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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 .
CTO and Co-founder of Play2Speak
Based in Madrid, Fabio Polimeni is an Italian computer engineer from Torino Polytechnic. After completing a MSc in Videogames Programming at the University of Hull in 2009, he worked for almost three years in Cambridge UK for Ninja Theory as an engine programmer.In 2013, he worked as a senior core-tech programmer at the Lionhead Studios in Guildford UK, designing and maintaining low-level and multi-thread systems, physics library integration, as well as gameplay optimizations.Together with Alberto Gordillo who also worked at Lionhead Studios, he co-founded Poligor Studio in 2016 as CTO to develop a VR tech-demo and simulation of the Great Fire of London 1666. They left the London startup a year later and went to Madrid to set up Play2Speak with Polimeni as CTO. Since 2019, he is also a core-tech consultant for Polystream.
Based in Madrid, Fabio Polimeni is an Italian computer engineer from Torino Polytechnic. After completing a MSc in Videogames Programming at the University of Hull in 2009, he worked for almost three years in Cambridge UK for Ninja Theory as an engine programmer.In 2013, he worked as a senior core-tech programmer at the Lionhead Studios in Guildford UK, designing and maintaining low-level and multi-thread systems, physics library integration, as well as gameplay optimizations.Together with Alberto Gordillo who also worked at Lionhead Studios, he co-founded Poligor Studio in 2016 as CTO to develop a VR tech-demo and simulation of the Great Fire of London 1666. They left the London startup a year later and went to Madrid to set up Play2Speak with Polimeni as CTO. Since 2019, he is also a core-tech consultant for Polystream.
Founder and CEO of So-Young
Jin Xing has more than 10 years of experience in internet technology, including at TOM (as development manager), MOP.com (product operations director), and Tencent’s Tenpay (product operations director).
Jin Xing has more than 10 years of experience in internet technology, including at TOM (as development manager), MOP.com (product operations director), and Tencent’s Tenpay (product operations director).
Co-CEO and co-founder of Pula
Dutch-born Rosa Goslinga has spent most of her career working in Africa and speaks five languages, including Swahili. She graduated in business, economics and international development at the University of Amsterdam in 2004. She also completed a master’s in political economy of development at the School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London in 2005.In 2006, she worked as an economist at the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources in Rwanda where she realized there was an urgent need for small-scale farming insurance to protect the local farmers’ livelihoods against natural hazards.In 2008, she joined Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) in Kenya, where she initiated a pilot Kilimo Salama in Nairobi as program director. The program was a success, starting with 185 farmers taking up index insurance and growing to be the largest in Africa with over 185,000 participants. Goslinga also met and started working with Thomas Njeru, the lead actuary for UAP Insurance for the Kilimo project.In 2013, with investors backing her project, she developed and patented a system and method for providing a site-related weather insurance contract. She left SFSA in 2014 and went on to set up Kenya’s pioneering insurtech Pula with Njeru as co-founder in 2015.Both are now co-CEOs of the Nairobi-based startup, education and helping over 4m small-scale farmers to protect their livelihoods from environmental hazards with tailor-made micro-finance and insurance products.
Dutch-born Rosa Goslinga has spent most of her career working in Africa and speaks five languages, including Swahili. She graduated in business, economics and international development at the University of Amsterdam in 2004. She also completed a master’s in political economy of development at the School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London in 2005.In 2006, she worked as an economist at the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources in Rwanda where she realized there was an urgent need for small-scale farming insurance to protect the local farmers’ livelihoods against natural hazards.In 2008, she joined Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) in Kenya, where she initiated a pilot Kilimo Salama in Nairobi as program director. The program was a success, starting with 185 farmers taking up index insurance and growing to be the largest in Africa with over 185,000 participants. Goslinga also met and started working with Thomas Njeru, the lead actuary for UAP Insurance for the Kilimo project.In 2013, with investors backing her project, she developed and patented a system and method for providing a site-related weather insurance contract. She left SFSA in 2014 and went on to set up Kenya’s pioneering insurtech Pula with Njeru as co-founder in 2015.Both are now co-CEOs of the Nairobi-based startup, education and helping over 4m small-scale farmers to protect their livelihoods from environmental hazards with tailor-made micro-finance and insurance products.
CEO and co-founder of Everimpact
Mathieu Carlier is CEO and co-founder of Everimpact, a GHG monitoring company that uses satellites, ground sensors, AI and machine learning to deliver more accurate and immediate carbon emissions data to public bodies, municipalities, and businesses. He has over 20 years of experience as an advisor to governments, public institutions at the likes of the UN, the European Commission and EU Agencies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and large corporations in international development. Prior to Everimpact, much of Carlier’s career was spent in complex data systems projects for government elections or for health ministries in war-torn or post-conflict developing countries. This included delivering multimillion-dollar biometric and big data projects in the run-up to 50 presidential elections in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, the Congo and Benin. Carlier is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and holds an MSc in Business Administration from the Burgundy School of Business.
Mathieu Carlier is CEO and co-founder of Everimpact, a GHG monitoring company that uses satellites, ground sensors, AI and machine learning to deliver more accurate and immediate carbon emissions data to public bodies, municipalities, and businesses. He has over 20 years of experience as an advisor to governments, public institutions at the likes of the UN, the European Commission and EU Agencies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and large corporations in international development. Prior to Everimpact, much of Carlier’s career was spent in complex data systems projects for government elections or for health ministries in war-torn or post-conflict developing countries. This included delivering multimillion-dollar biometric and big data projects in the run-up to 50 presidential elections in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, the Congo and Benin. Carlier is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and holds an MSc in Business Administration from the Burgundy School of Business.
Co-Founder and COO of IDNtimes
Magna cum laude University of Southern California (USC) graduate, William Utomo, financed his studies through the A. Robert DeHart Memorial Scholarship and the Joseph Drown Foundation Scholarship. He co-founded IDNtimes with his brother, Winston Utomo, and became the COO of IDN Media group in June 2014. He had also worked as a Portfolio Manager at the USC Marshall Undergraduate Student Investment Funds and as an investment analyst at Cabrera Capital Markets LLC and AIA during 2013 and early 2014.
Magna cum laude University of Southern California (USC) graduate, William Utomo, financed his studies through the A. Robert DeHart Memorial Scholarship and the Joseph Drown Foundation Scholarship. He co-founded IDNtimes with his brother, Winston Utomo, and became the COO of IDN Media group in June 2014. He had also worked as a Portfolio Manager at the USC Marshall Undergraduate Student Investment Funds and as an investment analyst at Cabrera Capital Markets LLC and AIA during 2013 and early 2014.
Founder of Alkemis Games
A master’s degree holder in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA, Tedo Salim also graduated with a diploma of the same major from Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore in 2007.Prior to running Alkemis Games, Tedo had worked as a Senior Software Engineer at GREE International Inc in San Francisco, from March 2012 to August 2014. He was with Schell Games in Pittsburgh as a Game Engineer for over three years, working mainly on iOS and Android mobile games such as War of Nations.
A master’s degree holder in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA, Tedo Salim also graduated with a diploma of the same major from Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore in 2007.Prior to running Alkemis Games, Tedo had worked as a Senior Software Engineer at GREE International Inc in San Francisco, from March 2012 to August 2014. He was with Schell Games in Pittsburgh as a Game Engineer for over three years, working mainly on iOS and Android mobile games such as War of Nations.
Co-founder and CTO of Limakilo
Arif Setiawan is an experienced web and mobile app developer who loves competition. He still runs Futsalholic.com that he co-founded in 2013 while in Bandung, prior to joining Limakilo as the CTO in November 2015. Arif is Limakilo’s Backend and API developer and also its Frontend Web developer.He also works on other projects at Rakki Studio as a web developer. An alumni of the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Arif gained a master’s in Informatics (Media Technology and Mobile Apps) in 2016.
Arif Setiawan is an experienced web and mobile app developer who loves competition. He still runs Futsalholic.com that he co-founded in 2013 while in Bandung, prior to joining Limakilo as the CTO in November 2015. Arif is Limakilo’s Backend and API developer and also its Frontend Web developer.He also works on other projects at Rakki Studio as a web developer. An alumni of the Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Arif gained a master’s in Informatics (Media Technology and Mobile Apps) in 2016.
Co-founder and CFO of Conclave
Graduating with a bachelor’s in Business Management and Finance from the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Indonesia, Aditya Hadiputra became the CFO of Utoyo & Partners in August 2011. He left the financial services company with its founding partner Marshall Utoyo in 2013. They decided to set up a coworking space hub Conclave in Jakarta, together with two other graduates from ITB. Based in Jakarta, Aditya has been CFO of Conclave since January 2013. He has also been working as an investment associate since July 2015 at MDI Ventures, Telkom’s venture capital arm.
Graduating with a bachelor’s in Business Management and Finance from the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) in Indonesia, Aditya Hadiputra became the CFO of Utoyo & Partners in August 2011. He left the financial services company with its founding partner Marshall Utoyo in 2013. They decided to set up a coworking space hub Conclave in Jakarta, together with two other graduates from ITB. Based in Jakarta, Aditya has been CFO of Conclave since January 2013. He has also been working as an investment associate since July 2015 at MDI Ventures, Telkom’s venture capital arm.
Co-founder and CEO of Printerous, Co-founder of Tiket.com
Kevin Osmond was a Bina Nusantara University graduate in Computer Science. He co-founded Printerous in July 2012, together with his friends, Christian Soeseno Boenarso, David Soong and Paulus Hyu.A serial entrepreneur, he is currently a shareholder of Fimela.com, an Indonesian online fashion and lifestyle magazine. He was also a co-founder and CEO of Weekend Inc which he left after two years in 2014. Other previous ventures include Filmoo.com, tiket.com (from which he left after eight months), Bouncity and AITINDO.
Kevin Osmond was a Bina Nusantara University graduate in Computer Science. He co-founded Printerous in July 2012, together with his friends, Christian Soeseno Boenarso, David Soong and Paulus Hyu.A serial entrepreneur, he is currently a shareholder of Fimela.com, an Indonesian online fashion and lifestyle magazine. He was also a co-founder and CEO of Weekend Inc which he left after two years in 2014. Other previous ventures include Filmoo.com, tiket.com (from which he left after eight months), Bouncity and AITINDO.
Co-founder and CTO of Unbabel
Unbabel Co-founder and CTO Graça is a machine learning and natural language processing specialist and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Portugal, where he majored in Computer Engineering. He is also a former postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Besides working at Unbabel, Graça is a researcher at the IST's Spoken Language Systems Lab (L2F) in Lisbon and an official member of Forbes Technology Council. He also briefly worked at adtech startup Dezine as Chief Scientist.
Unbabel Co-founder and CTO Graça is a machine learning and natural language processing specialist and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Portugal, where he majored in Computer Engineering. He is also a former postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Besides working at Unbabel, Graça is a researcher at the IST's Spoken Language Systems Lab (L2F) in Lisbon and an official member of Forbes Technology Council. He also briefly worked at adtech startup Dezine as Chief Scientist.
Co-founder, Director, and Chief Strategy Officer of Travelio
After gaining work experience at the InterContinental Hotels Group in Singapore, Christina Suriadjaja decided to become a tech entrepreneur by co-founding Travelio, a spin-off from her father’s public-listed SSIA property conglomerate PT Surya Semesta Internusa Tbk.Christina attended the Singapore Sports School and was a member of the national netball team, before returning to Indonesia to study at the Jakarta International School. She worked as an intern at Ernst & Young and AXA, while reading a degree in Business Administration at the University of Southern California, USA.
After gaining work experience at the InterContinental Hotels Group in Singapore, Christina Suriadjaja decided to become a tech entrepreneur by co-founding Travelio, a spin-off from her father’s public-listed SSIA property conglomerate PT Surya Semesta Internusa Tbk.Christina attended the Singapore Sports School and was a member of the national netball team, before returning to Indonesia to study at the Jakarta International School. She worked as an intern at Ernst & Young and AXA, while reading a degree in Business Administration at the University of Southern California, USA.
Co-founder and CEO of Xhockware
Lecturer-turned-entrepreneur Joao Paulo Rodrigues spent nearly a decade at the Computer and System Engineering Institute of Porto (INESC) as a researcher, and at Porto Business School (PBS). While at INESC and PBS, Rodrigues co-founded Xarevision, an INESC spinoff. In February 2014, he left his position as Xarevision’s CTO to start Xhockware. He continues to work at Xhockware as CEO and has an educational background in engineering, in which he holds a PhD. from the University of Porto, as well as in business management.
Lecturer-turned-entrepreneur Joao Paulo Rodrigues spent nearly a decade at the Computer and System Engineering Institute of Porto (INESC) as a researcher, and at Porto Business School (PBS). While at INESC and PBS, Rodrigues co-founded Xarevision, an INESC spinoff. In February 2014, he left his position as Xarevision’s CTO to start Xhockware. He continues to work at Xhockware as CEO and has an educational background in engineering, in which he holds a PhD. from the University of Porto, as well as in business management.
Co-founder and CTO of HelloBeauty
After graduating in 2014 with a bachelor’s in Political Science from Indonesia’s Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Pradana Dyaksa joined PT IDS Medical Systems Indonesia as a management trainee. He later became the e-commerce manager of Bhuwana Ubud Hotel before working in business development at Rocket Internet’s Zen Rooms until he was promoted to become Head of Community in 2016.While still at Zen Rooms, he teamed up with colleague and fellow Parahyangan alumnus Dennish Tjandra to establish HelloBeauty, Indonesia’s leading platform for beauty services.
After graduating in 2014 with a bachelor’s in Political Science from Indonesia’s Universitas Katolik Parahyangan, Pradana Dyaksa joined PT IDS Medical Systems Indonesia as a management trainee. He later became the e-commerce manager of Bhuwana Ubud Hotel before working in business development at Rocket Internet’s Zen Rooms until he was promoted to become Head of Community in 2016.While still at Zen Rooms, he teamed up with colleague and fellow Parahyangan alumnus Dennish Tjandra to establish HelloBeauty, Indonesia’s leading platform for beauty services.
The Store Front: Striving to disrupt streaming with just rewards for musicians
Dubbing itself “the most equitable store around,” The Store Front aims to provide the fairest possible digital sales platform for musicians
Kolase: Crowdfunding platform for Indonesian musicians
Started by music industry veterans, Kolase sees a promising online market in contemporary music fandom
SFTC: Riding on the rise of independent music and alternative media
From recording music sessions for its YouTube channel, Sounds From The Corner has expanded into content production, reflecting Indonesia’s fast-evolving media landscape
This Portuguese startup lets you bet on your favorite musicians
Whether you’re a fan, groupie or just a good old-fashioned music lover, Tradiio is selling crowdfunding as the best way to put your money where your mouth is
Digital Union: Fighting fake users in China's mobile app industry
The Beijing-based cybersecurity startup is helping developers spot fake app downloads, so their ad money don’t go to waste
TMiRob's medical robots lighten the load of doctors and nurses in hospitals
The robots also reach an operating room three minutes faster than human nurses – that's more time for saving lives
Red Points: US$38 million Series C to power US conquest
The Barcelona-based startup is ramping up US sales and deep-tech capabilities for its online brand protection platform
Voicemod: Voice-tweaking tech that's conquering esports and streamers
Backed by esports and gaming VC BITKRAFT Ventures, Voicemod has become a leading name in voice modification tech for gamers and livestreamers, with 2.5m MAU across 65 countries
Inspired by rowdy teenagers: the Musical.ly story
Now better known as TikTok, the original Musical.ly was the only Chinese social app to have cracked the Western market – before it got snapped up by Bytedance and joined its stable of short video apps
Backed by pharmas, doctors, medtech startup DyCare is expanding fast across Europe
Its remote musculoskeletal rehabilitation and monitoring system sets to improve rehabilitation outcomes in an overtaxed sector
Impact investing: Spanish startups with a cause and the ecosystem backing them
As more thought and money go into socially and environmentally responsible projects, Spanish entrepreneurs, investors and big businesses are following suit
From Naples to Dhaka: Italo-Dutch precision farming startup Evja eyes funding for R&D, sales boost
Evja has a second office in the Dutch “Food Valley” and is investing to boost its advanced agronomic modeling, to stave off rising competition
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
MatMap: Making the construction sector more sustainable
Alicante-based startup MatMap gives a second lease of life to used construction materials that account for almost a third of EU waste
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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