1991 Mentors

Strategic Marketing Leader with 9+ years in tech and consumer electronics, delivering high-impact 360° campaigns, data-driven paid media, and CRM strategies across European markets.

Currently serving as EU Channel Partner Marketing Lead at Samsung Electronics UK, where is maximizing sales performance through data collaboration and co-CRM programs. Previously led brand marketing team for Samsung Ukraine & Moldova, achieving significant growth in brand awareness and consideration. Known for driving measurable business outcomes, leading cross-functional teams, and building high-performing brand and retail collaborations across digital and omnichannel ecosystems.

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Has 12+ years of experience leading marketing for international technology companies and digital products. Specialises in go-to-market strategy, growth marketing, brand positioning, communications, and building scalable marketing systems from the ground up.
Founder of Octogamma, a marketing agency helping tech, fintech, AI, and Web3 companies build smart marketing strategies and execute high-impact campaigns that drive growth.
Mentor at Astana Hub, a government-backed tech acceleration hub.
Has mentored and implemented marketing for 60+ tech projects.

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Kateryna is a technical product leader with 17+ years of experience building, scaling, and securing complex IT products, currently focused on Product Management in EnergyTech and ClimateTech domain. She brings deep technical and product expertise across the full product lifecycle, aligning product strategy with engineering, security, and business goals to deliver resilient, scalable, and compliant solutions. Her work emphasizes organizational development, cross-functional collaboration, and achieving strong product–market fit.

Startup Pitch Coach | Speaker & Moderator. She's trained over 600 startups - many from deeptech, medtech, AI, defense industry. Helps tech founders talk like humans.

With over nine years of work experience in international, governmental and private companies in Lithuania and abroad. As the Investors Guru at Startup Lithuania, she excels at creating valuable connections.

Specializes in operational support roles where payments, risk, and compliance requirements intersect with customer experience.

She is a co-founder and CEO of Quoroom, the most advanced deal management and investor relations software for private markets. She's served as Senior Executive at investment services companies and organizations. She has over 15 years of experience in project management, capital markets and finance, financial market transformations and reforms, investors and government relations, multi-stakeholder collaboration and international relationships, research and analytics. She is also a founder and CEO at emerging company Impactsee, portfolio mapping and management software.

Results-driven leader with 15+ years in international business, specializing in strategic growth, team motivation, and operational excellence. Passionate about driving change, optimizing sales processes, and building high-performing teams.

Experienced Head of RnD with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive and information services industry. Skilled in Project Management, having strong technological background.

Anna has over 18 years of experience in corporate, venture capital, and startups. Her expertise includes performance improvement through leading advisory firms like EY and PwC. Mentoring over 250 startups to date.

20+ years of experience in B2B Marketing & Sales across multinational companies. Specializes in IT solutions, Pharma, and Tech, with strong expertise in digital transformation.

Marketing leader and Fractional CMO with 10+ years of experience scaling B2B SaaS companies. Superpower in building GTM and growth strategies, driving up to 8× annual growth.

Helps B2B companies find and secure clients through targeted, multichannel lead generation strategies. Optimizes lead generation strategies, including inbound and outbound campaigns.

More than 10 years of experience in law. Head of AI and IT Law. Legal Advisor at the Association for Ethics and Integrity in AI (AIEI). AI Sandbox Expert from the Ministry of Digital Economy.

A technology and strategy advisor with 20+ years of international experience in data, AI and blockchain solutions. He now supports boards through Headmark Advisory.

Expert in business strategy, innovation, and process optimisation.

Lawyer focused on tech deals and commercial contracts. Runs Ventures'n'Law, dedicated exclusively to tech companies in Romania.

Founder of Ringy, one of the fastest-growing startups in CEE focused on the circular economy.

Former VC turned operator, now leading growth at a manufacturing scale-up. Co-founded a drone tech spinout and brings deep understanding of the founder journey.

Povilas Urbonas is a seasoned innovation strategist and ecosystem builder, with extensive experience nurturing early-stage ventures across the tech and sustainability sectors. Currently leading growth initiatives and partnerships at the nexus of public policy, corporate innovation, and startup acceleration.

🇪🇺 #EU Startups Scout, Mentor, Investor. Specializes in the CEE founder mindset, founder-investor alignment. ex-WeWork Labs Manager, ex-Bolt. Sociologist with Executive MBA.

An experienced leader who has built and scaled numerous startups. Strong suits are business strategy, finance, go-to-market strategy, data driven decision making. Currently offering strategic consulting to startups and scaleups.

30 years in IT business, serial entrepreneur. Done angel investing, moved to angel syndicate VC, business advisor for private clients, mentor in dozen of European startup accelerators.

Matthew Scheepers is a behavioural scientist and founder of Get Prept. His work draws on psychology, neuroscience to understand how people communicate and make decisions under pressure.