Dan Piestun, PhD.

CEO AguaceR | fmr. Director Founder Institute Uruguay | Entrepreneur Mentor

Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay

About

Dan has spent two years in the startup ecosystem in Israel exposing three different business ideas. Accelerated AguaceR at the Founder Institute in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Besides he graduated from the YC Startup School Online. Hobbys: Beekeeping, classical music Rowing, Fishing, field hiking. Other interests: entrepreneurship, machine learning, Leonardo Da Vinci, Blockchain, health promoting nutrition ■ Expert in Molecular Cell Biology of plants and animals, in Academic and Industry settings, in Israel and abroad. ■ Management of processes, teams and budgets across matrix type organizations. Experienced in planning organization’s goals and research contents. Lecturer at conferences and scientific articles publishing. ■ Experienced at work in thinking-teams and also independently. Creative problem solving ability while converging in place and meeting targeted agenda. ■ Advanced people management and leadership capabilities, with particular attention to quality outcomes. Excellent at human relations, with a developed sense of responsibility.

Experience

  • CEO at AguaceR
    Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

    'Aguacer' - abundance of drinking water supply in cities. Purest water for cosmetics, hair and skincare.

  • Founder Institute (Montevideo, Uruguay)
    • Team Lead
      Mar 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

      FI Pre-seed Accelerator Lead at Founder Institute, the world's largest Startup Early Stage Accelerator Created in Silicon Valley, present in over 200 cities, 4,500 startups launched, 11,000 mentors, alumni companies valued over US$30 Billion.

    • Team Leader
      Mar 2022 - Oct 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Founder at cohorts 2016. 2017, 2018. at MassChallenge Israel
    Feb 2016 - May 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Competed at MassChallenge Jerusalem Startup Incubator, rounds 2016, 2017 and 2018

  • Cofounder / Scientific Editor at Upwork
    May 2016 - 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Entrepreneur / Scientific Editor

  • Founder at cohort 2017. at Entrepreneur First
    Aug 2017 - Nov 2017 · 4 mos

    Shortlisted for Entrepreneur First (Singapore and UK), startup incubator. Round 2017-2018