Thomas Bastien

Product Monkey | Startup Advisor | Investor | Ironman | Brain-bleed survivor

France

About

- Rough seas make stronger sailors. Tough times build better people. - Passion for high-impact social innovation. - Enjoying the ride.

Experience

  • Product Builder at Various Companies
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    - Leading product builds and pilots, from concept to launch. - Managing distributed teams of developers/designers to deliver fast, scalable products. - Advising founders on product strategy, user research, and go-to-market. - Running projects across impact-driven sectors (e.g. Health, Sport, Infra, Travel, Hospitality). Client projects (see attached): - AuroraTech Platform: Venture decision platform for emerging fund managers, accelerators and consortiums. - Solar Foundation: Off-grid solar infrastructure (<1MWp systems) for foundations and public-sector partners in emerging markets. - Honest Performance: D2C performance cycling brand alongside a curated modular parts marketplace. - HealthTech Sandbox: A safe environment to test, validate, and deploy AI tools in clinical settings. - Les Amis: Digital infrastructure and members platform powering Loulou’s global community, spanning CRM architecture, system integration, and end-to-end member experience.

  • Wayra UK (Full-time · 4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Head of Partnerships
      Mar 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

      What? Deliver frictionless innovation using our venture client method developed over +10 years inside the Telefonica group. How? By setting up open innovation hubs using this proven method to deliver tangible results (Data-backed POCs, commercial contracts).

    • Healthcare Lead
      Feb 2021 - Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      The EMEA Edison™ venture development programme is designed with GE Healthcare in partnership with healthcare provider institutions to empower and enable digital health startups to accelerate the adoption of their innovative solutions and address new challenges to the healthcare sector.

    • Venture Development Manager (Mobility)
      Mar 2020 - Feb 2021 · 1 yr

      The Intelligent Mobility Accelerator is powered by Wayra, and supported by Telefonica and some of the world’s largest infrastructure and transportation companies, including Hyundai, Amey, and the Connected Places Catapult. We support companies that develop data-driven solutions to the most pressing transport problems facing the world today as well as improving day-to-day life for millions of commuters and creating new industry leaders in the $1.2 trillion global transport systems market. If it move from A to B, I'm interested :)

  • Partnerships Manager at CO:CUBED | enabling collaborative innovation
    Jan 2020 - Apr 2020 · 4 mos

    Making corporate-startup partnerships impactful. Working with Fortune 200 companies to help them harness the power of the startup revolution to stay ahead of the game. Serving all industries, we help large organisations define, build and execute their startup collaboration programme in a way that is simple, fast and impactful.

  • Programme Associate (London '19 batch) at Founder Institute
    Sep 2019 - Apr 2020 · 8 mos

    Founder Institute is the world's premier idea-stage accelerator and start-up launch programme. The current portfolio has an estimated $20 Billion in funds, 80% graduate survival rate and 3500+ companies launched across 180+ cities and six continents. We provide early-stage and aspiring entrepreneurs with the structure, training, mentor feedback, global network, and a lifetime of support needed to start an enduring company. Many leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used our program to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, and more.

  • Program Associate at Royal Academy of Engineering
    Aug 2019 - Dec 2019 · 5 mos

    Supporting the UK’s most promising engineering entrepreneurs through the commercialisation of academic research and graduate startups. Developing an alumni engagement strategy, the delivery plan and piloting it with the Enterprise Hub programme alumni.