SOPHIE DEFAUW
Entrepreneur, SPEAKER, PROFESSOR, Author, Marketer, Designer, Art historian, researcher, content creator
- Colombian-Belgian born on the year 2000.
-Gifted child, enrolled at university (INBA) at 13.
-Received a Professor title at 22, have been speaker and guest lecturer at universities in North America and Asia, including UC Berkeley, on Design Thinking & Sports Tech.
-Founded two startups, the later, AthleteIQ, Inc. is VC backed developing wearables for preventing injuries.
-Named in the TOP 30 Female founders of 2025 by Viva Technology.
-Won several international hackathons and engineering competitions, like ELON MUSK's Not-a-Boring competition(2021) raising $1M & building a 22-tons machine.
-Took part in Entrepreneur First, Hardware x AI residency at Founders Inc, Imperial Enterprise Lab and DPS.
-Ranked TOP 5 North America, TOP 50 worldwide for windsurfing. Raced Olympic qualifiers but got injured.
-Award winner artist, designer, photographer, and published author.
Professor Certification- Design thinking
@ University of Salamanca
M.A- RESET [GPA: 4.0 - Unfinished M.A]
Major:Anthropology / Minor:Biomedical
@ Technical University of Munich
Specialization -Design for Manufacturing
@ University of Florence
B.A - Art History [GPA: 4.0]
@ University of Florence
B.A - Fine Arts [GPA: 4.0]
@ Mexican Institute of Fine Arts INBA
PROJECTS
ATHLETEIQ, INC.
AI-DRIVEN WEARABLE DEVICE THAT HELPS ATHLETES PREVENT INJURIES
STARTUP CO-FOUNDER
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keynote speaker
DESIGN THINKING / ENTREPRENEURSHIP / SPORT TECH
PROFESSOR & SPEAKER
Amazonia Spirits
ALCOHOL FREE GIN THAT TASTES LIKE ALCOHOL
STARTUP CO- FOUNDER
tum boring
23 TONS TUNNEL BORING MACHINE
DESIGN AND OPERATIONS
the library of the eternal return
PUBLISHED PHILOSOPHY THRILLER BOOK
AUTHOR