Experience

Blue Lake

• India
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Partner

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom Co-founder of London-based early-stage VC firm (www.bluelakevc.com). Heading Blue Lake Syndicate - a unique angel investors' syndicate with the focus on international founders in the UK.



Stackt

• United Kingdom
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor (Blue Lake Syndicate)

  • Nov 2023 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom On-demand Moving & Storage services.



Imaginario AI

• United States
• Desktop Computing Software Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor (Blue Lake Syndicate)

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom Imaginario AI empowers creators and product makers with pre-built video AI features and a powerful workflow automation platform.



Trusted Twin

• Poland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor (Blue Lake Syndicate)

  • May 2023 - Present

  Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland Trusted Twin helps companies introduce new data-driven products and services within days.



Humans Not Robots

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor (Blue Lake Syndicate)

  • Mar 2023 - Present

  York, England, United Kingdom The team is on a mission to reduce the environmental impact of video streaming and enable significant cost reductions for their customers.



SimpleStudying

• United Kingdom
• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Angel Investor

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom Founded by a fantastic female founder, the company is on a mission to solve alarmingly high dropout rates in UK universities.



SearchSmartly

• United Kingdom
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor (Blue Lake Syndicate)

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom SearchSmartly reimagines and simplifies the property matchmaking experience by doing the heavy lifting to uncover the properties that are best suited to each tenant's complete personal needs.



Connectd

• United States
• Advertising Services

• Investor (Blue Lake Syndicate)

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom Connectd is the leading community network that connects entrepreneurs and startups with investors and NEDs to secure growth opportunities.



Electric Miles

• United Kingdom
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor Director

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom Electric Miles is building the world’s most intelligent Internet of Energy (IoE) EV charging solution.



EnVsion

• United Kingdom
• Software Development

• Investor

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom EnVsion turns customer interview videos into insights to help build better products.



GoSolo

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor (Blue Lake Syndicate)

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom An exciting neo bank founded by an exceptional Ukrainian founder with a vision to provide individual entrepreneurs and small teams with tools to grow and scale their businesses.



uTrigg

• Poland
• Marketing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board Observer

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Kyiv, Ukraine Emotion AI analytics for marketing & UI/UX specialists. A great example of a startup that originated from Ukraine and becoming a global company. Alumni of Startup Wise Guys (SaaS batch) and winners of the Horizon 2020 grant.



FairHire

• United Kingdom
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investor

  • May 2020 - Present

  London, England, United Kingdom FairHire is a next-generation applicant tracking system (ATS) combining blind hiring with intelligent people analytics backed by behavioural science.



VimesVC

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2020

  Kyiv, London - Managing the company's most complex projects with a particular focus on scaling clients‘ businesses internationally. - Building and maintaining relationships with the key strategic clients and partners of the company in the UK and Eastern Europe.

• Head of Ukrainian office

  • Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

  Kyiv, London - Providing executive leadership across the Ukrainian office of Vimes Consulting - a boutique strategic consultancy, a part of Vimes Group. - Building a strong long-term relationship with corporate clients and strategic partners of the company in the UK and Ukraine. - Managing the company's largest complex projects across a number of industries. - Cooperating with the local and international business support institutions (EBRD, ITC, USAID, Institute of export of the United Kingdom… Show more - Providing executive leadership across the Ukrainian office of Vimes Consulting - a boutique strategic consultancy, a part of Vimes Group. - Building a strong long-term relationship with corporate clients and strategic partners of the company in the UK and Ukraine. - Managing the company's largest complex projects across a number of industries. - Cooperating with the local and international business support institutions (EBRD, ITC, USAID, Institute of export of the United Kingdom, Export Promotion Office of Ukraine, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine). - Organising business missions of Ukrainian companies to the UK, being commissioned by EU4Business and Export Promotion Office in Ukraine. As a result of my application and negotiations with the EBRD team in Ukraine, in 2017 the company got the official status of pre-qualified consultancy as a part of the comprehensive business support programme provided by the Bank.

• Business Development Manager/Project manager

  • Jan 2015 - Aug 2017



Co-working Space Vimes

• Ukraine
• Real Estate

• Founding member

  • Apr 2015 - Jun 2017

  Uzhgorod, Ukraine - Launching and running the first coworking space in Uzhgorod (Western Ukraine). I am a winner of the grant programme aimed to support internally displaced persons from Crimea and Lugansk/Donetsk oblast provided by YMCA organisation (est. in 1844 in London). The key criteria the project met were innovation, ability to build a strong community of entrepreneurs and new jobs creation. The coworking space I developed had a significant positive impact on the development of the city's… Show more - Launching and running the first coworking space in Uzhgorod (Western Ukraine). I am a winner of the grant programme aimed to support internally displaced persons from Crimea and Lugansk/Donetsk oblast provided by YMCA organisation (est. in 1844 in London). The key criteria the project met were innovation, ability to build a strong community of entrepreneurs and new jobs creation. The coworking space I developed had a significant positive impact on the development of the city's small businesses and startups community. Show less



Jabil

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial analyst

  • Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

  Uzhgorod, Ukraine



Amstor, Group of companies

• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) specialist

  • Feb 2013 - Aug 2014

  Donetsk Region, Ukraine