Boye Hartmann
Founder of Venture builder
Brussels, Brussels Region
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2022 - Current
Building a better future around the world. Projects that impacts the way we live in a positive way
Chief Executive Officer & founder
2015
We are a Venture builder and advisory specializing in urban tech across south east Asia. We are partners with Nordicapiary.com, Convergence-partners.ch, 8-hours.co, Loyal.vc, Kejorahq.com, Marketfaciklitator.com and more. We have advised , mentored many vcs and startups and are a part of the startup community in Europe and Asia. Some of them been Serious Media, GWI, Reallyarobot, Jamban, Bindcover and many many more. Our own portfolio includes EON PACIFIC VENTURES, ADX MEDIA (IQ), ACQUIRO, FANCOIN and more. you are always welcome to contact us at hello@bat-ventures.com
Venture Partner, Nordics
2021
Convergence Partners was formed in 2018 by experienced venture capital and operational experts with a vision to establish a venture capital firm that actively supports the internationalisation and market access of European technology innovators to large Asian markets, with a particular focus on China and India. Whereas our current investment focus is on EU HealthTech startups, Convergence is able to open its established EU-Asia cross-border acceleration platform to any Deeptech company that is keen to realise the enormous Asia market potential. Please get in touch with us to discuss your growth and investment plans. SUBMIT COMPANY PRESENTATION : pitch@convergence-partners.ch
Global board of advisors
2020
Overview We are not an agency. We are not a digital marketing team. We believe in human-centric design. IQ is Sri Lanka’s first and only design and innovation company. We are passionate about helping brands cross the digital divide. We believe design thinking can help brands innovate with relevance, leverage technology and create long-lasting relationships with consumers. Our approach involves mapping change, studying disruption and spending time with disruptors. This helps us design experiences and ecosystems centred around your brand. We work with you to increase the ‘Innovation Quotient’ within your organization
Advisor/ Partner
2023
Innovative Danish startup founded to push the limits of robotics with automation, IoT, and Artificial Intelligence. Really a Robot is filled with passionate robotics and design oriented people who want to make the world a better place through high-tech and SAVE THE WORLD ONE ROBOT AT A TIME. 🤖 Creators of the service robot #NoFever that helps to reduce the spread of viruses and cut expenses for medium and large enterprises, educational institutions, and the entertainment industry. #NoFever is an innovative approach to health protection adapted to the modern work environment. It keeps your workplace virus-free while also respecting your privacy. Really A Robot also collaborates, designs, researches and develops robotic solutions for companies and people with innovation in mind. We are always on the lookout for the next idea and are ready to tackle your problems. You can't fix the whole world alone but you can make the place around you better! ✨
Senior Partner
2020
YOUR NORDIC GROWTH PARTNER We are not your usual consultancy firm, we custom fit, and handles all situations that occurs when you are new to a market. We are your team, all the way.
Strategic Advisor
2021
We are a discerning online platform, a fearless digital studio and an innovative content company engaged in the production and distribution of short form video content across Southeast Asia. We entertain audiences with content that is enriching, uplifting and, sometimes, downright hilarious. We help brands connect with their consumers in a way that uniquely combines technology and content to produce discontinuous results. Our team works on the full spectrum of digital services including ideation, content creation, audience development, distribution and finally monetization with the creativity and energy distinctive to start-ups. Our specialties? - Content that echos and engages the region's young, vibrant, and connected millions - Digital strategies that turn conventional propagation models on their head to deliver outsized results - Turn brands into influencers in their own right We marry an entertainment ethos with communication rigour and help brands seize the immense digital opportunities in the region. We are shaping tomorrow's digital world today. One short video at a time. The future is bright. The future is short.
Founder & Chairman of the Advisory Board
2014
Ydigital Asia was founded in 2014 to help brands improve their business performance in Asia. As a hybrid between business consulting and digital agency, Ydigital has worked with clients like Ebay, Microsoft, Mattel, Grab, Indosat, LINE and Changi Travel Recommends. From our offices in Jakarta, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Colombo Ydigital provides services like digital business strategy, marketing automation/technology, CRM and managed digital marketing services. For more info www.ydigital.asia I left the management of Y Digital the 10. September 2019 so if you need to contact the management please reach out to Yudha@ydigital.asia
Advisor
2018
About us It has never been easier to start a company, and the tech world is awash in capital. Yet entrepreneurs find themselves judged without a chance to prove themselves, and for the investor it has never been harder to find the right companies. Loyal partners with leaders in their field, giving us unique global access to quality founders at inception. We believe good founders, companies and character can and should be transparent to investors. In return we continue supporting the top companies for the full journey. Knowing a company from the first data point onward, our loyalty to our LPs and our Founders is enduring. For those brilliant new companies who succeed by telling truths and keeping promises, we will invest with loyalty.
Startup Mentor
2020
Humboldt-Tech Bridge GmbH was founded as a joint venture between industry and science. The aim of Humboldt-Tech Bridge is to establish internationalization programs for knowledge-based academic startups from Germany and Europe with the target region Asia. Humboldt-Tech Bridge benefits from the know-how and networks of its shareholders and therefore offers startups successful methods as well as support from experienced mentors and targeted networking on site.
Education
Diploma
1995 - 1996
Workshops, Not a full MBA
1997 - 2005
Merkonom
1992 - 1995
elementary school
1973 - 1983