Lucas Porter-Bakker

LPB

Designer. Hacker. Founder.

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  1. Head of Design // Maket AI

    Maket AI is an architectural intelligence and generative design platform that helps homeowners turn ideas into build-ready projects.

    — Montreal, Canada

  2. Head of Product and Design // PDS

    PDS is building a suite of web3 apps and infrastructure (ArDrive, AR.IO, Turbo, and ArNS) that power the permaweb: a decentralized internet, comprised of a set of modular and interchangeable protocols. Backed by some of the world's leading blockchain funds.

    — New York, United States

  3. Enterpreneur in Residence // Arweave

    Arweave is a global hard drive protocol built on two novel technologies: the blockweave, a derivative of the blockchain, and a proof of access algorithm. Funded by investors including Coinbase Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

    — Berlin, Germany

  4. Founder & Creative Director // PitchBlack (acquired)

    PitchBlack is a full-stack creative studio setting trends and standards. We team up with world-class companies and individuals to design and create products and brand experiences that people talk about.

    — Toronto, Canada

  5. Head of Product and Design // PowerMarket

    PowerMarket is an AI-powered CleanTech platform enabling smarter-cities. Backed by leading scientific and venture capital funds, such as the European Space Agency, Techstars, and the University of Oxford.

    — London, UK

  6. Designer // Arcadis City of 2030

    Arcadis City of 2030 Smart-Cities focuses on the future of cities, shaping how we will live, work, and travel by 2030.

    — Amsterdam, Netherlands

  7. Product Designer in Residence // Techstars

    Techstars is a global accelerator program supporting startups transforming industries and geographies in the smart cities space.

    — Turin, Italy

  8. CPO & Co-Founder // SAASport

    SAASport is an AI-powered fintech toolkit for recurring billing, offering a one-line-of-code solution for SaaS companies to enter the Chinese market and accept Alipay and WeChat Pay in seconds.

    — Shanghai, China

  9. CEO & Co-Founder // GOJI

    GOJI is an award-winning social learning platform and international education community that grew to 75,000+ tutors and students across 100+ countries.

    — Toronto, Canada

  10. Engineering Mentor // Le Wagon

    Le Wagon is the leading coding school for entrepreneurs and creative people, ranked #1 globally.

    — Shanghai, China

  11. CEO & Co-Founder // Westgroup

    Westgroup is a Canadian education company established as a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) in Hangzhou, China. It grew from a newly licensed startup into the leading Canadian education provider in Zhejiang Province, teaching thousands of students before expanding into marketing, training, and technology.

    — Hangzhou, China

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Lucas is a polymath founder and an absolute joy to work with. As the managing director, I was lucky to have brought him on as a designer in residence for Techstars Italy; and had the pleasure of working alongside him to help support several portfolio projects from around the world — many of which are venture-backed, global leaders in the smart cities space. As a 360-degree leader himself, Lucas effortlessly integrated with all of the teams and helped accelerate their growth as founders. He has limitless energy to learn, adapt, and build; and I only wish he still worked with us.

Martin Olczyk Managing Director, Techstars
Toronto, Canada
MODE

Building Maket AI.

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EDUCATION

  • Master of Arts (M.A) // Behavioural Economics

    Ghent University

  • Master of Science (M.Sc) // Law & Econmics

    Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management

  • Masters of Laws (LLM) // International Law

    Erasmus School of Law

  • Bachelor of Arts (B.A) // Political Science

    Concordia University

  • Minor Degree (B.A) // Chinese Language & Culture

    Beijing Foreign Studies University

  • Foundation Year Programme // Humanities, Liberal Arts

    University of King's College