Co-founder of the communication agency Solyanka, head of community of the Emerge conference, co-founder of Rutech community, senior invest partner at Joint journey, partner of Relogate project. Expert, mentor, lecturer at the Higher school of economics (HSE). A world-class specialist in developing tech companies through accelerators, educational programs, working with investors to attract investments and assistance with finding clients in the global market.

Founder of the Reforma Business Club, technology entrepreneur.
Maxim Spiridonov and Yulia Spiridonova-Mikeda launched an educational project Netology in 2011. Maxim held the position of CEO of Netology Group until 2021. During these ten years, the company has developed 15 lines of business, employed more than 2500 employees, more than 7 million users. In February 2021, the Maxim Spiridonov’s share was bought out by the strategic investor of Netology Group, the TalentTech Holding owned by the billionaire Alexei Mordashov (No. 1 in the list of the richest people in Russia according to Forbes). Since the beginning of 2021, Maxim Spiridonov has been the venture investor for technology startups.
Some of the projects where Maxim Spiridonov has been the investor are: Digital Dolina, Jump.bio, My learning hub, Impact Capital, StoreDot, Verbit, Yaizy, ClassTag, AMMA Pregnancy tracker, ProSpace Management, Tiggi, Noli, GetFaster, MyDevice, Tabi, Welltory, Superdao, Dorm, Laoshi.

Co-founder and managing director of GM Aether agency. Author, journalist, consultant, creative director, and public relations and communications specialist. Specializes in content, emotions, and brands for their target audience and markets. Expert in the UAE, Oman, and Gulf markets.

More than 9 years of experience in building a business, including 5 years in managing an innovation ecosystem and investor relations. Founder of the largest community of startups and investors in Eastern Europe. Ex. head of investor relations at the Skolkovo technopark, ex. head of the Yellow door accelerator, and independent business development consultant for several ventures and angel groups in Russia, the USA, and the UAE. Currently resides in Dubai, building an investor community and advising on fundraising in the Middle East and North Africa.

Co-Founder Kalpha.
Serial entrepreneur based in Singapore. Co-Founder of Kalpha, a peer-to-peer mobile platform in the Education Technology space where individuals can connect and meet up to learn and share skills, knowledge and experiences on a 1-to-1 basis.

VinCSS JSC, Head of Expert Team. DeepTech Engineering JSC, Vietnam regional director. RISE JSC, Technologies transfer manager. Technology transfer, adaptation and adjusting of complex approaches in IT. Management of R&D projects in cybersecurity and high-tech. International Intellectual Property management. Strategical and tactical management for innovative companies in international markets.

Co-Founder and CEO at B2B-EXPORT. Co-founder of 3 e-com startups in b2b and b2c. Consultant for digital strategies and IT product-management in e-com. 12+ years of experience in digital communications, PR and marketing in Russia, Africa and CIS. Mentor in several programs for digital and communications tracks.

Founder of The OMBONISI Group. Nobuntu 'BusaBuntu' Dubazana is the Creative Founder of disruptive media company, BusaBuntu Pictures (PTY) Ltd, youth and women focused NPC, The BusaBuntu Foundation, a former Council Member for the Film and Publication Board of South Africa and co-founder of South African slow fashion brand, OSISI. She's got over 30 years of storytelling and communications (African and Western) experience, and a double major Master in Arts: Filmmaking and The Creative Economy from Kingston University (London, UK).

Founder of Orbit, Co-Founder of Aventica and Focus. Orbit is a plaftorm for recruiting C-level mentors from India, LATAM and other emerging markets for fast-growing startups that want to start their business in these regions and need strong local advisors in sales/marketing/hr/bisdev/product. Co-Founder of Aventica and Focus companies. Aventica is an agency providing software development / research / design services with a revenue of 6 mln $ in 2021. Focus helps corporate innovators and fast-growing startups to test growth hacking ideas, build a digital prototype, and test it on real users in 2 weeks using a modified Google Venture approach.

Director at Innoway. Tim is the principal person for International department at Innoway (the heart of startups eco-system in China) of China including Global Incubation Platform, Big-sized Enterprises collaborations, Online and Offline Innohall, Innovation Trainings etc. He has 15 years of overseas working experiences in North America and Europe. He acted as jury for several well-known startup competitions nationwide and worldwide, and official innovation and startup mentor for Daimler, Microsoft accelerator, Hitachi, Walmart, Sino-steel and so on. He is a senior researcher in Cross-border E-commerce, helps international startup projects settle in China and traditional enterprises transform and upgrade. IT Education background in Finland. Innoway street is the heart of startups Eco-system in China, Beijing and Zhongguancun. Innoway is a home to a total of 45 incubator, accelerators, investment organizations and other innovation and entrepreneurship service agencies and relevant enterprises and 1,791 incubated startups, among which 600 are incubated in Inno Way.

Serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Emerge tech startup conference and Solyanka agency. Track record of producing large scale events (3,000+ attendees from 43 countries) and tech meet-ups (300+ attendees) in London. Startup pitch coach and expert is scaling globally.

Director of the China insiders marketing agency, which specializes in Chinese businesses. Partner of China travel solutions. CEO at ChinaEd.tech. Expert in tech ecosystems, start-ups, and paid knowledge industry in China. 10 years of experience in supporting Russian-Chinese projects. Alumni of Community global shapers under the auspices of the World economic forum.

Expert in entering international markets. Co-founder of Relogate. Founder of the Expand today agency. Co-founder of Button of life. Partner at Palmina invest. More than 15 years of experience in international business development and helping startups enter global markets. Launched in 8 different countries: UAE, Portugal, England, Germany, South Africa, Mozambique, Brazil, India, and Russia. The current focus is on the MENA region.

Business partner at MTS startup hub, entrepreneur, co-founder of the Hypothesis factory, mentor at MIPT (Moscow institute of physics and technology) accelerators, Skolkovo, Seedstars. 5 years of experience on business scaling and finding value in startups. Developed projects in countries: Japan, Singapore, Austria, Lithuania, USA.

Director of Wiihub (innovation consulting). Partner of Bono partners. Expert in bringing companies to Latin America. Former director of the largest Chinese accelerator Techcode (Moscow office). The former head of the world’s largest community of entrepreneurs, Startup grind, which unites 3.5 million entrepreneurs with 400+ cities of presence. Mentor and tracker of Russian and foreign accelerators: Global pilots Microsoft, Softline accelerator, Moscow accelerator (Russia) and Technopol, Estonia (world). Permanent speaker at start-up and business conferences in Russia and abroad.

Expert in entering international markets, mentor, and tracker in international accelerators. 9 years of experience in innovative and international business development, strategic consulting, and marketing of the largest FMCG company. Launched a business in Israel and Serbia.

Co-Founder & CEO - GetTransfer.com.

Co-Founder Liqvid.io, ex-Vice President Sales Marketing at Russ Outdoor.

Digital Marketing expert, Google Certified Innovator, Bloger.

International Business manager, Chief business development Officer at Joycalls Group of companies.