Carl Freer, Chairman and Founder, ULab
Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and a lifelong quest for tracking ahead of disruptive technologies, Carl Freer is a successful investor and innovator whose career span of close to 30 years has seen him shape multiple successful tech-led start-ups and responsible for the creation of over US$4BM in market capital in recent years.
Carl developed pioneering video-streaming software in the 1990s and was also co-founder of Tiger Telematics Inc which, under his management, launched the Gizmondo handheld console and rose to US$2.7BN in market capital. As a top executive at Magitech, Carl successfully engineered the building of the most advanced mobile augmented reality platform – a part of the company’s technology portfolio subsequently acquired by Qualcomm.
A firm believer in the wealth of intellectual property, Carl also founded Aluminaid in 2010; the company developed a breakthrough metal-based bandage for burns treatment that has, to date, won five world patents and is continuing efforts in expanding its medical intellectual property portfolio.
Carl’s vision, as founder of ULab, has seen him identify the space to revolutionize the process of mobile commerce, empowering mobile users with the ability to purchase any item they see instantaneously. Slated for launch in 2016, HotSpotting World is ULab’s first mobile platform encompassing Carl’s extraordinary vision in binding the use of object recognition technology through an interactive interface, with seamless mobile payment and m-commerce functionalities.
Carl Freer or Carl Johan Freer is a Swedish Businessman. Freer is also the founder of Singapore-based medical-device Company, Aluminaid and co-author of several patents.