Partner at Change Ventures, the first and largest truly pan-Baltic pre-seed/seed fund in the Baltic States. We back ambitious Baltic founders worldwide and are searching for founding teams that have the "grit" to succeed. Our investments include Interactio, Nordigen, Aerones, Giraffe360, Planet42, Memby, Dogo, INZMO and Printify. Proud to be a Kauffman Fellow (Class 22).
Following two years at Stanford Business School during the run-up to the dot-com boom, and a stint at strategy consulting firm Bain & Company, I have spent over 15 years at technology startups in the US and Europe. Executive roles included CMO at Bookatable (formerly Livebookings, provider of reservations services to restaurants – “The OpenTable of Europe”, which was sold for $110M to Michelin), as well as a Vice President at AeroScout (Enterprise WiFi location solutions, exited to Stanley, Black & Decker for $240m).

During the past few years, I have been involved in various roles at venture capital firms (including Creandum) and have co-founded and worked at early-stage startups.

My main social entrepreneurship engagement is as co-founder of TechHub Riga, the first expansion location for TechHub from London. We kick-started the emergence of the startup community in Latvia, set up the leading co-working space in Riga and run highly popular meetups and the annual TechChill conference.

I am a frequent speaker at various conferences and events. During the past few years I have also frequently been invited to mentor startups at Seedcamp, Startup Wise Guys, Startup Sauna and other accelerator programs. Several Ministers for Economics and Prime Ministers of Latvia have sought out my advice on developing the startup ecosystem.

I was recently humbled by the award presented to me by the President of Latvia - the Human Development Award for an outstanding contribution to the future of the nation - for my work with startups and TechHub Riga.

I am proud to serve in the National Guard as an infantryman in the 1st Riga Brigade.