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Aug 2013
Elysium Space is a unique team of space and funeral experts, combining experience from major NASA space missions and deep-rooted funeral profession knowledge. Our wide background goes from space systems engineering to anthropology and funeral directing. We are dedicated to offer awe-inspiring celestial services to the world and celebrate the significance of lives that have been lived with dignity and honor.
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Jan 2010
Gengo is a global provider of crowdsourced human translation at scale. Via our online order form or API integration, individuals and businesses worldwide can order online translations from a network of more than 20,000 pre-tested translators working across 35 languages.
Gengo is a truly international company, incorporated in the U.S. and headquartered in Tokyo. Our team embodies this global spirit with representatives from Japan, U.S.A., U.K., Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Russia, Italy, Singapore and more.
Our customer base is equally diverse and ranges from individuals to large enterprise clients like YouTube, TripAdvisor, Rakuten and Vestiaire Collective.
https://gengo.com/
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Adjunct Professor, Deeptech Ventures Course
May 2021
Polytechnic Institute : a top professional school for engineering education
Founded in 2016
9.83 Ha Campus at initial term
1.5 billion RMB budget at initial term ≈ 200 millions euros
10 On-job Master in Science&Technology
4 Full-time Master in Science&Technology
1 master in engineering management
1124 master students in training
To welcome 3000 students by 2020
2020
Founder in Residence - Entrepreneur First
Sep 2020
Entrepreneurs First invests in exceptional individuals to build startups from scratch. We bring together talented outliers to develop their most ambitious ideas and raise money from the world’s best investors.
Since pioneering Talent Investing in 2015, we’ve learned to recognize individuals with extraordinary futures before anyone else, embedding them in a community of ambitious peers and giving them the tools they need to succeed, fast. We back them before they have a company, a team, even before they have an idea, based purely on talent.
EF’s portfolio is now collectively valued at over $16B, and includes companies such as Aztec, Cleo, Magdrive, Neptune, Omnea, Opply, PolyAI, Tractable, and many more.
EF is backed by some of the worlds leading founders and investors, including Founders Fund, Greylock, John Collison (founder – Stripe), Patrick Collison (founder – Stripe), Reid Hoffman (founder – LinkedIn), Eric Schmidt (former CEO - Google), Demis Hassabis (founder – Google DeepMind ), Taavet Hinrikus (founder – Wise), Matt Mullenweg (founder – WordPress), Charlie Songhurst (Board member – Meta), Christa Davies (Board member – Stripe), Lachy Groom (founder – Physical Intelligence), Aidan Gomez (founder – Cohere), Mati Staniszewski (founder – ElevenLabs), Danny Rimer (Partner - Index Ventures), Matt Cohler (former General Partner - Benchmark).
We exist to make great companies happen that otherwise wouldn’t.
For more information about Entrepreneurs First, visit www.joinef.com
Were hiring! Join our global team and experience firsthand the workings of a globally unique talent investor working with cutting edge entrepreneurs on world changing technologies: https://www.joinef.com/about/careers
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