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Team
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Viktoriya Tigipko
FOUNDING PARTNER
LinkedInViktoriya is the Managing Partner of TA Ventures, who founded the fund in late 2010. Prior to her work at TA Ventures, Viktoriya led multiple business initiatives in construction and machinery distribution, created the largest IT conference in CEE, IDCEE.
In addition, Viktoriya is the Founder of ICLUB (a high-profile co-investor club), the President of Odesa International Film Festival (the largest film festival in CEE by audience size), the Chairman of the Ukrainian Film Academy Supervisory Board and the co-founder of WTECH (the first community for female leaders in tech in Ukraine). Since 2021 Viktoriya is the Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Startup Fund.
Viktoriya earned her M.S. from Kyiv National Economics University and Vienna University of Economics and Business and MBA from UC Berkeley.
Stepan Naumov
Venture Partner
LinkedInStepan is a Venture Partner at TA Ventures based in the Netherlands. Stepan focuses on deal sourcing in the Benelux, Nordics, UK, and US markets. Additionally, Stepan is involved in LP (fund) investments.
Stepan has more than 6 years of experience in Venture Capital and Private Equity and was previously an Investment Manager in the Private Equity team at PGGM, a Dutch asset manager with c. EUR 230bn AUM, where he focused on Technology and Growth-stage investments.
Stepan obtained a master's degree in Finance & Investments from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Oleg Malenkov
PARTNER
LinkedInOleg is a Partner at TA Ventures based in Los Angeles. Oleg focuses on deal sourcing in the US, West Coast and Ukraine with a core interest in Consumer Tech and provides added value to the portfolio companies.
Oleg has more than 6 years of experience in Startups and Venture-building (co-founded Concepter HQ – an accelerator and venture builder in Consumer Tech).
Oleg obtained a master's degree in Computer science at the Donetsk National Technical University and the University of Portsmouth.
Pawel Schapiro
VENTURE PARTNER
LinkedInPawel is a Venture Partner at TA Ventures, mainly responsible for the fund’s activity in Western Europe and Israel with a special interest in Mobility/Automotive Tech and Digital Health.
Pawel has more than 10 years of experience in Startups & VC. Before joining TA Ventures in early 2017, he worked in operational and VC roles at Rocket Internet and Creathor Ventures.
Pawel earned his master’s degree in Media Management from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Igor Semenov
VENTURE PARTNER
LinkedInIgor Semenov is a Venture Partner at TA Ventures; he has been with the fund since its inception in 2010. Igor is a pioneer of Ukrainian VC industry. Prior to TA Ventures, he worked as an Investment Manager at AVentures Capital, the first local Ukrainian VC Fund.
Before AVentures, Igor was an Investment Associate at Western NIS Enterprise Fund, a regional PE fund, funded by the US government.
At TA Ventures, Igor covers the fund’s activity in Europe and the US with a primary focus on Digital Health and DeepTech.
Borys Budonyi
CFO
LinkedInBorys is a CFO at TA Ventures, responsible for the full financial management of the Fund. He is a graduate of the Ukrainian Academy of the National Bank of Ukraine, a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (UK) and a Certified Public Accountant (Ukraine).
Before joining TA Ventures, Borys obtained experience in financial management, analysis, accounting, reporting and auditing at a "big 4" company.
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