Felix
Martinez
Felix is an Associate at Seedcamp, Europe’s seed fund, investing early in world-class founders attacking large, global markets and solving real problems using technology. Now on its fifth fund, Seedcamp has invested in over 460 companies including publicly listed Romanian-founded, UiPath, Wise (formerly TransferWise), and unicorns Revolut, wefox, Pleo, Sorare, Hopin, Grover, and viz.ai. Felix… Read more »
Claude
Ritter
Claude Ritter is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cavalry Ventures, a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital fund. Notable Cavalry investments include Forto, Bryter, or PlanRadar. Prior to co-founding Cavalry Ventures, Claude co-founded Delivery Hero (DHER:FRA) in 2010 and served for four years as the company’s Chief Product Officer. Delivery Hero is the world’s leading local food… Read more »
Cristina
Riesen
Cristina founded the future-oriented, for-purpose organization Educreators in 2017 and joined the European Innovation Council as Board Member in 2021. Her professional journey started back in 1996 as Radio Moderator, in parallel with studying philology at Transilvania University in Brasov, Romania. Moving to Switzerland in 2000, she entered the field of public relations and worked… Read more »
Sebastian Gabor
Digitail was founded in 2018 by Sebastian Gabor (CEO) and Ruxandra Pui (CPO), who had previously founded the development studio and IT consultancy ITGambit together. Sebastian had experienced first-hand the frustratingly manual nature of pet care, after having to completely restart his dog’s vaccination plan following a mis-scheduled appointment. The company’s mission is to give… Read more »
Allen
Taylor
Allen leads Endeavor Catalyst, Endeavor’s innovative co-investment fund that has been recognized as one of the most active global venture investors in markets like Latin America and the Middle East. Since launching in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has raised over $500M+ across four funds and made 250+ investments in 30+ different countries, including 47 companies now… Read more »
Diana
Koziarska
Diana is a nomad VC, always on the move, trying to be where things are happening across the Central & Eastern European tech scene. She also co-founded one of the most well-known pre-acceleration programs in Poland, ReaktorX.
Ilya
Leyrikh
Experienced product leader with a background in applied mathematics and physics. He has transitioned from roles as an engineer, designer, analyst, and founder to discovering my passion for product management. Over 15 years, Ilya has built mobile banking apps for leading European banks, and also contributed at Yandex, before relocating to Estonia to join Wise.
Randy
Silver
Randy’s held interim CPO and Leadership roles at scale-ups and SMEs, advised start-ups and has been Head of Product at HSBC and Sainsbury’s (where he also directed their 100+person product community). Randy participated in Silicon Valley Product Group’s Coaching the Coaches forum and speaks frequently at conferences and events. Randy is the co-host & founder… Read more »
Claudiu Cioba
With increasing interest and engagement in video content, Claudiu Cioba has not let this trend pass his digitally-trained eye and has founded an e-commerce video platform that acts as an end-to-end video infrastructure for brands & retailers, designed for scale and peak commerce performance. The Romanian e-commerce video platform VideoWise recently acquired $3 million in… Read more »
Julija (JJ)
Jegorova
With 13 years of international PR and communications experience under her belt, Julija (JJ) Jegorova is an accomplished communications expert and the founder of Black Unicorn PR. JJ began her journey working in-house for high-profile brands including TomTom, ASUS, and VISA before shifting her attention towards startups in 2015. She championed PR initiatives for a… Read more »