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Cyril Ebersweiler

Venture Capitalist, Company-Builder at SOSV, HAX

Singapore

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Work Experience

2010

  • General Partner

    2010

    With $1.5B+ in assets under management, SOSV is one of the most active early stage fund in the world, with specialties in hardware (HAX), software (Orbit Startups), and life sciences (IndieBio) opportunities and other strategic areas of growth. We've incubated companies such as Makeblock, Particle, Perfect Day, Bitmex, Yeelight, Opentrons, Upside Foods, Notco, Geltor and dozens of leaders in their industries.

  • University Lecturer

    2024

    Lecturer for ET5216 - Venture Capital Investment and Practices.

2011

  • Founder / Managing Director

    2011

    HAX is the first program-based seed fund built to fit deep tech startups. Based in Shenzhen and San Francisco and Newark, HAX is widely known as the trigger to the 'Hardware Renaissance'​ and has birthed hundreds of companies touching consumer, health, climate and industrial industries.

  • Contributor

    2012

    https://techcrunch.com/author/cyril-ebersweiler/ and more.

  • Board Member

    2024

    SEEDS is one of the most active investors in Singapore, and catalyses private sector investments into early-stage technology startups that are pioneering scientific and engineering solutions.

  • Mentor

    2023

    Helping some fantastic high schoolers get their bearings with the world. https://www.tks.world/mentors

  • Advisor

    2021

    Advising the first think tank dedicated to the re-industrialization and value chains upgrading through technologies.

2007

  • Keynote Speaker, Moderator, Panelist

    2007

    I keynoted / moderated / interviewed / judged at over 100+ events across many countries on startups, venture capital and innovation related topics. - TechCrunch Disrupt, Web Summit, Collision, Pioneers, StartupGrind, GMIC, Ad:Tech, MIT Forum, Seoul Digital Forum, New Context Conference, etc... - Guest lecturer at Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT, etc... - Private presentations at multiple corporate summits Recent presentations: http://www.slideshare.com/haxco

2010 - 2017

  • Mentor

    2010 - 2017

    Since inception.

2010 - 2016

  • Mentor

    2010 - 2016

    Mentor at Boston round of Techstars.