Alex Stephany loves to run and grow businesses by attracting and nurturing the most talented people. In his last role as CEO of JustPark, revenue grew over 10-fold in 3 years, funding was raised from Index Ventures, and the largest equity crowdfunding for a startup in history was closed. Currently, Alex is working with a stellar team at Beam (www.beam.org) to build Tech for Good to create equality of opportunity, starting by crowdfunding brighter futures for homeless people in London.

Alex is also the author of a business book on the sharing economy, The Business of Sharing (Macmillan, 2015), and provides expert comment on social impact, homelessness, the sharing economy and startups. He has appeared on Bloomberg, Sky, NPR, the Guardian and BBC among others.

Over the years, many people have kindly helped Alex, and he likes to give back to the tech community whenever he can. He is very lucky to have mentored some hugely talented entrepreneurs through TechStars.

Alex loves to hear from smart, creative, hungry people who want to solve meaningful problems. If anyone wants to reach out and they have never met Alex, they can grab him via Twitter. @AlexStephany

Rytis Lauris is the Co-Founder and CEO of ecommerce-tailored email & SMS marketing automation platform Omnisend. Having spent more than 10 years building and bootstrapping startups and working in the digital marketing and ecommerce field, Rytis was well-placed to do the same with his own company—Omnisend has grown to become a top-rated app in the Shopify App store without any outside investments. The key to Omnisend’s success is its rich customer data and omnichannel-driven approach, empowering small and medium-sized ecommerce businesses to generate more sales at an affordable price. With his vast experience in startups and especially ecommerce marketing, Rytis can deliver useful insights and actionable advice on all things ecommerce, email marketing, and entrepreneurship. 

CEO & Founder at MarsBased and Barcelona Chapter Director at Startup Grind. MarsBased is a 20-people full-remote development consultancy from Barcelona specialised in web and mobile applications developed with Ruby on Rails and Javascript frameworks. Àlex runs the sales/marketing area and is in charge of communications & growth of the company. His background in consulting & development (ex-Deloitte, ex-VASS) and his international profile helps him with the technical and the business perspective. His experience with volunteering (over 5 years at ESN) have helped him to build one of the strongest communities in Barcelona through Startup Grind, events for developers, curating Startup Digest, and managing a Slack community for entrepreneurs and startups in Barcelona.

Mario has been working in the tech since the beginning of his career. He started helping startups with their fundraising in tech accelerators such as Intelectium and Conector and he joined Encomenda Smart Capital (one of the leading early-seed stage funds in Spain) as its first employee, until becoming Venture Partner. After 6 years, +50 startups invested and +7.000 analyzed companies, he joined Bit2me, the leading crypto tech company in Iberia, as its Head of Strategy.

Eduard Bardají Cros is Telecommunications Engineer - Master's degree in Information and Communication Technologies Security - MBA (Master in Business Administration).

Specialist in Cybersecurity and Co-founder of ESED.

ESED is formed by a team of Cybersecurity and IT Services specialists. Their main priority is to find solutions adapted to each company, to guarantee their security and that of their clients. As well as ensuring the proper functioning of all their IT infrastructure, with solutions based on the latest cutting-edge technologies.

As a Cybersecurity expert, Eduard dedicate himself to helping small and large companies, CEOs, CIOs and CTOs, internal IT departments, and developers to ensure the internal and external security of their company, providing valuable solutions, training and information to their teams.

Throughout these last 10 years, he has dealt with many of the main concerns and problems in the IT environment, always offering solutions adapted to the needs of each client.

Elisabeth has more than 15 years of experience in the startup sector, helping startups grow and develop.

In 2013 she co-founded Conector Startup Accelerator, an accelerator of which she was CEO for five years. During this time more than 180 startups were accelerated, including Glovo.

He is currently COO of Nuclio, an ecosystem that creates and drives high-growth startups.

Currently, Miguel Ángel is ranked in the number 5 position of the Top Marketing Professors on Twitter and in the top 20 of Influencers on digital transformation at a global level.

He is passionate about training and a lover of everything that is related to digital environments. He lives it with passion each and every day.

International Keynote speaker, regular speaker at IESE and Director of the Master of Digital Marketing and Social Networks at ESERP. It also collaborates with other business schools such as ESADE, INESDI, EUNCET or MARKETING AND WEB among others.

During his professional career, he stands out for having been Global head of education, digital marketing Director and e-commerce Director at Henkel for Western Europe and LATAM.

Miguel Ángel is the author of the book “Digital Transformation”, from the Anaya publishing house and has collaborated in numerous books and publications.

Victoria Gago is Co-CEO & Co-Founder of European Blockchain Convention and European Tech School. Victoria is also Director of Three Points' Master in Blockchain. Previously, she worked as an Investment Analyst at Black Toro Capital (Private Equity fund in Spain) and as a M&A Director at Windcorp Translink (Spain). Born and raised in Copenhagen. Currently based in Barcelona, Spain. She is also MSc in Financial Management from Sheffield Hallam University and BA in European Studies from Copenhagen Business School.

Victor Horcasitas helps tech startups with cross border capital raising and go-to-market strategies for Latam, US and Europe. Victor has over 20 years of experience spanning M&A, software engineering, import/export finance, international business development and project management. Sector coverage includes IoT, AR/VR, SaaS, medical devices, eHealth, AgTech, robotics, telecom, FinTech, PropTech, renewable energies and commercial real estate.

Victor is a partner in Confianz Capital which focuses on mid-market European M&A transactions with a focus on telecom, media and technology opportunities. Victor’s most recent acquisition in January 2019 is of a Barcelona based media publication which generates and curates content to a niche target in Spain. He leads a team which is transforming a monthly print publication into the country’s leading digital magazine for expats.

Victor co-founded Confianz International, an import-export company focused on the supply and distribution of industrial machinery and chemicals, construction equipment, food, raw materials and other sectors. Victor structures transactions for products from the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as advising companies on new market penetration and product market fit.

In 2002 Victor co-founded Trinity Advisers, a boutique firm providing consulting services to clients in the telecoms, media, renewable energy and IT sectors. Victor leads Trinity Advisers’ business development efforts in the Iberian, African and Latin American regions. Transaction and advisory experience includes both buy-side and sell-side mandates in sectors spanning the fixed line, mobile/GSM, and satellite services sectors as well as capital-raising for early stage and late venture organizations.

Victor co-founded Communications Investment Partners Limited (CIP), which in December 2007 acquired Stratos Global Corporation for EUR 620 million. Previously he worked at HP, NasTech, Deloitte & Touche, Federal Reserve.

Victor currently volunteers as President of the American Society of Barcelona, leads fund raising for the Donation & Transplant Institute, Chairman of the Navy League of the United States and is a non-executive director in 11 early stage companies. Victor also supports various organizations helping to foment Barcelona’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, such as Startup Grind, EU Startup Summit, Tech Stars and Barcelona Startup week.

Victor holds a MSc from Johns Hopkins University and a BBS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Horcasitas speaks fluently in English, Spanish Catalan and conversational French.

Founder at Kreatings and Chapter Director at Startup Grind Mataró. Kreatings is a digitalization platform for ideas, businesses and NGOs located in Barcelona. Currently in the pre-launch stage. Jordi, as Startup Grind Mataró Chapter Director also helps bring together the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Mataró Area through local events, startup programs, partners and online media + content to educate, inspire and connect all stakeholders.