Gonzalo Martinez de Azagra

Gonzalo is a Spanish technology investor and strategist. He is the founder and chairman of Cardumen Capital SGEIC, S.A. and Head of Samsung Ventures Israel. In 2014, he established the Samsung Ventures Israel office. He is a board member at StoreDot Ltd., Corephotonics inc., Giraffic, Aveni and EarlySense and the Young Venture Capital Forum in Israel. His investments include PrimeSense, Replay Technologies, Rounds, Corephotonics, Elastifile, Cortica, EarlySense, Magisto, and ScyllaDB. Gonzalo is a mentor in the BIND 4.0 startup acelorator program and a member of the Bilbao Bizkaia Finance Hub.
In the past, he co-founded a Spain based business angel group called Microwave Ventures to support promising entrepreneurs with seed capital. Prior to Samsung Ventures, Gonzalo worked for PricewaterhouseCooper's Advisory practice in Strategy, Finance and Process projects for various sectors. Gonzalo began his career at AEA Technology Plc., the former Atomic Energy Authority in the United Kingdom as a Systems and EMI engineer.
Education
He graduated from Imperial College in London (United Kingdom) in 2003 with Masters in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. Gonzalo completed his Master thesis and final year at Telecom Paris (ENST).
In 2009, he graduated from the University of London, with London School of Economics as lead college with a BsC in Economics and Management. He also holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Companies
Gonzalo has participated in several companies, most of them as representative of Samsung Ventures:
* StoreDot: first investor in series A in this next generation battery company based in Herzliya, Israel
* Corephotonics: he was an early investor in this company and servers as a board member.
* Aveni: Series A lead investor and board member.
* Replay Technologies: Investor in Series A and B and board observer.
* EarlySense: Series F lead and board observer.
* Elastifile: Investor
* ScyllaDB: Investor
* Magisto: Investor
* PrimeSense: Investor
* Rounds: Investor
* Yume: Investor
* Microwave Ventures: Founder and investment commitee member.
* Cardumen Capital SGEIC, S.A.: Founder, chairman and general partner
* Irisbond: Mentor
* Luz Wavelabs: Advisor
Public Speaking and Conferences
Gonzalo has participated in numerous technology and investment conferences as a key note speaker and panelist. Ourcrowd Investor Summit 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, Wearable Tech Israel 2014 and 2015 and Gizworld 2016, VRWorld 2017, Cube Tech Berlin 2017, South Summit 2016, CEEI Asturias 2017, Bind 4.0, Splash Ventures , EITB Radio,BIME Startups Summit 2016, abc.es,Investor Day Think Galicia 2016
Teaching and lecturing
Gonzalo has taught undergraduate courses in Strategy & Process at the University of Deusto, La Comercial on behalf of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. On the Graduate level, Gonzalo has lectured in courses at the in EOI (Escuela de Organizacion Industrial) and the University of California, Berkeley. At the University of California, Berkeley, he taught and assisted professors in the areas of Venture Capital, Venture Finance, Corporate Strategy and Leadership Communications. For his contribution to the Berkeley MBA's graduate program Gonzalo received the Outstanding Graduate Instructor award in 2010.
Gonzalo has also lectured in Strategy for Samsung's Executive education program at HRDC.

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