Thanks to Ron Weissman for organizing a Luminary talk on November 5th from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM with Dr. Evangelos Simoudis, GP/MD of Synapse Partners, a boutique VC firm that invests entirely in the mobility space. Evangelos has been a VC for 20+ years (Apax Partners, Trident, and Synapse) and he has written two books on autonomous technology, one on big data and the AV revolution and a second, last month, on the implications of next get mobility for cities and infrastructure investing.
“Themes and Challenges in Investing in Urban Mobility and Autonomous Vehicle Technologies”
Dr. Evangelos Simoudis
Our next luminary speaker will discuss current trends, investing opportunities and market challenges in mobility and autonomous vehicle markets. Evangelos Simoudis is a venture capitalist and recognized expert on next-generation mobility, artificial intelligence and big data. A thirty-year Silicon Valley veteran, he is an active investor, senior advisor to global corporations and governments, entrepreneur, corporate executive, and technologist.
He is co-founder and managing director of Synapse Partners, a venture firm that invests in early-stage startups developing enterprise AI applications, and he advises global corporations on AI. Evangelos is the author of The Big Data Opportunity in Our Driverless Future and the recently published Transportation Transformation. Prior to founding Synapse, he was a partner at Apax Partners and a senior Managing Director at Trident Capital.
Simoudis has been an active proponent of thesis-based investing. His venture practice and his recent publications develop theses based on the interrelationships of AI, Big Data, autonomous vehicle and urban mobility technologies, opportunities and challenges.
He is a member of Caltech's advisory board, the advisory board of Brandeis International School of Business, the advisory board of the US Department of Transportation's Connected Cities for Smart Mobility Center, and the advisory board of Securing America's Future Energy. He regularly advises organizations including NATO and the City of New York on next generation transportation and AI trends. He has served on several commissions and task forces focusing on artificial intelligence, autonomous mobility, and corporate innovation. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science (machine learning) from Brandeis University and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Caltech.