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Josep A. Aliagas

Tech investment banker. Strategist. Expert in making things happen. Economist.

Riyadh

Skills

Start-ups
Entrepreneur
Business Strategy
Mobile Devices
Online Advertising
Marketing Strategy
Business Development
New Business Development
Negotiation
Entrepreneurship
E-commerce
Telecommunications
Team Leadership
Social Media
Digital Marketing
International Business
Leadership
Management
Marketing
Mobile Applications

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner DIS Capital

    2000

    DIS Capital is the investment banking division of Digital Investments and Strategies. DIS was born in 2000 as a technology incubator in the TMT sector. In 2005, DIS created an international financial consulting division specialized in financing infrastructure projects, mainly between China and governments of developing countries. Dis has since then closed multi-billion dollar projects. These projects include infrastructures, energy generation and technology projects. DIS has also made direct investments in several technology companies. Our primary focus is Fundraising and M&A advisory services. Our experience is multi-sectoral and ranges from agtech to energy, industry 4.0, cybersecurity, fintech or blockchain. Our extensive experience allows us to work with companies in any region of the world and with a network of investors that cover any sector or country.

  • Mentor, 2023 "All-Stars"

    2023

    Named a Techstars All-Star Mentor '23! Joining the top 1% of mentors, I'm committed to supporting entrepreneurs and driving innovation forward. Thrilled to continue this journey with the next generation of leaders! 🚀 . Techstars is a global platform that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Founded in 2006, it has become one of the top startup accelerators worldwide. Techstars provides access to funding, mentorship, and a network of successful entrepreneurs, investors, and influential leaders in the business and tech industries

AIBC Americas & MEA, CommunicAsia, NexTV, Innovation Forum, Mobile Web Summit, Iccon Korea

2000

  • Speaker in international conferences

    2000

    I am a regular speaker at global tech-related events. Open innovation, blockchain and metaverse, digital transformation, fundraising, investment trends in technology, internationalisation, entrepreneurship or start-ups are the regular topics that I talk about.

  • Member of the International Committee

    2019 - 2023

  • Member

    2018 - 2023

  • Conference Ambassador, ISC2019 BBA International Scientific Conference

    2018 - 2019

  • Mentor

    2022 - 2023

    Founded in 2017, AWIT empowers women and underrepresented groups to the highest levels of tech leadership through skill-based training, mentorship, and advocacy.

  • Mentor

    2021 - 2023

    The Newchip Accelerator Program was developed to operate like an Executive MBA program, running after work hours each week, and with all of the assignments designed to be done at your own pace. Now operating in 50 countries and 250 cities.

GS Capital

2019 - 2020

  • Partner

    2019 - 2020

2014 - 2020

  • Advisor

    2019 - 2020

  • SVP of Corporate Development and Enterprise Sales

    2017 - 2019

    During the time I backed Kompyte as an investor and board member for 3-years, I watched as Fortune 500 companies headed their data-driven strategies with Kompyte competitive intelligence. It’s time for the next big move: I will be leading the Corporate sales division and expanding the enterprise business development division.

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2018

    Kompyte is one of the most stunning start-ups that exist in the international SaaS landscape nowadays. Kompyte is able to detect, track, analyze and report to its customers, all kind of information about your online competitors. So, if you want to understand in almost real time what are your competitors doing just take a look at www.kompyte.com

2018 - 2020

  • Mentor

    2018 - 2020

2018 - 2019

  • Mentor

    2018 - 2019