Audra Elena Shallal

Audra Elena Shallal brings over twenty years of experience in entrepreneurship, pitch coaching, and angel investing to her role at Corenvest. Based in Finland and France, she helps ambitious founders sharpen their business strategies and become investor-ready. At Corenvest, she supports companies through funding, strategic coaching, and access to a broad angel network, helping them scale with intention and purpose.

She also founded the Flying Finn Angels, the first women-led investor syndicate in Finland. She serves on advisory boards for angel networks across Europe and as an Expert Jury Member for the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency.

Her signature workshop, Craft a Killer Pitch, has toured globally and shaped investor-grade storytelling.
Audra partners with international institutions—OECD, UNEP, UNIDO, and the European Commission—helping build programs that connect entrepreneurs, financiers, researchers, and policymakers to improve access to funding. She also advises and teaches entrepreneurship at top institutions in France.

Outside work, Audra balances life as a former professional ballet dancer with competitive fencing and show-jumping, where she’s collected medals.

She holds two BAs from the American University of Paris, an MBA from École des Ponts et Chaussées, and a postgrad DEA in Strategic Management from the Sorbonne.