Ex-principal at a Swiss based PE/VC fund with $ 200M+ assets under management. Participated in creation of a leading car-sharing startup in Moscow and selling it to a strategic investor.
Ex-director for corporate development at a mining company. Participated in the built-up of $ 2B+ international mining company through M&A deals. Led 2 exploration and development companies.
Business angel with the focus on fintech and sharing economy in Europe / CIS.
Studied Management at the Moscow Finance University.
Eugene, CTO
Ex-manager at one of the biggest retail chains in the Eastern Europe. Designed and implemented a data management system to improve efficiency of the chain stores and digital businesses.
Ex- data scientist at a large manufacturing corporation. Designed a database on the finances of all enterprises within the holding, organized data collection and analysis using automatization and algorithms.
Ex-analyst at large retail chains. Developed various models to identify preferences of the customer groups and to customize offers for them considering local competition, marketing campaigns and many other factors. Effects on EBITDA reached up to € 7.5M.
Has a specialist diploma in Mathematical Methods in Economics.
Alex, CEO
Ex-director at a big bank and a fund in the Eastern Europe. Defined market segments and targets with the growth potential up to 20x, developed investment strategies for 20+ tech industries of the fund’s investment focus.
Ex- management consultant at Deloitte and other top tier firms. Restructured a company with $ 150M revenue and executed its interim management as a vice-CEO. Developed organizational changes program for a leading production company (~20K FTE).
Actively supports WWF (The World Wide Fund for Nature) and other environmental NGOs for 13 years.
Has bachelor’s and master’s degree in Strategic Management and Corporate Governance from the Higher School of Economics.
Ilya, Mentor
Has 19 years of strategy, business development, operational improvement, and investments experience in Europe, Middle East, and Asia. Engaged in business development of BCG Gamma solutions with machine learning and cloud services offerings.
Ex-director at a fund. Supported investors in development of companies in their portfolios, led transformations, deals, negotiations with leading international operations partners, investment funds, banks, strategic clients.
Ex- project leader at the Boston Consulting Group and ex-director at Deloitte Strategy & Operations Consulting.
Has MBA from INSEAD business school. Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon AWS. Studied Machine Learning at Stanford, AWS, Yandex / MIPT.
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