4x founder

Oliver Gunasekara

4x Founder | 2x CEO | Builder, Investor & Advisor in HardTech / DeepTech | Early Employee at ARM (~$450B Mkt Cap)

Founder

Impossible Metals· Winter 2022🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @OlyG

2022Official Member· Forbes Business Council

Founder · since 2003

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Impossible Metals

Underwater robotic vehicles that collect battery metals responsibly

Winter 2022

Experience

Career

Impossible Metals (YC W22)
Founder
Founder · 2020 – Present
2020
Impossible Metals (YC W22)
Founder
CEO & Founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2020 – 2026
2020
Viridian Biometals
Founder
Founder · 2020 – Present
2020
Forbes Business Council
Official Member · 2022 – 2024
2022
NGcodec Inc. (Acquired by Xilinx now AMD)
Co-founder
CEO / Co-Founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2012 – 2019
2012
Independent Consultant
Principal · San Francisco Bay Area · 2007 – 2012
2007
Arm
VP, Global Head of Corporate Development · San Francisco Bay Area · 2005 – 2007
2005
Arm
Global Director of Mobile Solutions · Maidenhead, United Kingdom · 2002 – 2005
2002
Arm
Symbian World-Wide Partnership Manager · Maidenhead, United Kingdom · 2000 – 2002
2000
Arm
Japanese Wireless Business Manager · Shin-Yokohama, Japan · 1998 – 2000
1998
Arm
European Wireless Business Manager + FAE · Cambridge, United Kingdom · 1995 – 1998
1995
MIPI Alliance
Co-founder
Co-Founder & Board Member · 2003 – 2007
2003
Manhattan Skyline
FAE (Field Applications Engineer) · Maidenhead, UK · 1993 – 1994
1993
Crosfield Electronic
Graduate Embedded Software Enginner · Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom · 1991 – 1993
1991

Bio

Early employee at Arm. Grew Arm's market share from 0% to 95%. VP, Global Head of Corporate Development. Sponsored and executing the 2006 acquisition of Falanx (Mali GPU) by Arm. Founder of the non-profit MIPI Alliance. Founded and ran NGCodec as its CEO for 7 years till its successful 5x exit to Xilinx in 2019. Founded Impossible Mining and recruited co-founders. CEO/Co-founder, Entrepreneur, Investor & Advisor in DeepTech/ClimateTech 30+ years experience.