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Pomelo

Pomelo

  • Country: Argentina
  • Round: Round A
  • Area: Financial technologies, DeFi

Pomelo is building a new generation and fully regional fintech infrastructure for Latin America.

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Billon

Billon

  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Round: Round A
  • Area: Blockchain

Billon is a technology company with own last-mile and enterprise-grade blockchain protocol that works with partners and clients to streamline business processes. It processes data, documents, identity, tokens and money on the same rail leading to cost, speed, scalability, security and automation improvements. Billon represents a leap-frog in data sharing that has been tested and verified by its globally recognized partners and clients.

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Twinco Capital M and O Spain S.L.

Twinco Capital M and O Spain S.L.

  • Country: Spain
  • Round: Round A
  • Area: Financial technologies, DeFi

Twinco Capital is a fintech that uses AI and advanced supply chain analytics to provide affordable working capital for suppliers in most important sourcing markets. We partner with large corporations to offer their strategic suppliers access to finance, from purchase order funding to final invoice payment. We 'cracked the supply chain finance code' as the first finance platform in the market that offers early funding in the production cycle. The Twinco solution combines technology and privileged access to data to assess performance risks, allowing us to fund both small and large suppliers across the world. It is a unique model that significantly reduces financing costs and improves reliability and sustainability performance in global supply chains.

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The Jury

Dr. Plamen Russev Host
Dr. Plamen Russev

Webital Investment Network

Fund size
Evergreen 
Average ticket
€500K to €2.5M 

Dr. Plamen Russev

Executive Chairman
Webital Investment Network

Fund size Evergreen 
Average ticket€500K to €2.5M 

Dr. Plamen Russev is the initiator and focal connector of one of the world’s largest impact networks and curator of the global Webit community, reaching out to over 800,000 digerati, policy makers, innovators and media. His success stories include creating the global Webit brand from scratch, supporting founders and brands in establishing and growing a successful marketing strategy, creating meaningful relations with potential partners, customers and media. Plamen supports causes which impact the achievement of the UN’ SDGs.

He is an investor, philanthropist and serial entrepreneur and proven success record in developing business ventures in multicultural and challenging business environments.

Plamen Russev is B.Sc in Marketing and Management, M.Sc in Electronic Education/Mathematics and Physics, and Ph.D in Healthcare Management.

Plamen Russev has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador for Digital Affairs of his home country – Republic of Bulgaria and a member of European Commission’ BOF.

Dr. Russev’ work and impact have been recognised and awarded by governments, associations and NGOs along with 2 honorary doctorates from Universities in Europe and South America. Plamen Russev is featured in hundreds of international and local media including The Economist, Bloomberg, CNBCe, Forbes, Venture Beat, CNN to name a few.

Dr. Russev is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Webit Foundation and host of Webit Virtual. He is happily married to the most wonderful girl in the world and father of 2 boys.

Alexander Galitsky
Alexander Galitsky

Almaz Capital

Fund size
€193M 
Average ticket
€7M 

Alexander Galitsky

Managin Partner & Co-founder
Almaz Capital

Fund size €193M 
Average ticket€7M 

Sasha Galitsky is an internationally well-known inventor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist with a proven track record and executive operational experience in the US and Europe. He is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Almaz Capital.

Max Bautin
Max Bautin

IQ Capital

Fund size
€175M 
Average ticket
€5M 

Max Bautin

Co-founder & Managing Partner
IQ Capital

Fund size €175M 
Average ticket€5M 

Max Bautin is a co-founder of IQ Capital who looks after investments in fintech, insurtech, comms, medtech space as well as leading fundraising activities. He has been a member of Invest Europe Venture Capital Council since 2015 and was elected to the Board in 2021.

Aleksandra Laska
Aleksandra Laska

Redalpine Venture Partners

Fund size
€145M 
Average ticket
€5M 

Aleksandra Laska

Partner
Redalpine Venture Partners

Fund size €145M 
Average ticket€5M 

Aleksandra Laska started her career on the Goldman Sachs trading floor in London. She went on to co-found a mobile payments platform followed by a stint in VC and as an angel investor. Before joining Redalpine, she set up US operations for a Swiss multi-million dollar robotics software company. She is currently a Partner at the European early stage Venture Capital Fund, Redalpine.

Marcin Laczynski
Marcin Laczynski

Next Road Capital

Fund size
€14M 
Average ticket
€500K 

Marcin Laczynski

Partner
Next Road Capital

Fund size €14M 
Average ticket€500K 

Marcin Laczynski is a partner at Next Road ventures. He is a business developer with 15 years of experience in SME internationalization in Europe and Asia. Please tell us more about Next Road Ventures

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