Nina Kuzmina
InvestorPrincipal at Significant Ventures
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
About
Has 10+ years in corporate and impact finance and has led 25+ investments across Europe, Asia, and Africa, focusing on sustainability, climate change, and economic inclusion.
Experience
- H3DBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentAustralia
- Significant VenturesPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Significant VenturesInvestment Manager2024 — 2025Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- EarthodicBoard Observercurrent2024 — presentBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
- EBRDPrincipal Banker, Food & Agribusiness2021 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- EBRDAssociate Banker, Food & Agribusiness2019 — 2021London, United Kingdom
- EBRDAnalyst, Food & Agribusiness2017 — 2018London, England, United Kingdom
- EBRDAnalyst, Graduate Programme - International Professionals Programme (IPP)2015 — 2017London, United Kingdom
- PwCConsultant, Transaction Services Advisory, Financial Due Diligence2015Moscow, Russia
- METRO/MAKRO Cash and CarryInternship, Finance & Accounting2014Düsseldorf Area, Germany
Education
- The University of BonnMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Economics2012 — 2014
- Higher School of EconomicsBachelor's degree, Economics2008 — 2012
Skills & more
EViews5Bloomberg3Screening2Portfolio Management2Venture Capital2Investment Management1Leveraged Finance3Research Skills4Applied Econometrics2Economic Statistics2Budgeting & Forecasting1Financial Statements3
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Project FinanceAgribusinessRenewablesPower PlantsRetailInternational Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)Market AnalysisValuationLoan OriginationMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)InnovationDeeptechLanguages English · Russian
- F1F9 Financial Modelling — F1F9
- CFA Level II passed in June 2017
From Nina's professional profile.
Colleagues at Significant Ventures
David Ireland
Partner at Significant Ventures
Fiona Hindmarsh
General Partner at Significant Ventures
Michele Troni
Partner at Significant Ventures
Peter Hodgson
Independent Chair at Significant Ventures
Rachel Zhao
Investment Analyst at Significant Ventures
Richard Cawsey
Investment Committee at Significant Ventures
Steve Hardy
Investment Committee at Significant Ventures
Tejas Tagra
Investment Team at Significant Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Nina Kuzmina work?
- Nina Kuzmina is Principal at Significant Ventures.
Same school
Also attended The University of Bonn23
Miriam UeberallTuring Labs AI; Ex-R&D at Flora Food Group, Kraft Heinz, Unilever at PeakBridge VCStella PaffenholzSenior Associate at Atlas VentureLennart SchlegelManager Investor Relations at FoodLabsChristophe WagnerInterim CFO at FoodLabsPetra KurschatTeam Manager at Seed+SpeedDaniel ValenzuelaVenture Partner at World Fund
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Also attended Higher School of Economics33
Olga ChumanskayaInvestor at Khosla VenturesAriadne Lemieux-CumberlegeSenior Associate at Partech VenturesYulia ZhukovaPartner, General Counsel at RTP GlobalAziza SatybaldyevaAssociate at DOMiNO VenturesVadim KoleoshkinVenture Partner at Polymorphic CapitalNataly LaktionovaMarketing, Portfolio Development at Polymorphic Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Significant Ventures7
Fiona HindmarshGeneral Partner at Significant VenturesMichele TroniPartner at Significant VenturesDavid IrelandPartner at Significant VenturesTejas TagraInvestment Team at Significant VenturesRachel ZhaoInvestment Analyst at Significant VenturesKen KroegerFund Manager at ACTivate Capital
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Also worked at Earthodic1
Also worked at EBRD34
Anya RajaniAssociate at Sapphire VenturesChristophe BourqueGeneral Partner at White Star CapitalRichard SobelPartner, Strategic Development at Polymorphic CapitalSunil SabharwalAdvisor at SPiCE VCSarah ShackeltonAdvisor at Delin VenturesHans MarteauManaging Partner at Astanor Ventures
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