KZ

Kyrill Zlobenko

Entrepreneur | Fractional CRO & GTM | Investor

Berlin, Berlin

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $8,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Entrepreneurship
Business Development
Leadership
Product Development
Management
Business Planning
Business Strategy
Strategy
Risk Management
Project Management
Analytics
New Business Development
Analysis
Market Research
Marketing
E-commerce
Marketing Strategy
Data Analysis
Advertising

Education

Work Experience

2024

  • Fractional CRO & GTM lead

    2024

  • Executive Track Member

    2020

    Pavilion was founded in 2016 as a support network for revenue leaders. Kyrill is an Executive Track Member (Berlin) at Pavilion & a Revenue Growth Architecture School Graduate (July 2021).

Seed & Pre-seed

2012

  • Angel Investor

    2012

    Since 2012, Kyrill has been investing as an angel in European and US tech startups through angel syndicates, funds, accelerators, as well as through secondaries and ECF platforms. Notable deals in Kyrill's angel portfolio include: - Mootral.com (backed by Lowercarbon Capital / Chris Sacca) - Restream.io (backed by Insight Partners and Sapphire Ventures) - Vade.ai (backed by Upfront Ventures / Mark Suster) - Nothing.tech (backed by Animoca Brands and Tony Fadell) - Mate.bike (backed by Marcy Venture Partners / JAY Z) - Taster (backed by Battery Ventures and Global Founders Capital) - Y combinator companies: Fathom, Typewise, Coinrule - The Syndicate (by Jason Calacanis): Giggster, Steezy, Cake Equity, Vincent, Grin - Fund investments: Passion Capital, Hambro Perks, JamJar, G Force (by Founders Factory)

  • Student Mentor

    2023

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  • Curator

    2023 - 2024

    Dua Pa fosters Black art worldwide by supporting emerging artists through a network of collectors & curators.

2016 - 2024

  • Venture Partner

    2021 - 2024

    Seedrs (acquired by Republic in 2022) is a leading pan-European investment platform with over £2.8 billion in raised capital and 2300+ funded firms, authorized and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

  • Head of Europe

    2019 - 2021

    As Head of Europe at Seedrs from 2016 to 2021, Kyrill spearheaded a team that raised over €180M for 140+ European ventures, setting several notable milestones, including the largest and fastest European equity-crowdfunding campaigns. Kyrill was responsible for driving EU revenue growth, ensuring that revenue targets were met while building a high-performing sales team across 2 regional offices (Berlin and Amsterdam).

  • Regional Manager Northern Europe

    2018 - 2019

    As the Regional Manager overseeing Northern European operations (DACH, Nordics, Baltics), Kyrill was responsible for the end-to-end success of the business in the region. Building a high-performing team, while driving revenue growth and ensuring that revenue targets were met.

  • Regional Manager DACH

    2016 - 2018

    As the Regional Manager overseeing DACH operations, Kyrill was responsible for the end-to-end success of the business in the region. He led the charge in setting up sales strategies, identifying and validating product-market fit, and scaling operations to meet demand.

2015 - 2024

  • Angel Investor

    2015 - 2024

    Founders like Alex and Andrew (co-founders of Restream) are truly rare to find. I was privileged to have met them both in their early Restream days and assisted a bit by helping them scale into the US market 🇺🇲

2014 - 2022

  • Mentor

    2014 - 2022

    The Founder Institute is the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. Since 2009, we have helped over 5000 startups raise over $1B+ and build some of the world's fastest-growing companies 🌱

  • Country Adviser, Ukraine

    2015 - 2017

    International Accelerator is designed to help non-US founders raise funds and expand their startups in the US. IA's Ukrainian success story is Restream.io (a multi-streaming service with Fortune 500 clients) that Kyrill has helped source🕵️

2014 - 2016

  • COO | Founding Member

    2014 - 2016

    Joined as the first employee in the Munich HQ approx 6 months after eCozy was founded. We've built and marketed premium connected home devices (mostly IoT thermostats) in the DACH market 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭