
Role: Mentor
Tracks: Deep Tech - Digital Tech
DiDi Dione
Founder, H+M R.I.S.E.™ Consulting
DiDi (Diegane Dione) is the founder and general partner at Human + Machine Rise Ventures and at Human + Machine Rise Consulting (digital advisory firm). He is a digital transformation and innovation expert with 20 years of global experience across multiple industries, around Digital Commerce, Enterprise Applications, IoT, Mobile, Robotics, Fintech, AI and Blockchain having worked at Ernst & Young, Sogeti (Cap Gemini), Accenture and Human + Machine Rise Consulting. He loves experimenting across boundaries and the ecosystem; and adapts to the constant change around us. He has great passion for creating game changing solutions and business models. As an angel investor since 2017, he has invested across various sectors B2C & B2B eCommerce, logistics & supply chain, advertising, data services, AI, biotech, sustainability and CPG. He has an entrepreneurial background as a startup founder of Safety Gateway Systems (2008 – 2011). He is also an inventor with 3 patents issued and 1 pending in 4 unrelated fields (public safety, location-based adv, insurance, logistics) which demonstrates his agility at solving complex problems across industries. He drives value for founders around fundraising strategy, product mgmt., R&D, Go-To-Market, business development, partnerships and operations. DiDi holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona.