At Velerion, we build the infrastructure behind the next generation of artificial intelligence. From scalable compute and high-performance data platforms to secure deployment architectures, we let organisations develop, train, and operate AI systems with confidence.
Leadership
Board of Directors
The founders and operators steering Velerion — decades of combined experience across cloud, GPU infrastructure, and AI, focused on building Europe's sovereign AI backbone.
Mani brings over a decade across IT infrastructure, cloud computing, and AI. He has helped large enterprises and many AI startups scale multi-cloud and GPU infrastructure for next-generation workloads. After senior leadership roles at leading technology firms — where he ran global go-to-market strategy and built partnerships across Europe, the U.S., and the Middle East — he now focuses on building sovereign AI factories across Europe so governments, enterprises, and startups can stay competitive in the global AI race.
Samuel Akdemir
Co-CEO / COO, Co-founder
With more than 25 years in technology and leadership, Samuel started at Oracle, spending over two decades in senior sales leadership across Europe. In 2023 he became COO of NexGen Cloud, helping grow the company from 15 to 125 people and establishing it as a serious contender in GPU-based cloud infrastructure. Since 2024 he has advised infrastructure and AI companies on scaling, commercialisation, and operational excellence.
Vivek Ramchander
VP of Engineering
Across 22 years in the industry — with roles at ITC, TCS, and HP, and a decade at NVIDIA — Vivek has led global teams and shipped numerous platform solutions, including NVIDIA SLI with NVLink on the NVIDIA nForce MCP platform (2007) and Tesla's first Autopilot system on NVIDIA Drive PX (2014). His work spans AI and computing, from data-center and rack-scale integration for GPU training to GPU- and CPU-based inference.
Our Mission
To deliver secure, scalable, sovereign AI infrastructure that lets organisations across Europe innovate, build, and deploy AI — while strengthening Europe's technological independence and competitiveness.
Our Vision
To make Europe a global leader in AI through trusted, high-performance infrastructure that drives innovation, supports digital sovereignty, and sustains a resilient, self-reliant AI ecosystem for the generations ahead.
Our Values
The principles that guide how we build, operate, and partner.
Velocity
We move with intent and agility, speeding up innovation and AI adoption so our customers turn ideas into impact quickly.
Innovation
We keep pushing the technical frontier, building infrastructure that anticipates where the AI ecosystem is heading.
Reliability
We build resilient, secure systems organisations can count on — performance, availability, and trust at every stage.
Partnership
We believe durable success is built together, working closely with customers, partners, and stakeholders toward shared outcomes.
Integrity
We operate with transparency, accountability, and a commitment to responsible, ethical innovation.
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