Santiago Bilinkis is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and executive, most notable for founding office supply delivery business Officenet in Argentina with
Andy Freire. In late 1996 they came up with the idea for
Officenet and convinced four angel investors to help them develop the concept. The company was acquired by
Staples Inc. in 2004.
Santiago Bilinkis has also a strong involvement in entrepreneurship (sitting at the Board of institutions such as
Endeavor Foundation,
Prosperar Foundation) and public transparency (as member of the
Board of Administration of CIPPEC).
Santiago was one of the organizers of the first
TEDxBuenosAires and developed
TEDxRiodelaPlata. In 2010 he assisted a course called
Singularity University in a NASA Center in Mountain View.
During 2012, Santiago created
Quasar Ventures, a company builder which is responsible for the launching of
Restorando,
Avenida.com among other succesful startups.