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Exact name and title
- Full name
- Alex Sicart Ramos
- Variant
- Àlex Sicart / Alex Sicart
- Current title
- Co-founder & CEO of Bennu
- Other title
- Founder of Unicorn Payments
- Born
- 18 March 1999, Barcelona (Spain)
- Based in
- Barcelona · Dubai
- Recognition
- Forbes 30 Under 30 — Technology, Europe (2017, as CTO of Sharge)
- Software entity
- Bennu Edge LLC (New Mexico, USA) — bennuedge.io
Biography · 50 words
Alex Sicart Ramos (Barcelona, 1999) is co-founder and CEO of Bennu and founder of Unicorn Payments. A coder since the age of 13, he was recognized by Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017 as CTO of Sharge. He builds software, product and financial infrastructure for international operations between Barcelona and Dubai.
Biography · 150 words
Alex Sicart Ramos (Barcelona, 1999) is a technology entrepreneur specialized in product and financial infrastructure. He started coding at 13 and released his first product, Students Manager, winner of the Start-Up School in Catalonia. In 2016 he co-founded Sharge, a peer-to-peer electric car charging platform in collaboration with Audi, where he was CTO; Sharge won the Audi Creativity Challenge and, in 2017, Alex made the Forbes 30 Under 30 list (Technology, Europe) as the youngest person recognized. That year he launched FileNation, file sharing over IPFS with more than 860 stars on GitHub and a front page on Hacker News. In 2018 he founded Shasta, an international payments app. In December 2024 he founded Bennu, where he is co-founder and CEO, and leads Unicorn Payments, a software and IT brand. He works between Barcelona and Dubai.
Verified timeline
- 2013
- Students Manager — first product (age 13). Winner of the Start-Up School in Catalonia.
- 2016
- Sharge — co-founder & CTO. Peer-to-peer electric car charging with Audi. Audi Creativity Challenge; Imagine Silicon Valley.
- 2017
- Forbes 30 Under 30 (Technology, Europe) as CTO of Sharge. Launch of FileNation (IPFS; 860+ stars on GitHub; front page of Hacker News).
- 2018
- Shasta — founder & CEO. International payments app. Earlier stage.
- Dec 2024
- Bennu — co-founder & CEO. Software and interface of a private self-custody platform. Current stage.
- Current
- Unicorn Payments — founder. Software, systems and IT consulting (Spain, USA, UAE).
Topics I can speak about
- Financial infrastructure and how to turn it into usable product.
- International payments, self-custody and the "last mile" of moving value.
- Compliance, KYC/AML and open banking for founders.
- Building and operating across jurisdictions (Spain, LATAM, UAE).
- Starting young in technology: from a Barcelona high school to Forbes.
Photographs
Free to use for editorial coverage about Alex Sicart. Credit: "Alex Sicart Ramos".
Logos and icons
Sources and verification
- Official Forbes profile — Forbes 30 Under 30.
- FileNation on GitHub — stars and code.
- Crunchbase — professional profile.
- LinkedIn — path and dates.
Press contact
Interviews, podcasts, articles, events and speaking: hello@alexsicart.com. Include outlet, format and date, and I'll reply with availability.