VB

Vytautas Balsys

Partner at Eight Roads Ventures

London, England

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner, Portfolio Management and Business Operations

    2022

  • Principal, Portfolio Management and Business Operations

    2019 - 2021

  • Vice President

    2016 - 2019

  • Senior Associate

    2014 - 2016

2012 - 2014

  • Engagement Manager

    2014 - 2014

    Focused on digital strategy, transformational change, and operating model design topics Member of FIG (Financial Institutions Group) practice and the Business Technology Office (BTO)

  • Associate

    2012 - 2014

    Advised blue-chip clients in the banking, TMT and logistics sectors on a variety of strategic topics Helped shape some of the most ambitious change programmes in the European banking industry

2011 - 2011

  • Intern, Group Strategy

    2011 - 2011

    Helped develop propositions strategy for group's energy supply and services business Built a detailed financial model to quantify the impact of low carbon technologies

2009 - 2010

  • Managing Director

    2009 - 2010

    Led Lithuanian business of a top 3 insurance brokerage group in the Baltic States Youngest member of group senior executive team (top 10 among ~170 employees)

2008 - 2009

  • Manager, Group Technology

    2008 - 2009

    Promoted in six months to lead 6 professionals in the group technology department Directed multinational project teams building innovative business-critical software

2005 - 2007

  • Systems Architect

    2007 - 2007

    Promoted to systems architect in 2 years (3 times faster than average, youngest in the firm) Alna Software is custom software arm of one of the largest IT companies in the Baltic States

  • Software Engineer

    2005 - 2006