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Physical Society Colloquium

From physics to mass market

Helge Seetzen

TandemLaunch

Helge Seetzen has founded, funded and nurtured technology startups that have resulted in over 200M consumer electronics devices built around his technologies. This retelling charts his journey from Physics-Bsc student inventor, founder, corporate executive, to ultimate venture capitalist - with lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs and technologists along the way.

Biography:
Helge is an award-winning technologist, entrepreneur, and a recognized global authority on technology transfer and display technologies. As General Partner of TandemLaunch, he works with inventors and entrepreneurs to build high growth technology companies. His past successes include the transformation of raw university IP into fully commercialized LED TV technology, including selling his last company - Brightside Technologies - to Dolby Laboratories after sealing partnerships with several of the largest consumer electronics companies in the world. Helge holds over 80 patents in the fields of display, camera and video technology

Friday, March 31st 2017, 15:30
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, Keys Auditorium (room 112)