Visionary Impact Investor and Advisor with 23+ years of experience in product development at Ford Motor Company and Robert Bosch GmbH, consulting strategy at Roland Berger and as an independent advisor for 15+ global companies and public institutions in every major continent. Since 2020, Roman advised startups in raising $12M in seed funding and closing $390M+ in acquisition deals. Roman developed the venture studio cooperative framework to reduce risk and maximize returns in funding systematic innovation like sovereign data & interoperable platforms. Roman is a Startup Mentor at Founder Institute, TechStars and IE Business School. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communications engineering from University of Kerala, India and an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.