Tony Seba
Tony Seba
Tony Seba is a Businessman focused on the Technology sector. He is a popular Keynote Speaker and Educator.
Education
Tony earned a B.S. from Massachussetts Institute of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering. Tony has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, graduating in the class of 1994.
Political Views
Tony Seba is notable for his avant-garde views on Electric vehicles, Battery storage, Autonomous vehicles and Ridesharing. He predicts that by 2025 all new vehicles will be electric and by 2030 Solar power will reach 'God parity', a term referring to the point at which solar would be cheaper than any alternative energy regardless of Longitude. Part of this cost curve being reached implies that the cost of solar will be below the cost of transmission through the electrical grid.
Career
Tony has over 20 years of operating experience in fast-growth high tech and clean tech companies.
He was Vice President, Corporate Development at “Utility Scale Solar, Inc.” where he helped the company grow from the garage-stage through growth strategy, fundraising, business development with plant developers and partners.
He was previously Founder and CEO of PrintNation.com, a B2B ecommerce site which he established as a leader in its market segment, winning such top industry awards as the Upside Hot 100 and the Forbes.com B2B ‘Best of the Web’. Seba led two venture capital rounds raising more than $31 million in funding from well-known venture funds, hired a complete management team, 100+ employees, and managed the development of strategic partnerships with some of the world’s top companies.
Tony is an advisor for USAsia Venture Partners. He has led institutes in large technology firms such as Cisco and Google.
He is a Lecturer at Stanford University in Entrepreneurship, high tech strategy and Finance. He has also taught at Singularity University, The University of Auckland and at large firms such as Google.