JP

Jugoslav Petkovic

Likes to try new things

Miami, Florida

Investor

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $0.00

  • Max Investment:

    $0.00

  • Target Investment:

    $0.00

Skills

Entrepreneurship
E-commerce
Product Development
Product Management
New Business Development
Start-ups
Business Strategy
Marketing
Digital Marketing
Marketing Strategy
Social Media Marketing
Web Development
Web Analytics
Social Media

Education

Investments

Eurosender

Seed

Total Funding: $590K

Loyalis

Angel

Total Funding:

Zesty

Seed Round

Total Funding: $16M

Sayduck

Seed

Total Funding: $500K

Work Experience

Flaviar

2012

  • co-founder & CEO

    2012

Silicon Gardens Fund II

2019

  • Investor and Investment Committee Member

    2019

Yougo.vc

2012

  • Founder

    2012

    Yougo.vc helps entrepreneurs establish and grow their businesses. Yougo.vc is a personal angel fund and a loosely organized agency of growth specialists.

Povio

2012 - 2013

  • Executive Chairman

    2012 - 2013

    Povio is a new kind of photo sharing app. It's genuine & spontaneous, generating content that otherwise wouldn’t be created or shared. Y Combinator W2014 alum. I worked with the team to build and launch the product in the U.S.

CEED Slovenia

2012 - 2013

  • program advisor

    2012 - 2013

    I helped organize a training program for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs who want to launch new products to market in a lean & efficient way. It's giving tools to startups and teaching bigger companies lessons from startups.

Slovenian Basketball Association

2010 - 2012

  • Vice President

    2010 - 2012

    During this time Slovenia won the European Basketball Championship bid.

mimovrste d.o.o.

2006 - 2011

  • advisor

    2011 - 2011

    After being the CEO of the company tasked with restructuring the company and installing new management, I stayed onboard to make sure the transition was as smooth as possible.

  • CEO

    2006 - 2011

    Managing the biggest on-line store in Slovenia. Leading two projects of restructuring to cope with exponential growth. Setting the strategy on the company level and in some cases on department level. Leading the R&D and marketing departments. Took the company from approx. €5M in revenue to €20M and from 20 employees to 80, while winning several accolades for best employer, best fast growing company, family friendly workplace and best on-line service and/or website.

Government of the Republic of Slovenia

2010 - 2011

  • Member of the Information Society Council to the Prime Minister

    2010 - 2011

    Helped shape digital strategies of Slovenia.

Obcina Jesenice (City of Jesenice)

2010 - 2011

  • Member of the Strategic Development Council

    2010 - 2011

Domenca d.o.o.

2001 - 2010

  • CEO

    2006 - 2010

    Managing the leading provider of domain registration, web hosting and development of internet projects. Led the restructuring from a classic outsource agency to an added value development partner. This paid off heavily during the 2008-2011 financial crisis, which didn't slow down growth of the company. On the domain registration and web hosting side led the project of implementing an advanced IT system, which enabled the company to introduce new products to the market, which weren't available before. The company won several accolades for best employer, family friendly workplace and best on-line service (also for its clients).

  • CTO

    2005 - 2008

  • Head of Engineering

    2004 - 2005

  • e-commerce manager

    2001 - 2004