Mate Rimac
Current location
Sveta Nedelja (Croatia)
Current or recent key positions
CEO/Founder at Rimac Automobili d.o.o.
Topics for mentoring
Strategy, fundraising, complex product development, company organisation, pitch decks
Kreso Gotovac
Current location
Split (Croatia)
Current or recent key positions
Director For Investment Fund Trigon Capital (Specifically leading Property Development projects in Croatia)
Topics for mentoring
Management, property development, hotel/resort development and management, startups
Marin Šarić
Current location
Zagreb (Croatia)
Current or recent key positions
CEO OptimoRoute
Topics for mentoring
Technical: Anything on Eng Team/Tech. Stack/Eng Culture
Startup: Pitch/deck, Strategy, Fundraising, Hiring, Early Sales, GTM
Ivan Fabjančić
Current location
Zagreb (Croatia)
Current or recent key positions
Partner at KF Finance Group
Topics for mentoring
Corporate finance, fundraising, financial services, cybersecurity, real estate, digital solutions for hospitality industry, OOH digital
Ludovic Gaude
Current location
Munchen (Germany)
Current or recent key positions
CEO at Intive
Topics for mentoring
Implementing account management & B2B sales strategy, accelerating growth through strategic M&A, raising funds, exiting and working with investors, setting up a networked organisation, creating a shared purpose
Marko Kovač
Current location
Zagreb (Croatia)
Current or recent key positions
Co-Founder and Board Member, Repsly
Topics for mentoring
Startup survival, positioning, differentiation, product management, SaaS
Gregory Scola-Grimaldi
Current location
Paris (France)
Current or recent key positions
Head of Cloud Security Services at Capgemini
Topics for mentoring
Innovation-driven and results oriented, cybersecurity and digital trust, move to the cloud
Etienne Benet
Current location
Dubai (UAE)
Current or recent key positions
CEO Nespresso (Africa, Middle East, Caribbean)
Topics for mentoring
Business strategies, business development, commercial strategies, poeople and organisation
Jean Charles Tassoni
Current location
Indonesia
Current or recent key positions
Country and Managing director for CMA-CGM group India
Country and Managing Director CMA-CGM Vietnam-Cambodia cluster
Regional Director CMA-CGM Central America – Caribbean
Country and Managing Director CMA-CGM Indonesia
Topics for mentoring
Container logistic, container shipping, international freight forwarding, international logistic
Laurent Benet
Current location
Paris (France)
Current or recent key positions
Head of Strategy, Innovation and Business Development American Tower France,
Member of the board ATC France
Topics for mentoring
Telecom/Towercos/Smart-City/5G, M&A, Strategy, Innovation, Business Plan, Business development especially B2B with MNOs, Telecom players, Real-Estate owners, M&A with local and international ATC teams
Veronika Tasic
Current location
Belgrade (Serbia)
Current or recent key positions
Executive Director, Digital Serbia Initiative (non-profit)
Topics for mentoring
Marketing (strategy, 4Ps, 7Ps, market selection and opportunity sizing, go-to-market), sales (channels, sales force sizing, targets, distribution, remuneration models), presenting (structuring, storytelling, pitching), partnerships.
Matevz Petek
Current location
San Francisco (USA)
Current or recent key positions
CEO Poviolabs.com
Topics for mentoring
Prototyping, go-to-market, building MVPs, building digital products, UX and wireframes, product strategy, launching products.
Aljoša Domijan
Current location
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Current or recent key positions
Partner in enaA.com / Gambit trade d.o.o.
Topics for mentoring
Brand marketing, sales, e-commerce, online marketing and advertising
Dolores Podbevšek Plemeniti
Current location
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Current or recent key positions
Marketing Director at Delo media house
Topics for mentoring
Communication and public relations (at my current position I am responsible for corporate communication), marketing communication & planning of marketing activities from scratch, strategic planning, brand management and brand development
Marko Boštjančič
Current location
Sarajevo (BiH)
Current or recent key positions
Board member, Telekom Slovenije
Topics for mentoring
Business Development, entrepreneurship, restructuring, business Strategy
Primož Karpe
Current location
Zagreb / Ljubljana (Croatia / Slovenia)
Current or recent key positions
Blue Sea Capital
SB President
EBRD Team coordinator for Slovenia
Topics for mentoring
Healthcare, fintech solutions, business services (SW and non-SW focused), consumer-focused cases (FMCG)
Jan Štefe
Current location
Luxembourg & Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Current or recent key positions
Managing Director of Eurosender
Topics for mentoring
Anything logistics & supply chain (for e-commerce startups), marketing agency Do’s & Don’t not just to burn but to grow, setting up & efficient management of external IT team, cost-efficient operations
Rok Gregorič
Current location
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Current or recent key positions
CTO mmatcher
CTO DoubleRecall
Topics for mentoring
General startup, product development, mobile apps, extremelly good knowledge of Objective C & Swift programming languages
Skill in other programming languages: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Pascal, PHP, VHDL, Verilog
Igor Marjanovič
Current location
Radovljica (Ljubljana)
Current or recent key positions
CEO Out of Galaxy Inc., Advisor to the Deputy CEO of Armstrong Asia Ltd.
Topics for mentoring
Making IoT devices, setting up manufacturing China/Slovenia, how to file a patent in the US, consumer products, how to pitch to retailers, selling globally.
Jasna Mihelj Coustaury
Current location
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Current or recent key positions
Director Plume Slovenia, Poland and Switzerland
Topics for mentoring
Setting up start-up company, HR topics, financials
Rok Krulec
Current location
Seattle (USA)
Current or recent key positions
Founder, Gnowbe Inc.
Topics for mentoring
Behavior design, product, crypto, aviation
Skilled in Vyper, OCaml, Mathematica
Jugoslav Petković
Current location
New York (USA)
Current or recent key positions
Co-founder & CEO at Flaviar & Mimovrste
Topics for mentoring
b2c, e-commerce, direct-to-consumer, DNVB
Robert Farazin
Current location
London (UK) and Zagreb (Croatia)
Current or recent key positions
CEO of TVBeat
Topics for mentoring
Fundraising, B2B biz dev, startup finances (how to not run ouf the money), growth pains, building a team
Miha Rebernik
Current location
San Francisco (USA)
Current or recent key positions
Head of Engineering – GDAX, Coinbase
Topics for mentoring
Startups, incubation, web development, prototyping
Skilled in Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, PostgreSQL and crypto currencies
Gregor Rebolj
Current location
Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Current or recent key positions
Co-founder & CEO at Klika (Sportradar), & Kyuriosity/Kyuriosity Ventures
Topics for mentoring
Strategy, innovation, business development, entrepreneurship, startups, incubation, prototyping, product development, software development, building a team. Sports tech, smart homes, AI, education
Igor Leprince
Current location
London (UK)
Current or recent key positions
President Global Services and Member off the executive board Nokia Group
Topics for mentoring
Technologies esp around AI/ML, Analytics, Robotics, Blockchain, sharing economy, global expansion & growth, business development and introducttions especially B2B and in Telecoms, M&A and integration of business, digital transformation
Srdjan Kovačević
Current location
Osijek (Croatia)
Current or recent key positions
CEO od Orqa FPV
Topics for mentoring
Hardware R&D, fundraising, corporate finance
