Navid Samandari

Founder | Impact Investor
The Footprint Firm

Navid is a seasoned entrepreneur and start-up investor with over two decades of experience as a tech entrepreneur working across a multitude of industries.

Most recently Navid co-founded Seaborg Technologies, a Danish company developing next-generation nuclear energy, and the spin-out company Hyme Energy, developing grid scale thermal energy storage. Also, Navid was partner and co-founder of Vertical Strategy a boutique consultancy working with digital innovation and transformation for clients across the world, which became part of Qvartz and later sold to Bain & Company.

Moreover, Navid has been active in the startup ecosystem early on as an organiser, mentor and board member and for the past decade also been an active angel investor, investing capital in impact and deep tech start-ups.