Angel Investor in the UK, Germany, Austria with 17 Deep Tech starupts
Chairman / NED / Advisor to businesses
Serial entrepreneur x4
1 successful exit
M&A Experience across EMEA
Former Amazon Web Services
Former CEO of HeleCloud
Business Leadership,Strategy & Management
Co-founder and CTO of ITCE Ltd, Bulgaria; sold shares/no longer active
Co-founder & CEO of ExpertRiver, UK and Beyondix, UK: both defunct
Co-founder, CEO and Chief Cloud Officer of HeleCloud; successful exit to a Swiss multinational in 2021
Former Head of Security & Compliance and CTO Public Sector EMEA, Amazon Web Services (AWS), London, UK
Business and Technology Advisory, Board Member in 6 businesses – UK, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria
Raised Pre-seed – Series A funding for 6 businesses; on the board of all of them
Acquired, integrated and exited businesses across Europe – organically-funded and VC-Backed; BGF success story
Technology
MSc in Computer Science from the Technical University of Sofia
Highest level of Technical Certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Cisco and (ISC)2; exam grandfather/author
Published Author: Books, Whitepapers Conference Papers and Speeches on Operating Systems, Identity & Access Management, Security, Compliance, Cloud, Unified Communications, Blockchain, Quantum Computing
Former CTO, Chief Cloud Officer, Chief Architect, CISO across several businesses in the UK and Bulgaria
Investment & Portfolio Management
Co-founded and launched 4 businesses; two failed, one successful exist, one running successfully
Chairman of Combine AI; six board roles in UK, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria
Directly invested in 17 businesses across the UK, Austria, Germany, Bulgaria; sits on the board and actively involved in strategy and Corporate Development in Most
Chief M&A Advisor for Cloud, Data & AI Buy & Build Projects to Sonae Investment Management/Bright Pixel, Portugal
Investor in UK Tech Businesses via Fuel IM, London, UK
Profesional Network
Selection, mentoring, and advisory @ Oxford Innovation Finance Angel Group, Oxford, UK; NED on behalf of OION
Selection, mentoring, and advisory @ Henley Business Angels, Henley, UK; Due Diligence Lead/Expert for HBA
Active member of the UK Business Angels Network (UKBAA) and Invest.Austria
Business & Technology Mentor: NetZero Accelerator, Aberdeen, UK
Business and Technology Advisor, University of Innsbruck InnCubator, Innsbruck, Austria
Very well connected in M&A and Investment networks in the UK, Austria, and Southern Germany
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