Pedro David Espinoza is a TED speaker, entrepreneur, tech investor, and author. In 2014, Pedro became the founder & CEO of SmileyGo, an app that helped companies invest smarter. SmileyGo indexed the data of 1.3 million NGOs in addition to having users in 30 countries. Incubated at SkyDeck, his startup gained funding from 1517 Fund, Frank Baxter, Jack Larson, & Haas Seed Fund. In 2017, Janet Napolitano awarded Pedro The University of California Entrepreneur Winner. In 2018, Pedro founded Pan Peru USA, a venture that empowers women to become entrepreneurs. With the support from Fortune 500 Companies, Pan Peru has scaled from empowering 1 to 75 women. In 2019, Pedro wrote a book with Jorge Titinger with contributions from Eric Schmidt, Reed Hastings & Dan Schulman. Pedro's book – Differences That Make A Difference – attracted 150 CEOs as contributors such as Pat Gelsinger who wrote the foreword. His book received The Latin International Book Award #1 Business Book.
Educated at Berkeley, Pedro began his career as a mechanic. In 2010, Pedro launched his singles on Apple. Pedro is an investor in startups such as KiwiBot, MoCaFi, NadineWest, Noyo, Paladin, & Feed.fm. In 2021, The Silicon Valley Business Journal recognized him as a Latin Business Leadership Honoree.
In 2016, Pedro became a distinguished keynote speaker. PwC, UBS & GE are some of the companies Pedro has given speeches. Pedro has given 300 speaking engagements on networking. In 2021, Pedro became a Special Advisor to Blue Shield’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. James Cruz. That same year, Pedro became a lecturer at Tecnologico de Monterrey. Pedro is working on his new book, The Real ROI: Return on Inclusion. Michael Dell, John Hennessy & James C. Morgan, are some of the CEOs he’s interviewed.
In 2017, Pedro gave his TED Talk – Build the Bridge – sharing his entrepreneurial story having 19,000 views. In 2020, Pedro joined the Silicon Valley Leadership Group as the Vice President of Business Development to lead the Launch Circuit to support 100 startups. In 2021, Pedro was elected as the Vice Curator for Global Shapers in Palo Alto by the World Economic Forum. In 2022, Pedro got accepted to the LinkedIn Creator Accelerator Program as a Technology & Innovation Awardee having 19,000 followers. In 2023, Pedro’s Pan Peru impacted 3000 families by giving children access to STEM education and reforesting 10,000 trees. Pedro has received recognition for his success, he has received the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 HITEC 100 Awards - which features the 100 most influential global Hispanic executives in technology.
