Mentors

Bulgaria Innovation Hub’s mentors are seasoned Silicon Valley executives, innovators, founders, and investors and provide customized 1:1 advice, domain expertise, and network access to the startups. 

Companies are matched with 1-2 mentors and advisors based on the company’s specific needs, growth stage, and industry.

Meet some of our mentors:

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Dafina Toncheva
Dafina Toncheva

General Partner @ U.S. Venture Partners

Jerry Chen
Jerry Chen

Partner at Greylock

Jenn Wei
Jenn Wei

Vice President Monetization & GM @ Rubrik

Bogomil Balkansky
Bogomil Balkansky

Partner at Sequoia Capital

Anton Lenke
Anton Lenke

VP of Sales Development @ SKAEL, Inc.

Galina Antova
Galina Antova

Co-Founder, Chief Business Development Officer @ Claroty

Todd Rulon-Miller
Todd Rulon-Miller

Founding Partner @ Apogee Venture Group

Marina Hristova
Marina Hristova

VP, Growth Marketing @ Okta

Simeon Simeonov
Simeon Simeonov

Founder/CTO @ Swoop & IPM.ai

Pavlina Yanakieva
Pavlina Yanakieva

Co-founder and CEO of Bulgaria Innovation Hub, Inc.

Deyan Vitanov
Deyan Vitanov

CMO @ Playco

Lidiya Dervisheva
Lidiya Dervisheva

Partner @ Next47

Momchil Kyurkchiev
Momchil Kyurkchiev

Co-founder/CPO at Leanplum

Dragan Manoev
Dragan Manoev

Managing Director, Technology Investment Banking @ Alantra

Rika Nakazawa
Rika Nakazawa

Group Vice President, Connected Industry @ NTT Ltd

Ivan Osmak
Ivan Osmak

CEO @ gtmhub

Ivaylo Lenkov
Ivaylo Lenkov

VP Engineering @ CDK Global

Eva Helén
Eva Helén

CEO at EQ Inspiration Board Director at Vasion

Stoyan Kenderov
Stoyan Kenderov

Chief Operating Officer @ Plastiq

Tytus Cytowski
Tytus Cytowski

Partner @ Cytowski & Partners

Masha (Maria) Ioveva
Masha (Maria) Ioveva

Product Design Manager / Messenger

Ludo Antonov
Ludo Antonov

VPE Engineering @ Whatnot

Vassil Mladjov
Vassil Mladjov

Head of Strategy @ MoEngage

Villi Iltchev
Villi Iltchev

Partner and Managing Director @ Two Sigma Ventures

Boryana Straubel
Boryana Straubel

Founder of Straubel Foundation

Peter Toudjarski
Peter Toudjarski

Founder @ Botron Software

Delian Asparouhov
Delian Asparouhov

Co-Founder, President, and Chairman of Varda Space Industries

Ivan Lazarov
Ivan Lazarov

QuickBooks Chief Architect and Head of International Engineering @ Intuit

Elenitsa Staykova
Elenitsa Staykova

VP of Marketing @ Apollo GraphQL

Kosta Jordanov
Kosta Jordanov

Co-founder & CEO @ FITE

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Seth Elliot
Seth Elliot

Chief Operating Officer @ Gtmhub

Ash Nangia
Ash Nangia

Senior Vice President, Global Customer Support @ HashiCorp

Austin Arensberg
Austin Arensberg

Senior Director - Okta Ventures

Ilian Georgiev
Ilian Georgiev

Product Strategy Advisor @ Chime

Brian Denenberg
Brian Denenberg

Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Venture Lane Studio

Desislava Kilova
Desislava Kilova

Senior Account Executive, Enterprise Partnerships @ Affirm