Rashko Angelinov

Advisor at baby vc

Berlin, Berlin

Overview 

Rashko Angelinov is currently working as the Product & Ops at Junto, where he focuses on building a baby venture capital firm. With a background in business development, community building, and event management, Rashko has held various leadership roles and has a strong track record of strategic partnerships and product development. Highlights of Rashko's career include founding a baby venture capital firm and serving as a Head of Ecosystem in events and conferences, showcasing his expertise in building communities and fostering strategic partnerships. His diverse experience in business development, community building, and event planning has contributed to his success in his current role at Junto.

Work Experience 

  • Advisor

    2024 - Current

  • Head of Ecosystem - Events & Conferences

    2023 - 2024

    - Conception, launch, operations of the baby vc Mentor Program with 150+ VC investors on board to date. Led the launch in DACH in spring 2023, France & the UK in autumn 2023. Participants in the baby vc cohorts are matched with junior investors at leading European VC funds. - Partnership development & Events: working with large tech events (e.g. Bits & Pretzels, ChefTreff, START Global). Hosted baby vc roundtable with 30+ participants at the 2023 Bits & Pretzels conference + Masterclass with 70+ participants at ChefTreff Hamburg in 2024.

  • Head of DACH

    2023 - 2023

    - Coordinated a team of 10+ people to organize the second baby vc bootcamp in DACH - Organized the baby vc NexGen Investing Series event, with focus on Female Investors' Paths into VC - Recruited, onboarded 15+ VC investors & 20+ participants in the bootcamp

  • Community & Content Lead (Founding Team in DACH)

    2022 - 2023

    Part of the 10-people baby vc founding team at our new DACH location (Berlin). baby vc is a non-profit organization unlockick Venture Capital for the most passionate of young talents in Europe through our leading student-run initiatives. Core product is an 8-week long bootcamp twice a year for selected fellows. We also curate a VC and startup community, a job board, and a weekly newsletter with 5k+ subscribers.

  • Founder's Associate - Product, Operations, Community

    2023

    - Junto's 1st Ops: point-of-contact for Junto users, clients, leading client success & communication; to date: onboarded 600+ users to the Junto learning platform - End-to-end Program management: building & managing the Junto onboarding process and programs; to date: successfully completed 12 programs - Event management: end-to-end plan, budget, and execution of Junto's community events (e.g. Junto Summer Club Lounge); quarterly event featuring 120+ guests - Product development: user research & interviews, feedback collection & implementation

  • Venture Capital

    2022 - 2023

    - Launched the Visionaries Portfolio Talent Club – a talent pool project which involves working with a hiring software, automation tool, and Notion databases. - Led Community & Content projects: launch of the internal portfolio newsletter from scratch, launch of the Intern rotation program from scratch, and Platform brand-defining content - Quantified the impact of the Platform activities by creating and maintaining databases that track the impact of the portfolio support projects in Notion

  • Program & Community

    2022 - 2022

    • Key projects: Organization of Antler Portfolio Reveal Day April 2022, Antler Program support, Content & Thought Leadership lead, Antler Community support • Other workstreams: Investor relations, Events & Partnerships, Investment due diligence • Verticals: B2B SaaS, Marketplaces, ClimateTech, HRTech

  • Business Development, Digital Marketplaces

    2021 - 2022

    • Industry coverage: Marketplaces, Mobility, Real Estate, HRTech, E-commerce • Due diligence work: market research, competitive landscape, financial analysis, strategic assessment of target companies in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) • Business model analysis, and competitive overview of European mobility marketplaces, covering car e-commerce, subscription, C2B auction, and B2B dealer models • Market and competitive landscape overview of a CEE target country to support a market entry • Competitive landscape overview of the leading job platforms in Europe, to inform expansion into selected geographic markets • Business model analysis and a competitive overview of a potential investment target in the field of mobility marketplaces (Europe)

  • Private Equity

    2021 - 2021

    • Industry coverage: ConsumerTech, Mobility, Manufacturing • Financial analysis (P&L, Cash flow, Balances) to inform investment rationale for PE clients • Due diligence to create target company profiles, including market & industry overview, competitive landscape, team composition and strategic assessment

  • Business Development

    2020 - 2020

    • In a team of two, helped the setup of McMakler's premium brand, MCM Premium Homes, including internal processes, marketing, hiring, and strategy • Led an industry and competitor analysis of the German premium real estate broker market to inform the strategic positioning of MCM Premium Homes on the market

  • Global Content Strategy

    2018 - 2019

    • Led a strategic project to craft the 2020 Global Brand Content Strategy of Unilever’s largest condiment brand together with creative brand agencies, market research agencies, data analysts, and brand teams • Led a project to revamp Unilever largest foods brand’s digital marketing strategy for Q3 and Q4, 2019 • Managed 8 global market research projects, involving multiple stakeholders including global research and creative agencies • Compiled and presented the updated Digital Content Toolkit to management members of the Unilever Foods & Refreshments division, including the division's Global Vice-President

  • Teaching Assistant, Marketing & Strategy

    2018 - 2018

    Tutored two groups of 20 Marketing students each. (1) Presentation of Marketing & Strategic Management concepts and their discussion in class; (2) Application of theory into business cases, which we solved together. Responsible for assisting the students in the execution of a Marketing Business Plan project: advise students, provide feedback, and help construct marketing plan for a business innovation idea.

  • Sales & Business Development

    2018 - 2018

    Soltec is a B2B tech-consulting specialist in the Industry Digitalization (Industrie 4.0) and Smart Factory fields. • Sales - cold calling, online marketing, and sales process setup • Key project: Business and implementation plan for a client company, including financial analysis and forecasting

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