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Investment Team

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Ervin Luga

Ervin is the Head of Venture Capital Investments at EBRD. Previously he was heading EBRD's risk management unit covering direct equity investments, including venture capital. He started his career as an investor working on equity and debt deals across a wide range of sectors. Ervin holds BA degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration.

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Yalcin Gungoren

Yalcin is a senior member of EBRD's Venture Capital team based in London. Prior to joining EBRD, he was a Director at Arma Partners advising investors and software companies on M&A transactions. Previously, he worked at Rothschild in London and Los Angeles. Yalcin holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from Koç University

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Aziza Zakhidova

Aziza is a senior member of EBRD's Venture Capital team based in London. Prior to joining EBRD she worked in strategy consulting in the US, advising Tech, Media, and Telecom clients. Aziza started her career as an investment banker with UBS in London. Aziza holds MSc degrees from Oxford’s Said Business School and LSE, and BSc degree from Wharton.

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Bruno Lusic

Bruno is a senior member of EBRD's Venture Capital team based in London. Prior to joining EBRD, he was a Director at Ship2B Ventures. Prior to that, he worked at AnaCap in London, where he led a wide variety of investment processes and held several board positions. He started his career in investment banking at Nomura. Bruno holds an MSc from Imperial College London.

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Amine Chabane

Amine is a Principal in EBRD's Venture Capital team based in London. Prior to joining EBRD, Amine was a VP at Arma Partners, advising investors and software companies in M&A and fundraising transactions. Prior to that, he worked at PwC and RSM US in North America, providing due diligence services. Amine holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BBA from HEC Montreal.

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Marco Caputo

Marco is an investor in EBRD's Venture Capital team based in London. Prior to joining EBRD, he was a strategy consultant at Oliver Wyman and EY-Parthenon focusing on advising investors on transactions in the technology industry. Marco holds a MSc in Management from London Business School and a BSc in Economics from Bocconi University.

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Nikolay Silaev

Nikolay is an investor in EBRD's Venture Capital team based in London. Prior to joining EBRD, he was an investment banker at Credit Suisse. Prior to that, he was a private equity investor at a top CEE fund focusing on technology sector. Nikolay holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MA from University of St. Gallen, he is also a CFA charterholder

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Marina Lirintzi

Marina is an investor in EBRD’s Venture Capital team based in London. Prior to joining EBRD, she gained experience with EQT Life Sciences supporting science and technology founders. Marina holds a PhD in Genetics and an MPhil in Genomic Medicine from Cambridge, where she researched applied machine learning and immunogenetics.

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Cécile Michon

Cécile is an investor in EBRD's Venture Capital team based in London. Prior to joining EBRD, Cécile gained early-stage venture capital experience at Redstone in Berlin. Previously, she was a private equity and private credit investor at CAPZA, and started her career as an investment banker with Barclays in Paris. Cécile holds MSc degrees from EDHEC, SKK GSB and UC Berkeley.

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Investment Advisory

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Eddie Anderson

Eddie is a an external advisor to EBRD's Venture Capital team. He is a founder and Partner of Pentech Ventures. Prior to that, he was co-founder and CEO of Objective Software Technology, which  was sold to Wind River Systems in 1998.

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Graham O'Keeffe

Graham is an external advisor to EBRD's Venture Capital team. He is the Managing Partner at Joy Capital and Executive Chairman of DisplayLink. Prior to that he was a Partner at Atlas and held various roles for corporates in technology sector

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Shay Garvey

Shay is a an external advisor to EBRD's Venture Capital team. He is the founder of Frontline Ventures. Prior to that, he was a Partner at Delta Partners and a consultant at Mckinsey. Shay holds an MBA from Harvard Business School

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Peter Hjelt

Peter is an advisor to EBRD's Venture Capital team and a Senior Banker at EBRD. Prior to joining EBRD, he was a Partner at UBS Capital, the private equity arm of UBS AG. Peter holds an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics

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