Startups across the globe face the same problems such as small domestic market and the shortage of funding. Ask VC and GoGlobal World host an online panel discussion with experts from Israel, Chile, Baltics, Africa, and Singapore. We will cover the problems and best practices which startups in these geographies employ to overcome the limitations as well as market specifics and barriers to entry.

Video recording.

Panelists

David Fernández is Chief Growth Officer at Start-Up Chile, one of the best business accelerator programs in Latin America. David is leading the strategy to create and secure growth opportunities for the Start-Up Chile Portfolio (more than 1000 active startups) and other scaleups. David supports startups and scaleups by providing: talent management opportunities, match with big corporations, access to private funding, and access to global markets. David studied business at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico) and an Innovation Master's degree at the Pontificia Universidad Católica (Chile).

Adam Beck is Partner & CTO at Surround Ventures, an Israeli VC focusing on the media, entertainment, sports, and e-commerce sectors. Adam has 20+ year experience in IT business. He is a founder at UNIT Group, an international IT services and end-to-end solutions provider designed to help clients improve their competitiveness and efficiency.

Dmitrij Sosunov is a Partner & MD for FinTech accelerator at Startup Wise Guys, the leading B2B startup accelerator in Europe. Prior to joining Startup Wise Guys Dmitrij held various positions and contributed to the development of various public organizations and R&D companies as well as running his own business.

Claudia Makadristo is a Regional Manager for Africa at SeedStars, a global venture capital fund & accelerator investing in early-stage tech startups in emerging markets. Seedstars is active in 25+ African countries and 80 countries across the world to find the best early stage startups, analyze local ecosystems and work with public and private partners to invest in and support entrepreneurs locally and across the world through a variety of competition, acceleration, incubation and education programs.

Olzhas Zhiyenkulov is a CEO at Paladigm Capital, a Singapore based boutique fund house, and a Principal at Tesla Capital, a Singapore early stage impact VC. He is a fund manager and an impact investor with over 10 years of experience in asset management, insurance, brokerage, investment strategy, financial modelling, anti-money laundering, company and industry research and due diligence.

Guy Zbarsky is a Managing Partner at Sabra Capital, Venture Partner at AltaIR Capital (#2 most active VC in Israel), and a founder at Keepgo, SevenCarat, NPO SvoiBiz Startups mentor and public speaker. Guy holds two B.Sc. degrees and an MBA from the Technion IIT; Executive PON from Harvard; IDF Major in reserve, NAUI Divemaster and Karate black belt.

Denis Kalyshkin is a Principal at I2BF Global Ventures, a New York early stage VC. Denis has 6+ year experience investing globally in boring and unsexy industries like Manufacturing, Construction, or Utility disrupted by Frontier Tech such as Vertical SaaS, AI, AR, VR, IoT, Robotics & Automation, and other B2B solutions. Prior to joining I2BF he held various positions in investment management, sales, and analytics in banks VC, and energy companies and was a co-founder in an AdTech startup.

Vladislav Zdorenko is a CEO & co-founder at Startech.vc, an accelerator and technology entrepreneurship development company. He is an expert in business development and global expansion for startups.

About Ask VC

Ask VC is a non-profit initiative promoting entrepreneurship in Emerging countries. We leveraging our VC experience to help startups with a wide range of issues. We also hold webinars, workshops and feedback sessions for startups and students, and partner with local acceleration programs.

Go Global World is a free English speaking community for entrepreneurs to connect globally to get them closer to global capital, customers, and like-minded people.