Benjamin HAXLR8R is a prominent figure in the deep tech startup investment world, with 18 years of experience in Asia's tech industry, specifically China and Japan, as well as Silicon Valley. He is a Partner at SOSV, a global early stage fund that focuses on deep tech startups, where he curates and co-produces the SOSV Climate Tech Summit. Mr. HAXLR8R initially worked with HAX, the 'hard tech' branch of SOSV, investing in intelligent hardware such as IoT solutions, digital diagnostic and therapeutic devices and robotics, but later became a non-investing partner across the portfolio. He is a sought-after keynote speaker, having delivered speeches at over 300 events across 35 countries, including prominent conferences such as TC Disrupt, Slush and SXSW, and universities such as Stanford and UC Berkeley. He has also written as a guest writer for prominent publications such as Forbes and VentureBeat, and has been quoted in Nature, Bloomberg TV, CNN, WSJ, The Economist, Wired, Quartz and more. Mr. HAXLR8R also founded Mobile Monday Beijing, a mobile-focused event and community in China, and has numerous qualifications including an MS in Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lyon, an MS in Acoustics from Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, and language certifications from institutions such as Inalco.