Cyril Ebersweiler
General Partner at SOSV
Cyril Ebersweiler
General Partner at SOSV
Singapore
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2010 - Current
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.
SOSV is a deep tech venture firm that invests from a startup's inception and operates the HAX and IndieBio programs.
University Lecturer
2024
Lecturer for ET5216 - Venture Capital Investment and Practices.
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.
HAX is SOSV's venture program for Hard Tech
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.
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
Mentor
2010 - 2017
Since inception.
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.
Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.
Mentor
2010 - 2016
Mentor at Boston round of Techstars.
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.