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Salvador García Andrés received his MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from Alfonso X el Sabio University in 2000. He also studied Finance at the London School of Economics in 2002.He has held several senior positions in the FX and trading desks of ABN Amro, Rabobank and Vega Capital. In 2009, he co-founded Ebury, a fintech company that offers a range of financial products to help SMEs expand internationally.García Andrés is an active angel investor in European tech startups.
Salvador García Andrés received his MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from Alfonso X el Sabio University in 2000. He also studied Finance at the London School of Economics in 2002.He has held several senior positions in the FX and trading desks of ABN Amro, Rabobank and Vega Capital. In 2009, he co-founded Ebury, a fintech company that offers a range of financial products to help SMEs expand internationally.García Andrés is an active angel investor in European tech startups.
Former Co-founder & CEO of Red Points
Josep Coll is a qualified lawyer with over 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He has been Associate Professor in Law at Girona University's Faculty of Law and is a Board Member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Bar Association, Barcelona. He also holds a Master's Degree in Information Technology, Social Media and Intellectual Property from ESADE University.After experiencing the problem of piracy as a lawyer, Coll was inspired to co-found Red Points in 2011, a SaaS powered by anti-piracy and counterfeit detection technology to protect brands in the digital ecosystem. He led the company as CEO and President until his exit in 2018.
Josep Coll is a qualified lawyer with over 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry. He has been Associate Professor in Law at Girona University's Faculty of Law and is a Board Member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Bar Association, Barcelona. He also holds a Master's Degree in Information Technology, Social Media and Intellectual Property from ESADE University.After experiencing the problem of piracy as a lawyer, Coll was inspired to co-found Red Points in 2011, a SaaS powered by anti-piracy and counterfeit detection technology to protect brands in the digital ecosystem. He led the company as CEO and President until his exit in 2018.
Co-CEO, co-founder of Psquared
Argentinian native Nicolas Araujo Müller is co-CEO and co-founder at Psquared, Spain’s first flexible workplace management and design company for hybrid workspaces. He has worked there since its foundation in April 2018, originally as part of startup hub CoBuilder, and is now its CFO. He is also a part-time advisor and investor at startup development agency We Are Grit, since its launch in 2020.Earlier, Araujo was CFO and co-founder at digital talent agency Bandit, for two years, until 2017. Before that, he held the same roles at his previous Barcelona-based startup, Nubelo, another tech recruitment agency for freelancers, between 2012 and 2016, when it was acquired by Freelancer.com. In 2016, Araujo was a visiting professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona on digital economy.His first startup was Work At Home in Argentina, where he was a co-founder for two years from 2011–13, for which he won local innovation prizes. Prior to this, Araujo held various management consultancy roles, working in business analysis and research at Ernst & Young, Standard & Poor’s and Accenture, from 2008–2012, and completed a stint at the US embassy in Buenos Aires. He is also a founding member of Argentina’s entrepreneur organization, ASEA, established in 2013. Araujo holds a degree in economics from CEMA University, Buenos Aires and a qualification from Harvard University in negotiation. In 2017 and 2013, Araujo was named in Forbes Argentina’s 30 Promesas list of young entrepreneurs.
Argentinian native Nicolas Araujo Müller is co-CEO and co-founder at Psquared, Spain’s first flexible workplace management and design company for hybrid workspaces. He has worked there since its foundation in April 2018, originally as part of startup hub CoBuilder, and is now its CFO. He is also a part-time advisor and investor at startup development agency We Are Grit, since its launch in 2020.Earlier, Araujo was CFO and co-founder at digital talent agency Bandit, for two years, until 2017. Before that, he held the same roles at his previous Barcelona-based startup, Nubelo, another tech recruitment agency for freelancers, between 2012 and 2016, when it was acquired by Freelancer.com. In 2016, Araujo was a visiting professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona on digital economy.His first startup was Work At Home in Argentina, where he was a co-founder for two years from 2011–13, for which he won local innovation prizes. Prior to this, Araujo held various management consultancy roles, working in business analysis and research at Ernst & Young, Standard & Poor’s and Accenture, from 2008–2012, and completed a stint at the US embassy in Buenos Aires. He is also a founding member of Argentina’s entrepreneur organization, ASEA, established in 2013. Araujo holds a degree in economics from CEMA University, Buenos Aires and a qualification from Harvard University in negotiation. In 2017 and 2013, Araujo was named in Forbes Argentina’s 30 Promesas list of young entrepreneurs.
TusPark Technology Asset Management Co., Ltd., and TusPark Business Incubator Co., Ltd., were both founded in 2001 as the investment arms of Tsinghua Science Park. Affiliated with Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Science Park promotes technology innovation and entrepreneurship. In 2007, the two companies were merged and became TusPark Ventures. The firm employs an “investment + incubation” model when investing in Chinese high-tech startups. TusPark Ventures currently manages over RMB 3 billion in assets.
TusPark Technology Asset Management Co., Ltd., and TusPark Business Incubator Co., Ltd., were both founded in 2001 as the investment arms of Tsinghua Science Park. Affiliated with Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Science Park promotes technology innovation and entrepreneurship. In 2007, the two companies were merged and became TusPark Ventures. The firm employs an “investment + incubation” model when investing in Chinese high-tech startups. TusPark Ventures currently manages over RMB 3 billion in assets.
Co-founder and CRO of Factorial
Bernat Farrero is a co-founder and Head of Corporate Affairs and Corporate Revenue Officer at Spanish human resource startup Factorial. He is also the Founder and CEO of Itnig, a venture builder based in Barcelona, the founder and chairman of Quipu, an account management platform and Camaloon, which offers online designing and printing of commercial products. Trained as a computer science engineer, Farrero is also an experienced entrepreneur and investor, involved in the successful exits of Playfulbet, which was acquired by Exoclick and GymForLess, which was acquired by Sodexo.
Bernat Farrero is a co-founder and Head of Corporate Affairs and Corporate Revenue Officer at Spanish human resource startup Factorial. He is also the Founder and CEO of Itnig, a venture builder based in Barcelona, the founder and chairman of Quipu, an account management platform and Camaloon, which offers online designing and printing of commercial products. Trained as a computer science engineer, Farrero is also an experienced entrepreneur and investor, involved in the successful exits of Playfulbet, which was acquired by Exoclick and GymForLess, which was acquired by Sodexo.
President and co-founder of Wallapop
Agustín Gómez (b. 1979) is a co-founder and President of Wallapop, based in Barcelona, Spain. Together with Gerard Olivé and Miguel Vicente, he set up Wallapop in 2013. Before setting up Wallapop, Gómez attended ESADE Business School where he studied Sales Management, Distribution and Marketing Operations. He also worked as a Business Consultant for Accenture and Boston Business Group and worked in innovation and business development at iSOCO.
Agustín Gómez (b. 1979) is a co-founder and President of Wallapop, based in Barcelona, Spain. Together with Gerard Olivé and Miguel Vicente, he set up Wallapop in 2013. Before setting up Wallapop, Gómez attended ESADE Business School where he studied Sales Management, Distribution and Marketing Operations. He also worked as a Business Consultant for Accenture and Boston Business Group and worked in innovation and business development at iSOCO.
Currently based in the UK, Carlos González-Cadenas is a serial entrepreneur and business angel. In 2017, he became the CPO and CTO of GoCardless, one of the fintech partners of Billin. He founded Fogg in Barcelona in 2008 to build an advanced semantic search platform for the travel industry that was acquired by Scotland's Skyscanner in 2013. As CPO of Skyscanner in UK, he was able to scale the product development organization globally before the company was acquired by the Ctrip group for US$1.75 billion in November 2016. He was also part of Oberlo that was acquired by Shopify.
Currently based in the UK, Carlos González-Cadenas is a serial entrepreneur and business angel. In 2017, he became the CPO and CTO of GoCardless, one of the fintech partners of Billin. He founded Fogg in Barcelona in 2008 to build an advanced semantic search platform for the travel industry that was acquired by Scotland's Skyscanner in 2013. As CPO of Skyscanner in UK, he was able to scale the product development organization globally before the company was acquired by the Ctrip group for US$1.75 billion in November 2016. He was also part of Oberlo that was acquired by Shopify.
Pablo Fernandez Alveraz is the CEO and co-founder of Clicars.com, an online marketplace for second-hand cars. Clicars secured investments from former executives working at Mercedes, General Motors, Santander Bank and Mapfre. He has degrees from Harvard Business School and the University of Madrid. He spent over 14 years working as an investment banker and consultant in Europe, USA and Latin America before diving into the world of startups. The former Boston Consulting Group (BCG) consultant was also part of the team that led the corporate strategy and digital transformation of Santander Bank in the US.
Pablo Fernandez Alveraz is the CEO and co-founder of Clicars.com, an online marketplace for second-hand cars. Clicars secured investments from former executives working at Mercedes, General Motors, Santander Bank and Mapfre. He has degrees from Harvard Business School and the University of Madrid. He spent over 14 years working as an investment banker and consultant in Europe, USA and Latin America before diving into the world of startups. The former Boston Consulting Group (BCG) consultant was also part of the team that led the corporate strategy and digital transformation of Santander Bank in the US.
Kim Jung is a South Korean businessman and the man behind Nexon, Korea's largest gaming company. He is Chairman and CEO of NXC Corporation, Nexon’s holding company. NXC diversified into cryptocurrency and holds 83% of Korbit, a Seoul-based exchange.In 2016, Kim was accused of bribery, having favoured a prosecutor who was his university friend. Although he was found not guilty due to lack of evidence, Kim resigned as a director of Nexon.Kim is also partner at Collaborative Fund, a New York-based VC firm.
Kim Jung is a South Korean businessman and the man behind Nexon, Korea's largest gaming company. He is Chairman and CEO of NXC Corporation, Nexon’s holding company. NXC diversified into cryptocurrency and holds 83% of Korbit, a Seoul-based exchange.In 2016, Kim was accused of bribery, having favoured a prosecutor who was his university friend. Although he was found not guilty due to lack of evidence, Kim resigned as a director of Nexon.Kim is also partner at Collaborative Fund, a New York-based VC firm.
Carlos Gallardo is an industrial engineer with an MBA from Stanford University. He spent most of his career at the pharmaceutical company Almirall and was promoted through the ranks rapidly holding multiple C-level roles. He became the MD for UK and Ireland for over five years and joined Almirall’s board of directors in 2014.In 2015, he founded CG Health Ventures, a VC firm investing in early-stage digital health companies worldwide. He’s also an active angel investor and advisor for startups developing frontier technologies in the healthcare sector.
Carlos Gallardo is an industrial engineer with an MBA from Stanford University. He spent most of his career at the pharmaceutical company Almirall and was promoted through the ranks rapidly holding multiple C-level roles. He became the MD for UK and Ireland for over five years and joined Almirall’s board of directors in 2014.In 2015, he founded CG Health Ventures, a VC firm investing in early-stage digital health companies worldwide. He’s also an active angel investor and advisor for startups developing frontier technologies in the healthcare sector.
Co-founder and COO of Bioo / Arkyne Technologies
Co-founder and COO of Arkyne Technologies, Javier Rodríguez Macías was listed as one of the most promising young people in Forbes 30u30 Europe in 2017. He attended Colegio de San Francisco de Paula, the same high school as co-founder Pablo Manuel Vidarte Gordillo who was also named in Forbes 30u30.Graduating in 2018, with a degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Rodríguez is also one of the developers of Bioo, an Arkyne Technologies project. In 2015, he also co-founded Geoo that produced geolocation tracking stickers.
Co-founder and COO of Arkyne Technologies, Javier Rodríguez Macías was listed as one of the most promising young people in Forbes 30u30 Europe in 2017. He attended Colegio de San Francisco de Paula, the same high school as co-founder Pablo Manuel Vidarte Gordillo who was also named in Forbes 30u30.Graduating in 2018, with a degree in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Rodríguez is also one of the developers of Bioo, an Arkyne Technologies project. In 2015, he also co-founded Geoo that produced geolocation tracking stickers.
Sandeep Tandon is a serial entrepreneur and investor, with a bachelor’s and a master’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, USA. He is currently the managing director of Tandon Technology Ventures, part of Sandeep’s Tandon Group that is based in San Jose in California. He also co-founded Freecharge that was recently sold to Paytm, an e-commerce brand owned by India’s mobile internet company One97 Communications. Sandeep is an active angel investor and mentor, with personal investments in 15 startups including a first Series A funding of US$ 4.5 million in Unacademy in January 2017.
Sandeep Tandon is a serial entrepreneur and investor, with a bachelor’s and a master’s in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, USA. He is currently the managing director of Tandon Technology Ventures, part of Sandeep’s Tandon Group that is based in San Jose in California. He also co-founded Freecharge that was recently sold to Paytm, an e-commerce brand owned by India’s mobile internet company One97 Communications. Sandeep is an active angel investor and mentor, with personal investments in 15 startups including a first Series A funding of US$ 4.5 million in Unacademy in January 2017.
A pioneer of China's IT industry, Zhu Min founded Cybernaut in 2005. To date, the firm has invested over $10bn in Chinese technology companies through 70 funds, in addition to another $10bn jointly managed with its partners outside China. Cybernaut also has about 20 startup incubators (Cybernaut Internet+) across China. Zhu studied at Stanford University in the 1980s and founded web conference solutions provider WebEx Communications Inc., which went public on NASDAQ in 2000, before being sold to Cisco for $3.2bn.
A pioneer of China's IT industry, Zhu Min founded Cybernaut in 2005. To date, the firm has invested over $10bn in Chinese technology companies through 70 funds, in addition to another $10bn jointly managed with its partners outside China. Cybernaut also has about 20 startup incubators (Cybernaut Internet+) across China. Zhu studied at Stanford University in the 1980s and founded web conference solutions provider WebEx Communications Inc., which went public on NASDAQ in 2000, before being sold to Cisco for $3.2bn.
CTO and co-founder of HumanITcare
Sanchez is a computer and data science expert with a master’s degree in innovation and research in informatics with specialization in advanced computing from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona (UPC). He also holds multiple certifications from the John Hopkins University School of Education. Sanchez is currently CTO and co-founder of HumanITcare, a telemedicine platform for remote patient monitoring using real-world data and AI to treat patients affected by chronic diseases and also to accelerate drug development and clinical trials. Prior to HumanITcare, Sanchez worked as Data Scientist in a joint-project between the Spanish insurance company Catalana Occidente and technology consultancy Raona to develop a sales collaborative platform. He has also worked on projects in software development, mobile apps, server and hardware as well as prototyping for IoT devices in the fields of education, health and wellness.
Sanchez is a computer and data science expert with a master’s degree in innovation and research in informatics with specialization in advanced computing from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona (UPC). He also holds multiple certifications from the John Hopkins University School of Education. Sanchez is currently CTO and co-founder of HumanITcare, a telemedicine platform for remote patient monitoring using real-world data and AI to treat patients affected by chronic diseases and also to accelerate drug development and clinical trials. Prior to HumanITcare, Sanchez worked as Data Scientist in a joint-project between the Spanish insurance company Catalana Occidente and technology consultancy Raona to develop a sales collaborative platform. He has also worked on projects in software development, mobile apps, server and hardware as well as prototyping for IoT devices in the fields of education, health and wellness.
Hadi Wenas joined the Lippo Group in 2015 as the current CEO of Lippo’s e-commerce site MatahariMall. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, Hadi was able to work as an applications engineer at Oracle while reading a master’s degree in Computer Science at Stanford University in the US. He returned to Indonesia and worked at McKinsey in Jakarta for six years before jumping into the tech scene as a co-founder and managing director of Zalora Indonesia. After exiting Zalora in 2013, he became the CEO of tech firm aCommerce until June 2015.
Hadi Wenas joined the Lippo Group in 2015 as the current CEO of Lippo’s e-commerce site MatahariMall. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, Hadi was able to work as an applications engineer at Oracle while reading a master’s degree in Computer Science at Stanford University in the US. He returned to Indonesia and worked at McKinsey in Jakarta for six years before jumping into the tech scene as a co-founder and managing director of Zalora Indonesia. After exiting Zalora in 2013, he became the CEO of tech firm aCommerce until June 2015.
MSMB: From university research to agritech ecosystem
The Indonesian startup is moving beyond sensors to build technologies for livestock tracking and fish farming
New Ventures Innovation: Prasetiya Mulya University takes on student entrepreneurship
To prepare a new generation of startup founders, Prasetiya Mulya University combines theoretical education with real-life exposure to the startup world
Virtual Bodyworks: VR psychotherapy to reduce crime and health issues
Applications created by the Barcelona-based startup could be used to track and influence human behavior
Brazilian edtech Blox seeks to upgrade university education across Latin America
Blox plans to raise over $1m in 2021 to expand across Brazil and Mexico, giving more choices to students to personalize degree programs with its AI curriculum management SaaS
Vadecity: Stop bicycle theft with an intelligent bike-parking system
The Barcelona-based startup wants more people to bike by offering flexible, affordable parking with its Vadebike solution
Enoc Armengol: The design and e-commerce 3.0 star inspired by Inspector Gadget
Also a serial entrepreneur, the Spaniard has created a trail of celebrated design products and startups from Singapore to Barcelona
Icaria Medical's CardioSense: Cardiovascular pre-diagnosis in less than 60 seconds
Icaria Medical is seeking clinical validation and funding for its AI-based monitor, which measures blood pressure continuously and non-invasively
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
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
Spain's 3D printing revolution to drive various sectors' growth
From medical splints to meat-free burgers, multimillion-dollar 3D tech hubs are spawning new verticals across Spain
Oimo: Biodegradable marine-based bioplastics for environmentally friendly food packaging
Its pellets already work well in current factory machinery, so Oimo wants to scale when the EU’s ban on single-use plastics kicks in next year
Catalonia: Spain's fast-rising robotics hub and next opportunity
With the robotics sector on the rise in Catalonia, expect to see more growth ahead, driving opportunities in related segments, especially services
Orain: Making vending machines smarter and more profitable
Vending machines can now interact with consumers and offer FMCG retailers valuable data, thanks to smart hardware from Barcelona-based Orain
Gestoos: The future is in the present with gesture recognition tech for consumers
From spotting and alerting sleepy drivers in their cars to switching on a washing machine with the wave of a hand, Gestoos's gesture and behavior recognition tech has wide application across devices and industries
Bioo’s green power: Electricity, Wi-Fi from a flower pot
The Spanish startup has won accolades and fundings for its NASA-inspired fuel cells and energy-producing plants
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