Global talent investor

EF Alumni

Andre Lorenceau

CEO, Divigas

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Biotechnology, Energy, Media & Gaming

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Andre Lorenceau has previously led LiveLike from 0 to 60 people and raised $15m from bluechip VCs such as GreyCroft in NYC. He holds the world record for most people in a VR experience through both his exclusive deal with the FIFA world cup ’18 live-streamed in VR in 13 countries as well as his activation with StarSports and the IPL.

Company:

DiviGas

Industrial hydrogen purification and recovery at refineries and plants.

Ali Naderi

Deep researcher in field of gas processing membranes

Dr Sripad Devalla

CTO, Origin Health

PhD in AI algorithms for medical imaging

Jens Thang

CEO, Origin Health

Advised healthcare operators and knowledge of visualisation technology

Mona Kab Omir

Specialist in nanomedicine with multidisciplinary research experience in industry and academia

Alex Sheppard

Experience in the diagnostics industry space and successfully scaling medtech startups

Christopher Thompson

CTO, Micrographia Bio

Molecular biologist, machine learning engineer and roboticist

Julia Fan Li

CEO, Micrographia Bio

Immunologist, ex-VC and engineer

Andrea Mambrini

Award winning data scientist, developed bio-inspired algorithms for European Space Agency

Federico Paoletti

Award-winning computational oncology PhD, previously WHO

Ting Lye

Experience implementing data-driven health solutions

Dr Akbar Vahidi

Co-founder, Allozymes

PhD in enzyme technology, delivered industrial projects to big pharma, food and biofuel companies

Dr Peyman Salehian

Co-founder, Allozymes

Entrepreneur-scientist, managed international team as Head of Business Development

Ian Hu

CTO, Phycobloom

PhD in Evolutionary Biology, experience studying algae, synthetic biologists and leading teams

John C. Waite

CEO, Phycobloom

Developed technology for sustainable energy with a background in Material Science

Christian Mellor

Expertise in Biomedical Engineering and medical devises

Jonathan Baptista

Experienced in managing international teams with an MSc in complex systems simulation

Aditya Nayak

CTO, Plantik Biosciences

Structural and molecular biologist, leader in field of Ambient Temperature Sensing in plants

Ying Shao

CEO, Plantik Biosciences

Experience in company building, leading business development, strategy and marketing

Ferdinando Randisi

CTO, FabricNano

Phd in Computational Biophysics, co-authored oxDNA

Grant Aarons

CEO, FabricNano

PhD in Economics, worked in systems engineering and mathematical modelling

Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

Entrepreneurial scientist, PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Moses Kakanga

PhD in biochemistry, experienced running clinical trials

Emiliano Lepore

PhD in biomaterials with experience in product innovation and business development

Ali Naderi

Deep researcher in field of gas processing membranes

Karol Rogowski

CTO, ElementZero Biolabs

PhD in Biochemistry, experienced in RNA/DNA research

John Moura

CEO, ElementZero Biolabs

Led product development, sales, and operations in global companies

Shubhita Tripathi

Pathogen expert with PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, designed pathogen identification assays

David Gorgan

CEO, Nostos Genomics

Experienced with medical ML products and in the healthcare industry

Rocio Acuna Hidalgo

CTO, Nostos Genomics

Medical doctor with PhD in human genetics, previously Max Planck Institute

Joanne Kanaan

PhD from Ecole Normale Supérieure, research at the frontier of biochemistry and biophysics

Anna Shirinskaya

PhD in bioelectronics from Ecole Polytechnique, expert in bio-sensing devices

Hana Janebdar

Biochemical engineer, previously UCL and Imperial College London

Leighton Turner

Interdisciplinary scientist, PhD in Molecular Genetics

Alexandre Reeber

CEO, Core Biogenesis

Master's degree in Neuroscience, former project manager in Neurotechnology

Chouaib Meziadi

CTO, Core Biogenesis

PhD in Plant Genetics, postdoc in Epigenetics

Alexandra Boussommier

Biomedical engineer, using AI to tackle infertility

Peter Kecskemethy

Background in high-performance computing and statistical genetics

Christopher Reynolds

CTO, Better Dairy

Synthetic biologists, led projects to optimise protein expression in cells

Jevan Nagarajah

CEO, Better Dairy

Experienced across banking and technology

Avlokita Tiwari

Bioinformatician with expertise in computational biology and genomic data

Praapti Jayaswal

Molecular and microbiologist combatting anti-microbial resistance

Marie-Christine Imbert

Molecular biologist

Timothy Bouley

Medical doctor and environmental scientist

Shivani Shah

PhD from French Nuclear Research Institute CEA, applied Machine Learning to large datasets

Laurent Bourgouin

Experienced in energy industry, led digital transformation for industry heavyweights

John C. Waite

CEO, Phycobloom

Developed technology for sustainable energy with a background in Material Science

Mark Aaron Chan

CTO, Thermosphr

PhD in Mechanical Enginereing, expert in thermal systems

Nicolas Le Borgne

CEO, Thermosphr

Experience in startups, Master's in Economic Law from Sciences Po

Emir Nurov

Expert in product development and commercialisation

Jayantika Soni

Expert in the development of control algorithms for energy and power systems

Chong Chieh Tseng

CTO, Energy Lite

Experience in tech companies in software and hardware sectors

John Michael Bernil

CEO, Energy Lite

Experience in energy infrastructure projects

Ali Naderi

Deep researcher in field of gas processing membranes

Clemens Tepel

MSc in Sustainable Energies, began his career at McKinsey

Ali Safari

Trained as a nuclear engineer, passionate about using technology to impact climate change

Deniz Elitez

Computer vision research scientist, built one of the world's fastest MOT algorithms

Abhi Arora

Ran partnerships and operations at Dubsmash, scaled early stage startups

Dr Emilia Molimpakis

PhD in Linguistics, Neuroscience & Psychology, expert in using language as a biomarker for cognition

Dr Yousef Amar

PhD in distributed networks and edge computing, avid marathoner

Jose Martin Quesada

Experience in digital, consumer growth and data, CrossFit competitor

Alice Pelton

CEO, The Lowdown

Built and monetised digital products, passionate about contraceptive healthcare

David Pratt

CTO, The Lowdown

Growth-focussed technical founder, experienced scaling audiences and companies

Vasileios Katranidis

PhD in Digital Manufacturing, developed first predictive software tool for thermal spray coatings

Anil Chandra Naidu Matcha

Engineer, previously IIT, Samsung and Cisco

Zeena Qureshi

Speech and language therapy expert

John Flynn

MSc Sound Computing, film industry

Sasha Haco

Astrophysicist, previously Cambridge and Harvard

James Thewlis

Computer vision expert, previously Oxford, Facebook and AdTech

Hazel Savage

Experienced music industry professional, previously Shazam, Pandora and Universal Music

Aron Pettersson

Data science specialist, degree in Physics and Master's in Molecular Biology

Yassine Emile Tahi

AI project leader, previously HEC Paris & Sciences Po

Henri Mirande

Deep learning expert, graduated from CentraleSupélec aged 20

Ankur Singh

Built and sold products for video companies

Carl Robinson

CEO, Rumble Studio

Experienced podcaster and AI data scientist.

Joris Guerry

CTO, Rumble Studio

Machine learning and AI expert, previously built full-stack applications for industry giants.