Illai Gescheit

Illai Gescheit has spent most of his career building businesses and working with entrepreneurs in diverse areas such as medical devices and climate technologies. In his current position as an Entrepreneur in Residence, he is building the next sustainability and impact ventures for BP. Gescheit coaches and mentors social entrepreneurs in many organizations and helps them scale and solve the world's most challenging problems, from climate change to artificial intelligence ethics. He holds more than 20 patents and was featured in the Harvard-MIT book publication "Entrepreneurial Negotiation".

Education

• Harvard Law School (2016 — 2016)
• Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) Tel Aviv University (2008 — 2012)

Companies

• Partner, Siemens Energy Ventures Siemens Energy (2021)
• Mentor, Google for Startups, Climate Program Google (2021)
• Founding Partner Zerofirst Ventures (2021)
• Mentor in Residence, Smart Mobility & Future Cities Techstars (2021)
• Mentor Techstars (2020)
• Advisor and Mentor Alchemist Accelerator (2020)
• Advisory Council Member GLG (2020)
• Startup Judge & Mentor MassChallenge (2019)
• Guest Lecturer Product School (2019)