Karl Villanueva

Co-Founder @ Ostrom ⚡️#EnergyJustBetter 🌍

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

Co-Founder (CMO/CPO) at Ostrom, driving the mission to make energy fair, smart, and green. Founder-operator with 12+ years in product, growth, and data science, covering fundraising, strategy, people leadership, and business intelligence to deliver AI-powered solutions that optimize consumer energy usage. Before Ostrom, I founded kidlat.io, a platform that uses ML & NLP for quiz question generation, was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Entrepreneur First, and held product and growth roles at Smartly.io, HelloFresh, Jumia and Lazada, driving marketing performance and customer acquisition. Holds an MSc in International Business from HEC Paris and a BSc in Finance from SMU. Based in Berlin, open to advisory opportunities at the intersection of energy, AI, and product innovation

Experience

  • Co-Founder at Ostrom
    Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

  • Founder at kidlat.io
    Jul 2020 - Jan 2021 · 7 mos

  • Entrepreneur In Residence at Entrepreneur First
    Sep 2019 - Mar 2020 · 7 mos

  • Product Manager at Smartly.io
    Nov 2017 - Aug 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • HelloFresh (Berlin Area, Germany)
    • Global Head of Paid Search and Display
      Apr 2017 - Nov 2017 · 8 mos

    • Global Head of SEM
      Apr 2015 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo