Mentors
Upcelerator Mentors 2023
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Cameron Manwaring
CEO AT CONSULTING VIRALITY | Forbes 30 Under 30In 2015, Cameron was awarded by Forbes 30 Under 30 for his contributions in Marketing and Advertising. He has developed successful strategies for an array of notable brands including Dreamworks, Turkish Airlines, Freshpet, Pizza Hut, Sony, Pepsi, ESPN, Cristiano Ronaldo, and YouTube themselves. After selling his company, he has shifted his interests and focus towards international Viral Strategy and has consulted for some of the largest firms across the United States, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, KSA, India, Dubai, and Singapore.
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Rodica Belocosov
Director of Finance and People Operations at MoneyLionRodica Belocosov has international work experience in companies with a presence in USA, Sweden, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea and over 6 years of start-up experience both in B2B and B2C platforms. Her main focus is on operations, finance, people, strategy and management within a variety of industries, such as F&B, Mobility, Fintech. Since 2020 she has also built her own e-commerce business with a retail presence in Malaysia.
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Vasile Granaci
Head of EMEA Sales at OysterVasile Granaci was the Technology / Business Leader at ByteDance, the owner of TikTok and Largest Start-up in the World. His experience spans various stages of a company's growth, from pure concept to prototype and initial sales ($0 to $1M, team <20 people) through market expansion ($5M to $20M and team >20 people) and high growth scaling ($300M and team of >125+ people).
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Niket Desai
VP PRODUCT, PingNiket co-founded Punchd, a mobile loyalty startup, which was acquired by Google and recently was Chief of Staff at Flipkart in Bangalore. He’s worked on mobile computing systems for Motorola and Google, with a focus on connected devices and ambient computing. Niket holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Patrycja Maksymowicz
Founder & Director, Open Solutions GlobalWith almost 30 years of growing businesses under her belt, Patrycja is now supporting the growth of other businesses.
Blue-chip companies include Lego, BMW, Scania, as well as the armed forces, and government agencies. Her expertise lies in leveraging technology to enable growth. She founded Open Solutions Global, a boutique consulting firm, to assist growth-oriented companies and innovative start-ups. -
George Teodorescu
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, MIXBOOKBorn in Romania, George Teodorescu moved to the United States with his family at age 12. He graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in International Relations and Spanish, and later studied law at Syracuse University and Columbia. He was admitted as a lawyer in New York, and specialized in international commercial arbitration. Since 2016, George moved into the IT industry and manages the Chisinau office of Mixbook, a Silicon Valley-based image publishing start-up.
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Victoria Ous
PARTNERSHIPS & TALENT LEAD, CODAM COLLEGECurrently on a mission of bridging the gap of talent in the Netherlands by making a difference in computer science education. As Partnerships & Talent Lead at Codam, she is connecting the graduate software engineers with companies in search for young tech talent, be it through job opportunities or different events (like coding contests, hackathons, CodamX sessions etc).
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Simon Obstbaum
TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVETechnology executive. Strategic focus, cutting-edge product vision. Effective at building high-performance teams in distributed environments. Proven track record within the highly competitive software development industry with a focus on innovative product development.
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Sergiu Matei
Founder at IndexSergiu Matei is co-founder of Travod, the startup with one of the most impressive growth in the translation industry. Travod adapts content for brands such as Amazon, Forbes Group, British Council, and many more.
He is now founder of Index, which helps top companies to hire remotely world-class software developers. -
Andi Stan
VP Product Strategy & Finance, IndexI aim to help mature startups enhance their competitive position by innovating their business model, deploying technology, and reinforcing network externalities.In addition, I have a 'dark force' in numbers and data with 16 years of leading audit & consulting assignments across various industries from Telecom, Banking, and Insurance to Technology startups.
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Elena Bersadschi
Head of Growth & Marketing at LearnerblyElena is a growth marketer with more than 8 years of experience in both B2B and B2C industries. Her professional experience spans across multiple marketing disciplines, from customer acquisition, up to churn prevention and user re-activation.
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Aryk Grosz
Founder at TribefyAryk Grosz is the Founder and CEO of Tribefy, a web3 social platform that connects people locally based on shared interests. During his 14 years at Mixbook, Aryk architected the core product, recruited key technical talent, opened development offices in developing countries, and managed key product initiatives, all while serving as CTO, President, and Board Member.
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Dana Muntean
Head of International Sales at Plan AMy team at Plan A is supporting organisations to decarbonise. I am a founder at heart. I launched the first online HR community in Moldova and the global mentorship program, MentorMe.
Focused on impact at Facebook, Google, Next Jump, UNICEF, the Government of Moldova, the Royal Society of Arts, The QED Group, The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, etc. -
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Upcelerator Mentors 2024
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Vasile Granaci
Vice President of EMEA Sales at MessageBirdVasile Granaci is a Technology / Business Leader at ByteDance, the owner of TikTok and Largest Start-up in the World. Vasile is a founding team member of the ByteDance Enterprise and Partnership team, responsible for launching Machine Learning and Deep Neural Network AI to consumers and businesses. Previously to ByteDance, Vasile was a Regional Director at Nexmo that was acquired by Vonage for $230 million.
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Rodica Belocosov
Director of Finance and People Operations at MoneyLionRodica Belocosov has international work experience in companies with a presence in USA, Sweden, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea and over 6 years of start-up experience both in B2B and B2C platforms. Her main focus is on operations, finance, people, strategy and management within a variety of industries, such as F&B, Mobility, Fintech. Since 2020 she has also built her own e-commerce business with a retail presence in Malaysia.
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Cameron Manwaring
CEO AT CONSULTING VIRALITY | Forbes 30 Under 30In 2015, Cameron was awarded by Forbes 30 Under 30 for his contributions in Marketing and Advertising. He has developed successful strategies for an array of notable brands including Dreamworks, Turkish Airlines, Freshpet, Pizza Hut, Sony, Pepsi, ESPN, Cristiano Ronaldo, and YouTube themselves. After selling his company, he has shifted his interests and focus towards international Viral Strategy and has consulted for some of the largest firms across the United States, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, KSA, India, Dubai, and Singapore.
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Igor Ovcharenko
FOUNDER & CEO, SCAL8RIgor is a startup enthusiast and tech-savvy professional with over eight years of experience in developing startup ecosystems in emerging markets. He has extensive experience in business development, strategy, infrastructure development and seats on the advisory board of 5 startups.
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Marina Cucer
EMEA Lead Recruiter at AmazonMarina is working in the HR field for 10 years, mainly in recruitment, training, and process optimization.
During this time she managed to explore different markets in Europe: Moldova, Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia. Marina is part of the Operations & Technology team at Amazon since 2016 -
Alexander Naydenov
Head of Direct Sales at GraphCMSAlex Naydenov is the Head of Sales of GraphCMS, a market-leading API-first content management system based in Berlin, Germany. His background is in economics, data analytics and computer science. For co-founding the academic collaboration platform PaperHive, he was awarded a place in the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list (2017).
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Sergiu Matei
Founder at IndexSergiu Matei is co-founder of Travod, the startup with one of the most impressive growth in the translation industry. Travod adapts content for brands such as Amazon, Forbes Group, British Council, and many more.
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Vladyslav Yarovoi
Founder & CEO at RIKK LLCVladyslav is a Founder&CEO of Rikk LLC law firm, more than 6 years working with Hi-Tech industries (IT, E-commerce, Crypto, High-risk), Co-founder of an IT startup, Co-founder of a marketing agency, Investor and Startup mentor.
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Răzvan Crăciunescu
Angel Investor, Building innovationRazvan is ex-UiPath and Professor at University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest where he has been coordinating the first 5G R&D Lab in Romania, and he is also an Angel Investor at TechAngels Romania.
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Eugen Garla
Director of Sourcing, IndexMeet me at the crossroads of HR & Technology. Since 2012, involved with the biggest Career Events and Online Job Fairs in Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2016 entered in HR Automation & Startups world. Working for 2 years as an ambassador and enabler of recruitment automation with the power of AI and chatbots. Currently Sourcing & Recruiting Software Engineers from Eastern Europe to join Index – a global talent platform of vetted full-time remote engineers.
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George Carey-Simos
Co-Founder & COO, WeRSMGeorge is the co-founder & COO of wersm.com – We are Social Media. He is an experienced digital strategist, and consultant, with over 15 years of experience in marketing communications and related roles, digital consulting, events production, and journalism. He is also a startup mentor and advisor, speaker at industry events (pre-COVID), and frequently a judge / panel member in startup pitch competitions, and social media / digital marketing awards.
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Nurken Rzaliyev
CEO at Rahmet app, ChocoFamily GroupNurken founded and built the biggest e-commerce holding in Central Asia region (ChocoFamily) with $250M+ in gross-billings. I’m part of this journey since 2011 as an Executive and later as a shareholder
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Victoria Ous
Partnerships & Talent LeadCurrently on a mission of bridging the gap of talent in the Netherlands by making a difference in computer science education. As Partnerships & Talent Lead at Codam, she is connecting the graduate software engineers with companies in search for young tech talent, be it through job opportunities or different events (like coding contests, hackathons, CodamX sessions etc).
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Dima Albot
Startup Tracker and Product ManagerDmitrii is a certified Startup Tracker and Product Manager. Graduated from MIT in Boston, acquired New Venture Leadership certificate in Brazil, and worked as a FabLab coordinator in Jordan. With experience in technology and entrepreneurship, he builds innovative tech startups that have a positive impact on the society
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Mihai Stipanov
Founder & Investor, DreamupsThe founder of Dreamups, an innovation and entrepreneurship accelerator. Mihai is an experienced Managing Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Market Research, Management, Sales Promotion, Business Development, and Marketing Strategy. He is also a Angel Investors.
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Adrian Plesca
Serial Impact FounderSerial impact Founder with gov & non gov experience. Currently developing a greentech startup and enabling other startups to reach consistent traction.
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Letitia Stefan
CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF NIFTY LEARNINGSince October 2016 I've been part of the Nifty Learning family and it's been the most rewarding professional and personal growth experience so far. I'm happy to offer my support to founders and teams that want to know more about the journey of founding a startup, how to pitch their business idea, how to validate it and what to look for when speaking to potential customers or investors.
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Patrycja Maksymowicz
Founder & Director, Open Solutions GlobalWith almost 30 years of growing businesses under her belt, Patrycja is now supporting the growth of other businesses.
Blue-chip companies include Lego, BMW, Scania, as well as the armed forces, and government agencies. Her expertise lies in leveraging technology to enable growth. She founded Open Solutions Global, a boutique consulting firm, to assist growth-oriented companies and innovative start-ups. -
Evgeny Frolov
Senior Startup TrackerEvgeny Frolov is a Startup Tracker at Startup Moldova. Evgeny has international experience, working with projects in Russia, Kazakhstan, the region of Central and Eastern Europe, with an experience of over 10 years in the field. He is a certified startup tracker, who passed the program in the Internet Initiatives Development Fund. Since July 2020, Evgeny has been a member and consultant of the Startup Moldova team and brings to the Moldovan ecosystem the best practices from international communities.
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Stefan Vladimirov
Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer at Question BaseStefan has a keen interest and a healthy obsession with design. He has spent the past 10 years in designing brands and products for his startups and for clients. Most recently he led the rebrand of Payhawk before becoming the first Bulgarian unicorn. Early in his career he Co-Founded Swipes designing a brand & product loved by more than 1.5 million users. Currently he is Co-Founding Question Base product that helps teams work better together.
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Olga Melniciuc
Managing Parner, Investitii.mdOlga is expert and trainer in the field of access to funding helping start-ups and SMEs to get preferential financial resources for business development. She manages consulting company “Gradient Consulting” SRL, brand name “investitii.md”, which aims to connect investment opportunities with those looking to launch and grow their businesses and to help entrepreneurs to absorb available financial resources. As of today, her company helped local companies get more that 10+ million MDL in grants and subsidies.
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Andi Stan
MBA, FCCAI like the joy of that extra-mile for a great customer and team experience. I am a Fellow ACCA and I have an MBA from Oxford Brookes. I invest my time with passion and always work hard and research smart.
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Silvia Cebanu
Chief Financial Officer at PayallWith over 12+ years of experience in banking and fintech, highly skilled in finance and leadership in a startup role, key member of executives and advice companies heads on strategic financial growth initiatives.
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Diana Aladzhova
Partner at Silverline Capital & Founder at CFO InsightsDiana Aladzhova is a financial executive and investor. She is a partner at Silverline Capital, a private equity fund, investing in growth equity and quasi-equity. She is also founder of CFO Insights, digital CFO-as-a-service provider for startups and scaleups in Europe and USA. Diana has graduated from the London School of Economics and has successfully completed the CFA program.
Upcelerator Mentors 2021
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Cameron Manwaring
CEO at Consulting ViralityIn 2015, Cameron was awarded by Forbes 30 Under 30 for his contributions in Marketing and Advertising. He has developed successful strategies for an array of notable brands including Dreamworks, Turkish Airlines, Freshpet, Pizza Hut, Sony, Pepsi, ESPN, Cristiano Ronaldo, and YouTube themselves. After selling his company, he has shifted his interests and focus towards international Viral Strategy and has consulted for some of the largest firms across the United States, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, KSA, India, Dubai, and Singapore.
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John Stamler
Fundraising Specialist , Distressed Debt Investor, Angel InvestorJohn has 20+ years of international value/distressed debt investing experience, having worked at firms such as HBK, BlackRock, Citi and other large firms. He is a board member at a few companies and over the last years he advised and mentored well over 100 companies globally.
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Igor Ovcharenko
Founder & CEO, Scal8RIgor is a startup enthusiast and tech-savvy professional with over seven years of experience in developing startup ecosystems in emerging markets. He has extensive experience in business development, strategy, infrastructure development and seats on the advisory board of 5 startups.
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Letitia Stefan
Co-Founder & CEO of Nifty LearningSince October 2016 I've been part of the Nifty Learning family and it's been the most rewarding professional and personal growth experience so far. I'm happy to offer my support to founders and teams that want to know more about the journey of founding a startup, how to pitch their business idea, how to validate it and what to look for when speaking to potential customers or investors.
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Tudor Tarlev
Product Manager, onesevenxTudor is a former tech entrepreneur and current designer of educational programs for sustainable development goals. After a life as a digital nomad, who has traveled and developed projects in over 45 countries, he settled in Amsterdam and works to reform the education system with UN agencies and top universities around the world. Also, he develops the company onesevenx – a small laboratory for entrepreneurial experiments.
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Andi Stan
Partner with MOORE in Romania and R. MoldovaI like the joy of that extra-mile for a great customer and team experience. I am a Fellow ACCA and I have an MBA from Oxford Brookes. I invest my time with passion and always work hard and research smart.
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Sergiu Matei
Angel Investor & Founder, IndexSergiu Matei is co-founder of Travod, the startup with one of the most impressive growth in the translation industry. Travod adapts content for brands such as Amazon, Forbes Group, British Council, and many more.
He is now working on his new project – Index, which helps top companies to hire remotely world-class software developers. -
Mihai Stipanov
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Bogdan Colceriu
CEO FrisboBogdan has over 10 years of experience in the Romanian startup scene, as co-founder of Trilulilu, the most popular video streaming service, co-founder of Okian, the largest online bookstore, and co-founder of Risky Business, the first accelerator pre-seed from Romania.
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Artiom Cociu
CEO, SPARK Research LabsArtiom is working in consulting industry for 10 years and delivering turnaround projects, applying system approach to clients’ issues. As a co-founder of a consulting company, along with delivering consulting projects, Artiom was designing algorithms and managing IT team for development of in-house IT products.
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Elena Bersadschi
Head of Growth at DAMEElena is a growth marketer with more than 6 years of experience in both B2B and B2C industries. Her professional experience spans across multiple marketing disciplines, from customer acquisition, up to churn prevention and user re-activation.
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Adrian Pica
Director of Product, BoltAdrian is a Product Management expert that has crafted products used by hundreds of millions at 2
unicorn companies. An entrepreneur at heart, Adrian founded and sold 2 companies started from scratch, managed 2 companies with more than 100 employees and 1mil+ revenue/year. Currently, he’s a director of product at Bolt, building the future of transportation. -
Matt Rutter
CEO, Enspire Creative AgencyAn effective leader and communicator, Matt excels when designing and implementing strategic solutions in fast-paced and complex environments. Having become known as a Lean Startup guru, Matt helps everyone from small-scale farmers to tech-startup colleagues identify customer problems and systematically test solutions until they have achieved product-market fit.
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Razvan Craciunescu
Lecturer, University POLITEHNICA of BucharestRazvan is a former founder of an IoT startup for Ambient Assisted Living, startup for which he raised more than 200.000 EUR and that he sold early 2019. He was also a project manager for R&D projects in different companies and as an innovation consultant for national or international companies, banks, or public authorities.
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George Carey-Simos
Co-founder & COO, WeRSMGeorge is the co-founder & COO of wersm.com – We are Social Media. He is an experienced digital strategist, and consultant, with over 15 years of experience in marketing communications and related roles, digital consulting, events production, and journalism. He is also a startup mentor and advisor, speaker at industry events (pre-COVID), and frequently a judge / panel member in startup pitch competitions, and social media / digital marketing awards.
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Arturas Didika
IT Project Manager & CoachArturas has been managing large-scale high-impact IT projects in Europe and Middle East. He has a lot of experience in complex digital transformations, e-services and custom software development, specifically in the following domains: eGovernment, Finance, Telco, eCommerce and eHealth. He is a firm believer in coaching approach in personal life and organizations.
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Elijah Toh
Marketing Director, WoltElijah led brands such as P&G, Now TV, Unibet and Uber across disciplines such as product marketing, CRM and acquisition. Elijah’s experiences also included a memorable stint as an entrepreneur running a craft beer distribution.
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Sanda Condratiuc
MARKETING & PRODUCT CONSULTANTSanda is a marketing professional with seven years of experience in delivering 360 marketing for B2B/ B2C start-ups such as fin-tech, e-commerce for fashion & electronics, and creative workspaces. Experienced in developing brand identities, defining, testing, and executing marketing strategies using a mix of elements that convert and increase ROI.
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Alexey Dobrusin
Marketer and EntrepreneurAlexey Dobrusin, marketer and entrepreneur. Develops startups since 2010. Tracker and mentor of Generation S accelerator, Astana Hub, etc.CEO&founder of Personatika, a platform of step-by-step instructions for small businesses.
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Sebastian Gabor
Founder & CEO, Digitail.ioFounded Digitail to solve the gap between the ever-growing expectations of millennial pet parents and the experience offered by veterinarians with their current tools.
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Vadim Sokolowski
General Director, Digital EgoVadim is the owner of Digital Ego, a full-cycle creative agency specializing in e-commerce solutions, branding and packaging, custom web development, prototyping and interface design – UI / UX, as well as the development of communication and digital marketing strategies. His love for space and futurology developed a passion for design and innovation, and his interest in Lego influenced the formation of a systemic thinking, motivating him to create and change the world around him.
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Lidia Alexa
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Gabriel Paunescu
CEO and Co-founder of NaologicI've worked in the startup space for over ten years and lived in 3 countries. I was the CTO of a medical e-commerce company in Paris (exited), an IoT company in Silicon Valley, and served as a consultant for large banks and real estate companies in the US and UK.
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Vasile Granaci
Angel Investor, Technology Leader, ML & AI, API EconomyVasile Granaci is a Technology / Business Leader at ByteDance, the owner of TikTok and Largest Start-up in the World. Vasile is a founding team member of the ByteDance Enterprise and Partnership team, responsible for launching Machine Learning and Deep Neural Network AI to consumers and businesses. Previously to ByteDance, Vasile was a Regional Director at Nexmo that was acquired by Vonage for $230 million.
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Eugeniu Girla
EMEA Region Director at XORMeet me at the crossroads of HR & Technology. Passionate about People, Recruitment, Training, and Technology since 2005, started with 4 years in the NGO sector, promoting Youth Employment and Career Orientation, also been working in the Corporate Sector as a business trainer and recruiter for 10 years in more than 7 countries. Since 2016 entered the HR Automation & Startups world. Currently an ambassador and enabler of recruitment automation with the power of AI and chatbots.
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Olga Melniciuc
MBA, PMPOlga is expert and trainer in the field of access to funding helping start-ups and SMEs to get preferential financial resources for business development. She manages consulting company “Gradient Consulting” SRL, brand name “investitii.md”, which aims to connect investment opportunities with those looking to launch and grow their businesses and to help entrepreneurs to absorb available financial resources. As of today, her company helped local companies get more that 10+ million MDL in grants and subsidies.
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Rodica Belocosov
Director of Finance and People Operations at MoneyLionRodica Belocosov has international work experience in companies with a presence in USA, Sweden, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea and over 6 years of start-up experience both in B2B and B2C platforms. Her main focus is on operations, finance, people, strategy and management within a variety of industries, such as F&B, Mobility, Fintech. Since 2020 she has also built her own e-commerce business with a retail presence in Malaysia.
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Alex Naydenov
Head of Sales of GraphCMS,Alex Naydenov is the Head of Sales of GraphCMS, a market-leading API-first content management system based in Berlin, Germany. His background is in economics, data analytics and computer science. For co-founding the academic collaboration platform PaperHive, he was awarded a place in the Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list (2017). s
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Manuela Capatina
Head of Business Sales Division Head of Business Sales Division at Orange MoldovaManuela is currently managing the B2B national sales team both LA and SME within a multinational Telecom company Orange Moldova. From 2016 she is Certified COPC implementation leader, being also certified in PM and having numerous exchange of experience in Belgium, France, Greece, Romania and USA. Developing and implementing effective sales strategies to achieve sales targets and to ensure business growth.
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George Teodorescu
Regional Director, MixbookBorn in Romania, George Teodorescu moved to the United States with his family at age 12. He graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in International Relations and Spanish, and later studied law at Syracuse University and Columbia. He was admitted as a lawyer in New York, and specialized in international commercial arbitration. Since 2016, George moved into the IT industry and manages the Chisinau office of Mixbook, a Silicon Valley-based image publishing start-up.
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Vladyslav Yarovoi
Founder & CEO, Rikk LLCVladyslav is a Founder&CEO of Rikk LLC law firm, more than 6 years working with Hi-Tech industries (IT, E-commerce, Crypto, High-risk), Co-founder of an IT startup, Co-founder of a marketing agency, Investor, Startup mentor
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Xenia Muntean
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, PLANABLEXenia is the CEO and Co-Founder of Planable, a content review and marketing collaboration platform used by over 4,000 teams at brands like Jaguar Land Rover, Viber, and World Food Program. Prior to launching Planable, at 20 y.o. she built a digital marketing agency and led social for clients such as Coca-Cola.
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Dan Sturza
Partner at Fribourg CapitalInvolved with Elefant.ro since foundation. Full time since 2017 when the migration to a new eCommerce platform has been initiated. Upon completion in 2019, undertook the position of VP of Business Development. Currently sole focus is on marketplace development; With Fribourg Capital team since 2012. Did research, investment analysis, deal origination &, structuring before becoming fully operational at Elefant.ro.
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Monica Obogeanu
Startup Programs Manager, Orange RomaniaWith more than 10 years' experience in the tech startups ecosystem, Monica facilitates Orange's relationship with innovative startups, through the Orange Fab accelerator, and with the Romanian entrepreneurial ecosystem, through initiatives like Orange Fab Hub Pass.
A Computer Science graduate with a passion for building products, she worked in startups in roles like software tester of product manager and has lead multiple startup support programs.
Upcelerator Mentors 2020
In the first batch of the Upcelerator more than 40 mentors and experts shared their knowledge and expertise with Upcelerator founders.
Many of them became advisors or investors in the startups they’ve mentored.
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Aryk Grosz
Co-Founder, MixbookAryk is the Co-Founder of Mixbook (mixbook.com), a web-based photo service with an emphasis on creativity, print quality, and customer service. He has been recognized by Inc Magazine's "30 Under 30" list of entrepreneurs for his contribution in founding and growing Mixbook to the 3rd largest online photo book provider in the US.
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Elena Bersadschi
Growth Manager, DeliverooElena is a growth marketer with more than 6 years of experience in both B2B and B2C industries. Currently, she leads the function for the rider side of the Deliveroo business. Her professional experience spans across multiple marketing disciplines, from customer acquisition, up to churn prevention and user re-activation.
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Simon Obstbaum
Founder, YOPESOTechnology executive, founder and CEO at YOPESO. Strategic focus, cutting-edge product vision. Effective at building high-performance teams in distributed environments. YOPESO relies on proven processes and certified quality management, maintaining high product quality and development processes flexibility. The company delivers top-notch software development products, enabling customers business growth at a rocketing speed. Simon also was the CTO at Crunchyroll.
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Mihai Stipanov
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Lisa Gutu
COO at SaltedgeLisa has co-founded Fentury – a personal finance advisor app, helping its user to get better at savings right after finishing her studies. For the past 5 years Lisa is working at Salt Edge, driving the company to new markets, growing b2b sales and ensuring the company is one of the leading brands in the fintech & open banking world.
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Francisco Cordoba
NaaS Digital Banking, CEO & Co-founderInnovator under 35 by MIT, Master at University College London, Business administrator with more than 14 years developing technology business around the world. Founded Wesend in Singapore (Blockchain based app) and Seed Software (Colombia). Global Shaper alumni from the World Economic Forum and Fellow at the Westerwelle Foundation. Author of the book ´beat the robots´ and presenter of #PachoenVivo.
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Mircea Vadan
Partner at Activize and TechMatchMircea is involved in various projects and communities related to the startup ecosystem in Eastern Europe. The day to day job is related to Activize.Tech, company focused on consultancy for corporates, startups, accelerators and VC funds. He is working with startup teams on various topics such as idea validation, product shaping, go-to-market strategy, finding investment etc. In the software sector, he is part of TechMatch.
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Zach Coelius
Angel InvestorZach Coelius is a four-time entrepreneur and now an investor in early-stage technology companies at Zeitgeist Partners. Zach is investing in private technology companies via a syndicate he runs on Angel List. He describes himself as a „pretty eclectic investor” who loves seeing just about any deal. First $1B exit with an AngelList Syndicate when General Motors bought Cruise Automation.
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Christoph Sollich
Pitch Coach, The Pitch DoctorChristoph is known as “The Pitch Doctor” in the Berlin startup scene and beyond. For the last 6 years, he's helped 1800+ startups (and an ever growing number of corporate intrapreneurs) improve the way they pitch to investors, partners, management boards etc. He's a mentor/coach for dozens of accelerators, incubators, corporate innovation labs and startup competitions around Europe.
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Dumitru Vicol
CEEMEA FX & Rates Strategist, Citi, LondonDumitru is an emerging market strategist at Citi in London. The team he is a part of is number #1 in the industry. He was also involved in projects based on the promotion and development of financial instruments in Moldova.
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Artiom Cociu
CEO, SPARK Research LabsArtiom is working in consulting industry for 10 years and delivering turnaround projects, applying system approach to clients’ issues. As a co-founder of a consulting company, along with delivering consulting projects, Artiom was designing algorithms and managing IT team for development of in-house IT products.
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Victoria Ous
Incubation Lead, OdysseyVictoria is the Incubation & International Lead of Odyssey, an open innovation program that includes the world's biggest blockchain & AI hackathon. She builds ecosystems around the best performing teams from the Odyssey Hackathon that support the advancement & adoption of these prototype solutions.
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Tudor Tarlev
Product Manager, onesevenxTudor is a former tech entrepreneur and current designer of educational programs for sustainable development goals. After a life as a digital nomad, who has traveled and developed projects in over 45 countries, he settled in Amsterdam and works to reform the education system with UN agencies and top universities around the world. Also, he develops the company onesevenx – a small laboratory for entrepreneurial experiments.
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Anton Perkin
CEO at FusionWorksAnton has 15 years of eхperience as a developer and 9 years as company manager and community builder. In 2011 he founded FusionWorks (IT outsourcing company) and DeveloperMD Community (the biggest one in Moldova) and since then is passionate about developing his business and organizing various IT-related events, the biggest one being the Moldova Developer Conference.
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John Stamler
Mentor, Board Member, Angel InvestorJohn has 20+ years of international value/distressed debt investing experience, having worked at firms such as HBK, BlackRock, Citi and other large firms. He is a board member at a few companies and over the last years he advised and mentored well over 100 companies globally.
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Oleg Ciubotaru
Director of Engineering, Globality INCMore than 15 years of experience in Software Engineering, over 8 years living and working in Silicon Valley. Oleg worked with many clients in Silicon Valley and the US in general, from startups to companies with market capitalization of hundreds billions dollars.
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Igor Ovcharenko
Founder & CEO, Scal8RIgor is a startup enthusiast and tech-savvy professional with over seven years of experience in developing startup ecosystems in emerging markets. He has extensive experience in business development, strategy, infrastructure development and seats on the advisory board of 5 startups.
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Vitalie Esanu
Founder & CTO at VoteMeAppI’ve been programming in some form since I was 12 years old (1988). At College of Informatics and Technical University of Moldova, I gained a strong foundation in computer science theory in addition to experience in actual software development through several international companies, side projects, and a couple of entrepreneurial endeavors.
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Sergiu Matei
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Tudor Darie
Founder and CEO Fagura.comTudor has 14 years of entrepreneurial experience as a co-founder and manager in a couple of business areas – fintech, online media, e-commerce, and online advertising. He has been involved in creating and developing teams, has held leading positions, negotiated investment and exit contracts.
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Bogdan Colceriu
CEO FrisboBogdan has over 10 years of experience in the Romanian startup scene, as co-founder of Trilulilu, the most popular video streaming service, co-founder of Okian, the largest online bookstore, and co-founder of Risky Business, the first accelerator pre-seed from Romania.
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Sanda Condratiuc
Marketing & Product ConsultantSanda has 10 years experience in delivering 360 marketing strategies for start-ups in fin-tech, e-commerce and workspaces, helping businesses grow from 0 to generating revenue. Founder of the food brand DEUKES & APINATUR and Co-Founder of the first Moldovan mentorship platform MentorMe. She is also involved in diaspora led projects to improve social wellbeing in Moldova.
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Niket Desai
VP Product, PingNiket co-founded Punchd, a mobile loyalty startup, which was acquired by Google and recently was Chief of Staff at Flipkart in Bangalore. He’s worked on mobile computing systems for Motorola and Google, with a focus on connected devices and ambient computing. Niket holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Anastasia Miron
Mompreneur, Innovator, Social Impact oriented Startups AdvisorAnastasia is Co-Founder of GlobeIn and TEKEDU, she worked to improve technological access and literacy to increase opportunity in today’s increasingly digital marketplaces. As Founder of Child Proof Yourself, her current interest lies in leveraging VR and AR to address human centered problems like parenting and provide new approaches to prevent stress and anxiety in children.
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Cameron Manwaring
CEO at Consulting ViralityIn 2015, Cameron was awarded by Forbes 30 Under 30 for his contributions in Marketing and Advertising. He has developed successful strategies for an array of notable brands including Dreamworks, Turkish Airlines, Freshpet, Pizza Hut, Sony, Pepsi, ESPN, Cristiano Ronaldo, and YouTube themselves. After selling his company, he has shifted his interests and focus towards international Viral Strategy and has consulted for some of the largest firms across the United States, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, KSA, India, Dubai, and Singapore.
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Dana Muntean
Client Partner, Workplace by FacebookDana is an idea hunter, originally from Moldova. She is growing Workplace by Facebook in EMEA. Dana founded the global mentoring program, MentorMe. She did her MA in Creative & Media Enterprises at the University of Warwick. She focused on impact at Google, Next Jump, UNICEF, the Government of Moldova, the Royal Society of Arts, The QED Group, The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, etc.
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Marina Cucer
EMEA Recruiter- Tech Ops at AmazonMarina is working in the HR field for 10 years, mainly in recruitment, training, and process optimization.
During this time she managed to explore different markets in Europe: Moldova, Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia. Marina is part of the Operations & Technology team at Amazon since 2016 -
Matt Rutter
Sales Director, EnspireAn effective leader and communicator, Matt excels when designing and implementing strategic solutions in fast-paced and complex environments. .Having become known as a Lean Startup guru, Matt helps everyone from small-scale farmers to tech-startup colleagues identify customer problems and systematically test solutions until they have achieved product-market fit.
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Victor Horcasitas
CEO, Barcelona MetropolitanVictor is currently a partner in Confianz Capital which focuses on mid-market European M&A transactions with a focus on telecom, media and technology opportunities and his most recent acquisition in January 2019 is of a Barcelona based media publication which generates and curates content to a niche target in Spain.
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David Lees
CEO at Bottlebooks GmbHDavid owned and managed three companies. StoryHome launched an Internet of things family storytelling device on Kickstarter. Casting Central became the largest casting studio in Toronto (movies included: Chicago, Cinderella Man, X-men; and clients included: Disney, Sony and Fox). Key West Video won 6 Consumer's Choice Awards for Video Production in Toronto (clients included: Audi, Microsoft, General Motors, KIA, Canon).
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Andi Stan
Partner with MOORE in Romania and R. MoldovaI like the joy of that extra-mile for a great customer and team experience. I am a Fellow ACCA and I have an MBA from Oxford Brookes. I invest my time with passion and always work hard and research smart.
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George Teodorescu
Regional Director at MixbookBorn in Romania, George Teodorescu moved to the United States with his family at age 12. He graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in International Relations and Spanish, and later studied law at Syracuse University and Columbia. He was admitted as a lawyer in New York, and specialized in international commercial arbitration. Since 2016, George moved into the IT industry and manages the Chisinau office of Mixbook, a Silicon Valley-based image publishing start-up.
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Olga Melniciuc
MBA, PMPOlga is expert and trainer in the field of access to funding helping start-ups and SMEs to get preferential financial resources for business development. She manages consulting company “Gradient Consulting” SRL, brand name “investitii.md”, which aims to connect investment opportunities with those looking to launch and grow their businesses and to help entrepreneurs to absorb available financial resources. As of today, her company helped local companies get more that 10+ million MDL in grants and subsidies.
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Letitia Stefan
Co-Founder & CEO of Nifty LearningSince October 2016 I've been part of the Nifty Learning family and it's been the most rewarding professional and personal growth experience so far. I'm happy to offer my support to founders and teams that want to know more about the journey of founding a startup, how to pitch their business idea, how to validate it and what to look for when speaking to potential customers or investors.
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Roman Sorocan
G Suite Consultant - Google Enterprise CollaborationRoman is a futurist and passionate about transforming organizations by empowering a deep change from within. Worked across several continents, in marketing, personal development, food and drinks, sales, cloud and now on a mission to Bridge the gap between Humans and AI.
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Constantin Șarcov
Founder & Creative Director, PikoConstantin is founder of Piko, the most awarded creative agency in Moldova.
In past years he worked with such brands and clients like Ducati, Call of Duty, EA Games, Soros Foundation, Parliament of Moldova, Dutch Embassy, KFC, TV8, Purcari, Bitfury and others.
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Elena Oprea
Ventures Manager at InnovifyElena is working as a Ventures Manager at Innovify – a London-based early-stage startup studio with an enviable track record of launching high growth start-ups such as payzilch.com, gener8ads.com, landbay.co.uk, and others. Starting with 2019, Elena was involved in the launching process of 10 startups and also she was a mentor for the startup founders (7 cohorts) at Entrepreneur Lab powered by The Council on International Educational Exchange in London.
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Xenia Muntean
Co-founder & CEO, PlanableXenia is the CEO and Co-Founder of Planable, a content review and marketing collaboration platform used by over 4,000 teams at brands like Jaguar Land Rover, Viber, and World Food Program. Prior to launching Planable, at 20 y.o. she built a digital marketing agency and led social for clients such as Coca-Cola.
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Elijah Toh
Growth & Ops Optimisation Head, WorldRemitElijah’s currently heading growth at WorldRemit, helping the business to deliver growth and optimise its operations. Before this, he’s led brands such as P&G, Now TV, Unibet and Uber across disciplines such as product marketing, CRM and acquisition. Elijah’s experiences also included a memorable stint as an entrepreneur running a craft beer distribution.
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Andrei Stalbe
CEO crawlessBorn and grown in Moldova I've always been attracted by computers even before I knew what they really were. A few years later I saw myself licensed in Microelectronics Engineering from the Technical University of Moldova but slowly transited to a Software Engineer. About five years ago I have co-founded crawless, an IT startup to automate business web processes. I'm also deeply involved in social and ecological projects meant to have a significant impact on the wellbeing of our citizens and the nature around us.