EF Alumni

Christopher Chavasse

CTO, Muddy Machines

Founded:

Cofounder:

Florian Richter

Interests / background:

Agriculture, Robotics

Location:

London

Cohort:

Christopher has spent his career in robotic innovation. He has built everything from UAVs to next generation household and commercial robots at Dyson, Deliveroo and Karakuri.

Muddy Machines pitch at Europe 15 Demo Day

Company:

Muddy Machines

Robots for farms - solving the harvest labour shortage

Farrah Barber

CEO, Primordial

Ex-McKinsey consultant and software engineer, with experience in private equity and sustainability.

Jon Ho

CEO, Allium Bio

Agrifoodtech VC. Launched $30M healthtech business. Raised $3M for previous startup.

Omar Dekkiche

Engineer. Former M&A banker. Second time deep tech startup founder.

Brett Cotten

CEO, Arda Biomaterials

Alternative protein domain expert. Food and materials book author. Cambridge MBA for biotech (MBE).

Karam El Assaad

Strong expertise leading enterprise and SME sales across MEA region

Syed Shakeel Ahmed

PhD in Cancer Biology, experience leading collaborative projects with cancer clinics

Harold Mollison

Head of Sales and Marketing, Spidfier

Background in marketing and management

Phong Vo

PhD in Signal and Images, expertise ranging from machine learning to computer vision

Steven R Tsitas

PhD in Planetary Science, produced innovative work on 6U CubeSat

Pieter Fabry

Experience implementing reinforcement learning models on videos, ex-nano satellite researcher

James Kent

Inventor, ex-Google and set up one of the earliest cloud computing companies

David Hunter

CEO, Optimal Labs

Studied aeronautical engineering and computer science, ex-pilot and quantitative strategist

Abdel Wahab Turkmani

2x founder building businesses that positively impact the world

Florian Richter

CEO, Muddy Machines

Serial entrepreneur, commercial roles at Google, SumUp, Bookatable. Large family farm in Portugal

Dr Akhilesh Chaurasia

Leader in field of genetically modified organisms

Hubert Tse

Experience in capital markets, launched successful energy trading ventures

Mark Jager

CPO, HIER Foods

Product veteran with expertise in UX1

Lara Hammerle

CEO, HIER Foods

Experienced in growth, built company to 6,000 users in 6 months

Rubal Chib

Electronics engineer, previously Havells and IOTA

Shrishti Batra

PhD in Computational Biology & Chemical Ecology, previously NCBS, Max Planck Institute

Lorenzo d’Auria

Financial analyst turned product manager. Scaled B2B products processing billions of euros.

Jacky Im

CTO, Neptune Robotics

BA in Physics. Award winning robot engineer. 5+ years experience building underwater robots.

CJ Looi

Expert in computer vision, deep learning and robotics.

Bjarne Johannsen

Perception software expert, worked in autonomous driving at Mercedes Benz & ZF.

Chris Parsons

CTO, Grey Swan Finance

Oxford-trained software engineer. Professional experience in backend, and solidity development.

Manick Kalra

CEO, Lumeros AI

NUS EEE Valedictorian (Highest Distinction). Built AI to generate over US$10M in tyre sales.

Alexander Reichenbach

Former lead product owner at Mercedes-Benz. Master’s in Computing/Machine Learning from Imperial

Robert Van Den Bergh

Prev CEO & Founder @ VC backed robotics and AI company. Expert in growth marketing and partnerships.

Kushal Pillay

CTO, Powerhouse AI

Computer vision expert. Former head of R&D at a robotics firm with an MSc in Electrical Engineering.

Arthur Wandzel

AI researcher specialising in computer vision and robotic decision making

Aswin Ramachandran

PhD in Decentralised Systems Communication, built hardware and software for autonomous robots

Victor Borsche

Master's in International Management, previous founder in travel and manufacturing, ex-BMW

Walter Frank Pintor Ortiz

Expertise across industrial robotics and automation

Dr Dirk-Jan van Veen

Expert in optimising software agents to communicate and collaborate

Prashant Maurice Dhara

Built multiple deep learning solutions, experience building tech in startups

Ivo Tedbury

Expert in distributed robots and computation for building construction

Rose Haft

Studied Biomedical Optics at some of the world's leading engineering schools

Sagar Setu

CTO, Milky Way AI

Robotics and computer vision expert, PhD in Aerospace Engineering

Navid Nourani Vatani

CPO, Imperium Drive

Roboticist with experience developing autonomous trucks, trains, and off-road vehicles

Jordan McRae

CEO, Mobilus Labs

MSc in space and ocean robotics, built complex hardware/software systems

Guillem Singla Buxarrais

CEO, Neurofenix

Prize-winning biomedical engineer

Haoyu Bai

Co-founder, Movel

PhD in Computer Science with experience in AI and robotics

Abhishek Gupta

Master's in Embedded Systems, former research at SUTD

Mo Shana’a

Experience improving productivity in construction, implemented digital transformation

Abhinav Warrier

In-depth knowledge of robotics, worked on navigation and battery management

Anurag Dutta

Experienced in warehousing, supply chain and operations

Lucas Lopez

CTO, Volatile AI

Award winning digital smell researcher, built cutting-edge artificial neural networks

Christopher Thompson

CTO, Micrographia Bio

Molecular biologist, machine learning engineer and roboticist

Mehdi Adjaoue

Machine learning expert, deployed autonomous museum guides as an undergraduate

Puneet Chhabra

CTO, Headlight AI

Experienced in LiDAR, Radar, and Sonar technologies, PhD in Electrical Engineering

Sahil Tapiawala

CEO, Atomionics

M.Sc. Chemistry and B.Eng. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, experience in product development

Pramod Ghadge

CEO, Unbox Robotics

Master's in Industrial & Systems Engineering from NUS

Shahid Memon

CTO, Unbox Robotics

MSc in Autonomous Robotics Engineering, experienced in AI and robotics

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing