About
Manuel Pinuela is the co-founder and CEO of Cultivo. He holds a PhD from Imperial College and graduated summa cum laude from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and has completed fellowships in innovation, entrepreneurship, and design at Imperial College Business School and the Royal College of Art. He was named an Inventor of the Year and included in the 35 Innovators under 35 list for Latin America by MIT Technology Review.
Founder at Cultivo
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Co-founders at Cultivo
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MANUEL PINUELAExecutive Officer, Director
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Manuel Pinuela RangelExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
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James CliftonFounder
Experience
- CultivoCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2019 — presentPleasanton, California, United States
- SIMENon-executive Director2019 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
- Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityEnviropreneur Fellow2025Palo Alto, CA
- Coyo PartnersFounder and Managing Director2018 — 2021London, United Kingdom
- Capital InventVenture Partner2019 — 2020
- ArabesquePartner2019 — 2020
- Drayson Technologies LtdAdvisor & Co-founder2018 — 2019
- Drayson Technologies LtdChief Business Officer & Co-founder (Drayson Technologies and Sensyne Health2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- Drayson Technologies LtdExecutive Board Member Drayson Technologies and Sensyne Health2013 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- Drayson Technologies LtdChief Technology Officer & Co-founder2013 — 2017
- G20 Young Entrepreneurs AllianceMexico/UK Delegate2014Sydney, Australia
- Imperial College LondonPhD Student2009 — 2013
- Imperial College LondonResearch Assistant2011 — 2013London, United Kingdom
- Imperial College LondonResearch Assistant2011London, United Kingdom
- Washington Division of URSEngineering Services Coordinator2008 — 2009
- ThermonProject Engineer2008
- Act/if Electropower S.A. de C.V.Design Engineer2006 — 2008Mexico City Area, Mexico
Skills & more
Matlab41LaTeX12C++10AutoCAD5Pspice3ANSYS3GSM2Entrepreneurship27Entrepreneurial Experience7Strategy22Venture Financing1Electronics22
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LeadershipElectrical EngineeringBusiness DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentR&DSensorsMicrofabricationProject ManagementResearchSemiconductorsAntennasAnalog Circuit DesignLanguages English · Spanish
- Venture Capital Executive Program — UC Berkeley Executive Education
- MIT Innovators under 35 — MIT Technology Review
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Manuel Pinuela, PhD?
- Manuel Pinuela is the co-founder and CEO of Cultivo. He holds a PhD from Imperial College and graduated summa cum laude from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and has completed fellowships in innovation, entrepreneurship, and design at Imperial College Business School and the Royal College of Art. He was named an Inventor of the Year and included in the 35 Innovators under 35 list for Latin America by MIT Technology Review.
- Where does Manuel Pinuela, PhD work?
- Manuel Pinuela, PhD is Founder of Cultivo.
- What companies did Manuel Pinuela, PhD found?
- Manuel Pinuela, PhD founded Cultivo.
- Where did Manuel Pinuela, PhD go to school?
- Manuel Pinuela, PhD studied at Imperial College London (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Electronics Engineering); Imperial Business School (Fellow in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design); Royal College of Art (Fellow in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design).
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Royal College of Art mafia13
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México mafia11
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Shared employers
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