"Entrepreneurship is one of the most creative of all human endeavors, but innovative thinking requires the courage to work outside the box."
Beginning in Silicon Valley in 1998--Ground Zero of the Internet Boom--Guillermo has spent virtually his entire professional life working in startup ventures and with the entrepreneurs and investors who pursue disruptive innovation. He has helped launch 9 for-profit ventures and 4 nonprofit organizations, while also supporting fellow entrepreneurs as interim executive, advisor, mentor, consultant, and Board member.
ACTIVE PORTFOLIO
BLUE MARBLE EXPLORATION
2013 - founded
Blue Marble Exploration organizes expeditions to explore "extreme environments" for scientific discovery and inspirational storytelling.
FORTIVO MUSIC
2022 - founded
Fortivo Music is a YouTube channel creating "playlists with origin stories" as a way of helping fans discover music that's new to them.
H2V HOLDINGS
2020 - founded
H2V Holdings is a space-focused venture studio with a long-term investment thesis based on having 1,000 people living and working in the Venusian atmosphere by 2050.
HUMANS2VENUS FOUNDATION
2020 - founded
Humans2Venus Foundation is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on promoting Venus-related science and education programs.
SPACE BRIDGE PARTNERS
2023 - founded
Space Bridge Partners is a boutique advisory firm that fills the gap between mission organizers and prospective funders.
EXITED
ANSIBLE SPACE
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
2014 - founded
2015 - merged into RBC Signals
Ansible's mission was to create a global network of ground stations to provide telemetry and data download capabilities for small satellites.
MILO
1998 - founded
2001 - acquired by Voxeo
(later acquired by Aspect and Alvaria)
Milo was one of the leading software development firms creating innovative speech recognition applications that laid the groundwork for the future of Siri, Alexa, and others.
SEA-SPACE INITIATIVE
2011 - founded
2015 - merged into
Exploration Institute
The Sea-Space Initiative--originally a program of the Opus Novum Foundation--was a global series of two-day workshops that brought together industry experts with experience in the fields of both oceans and space.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPACE ENTREPRENEURS
2003 - founded
2010 - transferred to
Space Frontier Foundation
IASE created a global online community of successful entrepreneurs from various industries in order to connect them with space professionals and therefore nurture the creation of new space ventures.
OCEANGATE
2009 - founded
2023 - ceased operations
OceanGate was a global provider of deep sea crewed submersible solutions for a variety of industries, including exploration, research, filmmaking, oil & gas, biopharma, and tourism.
iSPACES
2009 - founded
2020 - cased operations
iSpaces developed a revolutionary Web-based operating system with a proprietary embedded "browser in a browser" that allowed users to access all of their digital work and content on any device.
OCEANGATE FOUNDATION
2010 - founded
2023 - ceased operations
The OceanGate Foundation was a nonprofit organization whose mission was to expand humanity's understanding of the world's oceans through exploration, inspiration, and education.
SPACE ANGELS NETWORK
2006 - founded
2015 - relaunched as Space Angels
Space Angels Network (now "Space Angels") is the largest and most active international group of accredited investors focused on providing capital to early-stage space ventures.