In the fall of 2019, Honghao Deng and his co-founder Jiani Zeng joined 500 Global’s accelerator program, as part of Batch 26. Their company Butlr, an MIT Media Lab spin-out, had developed sensors that anonymously track through body heat how people move indoors, to help businesses manage the use of commercial space. Applications include monitoring foot traffic, maintaining clean bathrooms, or activating air conditioning when needed. Butlr was set on deploying its sensors in commercial building...
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In the fall of 2019, Honghao Deng and his co-founder Jiani Zeng joined 500 Global’s accelerator program, as part of Batch 26. Their company Butlr, an MIT Media Lab spin-out, had developed sensors that anonymously track through body heat how people move indoors, to help businesses manage the use of commercial space. Applications include monitoring foot traffic, maintaining clean bathrooms, or activating air conditioning when needed. Butlr was set on deploying its sensors in commercial building...
Sarwa’s Mark Chahwan on Building an Online Investment Service in the Middle East
Rise of the Next
24 minutes
3 years ago
Sarwa’s Mark Chahwan on Building an Online Investment Service in the Middle East
Mark Chahwan co-founded Sarwa more than four years ago after moving from Montreal to Dubai to address gaps in the market: a local population that was still largely parking its money in real estate and savings accounts, and a banking sector that mostly focused on high net worth individuals. Sarwa made it easy for customers to open an account, and offered the opportunity to build a diversified investment portfolio, including crypto. In this episode of Rise of the Next, Mark talks about so...
Rise of the Next
In the fall of 2019, Honghao Deng and his co-founder Jiani Zeng joined 500 Global’s accelerator program, as part of Batch 26. Their company Butlr, an MIT Media Lab spin-out, had developed sensors that anonymously track through body heat how people move indoors, to help businesses manage the use of commercial space. Applications include monitoring foot traffic, maintaining clean bathrooms, or activating air conditioning when needed. Butlr was set on deploying its sensors in commercial building...
