At age 23, Belgian tech entrepreneur Davy Kestens moved to Silicon Valley, where he founded Sparkcentral, an enterprise customer service software company. His startup grew quickly and worked with well-known brands such as Delta Air Lines, Emirates, Netflix, Uber and Dropbox.

In 2018, at age 30, he stepped down as the company’s CEO to build a new European Fintech company called Cake. The company’s vision is to improve the financial well-being of European consumers by launching a new independent banking app that analyzes financial data to help people better understand, control and improve their personal finances. Today, the average Cake user has already earned over €10 simply by having the app installed.

Gained all-rounded experience in international business expansion and development, strategic planning, strategic partnerships, B2B and B2C sales, customer acquisition, and growing communities.

Started career in the international business in the USA then moved to Brazil for almost a decade to roll out operations of several European companies. After that joined a strategic management consulting company first as a sales and marketing consultant in Sao Paulo, later as the Head of Sales in the UK.

After 10 years in the corporate world became an entrepreneur, launched few businesses, built a Forbes award-winning startup and exited another one to investors. Last career pivot merged the best of the corporate, startup and entrepreneurial worlds when embarked on spearheading WeWork expansion across the EMEA region. Currently, manage one of the largest WeWork asset portfolios in the UK and Ireland.

Continue supporting entrepreneurs through mentoring, investing and leading a Startup Grind chapter.

Lived in 5 and visited over 50 countries. Speak 5 languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Slovak, English and native Czech). Practice martial arts, love snowboarding, diving, fitness & healthy lifestyle. Vegan athlete.