Sergey Kochnev

Strategic Advisor

2023 - Current

Founder & CEO

2023

Our mission is to help businesses succeed in the decentralized world by providing innovative and effective marketing solutions. We believe that blockchain technology and the web3 ecosystem have the power to transform the way we live, work, and interact with each other. As such, it's crucial for businesses to adopt a web3 marketing strategy that speaks to their target audience and showcases their unique value proposition.

Founder

2023

Our Mission is to foster a vibrant startup ecosystem, facilitate collaboration, and provide valuable support for startups to succeed. Our Startup community is where you can find co-founders, investors, mentors, and other valuable resources for your venture.

Mentor

2022

Mentoring teams at the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, powering 5000+ global tech startups, which have gone on to raise $1.5Billion in funding for an estimated combined worth of $30B.

Angel Investor

2021

▪ Nutromics - Revolutionizing precision medicine through Continuous Molecular Monitoring (CMM). ▪ Mr. Yum - Beautiful mobile menus for order & pay, thoughtfully designed for hospitality and entertainment. ▪ Arzooo - India’s fastest growing Retail Tech Venture powering physical retail to go digital. ▪ Finless Foods - Creating a Future For Seafood Where the Ocean Thrives. ▪ Oxygen - Banking for the extraordinary. ▪ IntegriCulture - Making lab-grown meat affordable. ▪ Fintor - Democratizing real estate investing for all. ▪ Runa - Improving the way employees work in Latin America, through a cloud-based payroll and human resources software. ▪ Odyssey - A new way to create, discover, and monetize communities. ▪ NOVAMEAT - Plant-Based Meat, Reinvented. ▪ LIFELENZ - The automated AI platform for your planning, scheduling, workforce and human capital management needs. ▪ NFT PRO - The #1 White Label NFT Solution for Blue-Chip Brands. ▪ Wayflyer - Providing flexible funding and actionable insights to the world's fastest-growing eCommerce businesses. ▪ X-therma Inc. - Cool Innovations to Reimagine Biotime for All.

VC Investor

2021

▪ Sourced investment opportunities using a structured approach to increase deal flow velocity in both quantity and quality by doing weekly sprints using multiple deal flow channels ▪ Developed investment theses around various industry verticals, reviewed pitch decks, met with startups and investors, and presented top investment opportunities at weekly Partners Meetings and Investment Committees ▪ Worked closely with the General Partners who have 45+ years of VC experience and invested in 10+ unicorns such as Beyond Meat, Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Wish, Oculus, Oscar, etc. ▪ Conducted quantitative and qualitative deep due diligence including: − Market sizing, team’s ability to execute, go-to-market strategy, key risks, business model, key metrics, financial modeling, competitive landscape, customer and investor interviews, cap table and waterfall analysis, term sheets and investment documents ▪ Built a large network across accelerators, VC / PE funds, startup founders, and have access to VU's investor and strategic network

Accelerator Program Manager

2022 - 2022

LABS196 is revolutionizing the venture capital investment industry. Our accelerator program is designed to support startups with unicorn potential due to their innovative ideas and exceptional team to get investor-ready and launch their project to the moon.

Project Controls/Management

2012 - 2021

• Actively monitored, tracked and managed project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables • Worked with respective groups to secure and manage resource availability across the project team • Implemented trends and change orders into Change Management process to provide accurate progress and cost forecast • Coordinated with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives and deliverables • Ensured projects are delivered on-time, on budget, and remain in scope. Monitors and tracks project dependencies • Worked with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables • Managed project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals • Identified, recorded and evaluated business and technology risks, internal controls which mitigate risks, and related opportunities for project control improvement. • Negotiated different viewpoints between stakeholders and suppliers, working toward solutions that are in the best interest of the client

Technical Analyst

2010 - 2012

Edit end-user, administrator, and API documentation, as well as financial modeling research papers for grammar, style, accuracy, and readability Update existing user documentation Coordinate editing schedules and review processes Enhance and maintain the Technical Communications Style and Procedures Guide; and ensure that all documents meet established standards

Founder & CMO

2007 - 2009

• Led brand planning and overall marketing initiatives. • Guided many marketing elements such as product development, pricing. • Motivating and mobilizing the campaign team to meet objectives • Drawing up and implementing advertising strategies for companies and clients. • Engaging in public relations activities • Conducting product research and development • Preparing budgets and estimates for components of the advertising campaign • Developing contacts for promotional campaigns • Overseeing the results of campaigns to determine their effectiveness