Scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, marketer, researcher, writer, musician.
Serial entrepreneur since graduating Stanford in Biochemistry and International Relations.
- Lab manager at Carnegie Institution of Plant Biology.
- Co-founded pioneering Stanford Biomolecular Core facility for DNA Writing and Reading under Nobel Laureate Paul Berg. Reached $2M annual run rate.
- Co-founded Pangea Systems/DoubleTwist: pioneering Bioinfomatics company that birthed Genomics, Proteomics, Systems Biology. First to assemble and annotate the Human Genome. Raised almost $100M from Kleiner Perkins and over a dozen top tier VCs. Merck bought the company in 2002. Hitachi bought the Asian rights.
- Co-founded DigiScents: pioneered the first digital scent synthesizer. Raised $25M.
- Co-founded Upstream Biosciences: discovered biomarkers for predispositions for liver and cervical cancer and adverse reactions to medications.
Used Chemical informatics AI and developed new putative drugs against malaria and Trypanosomiasis.
Did animal testing in partnership with Ugandan Ministry of Health. Took company to the public.
- Appointed to Uganda's Presidential Investment Roundtable, responsible for Agribusiness, Renewable Energy, and ITC.
- Co-founded DuraLabel to help laboratory sample management to ensure consistency and reproducibility of HIV and TB test results.
- Set up Hydroponics Animal Fodder systems for zero grazing dairy.
- Set drip irrigation for a large passion fruit plantation.
- Co-founded Bulungi Bwansi Energy producing 1,000's of gasifier stoves in Uganda, with monthly biomass briquetting production capacity of 2,000 tons.
- Implemented ISO9000 standards for half a dozen Ugandan hospital laboratories.
- Have researched and written several sectoral analyses as feasibility studies, value chain analyses, and traceability systems for Ugandan Cocoa, Stevia, Alcohol fuel, Dairy, Coffee.
- Co-founded Dei Biopharmaceuticals; recently voted the largest in Africa.
- Co-founded Formula 21 Pitstop as JV between main implementing partner ofMore...
François Wayenberg
Founder & CEO@Ajinomatrix.org
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I am a multi-talented individual, musical author, interpret, photographer, film director, author, poet, and founder of sensory digitization venture Ajinomatrix perpetuating the tech heritage of DigiscentsMore...