. His last job was as a research strategist at New York-based New Harvest, a callular food rsearch funding body, where he worked for a year and met Dr. Kotter, the inventor of Meatable’s cellular technology. His research positions from 2009–15 were in the area of cell culture, mass spectrometry and DNA sequencing at the Maastricht University, University Medical Center Amsterdam, Utrecht University and Leiden University. Luining holds a master’s in biological sciences from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Daan Luining is the Dutch co-founder and CTO at cell-based meat startup Meatable, the first to claim a highly scalable culture technology, where he has worked since 2018. He is also a research director at the Cellular Agriculture Society in Leiden, a joint initiative for cell-based startups to share knowledge and to collaborate on projects to further scale the sector. Luining is also on the board of directors at the not-for-profit Cultured Meat Foundation that promotes sector innovation. His past posts have all been in the area of research, either as a researcher or a technician, and at the same time as completing studies. His last job was as a research strategist at New York-based New Harvest, a callular food rsearch funding body, where he worked for a year and met Dr. Kotter, the inventor of Meatable’s cellular technology. His research positions from 2009–15 were in the area of cell culture, mass spectrometry and DNA sequencing at the Maastricht University, University Medical Center Amsterdam, Utrecht University and Leiden University. Luining holds a master’s in biological sciences from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
CEO, co-founder of Xampla
Simon Hombersley is the CEO and co-founder of Britain’s Xampla, producer of plant-based biodegradable plastics made from protein, where he has worked full-time since 2018. Prior to Xampla, Hombersley worked in various UK-based engineering roles that included almost three years at Oxford Flow, an Oxford University spin-off, reducing water leakage and improving industrial efficiency.Earlier, between 2012 and 2015, he worked in the industrial entrepreneurial agency Puntios, which he founded. From 2004–2012 he was Chairman and founder at TwentyNinety, developers of a wireless monitoring system for photovoltaics. From 2004 to March 2021, he was the founder and non-executive director at Lontra, an engineering firm developing and commercializing energy-saving industrial compressors. Hombersley began his professional life as a public affairs consultant providing advice on regulatory and political affairs mainly to water companies.
Simon Hombersley is the CEO and co-founder of Britain’s Xampla, producer of plant-based biodegradable plastics made from protein, where he has worked full-time since 2018. Prior to Xampla, Hombersley worked in various UK-based engineering roles that included almost three years at Oxford Flow, an Oxford University spin-off, reducing water leakage and improving industrial efficiency.Earlier, between 2012 and 2015, he worked in the industrial entrepreneurial agency Puntios, which he founded. From 2004–2012 he was Chairman and founder at TwentyNinety, developers of a wireless monitoring system for photovoltaics. From 2004 to March 2021, he was the founder and non-executive director at Lontra, an engineering firm developing and commercializing energy-saving industrial compressors. Hombersley began his professional life as a public affairs consultant providing advice on regulatory and political affairs mainly to water companies.
CEO and Co-founder of Squirrel AI
Squirrel AI CEO and co-founder Zhou Wei was formerly VP of Only Education International, a K12 educational institution. He was also the GM of Only Education’s strategic expansion department from 2010, growing its student base from 100,000 to 1m over three years, acquiring the biggest share of the children’s English education market in China and once had opened 600 institutions in one year. Prior to joining Only Education, Zhou worked at Avon Products as its GM in Shanghai, where he achieved a record RMB 500m in annual sales and won the Best Regional and Team-Lead Sales Performance title for four consecutive years .
Squirrel AI CEO and co-founder Zhou Wei was formerly VP of Only Education International, a K12 educational institution. He was also the GM of Only Education’s strategic expansion department from 2010, growing its student base from 100,000 to 1m over three years, acquiring the biggest share of the children’s English education market in China and once had opened 600 institutions in one year. Prior to joining Only Education, Zhou worked at Avon Products as its GM in Shanghai, where he achieved a record RMB 500m in annual sales and won the Best Regional and Team-Lead Sales Performance title for four consecutive years .
Cecilia Tham: the power of shifting paradigms
The embodiment of unconventional thinking and creativity, this female entrepreneur from Hong Kong has been pioneering social transformation within Barcelona's startup ecosystem since 2011
Supercharging and battery swap in race to cut EV charging times in China
Supercharging can slash EV charging times but has technological challenges. Hence battery swapping is on the rise in China, with state support
Evix Safety's helmet with an airbag is a world-first for cycling safety
Evix Safety is launching a “smart” cycling helmet fitted with an airbag to prevent thousands of neck injuries from accidents
Chinese EV startups feel the heat as Tesla slashes prices, market subsidies ending
Tesla's recent price cuts and upcoming Shanghai plant for producing cheaper cars are increasing pressure on its Chinese rivals
Subsidy cut has dented sales, but China's EV manufacturers need better products to win over buyers
Eliminating subsidies is a painful must for the sustainability of China’s electric vehicle industry
SWITCH Singapore: Xpeng expects strong China EV growth after 3Q rebound, launches overseas expansion
Welcoming foreign player entry as potential boost to EV adoption, Xpeng President Brian Gu also notes attractiveness of overseas markets, especially Europe
China’s medical exoskeleton startups take on a promising but challenging market
It was not until 2018 that the first China-made lower limb exoskeleton got regulatory clearance at home, around the same time the first Chinese rehabilitation robot got US FDA approval
Xu Jinghong: Champion of young entrepreneurs and high-tech startups
Under Xu Jinghong’s leadership, Tsinghua Holdings grew its assets sevenfold and incubated over 10,000 businesses. In his new role as VC investor, Xu wants to nurture startups into future global leaders
AEInnova: Energy harvester to generate €10 million revenue, plans Series A
A whopping 70% of our energy generated gets lost as waste heat. A Spanish startup has developed innovative solutions to collect the waste heat that industry literally throws away and convert it into electricity
Mass production and delivery delays – common challenges facing China EV startups
As Tesla postponed delivery yet again, its Chinese rivals are scrambling too
Chinese startups join the race to address chip shortage amid funding boom
Would an overheated semiconductor startup scene and the ability to design cutting-edge chips be enough to help China achieve chip self-sufficiency?
This EV maker caters to young consumers by making driving easier and more fun
Amongst all the players in China’s EV market, Xpeng Motors still stands out
China bets on road-vehicle coordination for the mass adoption of autonomous driving cars by 2025
Money pours in as China pushes sector to be the next growth engine, and both self-driving startups and their investors are optimistic about their commercialization attempts
Will China ride into a car-sharing future?
Chinese car-sharing startups face reckoning as more than 500 players crowd into a fast-growing, but young, market
Game Prime 2019 – Let the games commence!
This month, Jakarta's annual game exhibition to showcase more than 50 developers, promoting the industry’s potential locally and abroad
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