Program Director – Angel Samartino

Founder and Director of Startup University Ventures
 

Angel L. Samartino is the Founder and Director of Startup University Ventures, focused on accelerating and investing in seed and early-stage startups, as well as Founder and Director of Forward Challenges, a unique Technology & Innovation Partner for Big Corporations, Corporate Venture Funds and Venture Capitalists, dedicated to anticipate how disruptive technologies and new trends will impact industries, companies and consumers.

Angel holds a MBA and two Certificates on Entrepreneurship and Management of Technology from University of California at Berkeley, and a Double Degree in Industrial Engineering from ICAI Madrid and Ecole Centrale Paris Universities, as part of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe Program.