XnTree Ltd

Summary

XnTree curates and design bespoke soft landing programmes for Deep Tech Ventures involved in Smart City, FinTech, BioTech, AI and Cybersecurity projects.

Overview

They are reimagining the way to address key societal and environmental challenges through curating cross-sectoral technology solutions. As our society enters into the fourth industrial revolution, we are faced with issues that rise in efficiency, transparency and economics of conventional infrastructures.

Their mission at XnTree is to enhance the revolution through the collaboration of cutting edge technology by bridging the best of East and West. We select cutting-edge tech ventures to scale them through our cross-border ecosystem, sandbox programmes and Smart city projects.x

XnTree is launching ‘Technology Innovation Hub Asia’ in Seoul, Korea and ‘Future City’ programs in the major cities in Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Values

Real world problem solving – Too much capital and support is given to projects which do not deliver true value to a target audience. “Demonstrate your solution to a real problem and we’re game.”

Solid backend – Anyone can make a pretty front end. “We love a well stacked solution, we will scale it for you.”

Superstar Team – Innovation is created by a combination of diverse skills. “We look carefully at each member of the team and their contributions.”

Team

Nick Searle

Partner/CEO

Nick is an experienced entrepreneur, fund manager, business strategist, and a keen sailor.He has a background in accelerating tech companies across the globe.

Joe (Jong-Han) Kim

Partner/Managing Director

Joe began his career within IBM and rose to Director of Enterprise Systems in the UK.His business interests spans from hybrid semiconductors to big data analytics.

Peter (Jae-Won) Chun

Partner/XnTree Asia

Peter has a background in hedge fund management and is currently a senior advisor to the Seoul Metropolitan government and executive director of the Korea-Israel Chamber of Commerce.

Seung-Wook Lyeo

Director of Programme

After training in engineering and law, Seung-Wook has previously led an IoT startup in Korea and now provides consultation to tech ventures.He has a keen interest in protocol development in blockchain and mesh networking.

Busan Smart City Project

South-Korea has been at the forefront of developing Smart City projects with the government championing it as one of its main agendas. By piloting the concept through Busan City, their goal is to implement similar projects across the country. They hope that this initiative can help South Korea address environmental and socioeconomic concerns and push for a sustainable and efficient localised economy.

XⁿTree has been selected to lead the project in Busan and they aim to use intelligent technology to enhance the quality of life in by minimising waste, optimising energy usage, making governance more transparent, minimising congestion and improving healthcare. At the heart of their design, they aim to create a more dynamic network of connectivity between key elements of the city landscape. This will enhance the efficiency and delivery standards of transit networks, energy grids, hospitals, smart buildings and financial activity.

The key challenge of Busan Smart City Project is to find smart solutions to superimpose on existing infrastructure. The resulting smart infrastructure should be dynamic and self-learning with the ability to govern its own operation, predicting faults before they occur and optimising the delivery of resources or services to match demand.

Through the GoEast Programme, XnTree will curate advanced technologies from London to join the project for 5 months from Q3 of 2018 and collaborate with South Korea’s tech ventures, corporate bodies and government. Selected companies from London will be funded for the duration of the programme in Busan and will receive an opportunity for investment to further their venture in Korea.

Their Technology Sandbox which will run alongside the GoEast Programme is designed to provide a testing environment for products and exploring the regulatory framework. The Sandbox will support ventures to reduce time-to-market, identify appropriate consumer protection safeguards to build into the products and services and to provide a platform to showcase product demos.

References

http://www.xntree.com/about/

https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/company/10178546-xntree-ltd

https://companycheck.co.uk/company/10178546/XNTREE-LTD/contact

http://www.xntree.com/curation/projects/

Hernaldo Turrillo

Hernaldo Turrillo is a writer and author specialised in innovation, AI, DLT, SMEs, trading, investing and new trends in technology and business. He has been working for ztudium group since 2017. He is the editor of openbusinesscouncil.org, tradersdna.com, hedgethink.com, and writes regularly for intelligenthq.com, socialmediacouncil.eu. Hernaldo was born in Spain and finally settled in London, United Kingdom, after a few years of personal growth. Hernaldo finished his Journalism bachelor degree in the University of Seville, Spain, and began working as reporter in the newspaper, Europa Sur, writing about Politics and Society. He also worked as community manager and marketing advisor in Los Barrios, Spain. Innovation, technology, politics and economy are his main interests, with special focus on new trends and ethical projects. He enjoys finding himself getting lost in words, explaining what he understands from the world and helping others. Besides a journalist, he is also a thinker and proactive in digital transformation strategies. Knowledge and ideas have no limits.