Top Designers

Alice Guilmineau is a product designer and creative professional focused on building intuitive digital experiences. She has a background in design systems, user interface design, and collaborative product development.

Louise Wachtmeister is an entrepreneur and professional with experience in product management, investment analysis, and business development. She has held roles at companies including WeWork and BlackRock, and has co-founded ventures such as Microgram and FoodIQ. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from New York University Stern School of Business with a Bachelor of Science degree, concentrating in Data & Computer Science.

Carl Wachtmeister is a product professional who is currently working as a Product Owner at Revolut, and has previously worked as a Junior Product Manager at Urban Jungle Insurance. Before working in product Carl worked as an investment banking analyst at Barclays. On his free time Carl enjoys urban drawing and spending excessive money on cooking for himself.

Jaume Ayats Soler is a venture capital professional currently serving as a Principal at Acurio Ventures, as well as their Head of Product. Jaume has a strong background in both investment and product & data. Investing for more than 5 years and leading product and data teams for most of his career.

Anji Ismail is the co-founder and CEO of Finnt, an AI-native platform designed to automate reconciliation and month-end close processes for enterprise finance teams. Previously, he served as Director of Product at Welcome and co-founded both the blockchain infrastructure company Varanida and the marketing platform DOZ.com. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from EMLyon Business School and Ecole Centrale de Lyon, as well as a Bachelor in Business from ESCE Paris.

Eyyüb Sari is a researcher specializing in machine learning and artificial intelligence, with a focus on neural network optimization and statistical methods. He has contributed to academic research in areas such as quantized neural networks and predictive modeling, having been affiliated with Huawei Noah's Ark Lab.

Adrien Guilmineau

Co-Founder at Disket, Inc

Building a new consumer app with a16z speedrun 🪩 Previously: Product Lead at Rippling, Head of Product at Hofy (acquired for $XXXm by Deel), started 3 VC-backed startups: Aria, Sidekick & Tinbox. Kind of studied at Warwick University (UK). Made about 20+ small angel investments. Small checks in some early stage angel fund: Firedrop I & II and A16Z SPEEDRUN Angel Network SR004.

Alice Wachtmeister

Regional Marketing Manager, North Europe at Stokke

Alice Wachtmeister is a marketing professional currently serving as a Regional Marketing Manager at Stokke. She has extensive experience in regional and digital marketing, having previously held roles at Wolverine Worldwide, Weezy, and L'Oréal. She holds a Master’s degree in International Business from IÉSEG School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Kent.

Software Engineer and a16z Speedrun founder based in Paris. Co-founder at Disket. Previously iOS Engineer at Trainline and Deezer.

Piotr Bukanski is a venture capital investor and Principal at Acurio Ventures, with a track record spanning investment banking, growth equity, and board-level value creation. He has backed and advised high-growth technology companies across energy, data, fintech, and consumer — including board roles at Gorilla, Iceberg Data Lab, and AccessPay. Prior to Acurio, Piotr spent three years at Beringea (transatlantic VC, $800M+ AuM) leading Series A/B investments and founded a CEE diaspora network connecting 200+ VCs and founders across London. Earlier, he helped build the Private Capital Markets team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, supporting growth-stage fundraises, and began his career in BofA's EMEA Consumer & Retail IB group, advising on M&A, equity, and debt transactions totalling over $25bn. He holds an MSc in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics and has lived and worked across the UK, Sweden, Germany, Latvia, and Poland.