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Co-founder, CIO, Head of R&D of BEEVERYCREATIVE
In April 2013, Jorge Pinto became the Head of R&D, CIO and Co-founder of BEEVERYCREATIVE . He was also a co-founder and Head of R&D at bitBOX Electronic Systems that was pivoted into BEEVERYCREATIVE in 2013.Pinto is also working as a software and firmware developer at German startup BFO Mobility and at an international open-source project for Chinese startup Ebike Motor Controllers. He was previously employed as an electronics engineer at Portuguese firmware company Tetracis Plurirede and energy company Aveicabo. Pinto has a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
In April 2013, Jorge Pinto became the Head of R&D, CIO and Co-founder of BEEVERYCREATIVE . He was also a co-founder and Head of R&D at bitBOX Electronic Systems that was pivoted into BEEVERYCREATIVE in 2013.Pinto is also working as a software and firmware developer at German startup BFO Mobility and at an international open-source project for Chinese startup Ebike Motor Controllers. He was previously employed as an electronics engineer at Portuguese firmware company Tetracis Plurirede and energy company Aveicabo. Pinto has a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
CTO and Co-founder of Codemao (Bianchengmao)
Sun received his bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. In 2012, he and future co-founder of Codemao Li Tianchi both began a European master's program in Human Computer Interaction. Sun worked with Li and other students to build a software called Settler in 2013, which helped international students studying in France find banks, apartments, etc. Both Sun and Li were kicked out of the startup due to differences of opinion. In 2014, just months before Sun would have graduated in 2015, he quit the program, giving up three degrees, returned to China and founded Codemao with Li.
Sun received his bachelor's in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. In 2012, he and future co-founder of Codemao Li Tianchi both began a European master's program in Human Computer Interaction. Sun worked with Li and other students to build a software called Settler in 2013, which helped international students studying in France find banks, apartments, etc. Both Sun and Li were kicked out of the startup due to differences of opinion. In 2014, just months before Sun would have graduated in 2015, he quit the program, giving up three degrees, returned to China and founded Codemao with Li.
Co-founder of Tonic App
couldnt find a colour picDavid Bórsos is the Hungarian-born co-founder of Tonic App for medical doctors and currently works as an officer at the European Investment Fund in Luxembourg. He co-founded Tonic App after studying for his MBA at IE Business School in Madrid, where he met the rest of the co-founding team. Bórsos previously worked as Head of Business Intelligence at Job Today and as a Business Analyst at various levels at Goodyear, both in Luxembourg. He also holds a BSc from Deberceni Egyetem in Hungary and worked for Samsung Electronics and TVA in the same country.
couldnt find a colour picDavid Bórsos is the Hungarian-born co-founder of Tonic App for medical doctors and currently works as an officer at the European Investment Fund in Luxembourg. He co-founded Tonic App after studying for his MBA at IE Business School in Madrid, where he met the rest of the co-founding team. Bórsos previously worked as Head of Business Intelligence at Job Today and as a Business Analyst at various levels at Goodyear, both in Luxembourg. He also holds a BSc from Deberceni Egyetem in Hungary and worked for Samsung Electronics and TVA in the same country.
Chief Scientist and Co-founder of DGene
Ma Yi earned dual bachelor's degrees in Automation and Applied Mathematics from Tsinghua University in 1995. He obtained a master’s and also a doctorate in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 1997 and 2000 respectively.He worked as an assistant professor and later as associated professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2000 to 2011. He was the lead researcher and director of the computer vision team at Microsoft Research from 2009 to 2014. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 for contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition.
Ma Yi earned dual bachelor's degrees in Automation and Applied Mathematics from Tsinghua University in 1995. He obtained a master’s and also a doctorate in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 1997 and 2000 respectively.He worked as an assistant professor and later as associated professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2000 to 2011. He was the lead researcher and director of the computer vision team at Microsoft Research from 2009 to 2014. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 for contributions to computer vision and pattern recognition.
Chief Scientist and Co-founder of AISpeech
After receiving his master’s in Automation from Tsinghua University in 2002, Yu joined the Machine Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, where he obtained his doctorate in Engineering in 2006. Yu was a co-founder of VocallQ, a UK-based voice technology startup. Apple acquired the firm in 2015. Yu returned to China in 2008. In 2012, he set up the SpeechLab, which specializes in intelligent speech recognition technology R&D, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a professor at SJTU.
After receiving his master’s in Automation from Tsinghua University in 2002, Yu joined the Machine Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, where he obtained his doctorate in Engineering in 2006. Yu was a co-founder of VocallQ, a UK-based voice technology startup. Apple acquired the firm in 2015. Yu returned to China in 2008. In 2012, he set up the SpeechLab, which specializes in intelligent speech recognition technology R&D, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). He is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a professor at SJTU.
CTO and Co-founder of Nusantics
Revata Utama has worked as an engineer and scientist in various biomedical R&D projects. After graduating from the National University of Singapore in 2012 with a bachelor's in Life and Biomedical Sciences, Utama joined Delta Electronics in 2013. He worked as a biomedical engineer from 2013 to 2017, as part of the R&D teams for joint projects with Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) at Biopolis.In June 2017, he joined JN Medsys in Singapore to conduct research on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip projects. He left Medsys in January 2020 to return to Indonesia and run Nusantics full-time as CTO to lead the company's research into genomics-based services.
Revata Utama has worked as an engineer and scientist in various biomedical R&D projects. After graduating from the National University of Singapore in 2012 with a bachelor's in Life and Biomedical Sciences, Utama joined Delta Electronics in 2013. He worked as a biomedical engineer from 2013 to 2017, as part of the R&D teams for joint projects with Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) at Biopolis.In June 2017, he joined JN Medsys in Singapore to conduct research on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chip projects. He left Medsys in January 2020 to return to Indonesia and run Nusantics full-time as CTO to lead the company's research into genomics-based services.
Founded in London in 1998, Kreos Capital is a pioneer growth debt provider. Kreos has completed over 630 deals worth over €3bn in pan-European countries and Israel. The Kreos Capital Group of companies and various funds are regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission.Kreos currently has 102 companies in its portfolio and has managed over 200 exits. Investee Riskified, an Israeli e-commerce fraud protection company, was listed on the NYSE at a $3.3bn valuation in August 2021. Kreos also joined recent investments in 2021 including the $54m Series B round of Austrian refurbished electronics goods marketplace Refurbed and the €9.5m round of Berlin-based HRtech expertlead.
Founded in London in 1998, Kreos Capital is a pioneer growth debt provider. Kreos has completed over 630 deals worth over €3bn in pan-European countries and Israel. The Kreos Capital Group of companies and various funds are regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission.Kreos currently has 102 companies in its portfolio and has managed over 200 exits. Investee Riskified, an Israeli e-commerce fraud protection company, was listed on the NYSE at a $3.3bn valuation in August 2021. Kreos also joined recent investments in 2021 including the $54m Series B round of Austrian refurbished electronics goods marketplace Refurbed and the €9.5m round of Berlin-based HRtech expertlead.
Founded by Finnish serial entrepreneur and angel investor Riku Asikainen, Helsinki-based Evli Growth Partners invest across market segments, with typical initial stakes of €3m–5m at Series A and B funding stages. The VC is currently building up a total fund of €200m to focus on investments in later-stage growth companies Europe. The first fund, EGP Fund I Ky, was launched in December 2018 and closed at €60m in November 2019. New funds will be set up every two years until 2028.EGP currently has seven companies in its portfolio. In 2021, Evli was co-lead investor for the $54m Series B round of Austrian refurbished electronics goods marketplace Refurbed in August, and investor lead in the €22m Series C round of Polish customized furniture design platform Tylko in March.
Founded by Finnish serial entrepreneur and angel investor Riku Asikainen, Helsinki-based Evli Growth Partners invest across market segments, with typical initial stakes of €3m–5m at Series A and B funding stages. The VC is currently building up a total fund of €200m to focus on investments in later-stage growth companies Europe. The first fund, EGP Fund I Ky, was launched in December 2018 and closed at €60m in November 2019. New funds will be set up every two years until 2028.EGP currently has seven companies in its portfolio. In 2021, Evli was co-lead investor for the $54m Series B round of Austrian refurbished electronics goods marketplace Refurbed in August, and investor lead in the €22m Series C round of Polish customized furniture design platform Tylko in March.
Founded in Bayern in 2009, SevenVentures GmbH provides Media-for-Equity and Media-for-Revenue investment models to companies with a minimum turnover of €5m. The firm secures TV media coverage and cash payments for its investees, as the investment arm of German media group ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE that has a total monthly TV audience of 60m across seven free channels.In 2019, SevenVentures provided 1,000 advertising hours to 70 businesses. The firm’s media contributions are worth the equivalent of €3m–30m over a period of two to four years. SevenVentures also runs the SevenAccelerator and currently has 18 active portfolio companies. Recent investments in 2021 include the $54m Series B round of Austrian refurbished electronics goods marketplace Refurbed in August and the €35m funding round for German telemedicine platform Wellster Healthtech Group in June.
Founded in Bayern in 2009, SevenVentures GmbH provides Media-for-Equity and Media-for-Revenue investment models to companies with a minimum turnover of €5m. The firm secures TV media coverage and cash payments for its investees, as the investment arm of German media group ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE that has a total monthly TV audience of 60m across seven free channels.In 2019, SevenVentures provided 1,000 advertising hours to 70 businesses. The firm’s media contributions are worth the equivalent of €3m–30m over a period of two to four years. SevenVentures also runs the SevenAccelerator and currently has 18 active portfolio companies. Recent investments in 2021 include the $54m Series B round of Austrian refurbished electronics goods marketplace Refurbed in August and the €35m funding round for German telemedicine platform Wellster Healthtech Group in June.
Founded in 1994, London-based Hermes GPE is a subsidiary of NYSE-listed Federated Hermes Inc (FHI). The UK limited liability partnership (LLP) is one of the UK’s leading independent investors with $7bn pumped into 260 funds. With a network of over 300 general partners worldwide, the LLP also works with global LPs like BT Pension Scheme, Royal Bank of Scotland and Korea Teachers Credit Union.Hermes started investing in tech startups in 2002 and has provided over $3.7bn worth of co-funding to both tech and non-tech startups via 234 fundraising rounds. Managing assets worth $6bn and international offices in New York and Singapore, sustainability is at the core of its investing portfolio of over 113 startups worldwide. In 2021, recent investments include participation in the $54m Series B round of Austrian refurbished electronics goods marketplace Refurbed in August and May’s $125m Series B round of Paysend, the UK-based card-to-card pioneer and international payments platform.
Founded in 1994, London-based Hermes GPE is a subsidiary of NYSE-listed Federated Hermes Inc (FHI). The UK limited liability partnership (LLP) is one of the UK’s leading independent investors with $7bn pumped into 260 funds. With a network of over 300 general partners worldwide, the LLP also works with global LPs like BT Pension Scheme, Royal Bank of Scotland and Korea Teachers Credit Union.Hermes started investing in tech startups in 2002 and has provided over $3.7bn worth of co-funding to both tech and non-tech startups via 234 fundraising rounds. Managing assets worth $6bn and international offices in New York and Singapore, sustainability is at the core of its investing portfolio of over 113 startups worldwide. In 2021, recent investments include participation in the $54m Series B round of Austrian refurbished electronics goods marketplace Refurbed in August and May’s $125m Series B round of Paysend, the UK-based card-to-card pioneer and international payments platform.
CEO of SigmaRail
Norberto González Díaz serves as the CEO of railway consultancy firm SigmaRail, which he co-founded in 2016. His professional life started in the US, where he worked on wind turbine generators in EDF's R&D department. In 2008, he joined CRISA, an Airbus company, as a power electronics design engineer. Between 2011 and 2015, González held various roles at Spanish industrial engineering company Grupo Cobra, spending time in Spain, the Ivory Coast and Cameroon. He holds a master's in Electrical and Thermal Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and another in Advanced Materials from Cranfield University in the UK.
Norberto González Díaz serves as the CEO of railway consultancy firm SigmaRail, which he co-founded in 2016. His professional life started in the US, where he worked on wind turbine generators in EDF's R&D department. In 2008, he joined CRISA, an Airbus company, as a power electronics design engineer. Between 2011 and 2015, González held various roles at Spanish industrial engineering company Grupo Cobra, spending time in Spain, the Ivory Coast and Cameroon. He holds a master's in Electrical and Thermal Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and another in Advanced Materials from Cranfield University in the UK.
CEO and co-founder of Refurbed
Kilian Kaminski graduated in communication and media studies in 2013 at Fresenius University in Cologne, Germany. Kaminski and Peter Windischhofer met during a master’s program at Hult International Business School. The two post-grads also worked in Shanghai in 2014.Kaminski held various business and marketing internship roles at Fiege Far East Holding and pottery-maker ProGreen in Shanghai, Hansa shipping GmbH and Hamburg Sparkasse bank in Germany and also at a music agency in Australia.In December 2014, he joined Amazon Services as an accounts manager in Munich. He also worked as Amazon’s program lead for certified refurbished DE marketplace for over two years.He left in 2017 and co-founded Refurbed with Windischhofer in Austria. In 2019, the CEO of Vienna-based refurbished electronics marketplace became an expert member of the Consumer Insight Action Panel, an EU initiative designed to support the transition to the circular economy.
Kilian Kaminski graduated in communication and media studies in 2013 at Fresenius University in Cologne, Germany. Kaminski and Peter Windischhofer met during a master’s program at Hult International Business School. The two post-grads also worked in Shanghai in 2014.Kaminski held various business and marketing internship roles at Fiege Far East Holding and pottery-maker ProGreen in Shanghai, Hansa shipping GmbH and Hamburg Sparkasse bank in Germany and also at a music agency in Australia.In December 2014, he joined Amazon Services as an accounts manager in Munich. He also worked as Amazon’s program lead for certified refurbished DE marketplace for over two years.He left in 2017 and co-founded Refurbed with Windischhofer in Austria. In 2019, the CEO of Vienna-based refurbished electronics marketplace became an expert member of the Consumer Insight Action Panel, an EU initiative designed to support the transition to the circular economy.
Chairman and Business Development Manager of AEInnova
Raúl Aragonés Ortiz is AEInnova’s chairman, former CEO, principal founder and originator of the idea behind the company. He is currently AEInnova's business development manager and holds a PhD in Microelectronics. He is also a professor at the IESE Business School and Salesians School Sarrià in Barcelona. Before founding AEInnova, Aragonés was an R&D investigator in chip systems, ASIC design, energy harvesting and smart cities at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He holds memberships in the Astronomical Association of Terrassa and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Since 2018, he has also been a business advisor to the startup Happy Customer Box.
Raúl Aragonés Ortiz is AEInnova’s chairman, former CEO, principal founder and originator of the idea behind the company. He is currently AEInnova's business development manager and holds a PhD in Microelectronics. He is also a professor at the IESE Business School and Salesians School Sarrià in Barcelona. Before founding AEInnova, Aragonés was an R&D investigator in chip systems, ASIC design, energy harvesting and smart cities at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He holds memberships in the Astronomical Association of Terrassa and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Since 2018, he has also been a business advisor to the startup Happy Customer Box.
Cofounder and CEO of VUE Vlog
Co-founder and CEO of VUE Vlog, Kuang Fei was so intrigued by design when he was studying electronics and communication engineering at the Harbin Institute of Technology that he spent most of his time doing part-time designing jobs. Upon graduation, he started his designing career at NetEase in 2007. However his career veered towards product management when, a year later, he joined Tencent in Allen Zhang's team (the team that later designed WeChat). In 2012, Kuang joined a startup, an Android app store called Wandoujia as Chief Product Officer. In late 2015, he left Wandoujia and, in 2016, started VUE with two colleagues, an app that both fits his interest in designing and experience in product.
Co-founder and CEO of VUE Vlog, Kuang Fei was so intrigued by design when he was studying electronics and communication engineering at the Harbin Institute of Technology that he spent most of his time doing part-time designing jobs. Upon graduation, he started his designing career at NetEase in 2007. However his career veered towards product management when, a year later, he joined Tencent in Allen Zhang's team (the team that later designed WeChat). In 2012, Kuang joined a startup, an Android app store called Wandoujia as Chief Product Officer. In late 2015, he left Wandoujia and, in 2016, started VUE with two colleagues, an app that both fits his interest in designing and experience in product.
Commercial Director and co-founder of Digitanimal by SensoWave
An industrial engineer by training, Rubén Blanco Carrera comes from a family of ranchers in Cabañas, 18 km from Ávila, Spain. Currently he is Commercial Director and co-founder of IoT startup SensoWave, as well as its brand Digitanimal, aimed at remote farming. The business idea of Digitanimal partly came about because of Blanco’s personal experience with his own livestock. Using IoT remote tracking, detecting heat and parturition through the use of sensors , which are analyzed to reflect the behavior of the cattle and notify alert ranchers to the anomalies detected, he was able to save a mother and calf from a difficult delivery. In another incident, the technology helped alert him to the attack of wolves. Blanco holds both a first degree and a master's degree from Madrid's Alfonso X El Sabio University, the former in Technical Engineering in Industrial and Product Design and the latter in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Electronics. He then worked as an industrial engineer at both private company Retailgas and at Alfa Imaging, the startup co-founded by Carlos Callejero, with whom Blanco later co-founded SensoWave.
An industrial engineer by training, Rubén Blanco Carrera comes from a family of ranchers in Cabañas, 18 km from Ávila, Spain. Currently he is Commercial Director and co-founder of IoT startup SensoWave, as well as its brand Digitanimal, aimed at remote farming. The business idea of Digitanimal partly came about because of Blanco’s personal experience with his own livestock. Using IoT remote tracking, detecting heat and parturition through the use of sensors , which are analyzed to reflect the behavior of the cattle and notify alert ranchers to the anomalies detected, he was able to save a mother and calf from a difficult delivery. In another incident, the technology helped alert him to the attack of wolves. Blanco holds both a first degree and a master's degree from Madrid's Alfonso X El Sabio University, the former in Technical Engineering in Industrial and Product Design and the latter in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Electronics. He then worked as an industrial engineer at both private company Retailgas and at Alfa Imaging, the startup co-founded by Carlos Callejero, with whom Blanco later co-founded SensoWave.
China's new unicorn: Secondhand electronics platform Aihuishou now worth US$1.5 billion
Aihuishou's latest funding round is the largest yet for a secondhand electronics platform
Refurbed: Electronics recycling marketplace gets $54m for EU consolidation, overseas expansion
Consumers can reduce their carbon footprints by shifting toward a circular economy, become carbon-neutral by planting one tree with every purchase from Refurbed
Now called Wanwu Xinsheng, the startup recycles over 70,000 used electronic goods in China daily, clocking over RMB 2bn of transactions every month
Chinese startup Xianghuanji takes a gamble on smartphone leasing
Now you can rent the newest phones for half the price of an upgrade
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?
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
AlphaBeats: a 10-minute music playlist to de-stress your brain using biofeedback
With the exclusive rights to Philips’s neurofeedback technology, Alphabeats has developed an app to offer and enhance relaxation using a person’s favorite music
Have you ever bought expensive equipment but seldom used it? Do you want to try the latest electronic gadgets at low cost? Try this online sharing and rental platform
China's recycling startups seek cost-effective ways to make waste management profitable
The high costs of smart garbage bins and automation to sort out recycling have created new headaches for homes and offices
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
Ambitious startup Kuaidiniao aims to be the Alipay of logistics
Kuaidiniao carves out a niche for itself in the logistics market by targeting small- and medium-sized businesses
Huidu Environmental: Creating a circular economy to ease online retail's parcel waste woes
China's billion-dollar courier industry finds much-needed solution in Huidu's eco-friendly, low-cost boxes and smart recycling system
BEEVERYCREATIVE: Taking 3D printing from classrooms into Outer Space
Innovative 3D printing for daily use from a picturesque fishing village in Portugal.
Rainier: Decade-long dedication to VR research bears fruit in edtech market
Beijing-based Rainier is using VR technology to improve safety in lab experiments at universities and high schools, even primary schools
BukuWarung: Accounting-payments app targets Indonesia's 60m MSMEs
BukuWarung’s easy-to-use 6MB app designed for lower-end smartphones gets boost from Covid-19-accelerated digitalization
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