Author: Amber Startup
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Interview: Max Lysak of Mate academy
Max Lysak is the co-founder & Chief Growth Officer at Mate academy, a Ukrainian EdTech startup turning anyone with the drive into software engineers. We had the pleasure of chatting with him about the story of their growth, the current situation with the war and where they want to go next. Max also gives us…
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Interview: Uldis Tēraudkalns of Nexpay
Uldis Tēraudkalns is the CEO of Nexpay, a fintech startup based out of Lithuania. Nexpay is one of the fastest growing Lithuanian fintechs, and in the top 5 in terms of transaction volumes. Uldis is also the host of The Pursuit of Scrappiness, the most listened business podcast in the Baltics. As its co-host, he…
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Interview: Andreas Velling of Fractory
Andreas Velling is CMO at Fractory, a cloud manufacturing platform that connects engineering companies with the manufacturers in real-time. Andreas is a mechanical engineer by trade, but gravitated to marketing thanks to his love of writing, which also shines through in Fractory’s content marketing and blog. We caught up with the engineer-turned-marketer to find out…
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Interview: Cristobal Alonso of Startup Wise Guys
We took the opportunity to ask Cristobal Alonso about the current state of SWG’s portfolio, what he sees across early stage in Europe, and the difference between accelerators, funds and accelerator-funds.
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Interview: Kustas Kõiv of Snabb
Kustas Kõiv is the co-founder and CEO at Snabb, an Estonian startup making vehicle ownership a more delightful experience. Snabb was founded in 2015 as a private parking app, but now users can browse, manage and pay parking, washing, charging, and fuelling from the Snabb App. The startup boasts over 50,000 users in 10 countries.
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Interview: Lisett Luik of Arbonics
We caught up with Lisett, a graduate of Yale and LSE to learn more about Arbonics, her experience raising money with Plural, the carbon market and its transparency, and the power of forests.
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Interview: Bogdan Iordache of Underline Ventures
Our first Rest of the World interview features Bogdan Iordache, General Partner at Underline Ventures, a new fund that partners with Eastern Europe-based, globally-minded early stage startup founders.
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Interview: Dmitry Vartanian of SID Venture Partners
Dmitry Vartanian is Managing General Partner at SID Venture Partners. He is also co-founder & CFO of Sigma Software and a certified lawyer. At SID, he and his team back Ukrainian founders from pre-seed to Series A. Its deeptech credentials are evident from its DNA – it was formed in 2021 by three Ukrainian IT…
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Interview: Anna Decroix of Demoboost
Anna Decroix is Demoboost‘s co-founder and CMO. Following their recent funding news, we reached out to her to talk about their next steps, their product, the fast-growing demo market, and the importance of the presales role in SaaS companies. We also discussed her experiences prior to joining Demoboost, and got her opinion, as a remote…
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Interview: Mariusz Adamski of ffVC
New York-headquartered ffVC is not just another American fund with a foot in Europe. It’s the first one to open its first European office not in London, but in Warsaw, due to its strong belief in the potential of CEE. So much the case, it recently announced the raise of a $50 million fund aimed…