# Illai Gescheit Executive Affiliate, Startup Foundry Founding Partner, Gescheit & Partners Affiliate Lecturer, London Business School ![Illai Gescheit](/sites/g/files/omnuum8171/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-12/Illai-Gescheit_2025.jpeg?itok=mqeqARiz) email laptop\_windows [Website](https://www.illaigescheit.com/) laptop\_windows [Substack](https://illai.substack.com/) - [ Linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/illaigescheit/) Illai is an Entrepreneur, Senior Advisor, Investor and Lecturer. Illai is a Founding Partner of Gescheit & Partners, a multi-stage venture advisory firm and a Venture Partner in a few venture funds. He is an Affiliate Lecturer teaching Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School and an Executive Affiliate, at the Institute of Quantitative Social Sciences at Harvard University. He was a Venture Partner at Siemens Energy Ventures and previously served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at BP. Illai is an inventor of over 20 patents and his early entrepreneurial story was featured in the Harvard-MIT book publication Entrepreneurial Negotiation. He is a Top Voice on Linkedin sharing insights and thought leadership content. Illai is a member of the Ashoka Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur Network and a member of the Expert Network for the World Economic Forum. - ## People By Last Name [D - G](/people-last-name/d-g) - ## Program [Startup Foundry](/program/startup-foundry) - ## Role [Visiting Scholars, Fellows, & General Affiliates](/role/visiting-scholars-fellows)