About
Co-founder of Dwelly, an AI-enabled roll-up consolidating the UK's letting and property management market. Advises founders on roll-up strategies, debt financing, M&A and scaling tech-enabled services.
Experience
- DwellyCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2023 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Go Global WorldCo-Founder & CTO2022 — 2023Palo Alto, California, United States
- GalateoFounder & CEO2021 — 2023Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area
- Career BreakTravel2021
- PIK ArendaCo-founder & CTO2018 — 2021Moscow, Russia
- UberEngineering Contractor2016 — 2018Kyiv Moscow Saint-Peterburg
- TheQuestionSoftware Engineer, Product Manager2014 — 2015Worldwide
- ZEST.TOCo-Founder, CTO2010 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Saint Petersburg State UniversityInformation Technology Advisor2013St Petersburg City, Russia
- Aquarely - web studioCo-founder, CEO2008 — 2011St Petersburg City, Russia
- The Lost World (MMORPG)Founder2004 — 2007Saint-Petersburg
Education
- Stanford UniversityProfessional Education, Engineering Leadership Program2024 — 2025
- Saint Petersburg State UniversityMaster of Applied Informatics, Artificial Intelligence2011 — 2013
- Higher School of EconomicsSocial Management2011 — 2012
- Saint Petersburg State UniversityEconomics2011 — 2012
- Saint Petersburg State UniversityBachelor of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Computational physics2007 — 2011
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Strategic Leadership3Internet SoftwareSocial Networking12Networking7Entrepreneurship5Product Development3Artificial Intelligence3Project Management2Economics2Applied Mathematics1Ontologies1
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EngineeringMemcachedNegotiationTeam ManagementTeam MotivationStrategic PlanningCommunicationIdeas DevelopmentUnixJavaScriptjQueryMySQLLanguages English · German · Russian · Ukrainian
- Engineering Leadership Program — Stanford University School of Engineering
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- Where does Dan Lifshits work?
- Dan Lifshits is Venture Partner at Begin Capital.
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