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.
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.
Other featured speakers
Andrei Dudoiu
CEO & Co-Founder @ SeedBlink @ SeedBlink
Andrei Dudoiu is the CEO and Co-Founder of SeedBlink, one of Europe’s most dynamic investment platforms focused on tech startups and equity management.
Alexander Agureev
Investor @ Northzone
Alex focuses on growth-stage companies across enterprise, fintech, and infrastructure & developers both in Europe and on the East Coast. He is particularly interested in verticalized solutions that cater to underserved market niches and have the potential to disrupt sleepy market incumbents.
Pavel Petrek
General Partner @ Tilia Impact Ventures
Pavel Petrek is the General Partner at Tilia Impact Ventures, the first impact venture capital fund in the Czech Republic, backing founders in Central and Eastern Europe who are solving the region’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.
Stefan Walter
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Nap
Stefan holds degrees in finance, tax law and business administration, and supports founders in areas such as funding, fundraising strategy, financial modeling, and investor communications.