Andreas Birnik

Co-Founder, VP Strategy & Sustainability

2022

Founded to power a digital Europe, evroc is building a secure, sovereign, and sustainable hyperscale cloud with best-in-class services and developer experience. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a development office in Sophia-Antipolis, France. By 2028, evroc will operate eight hyperscale data centers and three software development hubs across Europe. evroc is backed by global technology investor EQT Ventures and impact investor Norrsken VC.

Founder

2020 - 2022

Modern Wine Club, by Modern Wine Group, is a direct-to-consumer (DTC) wine club offering a premium drinking experience at everyday drinking prices. We aggregate the buying power of our members to source wine globally under NDAs from premium wineries and offer it exclusively to our members at everyday drinking prices. We continuously collect data about our members’ wine preferences to build a precision matching algorithm for wine.

Partner

2018 - 2020

Antler (www.antler.co) is a global startup generator and early-stage VC that is building the next big wave of tech. With the mission to turn exceptional individuals into great founders, Antler aims to create hundreds of companies globally over the next five years. We select the world’s most brilliant and determined people, help them find the right co-founder and connect them to a top tier network of advisors and experts worldwide. Antler breaks the barriers to entrepreneurship by providing funding from day one and building strong teams from ground up, while enabling founders to achieve more than they ever thought possible.

Venture Partner

2018 - 2018

Managing Director, Corporate Innovation

2016 - 2018

• Since 2013, BootUP has accelerated 120+ startups who have raised more than USD 400 million in external investment and today have a combined valuation of more than USD 4 billion. • I worked together with leading corporate partners to shape and drive their innovation agendas including developing strategy, creating opportunity maps, implementing agile / lean-startup methodologies for prototyping, developing "playbooks" for new opportunity areas, technology scouting, application of exponential technologies (e.g. AI, machine learning, AR / VR), corporate acceleration programs and corporate venture capital. • I also supported a number of startups in BootUP's acceleration programs either as mentor or in part-time CXO roles focused on sales, marketing, operations and fund raising.

Chief Executive Officer

2013 - 2016

• Co-founded and led 3D printing company from idea to US commercial launch to global operations. • Managed 35 employees/consultants and operations in 5 countries covering R&D, manufacturing, sales, marketing, customer service, finance and administration. • Raised USD 2.75 million venture capital from Wavemaker (part of the Draper Venture Network), 500 Startups, Emery Capital, Singapore National Research Foundation, Modal Perdana and angels. • Launched crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo that raised USD 213,000 and was fully funded within 24 hours. • Delivered 7-digit USD revenues already during first quarter after retail launch. • Built distribution network covering over 30 US retailers (including Amazon, Best Buy, Target, B&H Photo, Hudson News, Staples and Walmart) and distributors across Europe, Asia and Australia. • Selected a wide range of service providers including contract manufacturer, call center provider, PR agency, digital marketing agency, distribution consultants, accounting firms, auditor and law firms. • Secured patents and trademarks for the business. • Established CreoPop’s digital footprint including web page, social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), conversion funnels, SEO/SEM, paid social-media and re-targeting. • Led all event marketing efforts including CES, TechCrunch Disrupt, MakerFaire, New York Toy Fair, Art Materials World and more. • Achieved numerous prestigious awards and news coverage including by TechCrunch, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Tech-in-Asia, Engadget, Gizmodo, Gigaom, CNET, Forbes, Wired, Straits Times, South China Morning Post and many more.

VP Strategy & Sustainability

2012 - 2015

• Venture-backed MIT spinout. Eta Devices’ game-changing power amplifier technology delivers a 50% reduction in power consumption in mobile base stations and handsets. • Prepared business plans for venture capital fund raising, press releases, web site text, competition entries, media interviews, product brochures, job adverts, digital marketing campaigns and product carbon abatement analysis. • Covered by WSJ, MIT Technology Review, EE Times, Wired, Business Insider, Gizmodo, CNET and more. • Selected 2015 Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum (previously awarded to AirBnB, Uber & Google). • Raised USD 25 million in venture capital across Series A and Series B rounds. • Eta Devices was acquired by Nokia providing very substantial investor returns.

Commercial Director, Founder

2011 - 2015

• CarbonStory enables users in 33 countries to compute their carbon footprints, build a portfolio of climate change projects around the world, post their actions on Facebook, create teams and challenge their friends. • Invested in business and built up marketing, business development, sustainability and business administration. • Launched at SXSW 2013 and came #2 in VentureBeat’s competition for best bootstrapped startup; award for excellence in social innovation at the 2013 World Marketing Summit; silver award at the 2013 ASEAN ICT Awards. • World Under Water campaign in May-June 2014 reached over 200 million people and was covered by CNN, Mashable, Huffington Post, Gizmodo, Weather Channel, Fast Company, Sky, Wired, CNET and others.

Owner (Singapore)

2006 - 2013

• Established strategy consulting practice serving technology and private equity clients. • Assignments included: market entry strategy, business plans for fund raising, market segmentation and offer development, regional operating model development, strategic repositioning, annual strategy reviews, mergers & acquisitions, license bids, setting up a regional office and recruiting a local management team, preparing government lobbying material, wireless broadband opportunity assessment and business plan development and MVNO launch preparations (list of assignments available upon request).

Adjunct Assistant Professor (Singapore)

2007 - 2013

• Developed and taught the business school’s first sustainability course (MBA program). • Redesigned and taught the core module ‘Asia Pacific Business’ (MBA program). • Taught strategy and sustainability on open and customized executive education programs at NUS Business School and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. • Awarded outstanding teaching recognition by business school. • Part of faculty team interviewing applicants for NUS’ MBA program. • Full-time Visiting Fellow during academic year 2007-2008.

Director of Smart City Solutions, Industry Verticals Practice

2010 - 2011

• Led customer engagements in vertical sectors with a focus on transportation (e.g. electronic road pricing) and utilities (e.g. smart metering and smart grid solutions). • Developed strategy, operations handbook, growth plan and budget for the first Industry Verticals practice established within Ericsson; planning materials later reused by other Ericsson regions. • Liaised closely with Ericsson R&D and product units to drive vertical innovation roadmap. • Developed Ericsson’s first solutions portfolio aimed specifically at emerging market utility customers. • Regional knowledge management responsibility to ensure capture and reuse of knowledge assets.