Konstantin Molodykh
Managing Director at Mezen
Dubai
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director
2023 - Current
Partner
2023 - 2023
Senior Associate
2022 - 2023
Web3 Analyst
2022 - 2022
Investment Analyst
2022 - 2022
- Evaluated investment opportunities via conducting financial analysis, metrics analysis, competitive analysis, tokenomics analysis, team analysis and delivering results in clear memos; - Prepared valuation models carrying out unit economy, scenario, multiplicators, and sensitivity analysis; - Interviewed founders, teams and customers; - Proactively built and consistently maintained relationships to source investment opportunities; - Conducted market mapping and market sizing.
FinSight focuses on FinTech & Enterprise Software companies bringing digital transformation to Banking/Finance/Insurance & related sectors.
Head of Information security service
2019 - 2022
- Developed and maintained relationships with government counterparties responsible for information security; - Responsible for the cyber security of the national information system with 200M requests per year and other systems; - Investigated cyber attacks and implemented countermeasures. Key results: 1. Organised information security department from scratch; 2. Developed a technical task and received from the Moscow budget $7M for creating an information security system for a National Information System; 3. Ensured privacy and information security compliance of 14 organisations subordinated to the Department of education of Moscow and 700 educational organisations with 1M students.
Investment Analyst
2019 - 2020
- Helped the team evaluate new investment opportunities through market research, product reviews, competitive analysis, metrics analysis, and customer/user reviews; - Researched the market and identified new investment opportunities; - Created and evaluated legal agreements. Key results: 1. Conducted complete research on the aerospace industry, including 124 companies; 2. Analysed 8 Tech startups from the Information Security, Mobile App, Blockchain, Marketing, LegalTech, Aerospace, and Healthcare industries; 3. Evaluated 5G technology and its prospects in Russia, simultaneously identifying investment opportunities.
Co-founder, Penetration Testing Team Lead
2018 - 2019
Company (reached $400k revenue, $80k profit before exit): the information security company that conducted penetration testing and developed Honeypot and DLP - Conducted penetration tests and information security audits; - Developed relationships with prospective clients and closed on sales; - Interviewed and hired new employees. Key results: - Brought the company to $400K revenue and $80K profit in 2019; - Completed ten projects on penetration testing, including Moscow parking, top-tier Russian online retailer and more; - Implemented protected networks and information security tools for the clients.
Information Security Specialist
2015 - 2019
1. Developed an educational platform for information security specialists functioning as a locally proceeding isolated copy of the Internet that was implemented in 2 universities. 2. Conducted certification of 8 information security tools and data processing facilities and implemented four protected networks.