Andrey Lunev
Venture Partner XR at Startup Wise Guys
Andrey Lunev
Venture Partner XR at Startup Wise Guys
Lausanne, Vaud
Overview
Work Experience
Venture Partner XR
2022 - Current
Welcome to learn more and apply to Wise Guys XR Malaga via https://startupwiseguys.com/xr/
Investor - XR Batch 2022
2022 - 2022
Founder, Community activist
2018
- Build up informal community of VR/AR industry professionals (1300+ ppl) and maintained engagement in global conferences, festivals and exhibitions (20+ offline events prior to 2020) - During pandemic, spun off #ZeroEvent as a recurring living lab for collective exploration of the tools to transfer offline events of the VR/AR industry into remote formats hosted on multiuser Virtual Reality platforms (Social VR) #zeroevent #embraceonlinexr #xrcrowd
Venture Partner
2021 - 2022
- Invest in XR: 3D | VR | AR aka #Spatial #Phygital #Metaverse
Founder & Chief Intelligence Officer
2020 - 2021
- Inform decision-making for investors (VC, BA, CVC), companies and policy makers on 3D/VR/AR & AI tech and Industry 4.0 - Assist startups on IR, fundraising, and product storytelling
Executive Producer
2020 - 2020
#XRBASExperiment The entire event in Virtual Reality was pulled off in a couple weeks, including call for startups that yielded 100+ applicants and got buy-in from 20+ global investors. - Developed the concept of replicating off-line Investor event into online remote format and host it in Virtual realty - Generated deal flow - Assembled and managed the crew to deliver event in VR - Navigated stakeholders value creation. The entire event in Virtual Reality was pulled off in a couple weeks, including call for startups that yielded 100+ applicants and getting buy-in from 20+ global investors.
Head of Industry analytics
2019 - 2020
- Developed investment thesis for early-stage VC fund focused on European VR/AR - Built up market intelligence capacity and deal-flow generation - Organized as Executive Producer, the first Investor Event hosted remotely in Virtual Reality - Contributed to event production of VR Days Europe and Laval Virtual conferences
Board Advisor
2018 - 2020
Founder, Chief Strategy Officer
2017 - 2020
- Built up team-led operations and retained ownership until exiting in 2020 through M&A deal
Founder, CEO
2004 - 2016
- Launched new retail brand by acquiring and turning around existing business
Innovation Project Leader
2018 - 2019
- Developed strategy and value proposition through research of attendee customer journeys - Contributed to partnership development, event production and communication
Innovation Project Leader
2018 - 2018
EU Sales & Business Development
2018 - 2019
Business Development, CH
2017 - 2018
Co-Founder
2017 - 2018
Education
Executive MBA
2017 - 2019
Master's degree
1993 - 1997