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With plans to expand across Europe, StudentFinance uses AI-powered screening platform to recruit and train students to plug the skills gaps in fast-growing tech sectors.
With plans to expand across Europe, StudentFinance uses AI-powered screening platform to recruit and train students to plug the skills gaps in fast-growing tech sectors.
Delivery service Koiki is a social enterprise that offers employment opportunities for vulnerable people while reducing the carbon impact of last-mile deliveries.
Delivery service Koiki is a social enterprise that offers employment opportunities for vulnerable people while reducing the carbon impact of last-mile deliveries.
Besides helping medics to spot Covid-19 symptoms, BioMind is gearing up to launch its first EU-certified AI-powered diagnostic system for neurological diseases.
Besides helping medics to spot Covid-19 symptoms, BioMind is gearing up to launch its first EU-certified AI-powered diagnostic system for neurological diseases.
Biodegradable granules that absorb and store water around roots, providing water for up to 40 days in drought-prone environments.
Biodegradable granules that absorb and store water around roots, providing water for up to 40 days in drought-prone environments.
Backed by top Silicon Valley investors, Zipline builds drones that leapfrog inefficient infrastructures delivering lifesaving medical supplies to remote locations worldwide within 30mins.
Backed by top Silicon Valley investors, Zipline builds drones that leapfrog inefficient infrastructures delivering lifesaving medical supplies to remote locations worldwide within 30mins.
With over 1,000 clean and comfortable rooms across Indonesia, Airy Rooms ensures that budget travelers need not compromise on amenities.
With over 1,000 clean and comfortable rooms across Indonesia, Airy Rooms ensures that budget travelers need not compromise on amenities.
Industrial SMEs can save a third on heating costs with Solatom's patented, pre-assembled solar thermal system. Solatom is developing a hybrid solar-natural gas boiler.
Industrial SMEs can save a third on heating costs with Solatom's patented, pre-assembled solar thermal system. Solatom is developing a hybrid solar-natural gas boiler.
With Allozymes technology, designing industrial enzymes takes months instead of years, helping industries from pharmaceuticals to foodtech get the chemicals they need much faster.
With Allozymes technology, designing industrial enzymes takes months instead of years, helping industries from pharmaceuticals to foodtech get the chemicals they need much faster.
This mental health startup provides affordable therapy-on-the-go through a telemedicine platform and app and has helped 250,000 users find suitable native-language therapists using AI.
This mental health startup provides affordable therapy-on-the-go through a telemedicine platform and app and has helped 250,000 users find suitable native-language therapists using AI.
Furnishing happiness and championing local craftsmanship, Fabelio partners with Indonesian designers and furniture producers to give IKEA a run for their money.
Furnishing happiness and championing local craftsmanship, Fabelio partners with Indonesian designers and furniture producers to give IKEA a run for their money.
Andrew McCollum is CEO of television streaming service Philo and was also one of its earliest investors. Prior to that, he was one of the co-founders of Facebook. He served as an entrepreneur in residence at two of Philo’s investors, the US-based VC firms New Enterprise Associates and Flybridge Partners, and is also an early-stage angel investor himself.His last disclosed investments were in 2015, in US-based unicorn Diamond Foundry, the first certified carbon-neutral lab-produced diamond manufacturer, as well as in breastfeeding app Moxxly’s undisclosed seed round prior to it being acquired by Medela.
Andrew McCollum is CEO of television streaming service Philo and was also one of its earliest investors. Prior to that, he was one of the co-founders of Facebook. He served as an entrepreneur in residence at two of Philo’s investors, the US-based VC firms New Enterprise Associates and Flybridge Partners, and is also an early-stage angel investor himself.His last disclosed investments were in 2015, in US-based unicorn Diamond Foundry, the first certified carbon-neutral lab-produced diamond manufacturer, as well as in breastfeeding app Moxxly’s undisclosed seed round prior to it being acquired by Medela.
COO and co-founder of iLoF
Mehak Mumtaz grew up in Pakistan and decided to study biochemistry when she saw her brother suffering from an unknown learning disability. Her parents, both medical doctors, could not get an accurate diagnosis for their son. In her search to understand the molecular mechanisms behind diseases, she applied to study at the University of Oxford. In 2008, she was granted the Reach Oxford Scholarship and graduated with a master’s in biochemistry in 2012. In 2015, the St Hilda’s alumna worked as an undergraduate tutor at Oxford while completing a PhD in pathology, specializing in oncology and cancer biology.In 2018, she worked on a rare cancer project as EIT Health Business Innovation fellow for a year. She left academia and joined a three-month bioentrepreneur bootcamp in Munich and a one-month Lev8 Woman Program at her alma mater’s Oxford Foundry. She joined EY-Parthenon in London as a strategy consultant in April 2019.In 2019, Mumtaz also met the iLoF co-founding team at the EIT Health Wild Card venture-building program. iLoF is a medtech startup that focuses on personalized medicine through the use of AI and photonics to create optical fingerprints in a cloud-based library to gather and manages disease biomarkers and biological profiles.She joined iLoF as COO and co-founder in December 2019 and left her full-time consultancy role at EY in March 2020.
Mehak Mumtaz grew up in Pakistan and decided to study biochemistry when she saw her brother suffering from an unknown learning disability. Her parents, both medical doctors, could not get an accurate diagnosis for their son. In her search to understand the molecular mechanisms behind diseases, she applied to study at the University of Oxford. In 2008, she was granted the Reach Oxford Scholarship and graduated with a master’s in biochemistry in 2012. In 2015, the St Hilda’s alumna worked as an undergraduate tutor at Oxford while completing a PhD in pathology, specializing in oncology and cancer biology.In 2018, she worked on a rare cancer project as EIT Health Business Innovation fellow for a year. She left academia and joined a three-month bioentrepreneur bootcamp in Munich and a one-month Lev8 Woman Program at her alma mater’s Oxford Foundry. She joined EY-Parthenon in London as a strategy consultant in April 2019.In 2019, Mumtaz also met the iLoF co-founding team at the EIT Health Wild Card venture-building program. iLoF is a medtech startup that focuses on personalized medicine through the use of AI and photonics to create optical fingerprints in a cloud-based library to gather and manages disease biomarkers and biological profiles.She joined iLoF as COO and co-founder in December 2019 and left her full-time consultancy role at EY in March 2020.
He Chang (b. 1982) is the founder of the popular Huang Taiji, an internet venture specializing in traditional Chinese breakfast fare and food delivery. He studied design in Denmark and worked at Google China, Baidu and leading online travel booking company Qunar. He believes that the success of a startup depends on three criteria: the founder’s abilities and experience, the strength of the founding team, and the third, which is also the most important, societal trends.
He Chang (b. 1982) is the founder of the popular Huang Taiji, an internet venture specializing in traditional Chinese breakfast fare and food delivery. He studied design in Denmark and worked at Google China, Baidu and leading online travel booking company Qunar. He believes that the success of a startup depends on three criteria: the founder’s abilities and experience, the strength of the founding team, and the third, which is also the most important, societal trends.
Established by the Shenzhen Government in 1999, Shenzhen Capital Group invests mainly in small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as high-tech startups in the fields of information technology, internet, biomedicine, new energy, high-end equipment manufacturing, etc. As of June 2018, it had invested RMB 37.6 billion in 889 projects and startups, 140 of which have been listed on 16 stock exchanges around the world.
Established by the Shenzhen Government in 1999, Shenzhen Capital Group invests mainly in small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as high-tech startups in the fields of information technology, internet, biomedicine, new energy, high-end equipment manufacturing, etc. As of June 2018, it had invested RMB 37.6 billion in 889 projects and startups, 140 of which have been listed on 16 stock exchanges around the world.
Alexander von Schirmeister is an angel investor and Executive VP Europe of mobile payments company SumUp. In 2017, he participated in the first seed round of Spanish AI-driven femtech Woom, his only disclosed investment to date.The German native has worked at Spanish telco Telefonica and held various executive roles in the US. He was a manager at eBay and became an executive director on the Board of eBay International.
Alexander von Schirmeister is an angel investor and Executive VP Europe of mobile payments company SumUp. In 2017, he participated in the first seed round of Spanish AI-driven femtech Woom, his only disclosed investment to date.The German native has worked at Spanish telco Telefonica and held various executive roles in the US. He was a manager at eBay and became an executive director on the Board of eBay International.
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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