Spotlight 2021

Andreea
Pipernea

CEO
@ NN Private Pensions Fund

Seasoned Senior Executive and Certified Independent Director with 20+ years of experience in banking, asset management and insurance within European and global institutions. Passionate about business strategy and committed to support the growth and development of Romanian entrepreneurial companies.

Alin Vlad Badilita

Startup Programs Manager @ Microsoft Romania

A startup growth enthusiast with a passion for innovative technologies, marketing and developing business opportunities for small companies with big ideas.

Lavinia Neagoe

Senior Engineering Manager @ Fitbit

Senior Engineering Manager & Bucharest Technology Site Lead at Fitbit, with 15 years of experience in leading global engineering teams

Michal
Bas

Principal
@ Venture Friends

"He's responsible for navigating the fund's activity in the CEE region. Previously at TDJ Pitango Ventures (Polish-Israeli VC fund) and PFR Ventures (CEE's largest Fund-of-Funds, operating in the VC space)."

Manuel
Heilmann

Chief Commercial Officer
@ IPXO

"He's passionate about helping startups to grow, sharing his experience from successes and failures he had at $0 to $400M tech companies in Europe and in the US. He works with founders of several seed-funded and Series A startups, helping them to create a scalable revenue engine."

Sebastian
Maraloiu

Growth Marketing Manager
@ Questo

He's investing his time in creating & growing innovative tech startups using clever Marketing & Product Management.in

Georgia
Diaconescu

Product Marketing Manager
@ Meta

Product Marketing specialist with over 10 years experience & extensive background in value proposition development & product adoption. Passionate about supercharging start-ups in their growth journey & all things metaverse.

Catalin
Dediu

Vice President of Analyst Relations
@ FintechOS

Seasoned in consultancy, analytics, operations, strategy, through FintechOS, Catalin Dediu brings to the banking system the possibility of smarter, profitable products and personalized experiences.

Natasha
Lytton

Head of Brand, Marketing & Portfolio Support
@ Seedcamp

Talk to her all about startup brands, storytelling, marketing and network building.

Daria
Gherghelas

Investment Analyst
@ Speedinvest

Engineer turned investor. Looking for pre-seed and seed stage companies with a focus on health and all things CEE.