Iliya Bozhkov
Results-driven and accomplished professional with extensive experience in identifying and evaluating investment opportunities by conducting comprehensive due diligence and market research.
New York
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2024 - Current
Investment Principal
2024
Develop the dealflow strategy for the newly established New York office of P7 Interview candidates to staff up a new location Mentor junior colleagues on investment process, financial modelling and portfolio management
Senior Investment Associate
2022 - 2024
Deal sourcing, structuring and transaction documents review; designing and sensitizing financial models and waterfall analysis as well as preparing presentations / conducting due diligence; liaising with associates, investors, and entrepreneurs to establish relationships; providing guidance and mentorship to junior members of the team. Some of my key accomplishments during this role include: • Deployed $105M worth of capital by executing ten new deals and two follow-ons. • Proposed and negotiated more beneficial terms for follow-on financing round in portfolio company. • Develop investment thesis by conducting market research and analysis across Fintech and other sectors. • Established investment processes, governance frameworks, and performance reporting by facilitating funds set-up while appointed by management in recognition of experience priorities.
Investor
2024
Celona is an enterprise networking company that accelerates wireless adoption of digital automation and critical apps.
Raised $100,000,000.00 from Cervin Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, NTT Venture Capital and Qualcomm Ventures.
Investor
2023
Cowbell provides adaptive cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises using AI-driven risk assessment.
Raised $208,300,000.00 from Zurich Insurance Group.
Investor
2023
Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models.
Raised $228,500,000.00 from New Enterprise Associates, Soumith Chintala, Lux Capital, Prosperity7 Ventures, Greycroft, Manu Sharma, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue, Factory and Clément Delangue.
Investor
2023
Hammerspace offers an automated data orchestration system to unify and manage data across the edge, data centres, and public cloud.
Raised $56,700,000.00 from ARK Investment Management, Pier 88 Investment Partners, ICU Ventures and Prosperity7 Ventures.
Investor
2023
Nile provides secure connectivity and network independence through a fully automated, wired and wireless LAN deployed entirely as a service
Raised $300,000,000.00 from Liberty Global Ventures, STC Ventures, Sanabil, March Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Aramco Ventures, Prosperity7 Ventures, Geodesic Capital, 8VC and U First Capital.
Investor
2023
Cequence is an API security and bot management company that protects customers’ applications against attacks, targeted abuse, and fraud.
Raised $101,500,000.00 from Hewlett Packard Pathfinder and Prosperity7 Ventures.
Investor
2022