David Barroso

Background

About David Barroso

David Barroso was born in Guarda, Portugal, in 1989. At the age of six he wasn't even able to read but he would already rather insert random letters in MS-DOS than playing with toy cars or what he considered boring kids games.Not only the passion for technology came at an early age, but also the entrepreneur side. David was only eight years old when he started selling small services to his family. Receipts included. In fact, it was a pleasure to disassemble his mother's mixer, but that didn't mean he shouldn't raise some money to add to what he thought it was a very little allowance to the needs of an aspiring engineer. David also appreciated law and didn't dislike the idea of passing his entire life arguing about stuff. But the real thrill was making ideas get out of the paper and court rooms. So, years later, he got into the University of Aveiro where he became a master of Electronics Engineering and Telecommunications.In 2013, he took the first concept out of the notebook and applied it to a research grant, with the idea of a GPS tracker for kids and pets without monthly fees. With 12 months of financial support to develop Findster, David and his team accomplished a functional prototype. In May 2014, they submitted the project to Indiegogo's crowdfunding platform with a pre-order option of the system. The project was funded with more than $110k by more than 900 backers in 45 countries. The young handyman David is now Founder and Head of Operations of Maven, but he’s still enthusiastic about fixing his parents’ appliances. The only difference is that now he is trading worldwide. Receipts included.