Aurora Award 2025 Expert Panel:
Honoring Our Season Mentors
Tech executive with over 7 years of experience in global companies such as TikTok and Google, leading regional business development and advertising strategies. Public speaker, startup mentor, and advocate for women's leadership in IT, with a strong track record of driving innovation, launching new markets, and scaling digital ecosystems across Central Asia.
Ex-VC with 120+ closed deals and experience vetting over 4,000 startups for investment. Former CFO & CSO at Legionfarm (YCombinator W20), external CFO in several startups, raised and structured $25M+ in venture funding across the US and Europe
Entrepreneur and advisor with 10+ years in the food & agriculture sector, specializing in impact, sustainability, and scaling purpose-driven ventures. Fundraising strategist and mindset coach, helping impact-driven female founders raise $5M+ and achieve product-market fit.
Founder and CEO of Mubius WomenTech Ventures. The 1st Venture Builder focused on startups founded or led by women in Latin America.
Worked in VC:
- Senior Analyst at Altair Capital (fund with a focus on Seed/Series A; invested in Miro, Deel, and many other startups)
- Head of Analytics at Joint Journey (Sergey Dashkov's fund)
I am an expert in understanding user behavior and optimizing products based on audience characteristics, helping to identify your product’s strengths and avoid potential challenges. Throughout my career, I have conducted over 200 studies across different countries and can share insights on how to make your product as attractive as possible.
A lawyer specializing in intellectual property law for over 20 years, patent attorney, a former lecturer at top universities. Developed an intellectual property protection strategy for top IT companies.
15 years in marketing & customer experience with management consulting background. launching & scaling IT across mobility, ecom & wellness (b2c & b2b)
I'm a strategy and operations leader with over 6 years of experience across consumer apps, digital products, and impact-driven ventures. I’ve led strategic initiatives and investor relations at fast-scaling startups like Prisma Labs (behind AI-powered apps Lensa — the #1 downloaded and grossing app worldwide in Dec 2022 — and Prisma, with 100M+ downloads), and advised early-stage startups in health tech (like Soula Care — an AI assistant for female wellbeing), eco-awareness, drone search technologies, and community-based offline projects.
Leading a legal department for the non-profit arm of inDrive. Before that I worked at Yandex for five years leading various legal projects in the spheres of antitrust, platform regulation, corporate and civil law, insider trading and compliance.
I'm a Senior Intellectual Property Counsel with expertise in IP, IT, and Digital Law, gained through years of working with both law firms and in-house legal teams at tech companies. I would be happy to support startups on a pro-bono basis by helping them protect their IP assets and navigate legal risks early on.
