
π Hi, nice to see you. Thank you for visiting my profile. It is my pleasure to introduce myself. ππΌββοΈ My name is Antony. πI currently live in Berlin, Germany. I am fortunate to have lived in and have called βhomeβ eight countries around the globe: π·πΊπ¦πΉπ©πͺπ―π΅π¨πΏπ΅πͺπΊπΈπ¨π¦. π» In October 2024 I have accepted a Head of Business Development role at ambitious Onfy. The company is on a mission foster digitalization of medical and pharma industries and I am very excited to actively contribute to this transition. π¨πΌβπ» I am a business guy who loves creating everything from scratch: - co-founded Rotaract Club St.Petersburg, the youth chapter of Rotary International; - co-organised and facilitated a number of conferences, training weekends, and accelerator programs for entrepreneurs; - was one of the early founding members at Junior Chamber International St. Petersburg; - owned a dance school, taught language classes, and ran foreign language conversation groups; - founded and ran TEDxFontankaRiver - a series of TEDx conferences; - co-founded 2 startups: BrainTrainMe (soft-skills p2p trainings company) and Smartincs (SME job platform). Both did not fly but brought a lot of learnings; - had a small exit from building a headwear designer store and e-commerce chain (CAPital); - consulted Meetfox (ex. Coachfox), a scheduling and meeting software startup, acquired by Sendiblue in 2022; - I currently lead a few mastermind groups with entrepreneurs in Berlin and sometimes run thematic boot camps. π» In the last 6 years, I have been active in the field of startup financing, working as a regional manager for Seedrs, the most active equity crowdfunding platform in Europe. Together with my team in Berlin, Amsterdam, Lissabon, and London, we have built up European presence and investment pipeline for the company (my team has coordinated investments into 150+ startups). After Seedrs was acquired by Republic in 2022, I now moved to a supportive Venture Partner role. π¦ I am an active startup mentor, working with founders participating in programs of Founders Institute (Germany), Kiuas (Finnland), etc. I advice the founders on fundraising, pitching (to anyone, but in particular to investors) and finding product-market fit. I also have made 20 startup investments (from little ones to a bit larger ones) and was lucky to have one exit in the portfolio. Feel free to reach out if I can be helpful.
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Berlin Metropolitan Area
Head of Business Development
Onfy
β’Β www.linkedin.com/company/onfy
Oct 2024 - Present
Berlin, Germany
Startup Mentor
Founder Institute Berlin
β’Β www.linkedin.com/company/founderinstitute-berlin
Sep 2019 - Present
Berlin, Deutschland
Startup Mentor
Kiuas
β’Β www.linkedin.com/company/kiuas
Jun 2020 - Present
Helsinki, SΓΌdfinnland, Finnland
Mentor
the female factor
β’Β www.linkedin.com/company/femalefactorglobal
Mar 2018 - Present
Wien, Γsterreich
Venture Partner
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β’Β www.linkedin.com/company/republiceurope
Sep 2022 - Jun 2025
Berlin, Deutschland
Regional Director, European Dealflow
Seedrs
β’Β www.linkedin.com/company/republiceurope
Sep 2017 - Sep 2022
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Jun 2008 - Jul 2008
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