Alex Pentland
Director/Board Member at WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP.
Profile
Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland is a Venture Partner with Xfund.
He is the Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts, and Sciences at MIT and directs Connection Science, an MIT-wide initiative, and previously helped create and direct the MIT Media Lab.
He is one of the most-cited computational scientists in the world, co-led the World Economic Forum discussion in Davos that led to the EU privacy regulation GDPR, and was central in forging the transparency and accountability mechanisms in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Forbes declared him one of the “7 most powerful data scientists in the world.” He has co-founded more than a dozen companies that together serve more than one billion people around the world, and was formerly an Advisory Board member of the American Bar Association, Google, AT&T, Telefonica, and Nissan.
He is a member of the U.S.
National Academy of Engineering and leader within the World Economic Forum.
His most recent books are Building the New Economy and Trusted Data, both published by MIT Press, Social Physics, published by Penguin Press, and Honest Signals, published by MIT Press
Alex Pentland active positions
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP. | Director/Board Member | 13/09/2021 |
The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.
The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Chairman | - |
MIT Connection Science
MIT Connection Science Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services MIT Connection Science provides information technology services. | Founder | 31/12/2014 |
Sila, Inc.
Sila, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sila, Inc. develops secure and scalable API platform for banking services. The company was founded by Shamir Karkal, Angela Angelovska-Wilson, Isaac Hines, and Alex Lipton in 2018 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Founder | 31/12/2017 |
FortifID, Inc.
FortifID, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services FortifID, Inc. offers two products: fid apply and fid insights. Fid apply is a white-labeled, digital-first, easy, and efficient turnkey solution designed for customers' frictionless onboarding experience. Fid insights is a one-stop-shop identity, biometrics, employment, income, and device verification and authentication solution without storing additional data. FortifID's ion platform allows only insights to travel, minimizing an individual's data footprint. The American company was founded by Alex Paul Pentland. | Founder | 31/12/2016 |
Akoya LLC
Akoya LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Akoya LLC operates as data delivery platform. It specializes in credit card processing, brokerage, insurance, and data security. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Consultant / Advisor | 31/12/2017 |
Riff Learning, Inc.
Riff Learning, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Riff Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of individual behavior and team dynamics insights through its platform. The company was founded by Beth Porter and David Shrier and is headquartered in Newton, MA. | Founder | 31/12/2016 |
Romulus Capital Management LLC
Romulus Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Romulus Capital Management LLC (Romulus Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Anantshree Chaturvedi, Cankut Durgun, Neil Chheda, and Krishna Gupta. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
Xfund Management Co. LLC
Xfund Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Xfund Management Co. LLC (Xfund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Hugo van Vurren. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | - |
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Training of Alex Pentland
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Doctorate Degree |
University of Michigan | Undergraduate Degree |
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Listed companies | 1 |
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WINVEST ACQUISITION CORP. | Finance |
Private companies | 15 |
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Sense Networks, Inc.
Sense Networks, Inc. Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services Sense Networks, Inc. provides online advertising technology services. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Commercial Services |
Ginger.io, Inc.
Ginger.io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Ginger.io, Inc. operates as a behavior analytics company using big data. It offers tailored technological platform for effective workflow integration. The firms continuous data collection approach detects symptom flares more precisely than regular clinic visits. The company was founded by Karan Singh, Anmol Madan and Alex Pentland in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Technology Services |
Cogito Corp.
Cogito Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Cogito Corp. provides software services for phone professionals. It offers technology, computer software and engineering services. The firm engages in the conversation and analyses human behavior through the smart phone. The company was founded by Vikram Sheel Kumar, Joshua Feast, Ali Azarbayejani and Alex Paul Pentland and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
Endor Software Ltd.
Endor Software Ltd. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Endor Software Ltd. operates predictive software platform. The company was founded in May 2014 by Doron Alter, Stav Grinshpon, Alex Pentland and Yaniv Altshuler and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Technology Services |
Thasos Group, Inc.
Thasos Group, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Thasos Group, Inc. engages in the provision of data processing and preparation services. It offers customer visitation and accompanying products to institutional investors, tenant analysis, trade area analysis, and property analysis to commercial real estate and corporates. The company was founded by Gregory R. Skibiski, Wei Pan, John Collins, Alex Paul Pentland, and Michel Safars in 2011 and is headquartered New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Xfund Management Co. LLC
Xfund Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Xfund Management Co. LLC (Xfund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Hugo van Vurren. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.
The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc. is a non-profit organization that owns and operates technical professional association. It provides membership and services, societies and communities support, publication services, and conferences and events. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Commercial Services |
Romulus Capital Management LLC
Romulus Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Romulus Capital Management LLC (Romulus Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Anantshree Chaturvedi, Cankut Durgun, Neil Chheda, and Krishna Gupta. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Riff Learning, Inc.
Riff Learning, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Riff Learning, Inc. engages in the provision of individual behavior and team dynamics insights through its platform. The company was founded by Beth Porter and David Shrier and is headquartered in Newton, MA. | Technology Services |
Akoya LLC
Akoya LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Akoya LLC operates as data delivery platform. It specializes in credit card processing, brokerage, insurance, and data security. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
FortifID, Inc.
FortifID, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services FortifID, Inc. offers two products: fid apply and fid insights. Fid apply is a white-labeled, digital-first, easy, and efficient turnkey solution designed for customers' frictionless onboarding experience. Fid insights is a one-stop-shop identity, biometrics, employment, income, and device verification and authentication solution without storing additional data. FortifID's ion platform allows only insights to travel, minimizing an individual's data footprint. The American company was founded by Alex Paul Pentland. | Technology Services |
Sila, Inc.
Sila, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Sila, Inc. develops secure and scalable API platform for banking services. The company was founded by Shamir Karkal, Angela Angelovska-Wilson, Isaac Hines, and Alex Lipton in 2018 and is headquartered in Portland, OR. | Technology Services |
SRI International
SRI International Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services SRI International provides contract research and development services. It is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA. | Commercial Services |
MIT Connection Science
MIT Connection Science Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services MIT Connection Science provides information technology services. | Technology Services |
Sociometric Solutions, Inc.
Sociometric Solutions, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Sociometric Solutions, Inc. develops people analytics technology platform. The firm offers teamwork and engagement, process optimization and space planning services. The company was founded by Ben Waber, Taemie Kim, Daniel Olguin Olguin and Tuomas Jaanu in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, MA. | Technology Services |
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