1991 Mentors

Startup advisor and investor with strong experience in venture development and startup growth.

Corporate finance partner advising on cross-border M&A, IPOs, venture capital, and ESG.

Founder and CEO focused on legal tech innovation.

Senior account manager with experience in the UK public sector. Proven track record in managing complex government sales and tender processes.

Optimises and structures processes for 20+ startups.

Has over 25 years of experience in product management and e-commerce across a wide range of sectors.

Works across export support, team building, strategy, business development, and sales.

Manages relationships with a wide range of investors, from local angels to leading venture capital firms.

Has experience in launching, scaling, and investing in startups. At Sifted, leads the development and execution of Sifted Pitch Days.

Founder of Short Story Ventures, a venture studio that helps early-stage startups build a fundable startup brand.

A leading health tech innovator and NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) alumnus, having scaled and exited multiple digital health companies. He has previously been recognised as one of the top 100 HealthTech Influencers.

Dan’s experiences include VC-backed, bootstrapped, and agency businesses - the most recent exit saw Conversocial acquired by a US public company for $50M.His role has always been as the technical co-founder, which has also involved much leadership and operations work.He has been an official mentor on the Founder Institute London programme.

Oleksandr serves on the boards of various startups as a venture investor. He has experience in fundraising, finance and business planning, business development and growth, as well as handling rather unusual situations (founder disputes and sharp revenue declines).

Yevhenia has been supporting technology businesses for approximately 10 years. She consults companies working in products and services, focusing on the strategic development of innovative projects.

Vasyl has extensive experience in traditional finance and asset management. He is skilled at guiding limited partners towards meaningful investments and has a strong track record in strategic investing, asset allocation, and capital management.

Daniel has equipped 8 companies with data-driven strategies that helped secure over $20 million in funding and double key performance metrics. His expertise spans user acquisition, retention, conversion optimisation, and more.

Oksana has experience in product management and new market expansion, business development and partnership relations, fundraising, creating investor pitch decks, and investor relations.

Mikko-Pekka Hanski is a founder of the Ministry of Good Spirit — a social impact growth platform. Good Spirit community has over 100 companies and impact NGOs like Fornemus and Stories of the Nation NGO.

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Also, he is a co-founder of Idean, a global innovation & design company. Idean was acquired by Capgemini 2017. Key competencies are strategic concept design skills, digital strategy creation, qualitative market research, international sales and business development, global networks, focus on imagination, and opportunity hunting.

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He is the chairperson at YTK — the largest unemployment fund in Finland; a chairperson at Juuriharja Consulting; and a member of the board for Kovanen Capital — a family office.

He has been with Hubspot for 6+ years and was instrumental in breaking into the Benelux, MENA & Africa regions for Hubspot Sales. 

Alongside this Eoin is a Entrepreneur & Angel Investor who currently is the Founder & MD of 2 businesses. In 2012 he had his first successful exit at the age of 22 a company he founded when he was 17.

He was also the Head of Sales for a Startup with a sales team of 9 and grew the business from $1.2m ARR to $4.8m ARR in 14 months.

Provides comprehensive business consultancy on Ukrainian and international taxation and corporate structuring. Has extensive experience working with IT companies, including startups, foreign investments, and Ukrainian and international clients. Lead of a pro bono project creating tax guides for Ukrainians who have left Ukraine due to the war and relocated to European countries.

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He has progressed from IT recruiter to board member of an IT outsourcing company with a focus on the US, EU, and UK markets.

Core expertise:

• Scaling up and operational efficiency
• Helping early-stage startups with effective management and workflow organisation
• Strategic planning
• New business development and outbound marketing
• Organisation, hiring, planning, and launching sales, marketing, HR, recruitment, and finance functions, as well as improving operational efficiency
• Corporate data analytics, reporting, and decision-making

An expert in strategy, systems thinking, anthropology, sustainable development, and inclusivity.

She has 16 years of entrepreneurial experience and 5,000+ hours of consulting in HR and recruitment. She has worked with clients from 28 countries, from Singapore to Canada. An expert in Executive Search.

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He has extensive experience advising both established businesses and startups as a legal counsel. His client portfolio includes a diverse range of companies, from those providing cybersecurity services to standard outsourcing firms. He was co-founder and Chief Legal Officer of the IT business legal boutique Moris.tech, and at one time laid the groundwork at the Ukrainian Startup Fund.

Has mentored and supported more than 300 startup teams across various stages of development. Using the venture tracking methodology, he helps startups identify their target audience, develop a compelling value proposition, build sustainable business models, and prepare investor-ready presentations and pitches.