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Jaco de Wet

B.Eng Industrial (UP) MSc.Eng Industrial (Stellenbosch) Cum Laude

Headline: Inventor
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Industries: Information Technology, Media
Skills: Business, Design, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, Industrial Engineering, Languages, Leadership, Management, Product design
Location: Cape Town
Interested in: Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding mentors, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup
Tags: industrial engineering ieee ecsa ip patents xerox vdp pod vi snp facebook cape town lojanka jardine shotokan sphynx art deco
Schools: University of Pretoria

FEATURED STARTUP

Personera

Personera Personera

Personera combines Facebook with on-demand publishing to reinvent personalized media.

  • Startup type: Competition Entry
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Beta

FULL BIO

Jaco was born in Potchefstroom and grew up in Pretoria where he ended up as the Dux student of his high school. While in high school his parents always suspected that he would become an engineer, but knew something was wrong when he started selling avos at the robot down the street. He served on the Student Representative Council (SRC) while studying at the University of Pretoria and relocated to Stellenbosch after receiving a post graduate bursary to study MscEng (Industrial). It was in this time that Jaco met his business partner Sheraan at the prestigious Brightest Young Minds conference. After finishing his degree (cum laude), Personera was already registered as a Pty Ltd with a provisional patent application filed. Jaco has a passion for new ideas, hairless cat breeds, coffee machines and Shotokan Karate Do.

EDUCATION

University: University of Pretoria
Time period: 2003 - 2006
Degree: Industrial engineering, BEng

INFORMATION

Sports: Karate, Gym, Mountain Climbing
Hobbies: Bonsai
Clubs: BYM2007

Jaco's Startups (1)

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  • Personera

    Personera combines Facebook with on-demand publishing to reinvent personalized media.