Aurelia Ventures

Wen Wen is a venture capitalist at Aurelia Ventures who previously founded a software startup. Wen holds a finance-focused MBA with a concentration in venture capital, financial modeling, and entrepreneurship, and has lived and worked across Dubai, Hong Kong, Berlin, and Singapore over the past decade.

Aditya Kumar is the founder of Insanely Good Coffee, which sources from select producers in Colombia, Panama, and Ethiopia. Previously, he led the HubSpot Startups program across APAC, working with venture capital firms and ecosystem enablers to support growth-stage companies. He has six years of experience in go-to-market strategy and international expansion at a venture-backed B2B platform startup in India, with focus on Southeast Asia market development.

Ahmet Ugur Yilmaz previously served as Creative Strategy and Performance Marketing Lead at Meta, where he spent nearly a decade working on advertising solutions. His experience includes running global campaigns for luxury fashion brands, scaling lead-generation efforts, and developing generative AI marketing strategies with e-commerce platforms.

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Ari Franklin has co-founded startups, built teams, and led organization-wide change within a Fortune 500 company. Their background spans e-commerce, logistics, digital media, and retail, with a focus on team-building and identifying problems worth solving.

Bob Upham has been a company founder and head of business development at two funded startups, and previously managed portfolio platforms at an early-stage global VC and led strategic partnerships at Visa and Yahoo. He works with startups as a speaker, pitch judge, mentor, and advisor at incubators and accelerators, and teaches an entrepreneurship boot camp at UC Berkeley.

Brad Bowery leads a global team at Zendesk responsible for VC partnerships, marketing, program experience, customer community, and customer success within the Zendesk for Startups program.

Carl Hinrichsen has worked in startup, scale-up, and corporate environments across the US and international markets. He previously built Meta's global advertising reseller program, the Authorized Sales Partner program, growing it into a multi-billion dollar business by scaling revenue 60x over four years and expanding into 40 additional countries.

Dmitry Stavisky is a startup advisor who works with technology companies entering domestic and international markets. He was a member of the founding teams of two companies that reached unicorn status, has led teams, and previously wrote software for several startups and built numerical climate models. His background includes three exits, two CEO roles, and multiple pivots.

Facundo Gomez Vera has worked as a Product Manager with a focus on growth. He has developed and launched five ventures from ideation to commercialization, reaching thousands of users, and has built and led technical teams of more than 20 people. His areas of interest include AgriTech and Cleantech.

Fernanda Baker has more than eight years of experience working with the startup community in Silicon Valley. She has supported over 1,000 founders by connecting them with strategic partners and potential regional investors, and works with local stakeholders to expand business opportunities and brand awareness.

Giuseppe Belpiede has over eight years of experience in technology and early-stage, fast-growing startups. After graduating from the LSE, he co-founded hellofood for Latin America, a Rocket Internet-backed food delivery app that raised more than $100M in funding, where he managed a business of around 300 employees.

Jennifer Rhima has more than eight years of experience in partnerships and business development spanning the travel, fintech, banking, and SaaS industries. She has managed collaborations with banks, payment gateways, tourism boards, hotel chains, retail brands, media agencies, and loyalty programs. Her areas of expertise include cross-cultural communication, lead generation, negotiation, and sales and outreach automation.

Joachim Koch is President and CEO of Aspiration Marketing and holds board memberships in retail and technology startups. His functional experience covers sales and marketing, operations, and mergers and acquisitions across large global organizations, startups, and mid-size firms.

Joyce Zhang Gray was the first employee at fintech startup Human Interest, which grew into a unicorn. She is co-founder and CEO of Alariss, a global expansion partner, and has worked across private and public sectors, governments, multinational corporations, and startups in various countries.

Julia Park is a sales professional with nine years of experience working at mission-driven and impact-focused startups and scale-ups. Her background spans fintech/B2B SaaS, natural CPG, and hospitality/service.

A growth-focused operator and investor with experience in product-led growth, venture capital, and community building, having worked at Neo4j, MongoDB, and other high-growth companies. Moved to Denver in 2019.

Kyle Croyle is an enterprise SaaS executive who has led teams across Customer Success, Operations, Business Development, and Product Strategy. He works as a startup advisor, strategist, and investor.

Leonardo Ang has over 15 years of experience leading international sales, marketing, and business development across Latin America, North America, Europe, and Africa. His expertise centers on sales, marketing, and customer success consulting for sustainable B2B business between global technology companies and Brazilian companies.

Lev Parker leads business development efforts within the investment community for Drata, a security compliance automation platform. He has established multiple partnership programs across the tech and investment sectors, focusing on developing partner initiatives and value propositions.

LouAnn Conner is a global operations professional focused on scaling organizations, team building, and maturing operations. She has worked with more than 80 companies worldwide and advises early-stage startups as an interim and fractional COO and CHRO. She also works on corporate governance and setting up and improving boards for early-stage companies.

Manoj Sarma is Director of Product Management at Semperis, where he focuses on identity security, AI governance, and Zero Trust architecture. With over 15 years at Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Semperis, he has led product development across cloud networking and cybersecurity platforms, including work on Azure's networking and access infrastructure. His experience spans both early-stage product launches and scaling existing products to revenues between $50M and $200M.

Miquel Bombardó is a growth marketer with over four years of experience in B2B startups and SaaS product-led growth, with a focus on affiliates management.

Nemanja Mirkovic has built four businesses over the past ten years, including SleepAdvisor.org, which he co-founded and grew to more than 1 million monthly visitors and over 40 million users. He is currently building a portfolio of online businesses and documenting the process on LinkedIn.

Peter Kwiatkowski is a Program Manager and Regional Director Europe for Industrial Cooperation and Offset at GE Aerospace with over 8 years of experience in business growth and program operations. His background spans supply chain management, business development, and strategic operations, with expertise in implementing operational plans, managing cross-functional teams, and translating between business and technical stakeholders. He currently serves as Program Manager at Aurelia Ventures while continuing his role at GE Aerospace.

Sebastian Galonska worked on and managed the technical framework for StudiVZ, one of Germany's largest social networks, and was part of the founding team of the real estate investment platform BERGFÜRST. In 2015 he founded Kontist, a banking service for freelancers in Germany. He now works as a CTO coach and mentor.