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Olga Shikhantsova

Partner (Fintech) at Speedinvest | Forbes 30 under 30

London, England

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Seed

Locations:

Berlin, Germany

  • Min Investment:

    $55,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $2,500,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Corporate Finance
Economics
Data Analysis
Business Valuation
Financial Analysis
Financial Modeling
Due Diligence
Market Research
IFRS
Private Equity
Venture Capital
Strategy
Investments
Portfolio Management
Microsoft Excel
PowerPoint
Critical Thinking
Teamwork
Leadership

Education

Investments

Vitt

Seed

Total Funding: $16M

Fiat Republic

Seed

Total Funding: $10M

Rho Protocol

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Rollee

Seed

Total Funding: $4M

Finary

Seed

Total Funding: $15M

Nook

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $3M

Work Experience

Speedinvest

2021

  • Partner

    2022

  • Principal

    2021 - 2022

    - Lead of Seed fintech / insurtech investments in Europe

Target Global

2017 - 2021

  • Investment Manager

    2020 - 2021

    - Lead of fintech investments and activities at Target Global - Companies: Rapyd, Zego, Kuda, Finom, Copper, Cobee, TransactionLink, Sharegain, Omni:us, First Digital Assets Group, Osome, Bestdoctor, NWTN, Pravoved.ru

  • Associate

    2017 - 2020

Binomial Ventures

2016 - 2017

  • Investment Associate

    2016 - 2017

    - 3 deals closed in Fintech, FoodTech, Marketing Tech Selected companies: Raisin, Foodfox (now Yandex.Eda), Yieldify

FinSight Ventures

2016 - 2016

  • Analyst

    2016 - 2016

    - Research & analysis of investment opportunities in European markets Selected companies: Busfor, FinexKap

FINTECH_FAB

2015 - 2016

  • Project Manager

    2015 - 2016

    - E-Health and FinTech projects: strategy development and preparation to the EU acceleration programs

National Research University — Higher School of Economics

2014 - 2015

  • Research Intern

    2014 - 2015

    - Research published: Stepanova A., Shikhantsova O. Insider Ownership and Firm Performance in BRIC Countries: The Analysis of 2003–2013 // Russian Management Journal, V.13, N1, 2015.

Procter & Gamble

2014 - 2014

  • Intern in Financial Department

    2014 - 2014

    - Financial analysis of "Sampling & gifts" programs across all brands; costs & tax structure optimization