Urban Impact Ventures

Has over 15 years of legal and compliance experience across international asset managers such as NN Investment Partners, ACTIAM, and PGGM, as well as tech firms and Deloitte. Holds an LL.M and post-graduate law degrees.

Brings over 14 years of PE and VC experience in the CEE region focused on clean energy and technology, including roles with Karoll-affiliated Advance Equity Holding and Energy Invest. A Chartered Financial Analyst with an economics degree from Central European University.

Founder of equity crowdfunding platform Symbid and a Horizon 2020 reviewer for the European Commission. Recognized in alternative finance, startups, and entrepreneurial management, with degrees from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Has over 20 years of private equity and entrepreneurial experience across technology, telecom, mobility, real estate, renewable energy, and agriculture, plus investment banking at Deutsche Bank and UBS. Holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Investment management professional with roles at State Street, ABN AMRO, Fortis, ING Investment Management, and Standard Chartered Ventures. Based in Singapore, she is a fellow and guest lecturer on emerging technologies and digital transformation.

Professor of Urban Development Management at Delft University of Technology and Principal Investigator at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, focused on urban governance challenges.

Board member, academic, and investor working at the intersection of technology and impact. Affiliate Professor at HEC Paris, member of the EU Blockchain Observatory, and lead author of an IFC-World Bank report on blockchain.

Formerly Head of Investment and Business Development at the Sofia Investment Agency and Director of Digitalization and Innovation at Sofia Municipality, with a focus on urban innovation and digital transformation. Holds an MBA from the American University in Bulgaria.

CEE representative of M&A advisory firm TFC Capital with an extensive private equity and executive search background, including leading AMROP Poland and financial services practices.

Client Solutions Manager at BNP Paribas Asset Management and former Chief Investment Officer of ACTIAM NV, with prior capital markets and risk management roles at ABN Amro, JP Morgan, Swiss Re, and Deloitte.

Previously Chief Market Strategist at Telelink Bulgaria and part of Telelink Group's M&A team. Holds a BA in Economics and MA in Finance and Banking from Sofia University.