TJ

Tichomir Jenkut

Associate at Presto Ventures

Prague

Overview

Work Experience

  • Associate

    2023 - Current

  • Financial and Analytics Lead

    2022 - 2023

  • M&A Consultant

    2021 - 2022

    • Preparing proposals and engagement letters for prospective clients • Researching potential clients/targets/investors, working on both, sell- and buy-side mandates • Crafting teaser and investment presentations for clients’ counterparties whilst working with financial models • Modelling indicative valuations using DCF and transaction/trading multiples methods

  • Project manager and Analyst

    2021 - 2021

    Led Slovak Innovation Map project aimed at mapping the innovation ecosystem in Slovakia • Planned the project scope and timeline, identified key stakeholders, and managed the team • Designed the final deliverable and validated final product features with relevant stakeholders • Analysed +200 funding rounds in Slovak start-up ecosystem, creating final outputs for the development team

  • Founder Associate

    2020 - 2021

    Part of business dev team of seed-stage global VC backed start-up • Analysed market trends and size in a niche extended reality cloud-based communication market • Led cooperation with a strategy consultancy working on investors pitch and market sizing • Prepared an extensive report of 35 major competitors in the video-conferencing and mixed reality market • Formulated launch pricing strategy based on a combination of cost and competitive-based pricing • Co-devised Series A funding strategy, analysing 300+ VCs in Europe and US, working with the two CEOs

  • Vice President

    2020 - 2021

    • Co-lead a successful transition of the everyday operations of the society from offline to the online environment • Recruited +50 students solely through online channels

  • President

    2019 - 2020

    Head of the Bath branch of a global non-profit, student-led social entrepreneurship organisation • Organised and led committee meetings, keeping 40+ members accountable and motivated • Increased the number of projects by 3 and pushed social impact by 200% • Presented at National competition in front of 100+ people and 20 executives from top UK companies

  • Consultant

    2020 - 2020

    In the largest university-based consultancy, I was a part of a team working on the growth strategy of a socially responsible online socks retailer. • Prepared demand analysis of customised socks in the US • Worked on competitors' analysis of subscription boxes in the UK, analysing strategies of +50 competitors

  • Analyst

    2019 - 2019

    Responsible for Project Management Office in a large IT project in a Czech banking institution • Prepared reports and presentations for project reporting of 9 separate workstreams • Ran weekly project meetings assisting project manager with the presentation to C-suite and seniors • Analysed 20k+ data inputs and created essential scalable models for data scrambling • Managed JIRA, Confluence and Teams administration for 140+ people on the project

  • Barista

    2019 - 2019

    Worked in one of the top 10 coffee shops in the city of Bath to help support my studies.

  • Copywriter and market researcher

    2018 - 2018

    Responsible for research of client’s competitors • First contact with marketing brief after meeting with a client, conducting research on possible marketing channels and strategies •Analysing emerging marketing trends and transforming the information into concise presentations • Lead the nationwide campaign of the client selling luxurious Italian furniture • Conducted essential research and brainstorming for a nationwide campaign against the movement of young people leaving Slovakia

  • Summer Intern

    2018 - 2018

    A vital part of the creative team. Worked on various projects including campaigns for T-Systems, Košice international Airport, GlobalLogic, and Diebold Nixdorf. • Worked on Košice Airport campaign which reached over a million impressions on social media and which, as a result, won Eurowings competition “Vote and Fly” • Persuaded team leader to get more responsibility by managing Facebook accounts of 4 clients, conducting 3 Facebook posts per week per each account

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