EF Alumni

Grant Aarons

CEO, FabricNano

Founded:

Interests / background:

Biotechnology, Finance

Location:

London

Cohort:

Grant is the co-founder and CEO of FabricNano.

Prior to joining Entrepreneur First in Fall 2018 – and founding FabricNano – he was an Economics PhD at London Business School where he taught microeconomics, markets and econometrics whilst researching network theory applied to forecasting models.

Grant previously worked in systems engineering and developed the mathematical modelling behind the nowcasting platform released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; cited by the FT & Bloomberg. Grant is a Forbes 30 under 30 cohort member in Manufacturing and Industry.

Company:

FabricNano

A sustainable future, powered by enzymes.

London

FabricNano, co-founded at EF, named as one of the hottest startups in London

6 October, 2022

Actress Emma Watson and Twitter’s cofounder back FabricNano to revolutionize plastic

30 June, 2021

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Ben Stein

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Neel Popat

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Saikrishnan Ranganathan

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Rathin Shah

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Gaurav Arora

Software engineer, previously Netflix and Ixigo

Jevan Nagarajah

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Experienced across banking and technology

Stacy-Ann Sinclair

Developer, previously worked in tier one investment banks