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Co-founder and CTO of KODI
Imam Teguh Prakoso graduated in Management Informatics at Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran in Jakarta, Indonesia. He started his career as a web developer at PT Webgis Indonesia, staying there for almost three years.In 2016, he started his own software development house Senusa. In 2018, one of Senusa's products KODI became a spin-off digital platform for cooperative businesses. Senusa continues to support the development of KODI and Imam became KODI's chief information technology officer.
Imam Teguh Prakoso graduated in Management Informatics at Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran in Jakarta, Indonesia. He started his career as a web developer at PT Webgis Indonesia, staying there for almost three years.In 2016, he started his own software development house Senusa. In 2018, one of Senusa's products KODI became a spin-off digital platform for cooperative businesses. Senusa continues to support the development of KODI and Imam became KODI's chief information technology officer.
Miao Mengna obtained her bachelor's degree in architecture at Zhejiang University from 2007 to 2012. She completed a master's degree in Advanced Architecture Design in 2013 at Columbia University. Miao spent five years in architecture designing, working for architectural firms like KPF, before co-founding Bumie Tech in 2016. In 2018, she co-founded Onesight and has served as it's COO since.
Miao Mengna obtained her bachelor's degree in architecture at Zhejiang University from 2007 to 2012. She completed a master's degree in Advanced Architecture Design in 2013 at Columbia University. Miao spent five years in architecture designing, working for architectural firms like KPF, before co-founding Bumie Tech in 2016. In 2018, she co-founded Onesight and has served as it's COO since.
Co-founder of Coinscrap
Diego Gonzalez is a Galician engineer and entrepreneur with more than 15 years' experience in the financial services industry. In 2015, he co-founded Sensitrade, a revolutionary technology that captures stock market sentiment from social networks to predict stock exchange evolution with a success rate of 87%.In 2016, he co-founded Coinscrap, an app that facilitates micro-savings by rounding up purchases made with credit cards to the nearest euro.
Diego Gonzalez is a Galician engineer and entrepreneur with more than 15 years' experience in the financial services industry. In 2015, he co-founded Sensitrade, a revolutionary technology that captures stock market sentiment from social networks to predict stock exchange evolution with a success rate of 87%.In 2016, he co-founded Coinscrap, an app that facilitates micro-savings by rounding up purchases made with credit cards to the nearest euro.
Co-founder of Vence
Sky Kurtz graduated in finance at Arizona State University in 2004. He also completed a master’s in business administration from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2011.He started his corporate career in New York at Lehman Brothers where he worked as an analyst from 2004–2006. He went on to work at CCMP Capital as an associate for three years until 2009. After various board member roles in US, he became the VP of Francisco Partners in 2011, a global private equity firm based in San Francisco.In 2014, he became the CEO of Mateen Corporation that manufactures high-performance fiber-reinforced polymers in the UAE and New Zealand. In 2016, he co-founded Vence Corp, a virtual fencing device manufacturer for livestock management. Currently based in UAE, Kurtz also founded Pure Harvest Smart Farms in Abu Dhabi. He is the CEO of the Middle East’s first commercial-scale, semi-automated, hybrid greenhouse growing system. Kurtz is also an advisor at e-commerce beauty startup Powder.ae and an entrepreneur-in-residence at Shorooq Investments.
Sky Kurtz graduated in finance at Arizona State University in 2004. He also completed a master’s in business administration from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 2011.He started his corporate career in New York at Lehman Brothers where he worked as an analyst from 2004–2006. He went on to work at CCMP Capital as an associate for three years until 2009. After various board member roles in US, he became the VP of Francisco Partners in 2011, a global private equity firm based in San Francisco.In 2014, he became the CEO of Mateen Corporation that manufactures high-performance fiber-reinforced polymers in the UAE and New Zealand. In 2016, he co-founded Vence Corp, a virtual fencing device manufacturer for livestock management. Currently based in UAE, Kurtz also founded Pure Harvest Smart Farms in Abu Dhabi. He is the CEO of the Middle East’s first commercial-scale, semi-automated, hybrid greenhouse growing system. Kurtz is also an advisor at e-commerce beauty startup Powder.ae and an entrepreneur-in-residence at Shorooq Investments.
Tongfang Holch conducts direct investment, angel investment, PE investment and NEEQ investment with billions of RMB under management. It is one of the fastest-growing PE investment firms in China.
Tongfang Holch conducts direct investment, angel investment, PE investment and NEEQ investment with billions of RMB under management. It is one of the fastest-growing PE investment firms in China.
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.
ENISA is a Spanish public company under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. Since 1982, it has been actively supporting innovative business projects of SMEs in Spain. ENISA co-invests up to 50% of the capital, with the remaining 50% to be provided by other co-investors or founders. The funding ranges from a minimum of €25,000 to a maximum of €300,000. Unlike banks, ENISA offers interest-free finance based on a company's profitability. In this way, it allows startups to adjust their financial burdens according to each company’s natural business life cycle.
ENISA is a Spanish public company under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism. Since 1982, it has been actively supporting innovative business projects of SMEs in Spain. ENISA co-invests up to 50% of the capital, with the remaining 50% to be provided by other co-investors or founders. The funding ranges from a minimum of €25,000 to a maximum of €300,000. Unlike banks, ENISA offers interest-free finance based on a company's profitability. In this way, it allows startups to adjust their financial burdens according to each company’s natural business life cycle.
Shanshui Investment (Born For Maker Fund）
Founded in 2015 by Beijing News, Beijing Culture Investment Development Group, among other funds, the Born For Maker program was renamed Shanshui Investment in April 2018 by Chairman of the Board Dai Zigeng, former publisher of Beijing News and CEO of Beijing Culture Investment Development Group. Wang Yuechun, former editor-in-chief of Beijing News, was named founder of Shanshui Investment. Born For Maker, an incubator program, holds an annual startup competition. In 2016, the program set up an investment fund.
Founded in 2015 by Beijing News, Beijing Culture Investment Development Group, among other funds, the Born For Maker program was renamed Shanshui Investment in April 2018 by Chairman of the Board Dai Zigeng, former publisher of Beijing News and CEO of Beijing Culture Investment Development Group. Wang Yuechun, former editor-in-chief of Beijing News, was named founder of Shanshui Investment. Born For Maker, an incubator program, holds an annual startup competition. In 2016, the program set up an investment fund.
Country Garden Venture Capital
Founded in 2019, Country Garden Venture Capital is the corporate venturing arm of Chinese real estate developer Country Garden. With its parent company as the cornerstone investor, it is focused on certain sectors of the supply chain, namely, technology, healthcare and consumption. As of March 2021, Country Garden Venture Capital has invested around RMB 10bn in over 50 companies with an average return above 80%. Among them, 15 have achieved unicorn status ($1bn in valuation), while four have successfully gone public.
Founded in 2019, Country Garden Venture Capital is the corporate venturing arm of Chinese real estate developer Country Garden. With its parent company as the cornerstone investor, it is focused on certain sectors of the supply chain, namely, technology, healthcare and consumption. As of March 2021, Country Garden Venture Capital has invested around RMB 10bn in over 50 companies with an average return above 80%. Among them, 15 have achieved unicorn status ($1bn in valuation), while four have successfully gone public.
Security Trading Oy is a Finnish investment company located in Helsinki generating a turnover of $125m in sales. The firm recently invested in the biotech material startup Infinited Fiber, along with Adidas and Invest FWD A/S, which is BESTSELLER’s investment arm for sustainable fashion. Security Trading Oy was part of the Kone Corporation group that was re-organized by the Herlin family, with Antti Herlin as the controlling shareholder in 2005.
Security Trading Oy is a Finnish investment company located in Helsinki generating a turnover of $125m in sales. The firm recently invested in the biotech material startup Infinited Fiber, along with Adidas and Invest FWD A/S, which is BESTSELLER’s investment arm for sustainable fashion. Security Trading Oy was part of the Kone Corporation group that was re-organized by the Herlin family, with Antti Herlin as the controlling shareholder in 2005.
Founder and CEO of HijUp
Former MARS Indonesia and GTZ researcher Diajeng Lestari holds a Social & Political Science degree from the University of Indonesia. Her husband is Achmad Zaky, the founder of Indonesian startup BukaLapak. Diajeng was born in 1986.
Former MARS Indonesia and GTZ researcher Diajeng Lestari holds a Social & Political Science degree from the University of Indonesia. Her husband is Achmad Zaky, the founder of Indonesian startup BukaLapak. Diajeng was born in 1986.
Founder and CEO of Female Daily Network
A blogger since 1999, Hanifa started a female-focused blog, then called Fashionese Daily, in 2005 while pursuing her MBA at Maryville University of St. Louis and working as an assistant manager at Gap. Post-MBA, she returned to Indonesia to focus on her blogging project that became the Female Daily Network.
A blogger since 1999, Hanifa started a female-focused blog, then called Fashionese Daily, in 2005 while pursuing her MBA at Maryville University of St. Louis and working as an assistant manager at Gap. Post-MBA, she returned to Indonesia to focus on her blogging project that became the Female Daily Network.
Co-founder and CEO of Eragano
Stephanie Jesselyn is a former Business Intelligence Specialist at Zalora Indonesia, part of the German company Rocket Internet Gmbh. She had also worked as a management associate at DBS Bank in Jakarta for over a year, in addition to her earlier role as an investment analyst at Satuan Kekayaan Dana ITB in Bandung.Stephanie co-founded Eragano and became the CEO in July 2016.She has a bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering from the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.
Stephanie Jesselyn is a former Business Intelligence Specialist at Zalora Indonesia, part of the German company Rocket Internet Gmbh. She had also worked as a management associate at DBS Bank in Jakarta for over a year, in addition to her earlier role as an investment analyst at Satuan Kekayaan Dana ITB in Bandung.Stephanie co-founded Eragano and became the CEO in July 2016.She has a bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering from the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.
Co-founder and CTO of Kerjabilitas
Tety Sianipar believes that technology can be used to solve social issues. Armed with a degree in Information Technology, she worked briefly as a game developer before moving to an international NGO. In 2014, she co-founded Saujana, a social enterprise focusing on disability issues and environmental conservation. Tety is also the CTO of Saujana that developed a job search platform for disabled people that was launched as Kerjabilitas a year later.
Tety Sianipar believes that technology can be used to solve social issues. Armed with a degree in Information Technology, she worked briefly as a game developer before moving to an international NGO. In 2014, she co-founded Saujana, a social enterprise focusing on disability issues and environmental conservation. Tety is also the CTO of Saujana that developed a job search platform for disabled people that was launched as Kerjabilitas a year later.
Co-founder and ex-CTO of Pricebook
Ryoji Mori graduated in International Law from the University of Tokyo in Japan, but ended up as a highly skilled coder and web developer. After a brief stint in Singapore as a director of Application Development at Japan Internet Technologies Pte Ltd, he began to work freelance as a web developer. In 2013, he co-founded the price comparison website Pricebook with a university friend Tomonori Tsuji. However, Ryoji worked as CTO at Pricebook for only six months before leaving in December 2013.
Ryoji Mori graduated in International Law from the University of Tokyo in Japan, but ended up as a highly skilled coder and web developer. After a brief stint in Singapore as a director of Application Development at Japan Internet Technologies Pte Ltd, he began to work freelance as a web developer. In 2013, he co-founded the price comparison website Pricebook with a university friend Tomonori Tsuji. However, Ryoji worked as CTO at Pricebook for only six months before leaving in December 2013.
Smile and Learn: The “Netflix of education” for three to 12 year olds
Smile and Learn lets schools offer AI-enabled personalized learning to every child in every classroom, for the price of a book
Smile Formula offers orthodontic treatment online, and 70% cheaper
Unaffected by the coronavirus outbreak, Smile Formula served 2,000 customers within nine months of launch and raised RMB 10m seed funding in April
Covid-19 symptoms checker and contact-tracing apps, virtual classrooms and 3D video-conferencing platforms are among the array of solutions for homebound adults and kids
Du'Anyam: Empowering rural women to work independently and learn financial planning skills
Du’Anyam had to cancel bulk orders to survive the Covid-19 downturn, pivoting to B2C online sales, until the tourism and hospitality sectors recover
Trudy Dai: Alibaba’s jane of all trades
Dai has played a pivotal role in the success of the world’s biggest e-commerce platform; now the tech giant is trusting her to run its VC arm
In China's frothy tea drink universe, startups learn to battle
Tea shop startups like Nayuki and Heytea are staying afloat by turning to high-quality organic ingredients and greater brand visibility
AltStory: Putting the audience in the director's chair
The Chinese startup has taken interactivity to another level by letting TV and movie viewers decide where the action goes, and how it all ends.
Koala Reading: Using AI to help children read, learn better in Chinese
This edtech app matches Chinese students with reading materials based on level, not age or grade in school
MenteLista: Empowering small children to learn English with 10 minutes daily practice
Designed for infants and children, ranging in age from just 6 months to 7 years old, this platform could revolutionize language study during the critical learning period
Spanish startups and investors rethink strategies as Covid-19 hits funding, valuations
Investors and startups in Spain say most funding has stalled, and share their strategies and advice for coping with the downturn
Bye to 12-hour workdays? aiXcoder’s AI-based programming tool is here to help developers
Used by Alibaba, this startup's predictive code lines let programmers spend less time searching online and more time being creative
Mindtera: Building mental resilience through bite-sized lessons
Mindtera wants to nip mental health issues in the bud by equipping working adults with skills to navigate work challenges and personal relationships, using their phones
Codemao, China's pioneer in online coding lessons for kids, targets IPO
Codemao has taught over 30m children in China how to code with its proprietary online tools, including cartoons, mobile apps and curriculum, even its own coding language
Chinese DIY robotics startup Makeblock enters the classroom
Present in more than 140 countries, this ambitious startup is taking global STEM education by storm
Capaball: Empowering employees to upskill in tech as more businesses digitalize
The Spanish edtech platform for Fortune 500 clients and professionals is focused on developing new markets in Latin America
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