Financial auditor turned entrepreneur turned VC ★ Six years providing assurance to financial companies ★ Six years building my own startups, corporate ventures, and running an acceleration fund ★ MBA / CFA / CIPM / ACCA / CFA ESG ★ Croatia, Netherlands, USA, France
→ FRACTIONAL CFO: Helping pre-seed and seed stage startups raise funds, understand term sheets, create financial models, and organize governance, risk, and control functions.
→ ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Developed a renter’s CV solution in the Netherlands to speed up apartment rentals. Prototyped a hedging platform for sports betting companies to minimize unwanted exposure in game books. Built a neobank to teach teenagers money skills for life. Co-created an HRtech hiring platform connecting startups with the networks of their investors.
→ CORPORATE INTRAPRENEURSHIP: Joined ABN AMRO Group Innovation as an Intrapreneur to launch a startup uniquely suited for the B2B financial industry. Venture Lead of an originate-to-distribute (OTD) value proposition for bank-backed originators of receivables asset class. Turning invoices into smart contracts via security tokens.
→ VC SCOUT, MENTOR AND FRACTIONAL CFO: Actively scouting early-stage startups for OpenScout, Wefunder, GSD, Seedrs, Republic, and CrowdCube. Startup mentor in Startupbootcamp programs and the AWS Startup Lofts program.
→ THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: Author of educational videos on the pitfalls of startup life and how to navigate the world of VC investments. New videos are available daily on LinkedIn, Twitter, and TikTok.