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Tichomir Jenkut

Associate at Presto Ventures

Prague

Overview 

Tichomir Jenkut is a Venture Capitalist at PTH in Prague, specializing in investing in tech startups focused on sectors such as Cybersecurity and AI. With a background in finance and consulting, he has experience working with companies like Klarna and EY, and has held leadership roles in organizations like Enactus Bath. Jenkut's career highlights include serving as a Financial and Analytics Lead at Klarna and being the Vice President and President of Enactus Bath, showcasing his expertise in finance and leadership roles.

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

Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.

  • 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

Accenture Ventures is a venture capital firm arm of Accenture, delivers innovative solutions with strategic partnerships and investments.

  • 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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