SMART MOBILITY, SMART CITY, URBAN TECH, PROPTECH, RECOTECH, CLEANTECH PANEL

Elena Gusakovais the Founder ofAstra Global, a global business development company. She has close to ten years of business development experience, helping leading consulting companies and UBS, Zurich to find new clients among investors, business owners and high net worth individuals. Throughout her career, she conducted over 100 top tier client events, focused on increasing business revenues. She initiated a project at UBS aimed at converting events into revenue generating activities, which was approved and implemented by the bank. She regularly advises other companies and her recent consulting client grew their revenues 3x in 4 years.  At Astra Global, Elena focuses on facilitating collaboration between startups, investors, and corporations. Elena also advises startups on how to approach investors and make the first contact.Prior to career in business development, Elena spent eight years working as a M&A lawyer at private equity funds, leading cross border deals with the total deal amount exceeding $600M. She has a deep understanding on investment processes, investors main concerns, and is an experienced negotiator. Elena has graduated from Academy of Labour and Social Relations, Law faculty, Moscow, with highest honours, and holds EMBA from Columbia and London Business Schools.

ASTRA GLOBAL

Smart mobility, Smart city, Urban tech, Proptech, Recotech, Cleantech: leading VCs panel and pitching session

<a href="https://astraglobal.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Astra Global</a>, a global business development company, specializing in startup funding, in association with <a href="https://www.goldventuresinvestment.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gold Ventures</a>, present:SMART MOBILITY, SMART CITY, URBAN TECH, PROPTECH, RECOTECH, CLEANTECH: WHAT’S NEXT? The event consists of the startups battle (30 mins), investors panel (40 mins) followed by individual startups pitching sessions and Q&amp;A (40 mins).Over 30+ investors will hear from up to 15 carefully selected startups and vote for the best projects. The most interesting startup ideas will move to the next stage where will get a chance to pitch and get feedback from the leading investors. Over 50% of startups begin negotiations with investors as a result of our events. To date the total investment value is in excess of $20m.During the investors panel <ul><li>David Boulton, Investor in Private Equity at DIP Capital </li><li>Clara Ricard, Analyst at Balderton Capital </li><li>Daniel Lloreda, Founder/General Partner at H20 Capital Innovations </li><li>Bob Gillespie, Executive Director at Second Century Ventures</li><li>Franscisco Forbes, Global Director at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies</li><li>Kristen Palma, Venture Partner, VU Venture Partners//Stimulo</li><li>Luis Ruano Marrón, CEO at Ricari Venture Capital Rioja</li><li>Thomas Bigagli, Ventures at Plug and Play</li></ul>will share their thoughts on the latest trends and challenges the industry faces today, due to COVID situation, how has their deal flow recently changed? How has the ratio of seed, series A versus series B + investments has changed, what changes in portfolio companies are being implemented.Moderators: Valentina Shegoyan, Managing Partner, REACH UKSpeakersDavid Boulton, Investor in Private Equity at DIP CapitalDavid&#x27;s experience covers entrepreneurship, private equity, and venture capital. David is currently a VC deploying capital out of a $50m fund as part of the DIP Capital team and focuses on investing in tech-driven business models at the growth stage, with the potential to disrupt the old way of doing business within their given sector. Clara Ricard, Analyst at Balderton CapitaClara joined Balderton’s investment team in 2020. She spent the previous two years working as a consultant for Finalta, the McKinsey &amp; Company benchmarking solution for banks and insurance companies. During her time there, she helped running the McKinsey Venture Academy, a social venture competition. Prior to consulting, Clara worked in sales and product development at IHS Markit, focusing on growing regulatory compliance solutions in financial services. Clara holds a BSc in Management Science from University College London, where she minored in Machine Learning and Robotics.Daniel Lloreda, Founder/General Partner at H20 Capital InnovationsFounder of H20 Capital Innovation, a cross-border VC fund with operations in the US and LATAM, investing in Enterprise SaaS and Marketplace startups founded by disruptive entrepreneurs.Bob Gillespie, Executive Director at Second Century VenturesExecutive Director of the REACH Commercial Accelerator. Bob Gillespie is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in technology, leadership, operations and finance. He believes that the ability to build great teams is the most important factor for success. Companies Bob has founded have gone on to raise over $70M in venture funding with an enterprise value of over $200M. In an advisory role, he has worked extensively with over 100 companies, with his mentorship and network connections leading to new customers, partnerships and venture funding for the participating companies. Companies he has worked with as an Executive Consultant have gone on raise over $150M.Franscisco Forbes, Global Director at Hyperloop Transportation TechnologiesFranscisco Forbes is an entrepreneur, professor, and investor. He was Founder and CEO at Seed Digital; in-store analytics leader in Brazil. He was also a co-founder at Infracommerce, one of the most relevant e-commerce fulfillment companies in Latin America. Nowadays acts as board member, angel investor, professor and Global Director at Hyperloop Transportations Technologies. Kristen Palma, Venture Partner, VU Venture Partners//StimuloKristen Palma is a NYC based VC and startup consultant who is focused on sustainable businesses (not just clean-tech or green-tech, but businesses that can sustainably make an impact across various verticals. She co-founded Gratis, a non-profit dedicated to supporting sustainable business, and is the founder of Stimulo, a holding company dedicated to accelerating the market for sustainabilityThomas Bigagli, Ventures at Plug and PlayThomas is working at Plug and Play &gt;Tech Center, where he is leading the EMEA Smart Cities Ventures activities, from investments, startups acceleration to corporate innovation. He holds a Masters in Management from ESADE Business School and has won various competitions related to innovation such as the Harvard Pitch Contest. Fond of entrepreneurship and innovation, Thomas has created his first startup when he was 19 years old and kept on supporting existing startups during his spare time as a consultant.Luis Ruano Marrón, CEO at Ricari Venture Capital RiojaPhd Economics. MBA. CEO Ricari Venture Capital Rioja. Advisor. Business AngelsStartups Application Process: Startup stage: Seed, Series APlease take our <a href="https://mrqz.me/5ec4ec253b4ac50044bad809" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">free quiz</a> to understand if you are ready for raising capital: 1. Purchase a pitching ticket via Eventbrite for USD 290. 2. Prepare and send a 2 min video pitch about your startup and the idea. Note. Priority is given to startups with previous exit experience, seed money raised. We reserve the right to return your money/application, if we see that your startup is not at the suitable stage or not focused on the topic of the event (see more below).3. Attend the event on the selected date and wait for the voting results. 4. If you are selected, congratulations, you may now pitch and communicate with the interested investor in a separate Zoom room. 5. If you are not selected, you will get USD 200 refund (excluding Eventbrite booking fee).Please apply as soon as possible, as only 15 startups are allowed in the competition and only up to 6 startups will be invited for personal pitching.Agenda:5:00pm - 5:10pm CET: Opening remarks, Astra Global5:10pm - 5:40pm CET: Startups battle5:40pm - 6:20pm CET: Panel discussion6:20pm - 7:00pm CET: pitching, Q&amp;A and individual feedback &amp; networking sessions for each startup (separate Zoom rooms)

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