About
Asier is the co-founder and CEO of Tecnalia Ventures; he is Chairman and Board member in several deep-tech spin-offs; a Professor at Deusto Business School in the Finance and Entrepreneurship Masters; an European Union Commission Expert in Innovation in SMEs and a Business Angel Investor. Asier has previously worked for both blue-chip Organizations such as: Accenture (Ireland), BNP Paribas (France), The Parthenon Group (UK-USA-UAE, Dubai), Eli Lilly (UK), Gilead (UK-Turkey) and smaller Organizations (start-ups and SMEs) always focusing on innovation; early stage investment and tech entrepreneurship. Before joining Tecnalia, Asier worked at the Basque Institute of Competitiveness (Orkestra) in projects such as the set-up of the most successful business angel network in the Basque Country and programs to help raise funding and internationalize local start-ups. Asier is the co-founder and member of the investment committee of Microwave Ventures, a seed capital fund focusing on software
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- • 1,801 investors hold the Managing Director role in VCSift. Asier Rufino Bengoechea is one of them.
- • 43 investors are based in Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain.
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