Pavel Cherkashin

Managing Partner at Mindrock Capital

Managing Partner
2017 - Current
At Mindrock Capital, we invest primarily in emerging tech leaders when they show the highest growth rate (late stages, incl. pre-IPO) — the least risky and the most profitable investment period.

Mentor
2020 - 2024
Teaching young entrepreneurs (12-19 y.o.) from around the world how to launch a startup, identify a problem that needs to be solved, develop a product, launch a marketing campaign, get investments etc.

CEO
2015 - 2021
906.World is a сultural сenter dedicated to improving the quality of life for neighbors by offering classes, workshops and community gatherings that focus on personal wellness and professional development.

Managing Partner
2015 - 2021
We founded GVA Capital to introduce global perspective to Silicon Valley, supporting best entrepreneurs from around the World with capital, insights, connections and good advice.

General Manager, Consumer & Online - Russia
2009 - 2011
My role is to manage growth of online services for Microsoft in Russia (MSN, Windows Live, Bing, Hotmail, Messanger, etc.), drive success of Windows as best OS for home users and win market share of Windows Phone in portable world.

Country Manager - Russia & CIS
2006 - 2009
Established the business for Adobe in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and CIS countries, including: - Growing sales x10 times in 3 years - Building excellent professional team and stable channel sales ecosystem with more than 3,000 participants - Winning largest government, education and commercial deals for the company - Establishing legal, logistical, production and marketing infrastructure in the company

Country Manager, Russia & CIS
2004 - 2006
Responsible for business development of Siebel Systems in Russia and CIS

Director
2001 - 2004
As the general manager of the company I am responsible for the overall operations of the company from managing financial flows and envisioning sales and marketing strategy to supervising production and quality control business processes. The company became profitable in 9 months and double its revenues every year by the following steps: Introducing new strategic concept with primary focus on industry-specific CRM solutions (primarily for financial sector, telecommunications and distribution) Establishing strategic vendor relationships with key global players in the segment (Siebel, Sage Group - SalesLogix) Restructuring costs and financial accounting (establishing self-financing profit-centers, time management, strict budgeting and resource allocation) Attracting key strategic clients in the target segments I report directly to shareholders and managed team of more than 50 employees, including consultants, developers and support staff.

CEO
1997 - 2000
As a co-founder and general manager of the company I grew it from small Web-development studio with 6 employees to one of the largest eBusiness Solution Provider with more than 200 employees and large multinational corporations like clients, including BMW, Microsoft, Canon, Intel and many others. With support of professional team I lead the company to strategic acquisition by international venture fund late in 1999 and left it in early 2000 to start new venture in corporate automation field (CRM).