Presenter:
Alexey Milevskiy —
Investment Director, Mail.Ru Group
Alexey has extensive experience in technology investments in Russia. He manages investments and M&A division at Mail.Ru Group, the largest internet company by audience in Russia. Before joining Mail.Ru Group Alexey had worked in UFG Private Equity in consumer and internet sectors, and also worked for Belgian investment fund GIMV. Alexey participated in more than 20 deals with total sum of more than $400 million, and was involved in all the latest major investments of Mail.ru Group: Delivery Club, ESForce, ZakaZaka, Pixonic, Geekbrains, 33Slona, Citymobil.
Experts:
Alexander Borodich —
Russian serial entrepreneur and venture investor. The founder of Universa Blockchain
Graduated from Moscow State University of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM) in 1999, completed post-graduate studies at the same University in 2003. Received an MBA at Stockholm School of Economics in 2008.
Finalist of MobileBeat 2012 competition (San Francisco). Holds a US patent on evaluating the efficiency of information distribution in social media.
Founder of FutureLabs crowd investment platform and VentureClub.ru venture investors’ club. Managed marketing for Mail.ru Group and Acronis USA. Continues active teaching career (National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University).
An author of the Territory of Innovations program, part of Eastern Economic Forum, presented by RosCongress Foundation in Vladivostok for the first time this year. Universa was also a strategic partner in the program.
Reference use cases for Universa Blockchain include: logistics and digital product passports, smart cities (utilities, land register, tendering platforms, smart taxes, healthcare), intellectual property, banking and financial services, smart money, etc.
Anna Ermakova —
Managing Director, Da Vinci Capital
Since 2003 in Investments and Private Equity, top management positions since 2005,
Worked with Alfa-Bank, Investment group Russian Funds, RAO EUS. Previously was managing director at Russian Venture Company (sovereign wealth fund-of-funds and development institution).
Extensive investment banking and private equity experience in deal origination and structuring, corporate finance, and financial management. Joint projects with top global investments banks including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Renaissance Capital and top Russian PE.
Has closed M&A transactions in retail, oil & gas machinery, internet projects, and greenfield facility construction and real estate
Denis Kasimov —
Alfia Kaumova —
Vice President, Cognitive Technologies
Alfiya Kayumova graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation specialising in Investments and Innovations, simultaneously studying Enterprise Finance at Universita del Salento, a leading European university.
Currently, Alfiya holds the office of Vice President of Corporate Development and Investment at Cognitive Technologies, managing corporate strategy, marketing, core investment operations and strategic alliances of the group. In this capacity Alfiya brought the company’s innovative products to the Chinese and Japanese markets, strengthening Cognitive Technologies’ positions in Europe and the USA.
Before joining Cognitive Technologies, Alfiya Kayumova worked in leading international and national companies heading investment departments.
She is an expert in artificial intelligence for ground transportation.
Andrei Kolesnik —
Head of UrentBike
I Created a software platform and company operators of the largest in the South of Russia parks for sharing cars, e-scooters and bicycles without stations I have a Successful Experience Integrating electric vehicles into car sharing and taxis, b2b network of charging stations
I am a private pilot, regular flights to Cessna-172, Flaying time was more the 100 ours in 2018
1998 – I worked from agent to sales director at the tobaco industry – Tander, Philip Morris, JTI
2002 - We Created and Launched of an automation system for an agent Van Selling on the basis of a Palm handheld
2008 – I founded network of vending chairs, music and coffee machines in resort South of Russia- more than 1000 units for 2015
2016 - I invested in a team to develop a carsharing platform UrentCar
Alexander Lupachev —
Director, Russia Partners
Alexander Lupachev is a Director specializing in information technology investments. Prior to joining Russia Partners in January 2013, Mr. Lupachev was the Chief Investment Officer at Skolkovo Foundation, a leading development agency in the advanced technology space in Russia. Previously, Mr. Lupachev was a Director at FINAM Capital Partners, one of the largest investors in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sectors in Russia. Earlier in his career, he was a senior investment professional at Delta Private Equity Partners and Access Industries.
In his prior positions, Mr. Lupachev played a key role in a number of private equity transactions involving companies in the TMT sectors including Amedia, the largest television series production company in Russia; Netville, a multimedia content delivery network; Banki.ru, the leading consumer finance portal in Russia; and Familyspace.ru, a genealogy-based social network. Mr. Lupachev also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Endowment Fund and is a board member of the Harvard Club of Russia.
Mr. Lupachev holds a B.A. with high honors in International Commerce from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.