Our Mentors & Advisors

Co-Founder and Partner of FRINGE.

Smart City Innovation Mission to Seoul, Busan, Sejong, Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Barcelona

Business Coach, e-Village

Leadership & Business Strategist, Quadraam

Former Rector of National Economics University

Senior Economic Advisor of Prime Minister of Vietnam

Head of the Coordination Committee for Higher Education Project, Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam

15th President of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and President Emeritus

Global advisor of Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona

Advisor of the US Secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton

17 yrs at DLA Piper

Head of Israel Country Group at DLA Piper US LLP

Specialized in corporate, real estate and hospitality law

Experienced in M&A, investment funds, Joint ventures

5 yrs at The Governor’s Office of Small, Minority and Women Business Affairs of Maryland as a Special Secretary

Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Trade at The Commonwealth of Virginia

20 years across Capital Markets in the United States.

12 years with early stage companies in New York.

2 years in emergent tech

20+ years of experience in international business and digital transformation

Lecturer and Speaker in international business schools: Cambridge, Copenhagen Business School, INSEEC, Monaco University, and others

Writer/author with over 20 books/ebooks/magazines published in various languages

Strategist, curator, programmer, producer, advisor, and have been working with organisations such as UN, UNESCO, Governments, Central banks, Financial authorities, think tanks, Greenpeace, Tate Modern/UK, Centre George Pompidou/Paris, ARS ELECTRONICA/Austria, ITAU/Brasil, and TV programmes

Policy advisor of Busan Metropolitan City – strategy to develop a healthy blockchain ecosystem

Experienced consultant and accelerator with a demonstrated history of working in the financial industry as well as blockchain advisory firm

Skilled in Portfolio Management, Business Development, Strategy, Investments, and Financial Analysis

Certified business development professional with a MBA focused in Finance and Investment management from The Wharton School.

President of Incheon National University, South Korea

Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University

Honorary Doctor at University of Helsinki

Chairman of The Institute for Industrial Policy Studies (IPS)

Chief Data Officer and co-founder of A/O PropTech, where he designs and executes innovative investment strategies combining data-driven methodologies and financial engineering

Helping the founders he backs, scale their business throughout Europe as well as shape and execute their Operation and Analytics roadmap

Adjunct Professor & Board Member at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore IPMCC – Milan, Italy

Member of the Investment Team in IREN UP – Corporate Venture Capital in CleanTech – 2018 to present

Screening committee team leader of Edison Pulse (EDF group) – open innovation programme in CleanTech – 2014-2017

Former Global Marketing Director at Henkel KGAA Duesseldorf -Germany Business Angel

Business builder and natural connector of ideas, people and places

Chief Instigator at Instigation Protocol where he enables blockchain organisations to commercialise with enterprise, weaving storytelling and business development together to create sustainable partnerships

Has secured multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects in the Middle East, city contracts globally to encourage local economic development, and has championed blockchain in emerging markets in partnership with the United Nations

Principal and Managing Director at Global Futures Group (GFG), which provides advisory to nonprofits and governments on “smart cities” strategies and innovation ecosystem building, and to businesses on international expansion

Principal at Smart Cities New York, the leading conference in North America on Smart and Sustainable Cities, and has previously advised former prime ministers in Europe

Advisor to the New York City’s Mayor’s Office on foreign direct investments (FDI) in tech and inclusive innovation

Advisor to Croatia’s Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds, the World Bank, the Partnership for NYC, and the Metropolitan City of Barcelona

Former Director of International Business at the New York City Economic Development Corporation

Previosuly worked at Muzinich & Co., a leading global asset management firm based in New York

MA in International Economics from Yale University and an MA in Economics, Business and Law from Bocconi University in Milan

Has extensive experience investing in early-stage Technology ventures being currently invested in more than 40 companies in Europe and the US, in sectors such as, but not limited to Artificial Intelligence, Data Tech, Software Enterprise, SaaS, Data Analytics, etc

Founding Partner of Lanta Digital Ventures and Startupbootcamp IoT & Data (SBC)

Executive at Fractus, a sucessful European Technology start-up. Fractus was an early pioneer in developing internal antennas for smartphones, tablets and other wireless Internet of Things devices and holds an intellectual property rights portfolio of more than 40 inventions, protected by over 120 patented applications worldwide. Its intellectual property and patent portfolio is widely recognised within the industry – licensees include Samsung, LG, HTC, Blackberry, Motorola, Sanyo and Sharp

Economics and Business Administration Degree and an Executive Program from Stanford University, USA

Author of Chutzpah: Why Israel is a Hub of innovation and Entrepreneurship; Featured as one of the 100 Most Influential people in Israeli hi-tech; one of the 100-tech-business-women-speakers in the world; and one of the most influential Israelis of 2019

Founder at Synthesis, a leadership assessment company, supporting companies in reaching peak performance at the leadership level

For the past 20 years Arieli took a leading role in the flourishing Israeli Hi-Tech sector, starting in her military service, as Lieutenant in the IDF elite 8200 unit; continuing in her professional career as General Counsel and executive member to several start-ups and leading Israeli hi-tech companies. Arieli also founded a series of programs for innovators, including Israel’s first start-up accelerator; and serves on the advisory board of the leading Israeli programs for entrepreneurship

ICT Convergence Smart Business Development in the area of IoT/Smart City/Smart Factory in Dell Technologies Korea

Award from Minister of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as a member of Smart city Innovation Forum

Ex-chair member of Global IoT Public Private Community run by Ministry of Science & ICT/ KISA(Korea Internet Security Agency)

Incheon Songdo Smart City Project Engagement

Busan Creative Economy Innovation Center IOT Lead

Addvisor member of Smart City Council of Seoungnam City

US/European entrepreneur and investor

Launched a new EUR 27m seed-stage venture capital fund for CEE; Vitosha Venture Partners based in Sofia, Bulgaria

Active in Europe and the Middle East as startup advisor and angel investor, Max organizes the TRACTION Camp and Startup AddVenture series of events, connecting founders to skills and capital

Cross Border Angels as Director for CEE and MENA, syndicating 1-2 monthly investments with over 70+ angels and investment firms (2016)

Graduated as a lawyer, Max founded an online legal services company in Amsterdam in 2008. In 2011, he sold the business and moved to Bulgaria, where he was on the founding team of one of the biggest regional tech acceleration programs and funds (Eleven Startup Accelerator and EUR 12m seed fund)

He also runs a number of ecosystem and networking initiatives, including Summit Summit (http://summitsummit.io) and Entrepreneur-In-Residence (http://eirtribe.com)

25-year veteran in the investment banking industry (15 years in Asia)

Former Managing Director and Country Head in India for US the investment bank, Cantor Fitzgerald

Former Equity Research Analyst at Citibank in New York, Tokyo and London

Previously worked at Daiwa Bank in Hong Kong, and served as the Division Director and Head of Asian Equities for Australia’s Macquarie Bank; he launched NYSE-listed institutional brokerage Investment Technology Group in Asia as the regional Chief Executive Officer

Executive Director, The Urban Tech Hub

Senior Vice President, iDEKOgov

Deputy Commissioner, City of New York, Department of Small Business Services

Executive Director, New Business Accerleration Team, New York City Office of Mayor

Special Advisor to the Commissioner, New York City Department of Buildings

Philanthropy Ambassador – Smiling Gecko

Wealth Management Digital Strategy & Business Transformation /Ommichannel Management

Chief Operation Officer of Life.SREDA (Singapore)

Law School at Harvard University

MBA at University of Liverpool

Founder and Managing Partner of Aviv Venture Capital

Lecturer in MBA programs at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya (IDC)

Formerly Investment Manager, Discount Investment Corporation (TASE: DIC)

Ph.D. Accounting – UC Berkeley, California

Amir Brings industry level perspective combined with investment experience in private technology companies

Head of KPMG CS Digital Transformation CoE

Smart X Economic Policy Advisory on Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) for Digital Innovation

Manufacturing Compliance & System Specialist

Trade Remedy and Trade Disputes Advisory on Antidumping, Countervailing Duty, Safeguard (with Monitoring System)