BA in European Business Administration (1991, University of Comillas, Madrid, Spain & Fachhochschule, Reutlingen, Germany).
Started his company in 1991 becoming Europe's largest funding consultant with 400 consultants in 10 countries in 2007. In 2012 he co-founded FundingBox, the largest European platform distributing innovation funding to entrepreneurs, researchers, startups, scaleups, SMEs and midcaps.
FundingBox has 60 million euros under management in equity free funding which are being distributed with 200 research and cluster partners.
Till 2018, FundingBox has accelerated 200 startups & scaleups with a 60 % venture readiness rate. The Top 10 % of accelerated startups have obtained 50 times return of private investments raised with investors and VCs over the amount of public funding they received.
Sessions in which Sanyu Karani participates
Musikhuset Aarhus - Falken 226
Workshop
Joost Agterhoek, NLnet Foundation (Participant)
Jorge Gasós, European Commission (Moderator)
Sanyu Karani, FundingBox (Participant)
Monique Calisti, Martel Innovate (Participant)
Musikhuset Aarhus - Room 224
Workshop
Sanyu Karani, FundingBox (Participant)
Juan Manuel Jauregui Becker, Mobile World Capital Barcelona (Participant)
Antonio Jara, HOPU (Participant)
Musikhuset Aarhus - Room 224
Workshop
Sanyu Karani, FundingBox (Participant)
Nikolaj Nygaard Nielsen, FundingBox (Participant)
Roi Rodríguez de Bernardo, FundingBox (Moderator)