Tim Vaino
Investment Manager at Change Ventures
Tim Vaino
Investment Manager at Change Ventures
Tallinn, Harjumaa
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder
2021 - Current
fff.club is a fast-growing community designed for tech professionals to for a collective power and co-invest in unique deals, across various asset classes. Become a member today and join your fellow investors from industry leaders like Bolt, Wise, Pipedrive, Vinted, Skype, Spotify, Klarna, and other top European companies. As one of the co-founders of fff.club, I focus on dealflow, business development, partnerships, and investment process.
Investment Manager
2023
Pre-seed investments backing ambitious Baltic founders
Mentor
2022 - 2023
For two weeks, Techstars startups ran the gauntlet of Mentor Madness, a legendary event on the Techstars program calendar. 108 booked Mentors = 9 days x 12 Mentor meetings/day 🌍 21 countries 🅰️ 99% attendance 🗓 1,267 Mentor meetings
COO & Dealflow Manager
2021 - 2022
I'm proud to say that I was the first employee to join VNTRS as they expanded from Sweden to the Baltic States. As the top Venture Building Studio in Sweden, it was my duty to spearhead the expansion and ensure its success in the Baltics. Together with a local CEO, I took charge of the market analyses, created a solid roadmap, and handpicked the first team to get things off the ground. Once our dream team was in place, I also led the charge on conducting thorough due diligence and hosted workshops for promising teams. It was an incredible experience, and I'm thrilled to have been part of such an exciting journey. Among other things, I was focused on: - Startup screening for potential investment - Conducting initial due diligence process - Integrating the brand to local community - Creating VNTRS events in the Baltics region - Managing the CRM and investment pipelines - Thinking towards VNTRS Academy - Close collaboration with VNTRS Global Office
Fundraising Mentor
2020 - 2022
The Solaride project started in 2020 on the initiative of two students of the University of Tartu to build the first solar car in the Baltics. Today this is an interdisciplinary education and cooperation project whose main focus is the development of future talents and the popularization of technology education. More than 300 high school students, university students, mentors, trainers and partners are involved in the project. My role was to advise and participate in the fundraising for this super-interesting project. Among other things I was focused on: - Team formation, strategy and processes - Identifying a landscape of potential partners and sponsors - Negotiations and closing of the deals - Helped with fundraiser event organisations and hosting
Head of Fundraising and Partnerships
2020 - 2022
Organizing the biggest tech conference in the Baltic states is no easy feat, but doing it during a COVID peak? That's a whole other level of challenge. But you know what they say - challenge accepted! Thanks to our incredible team and their dedication to excellence, we managed to deliver an unforgettable event - the ONLY one in the region at that time - with the highest possible standard. As for me, I was laser-focused on fundraising and partnership negotiations, working hand in hand with the rest of the C-suite team to make sure we brought our A-game. And boy, did we ever! If you're looking for someone with the grit, determination, and vision to take your event to the next level, that might be me!
Head Of Business Development
2019 - 2021
Job Description Working as the Business Developer @Cyberland contains handful of challenging tasks. Main aim is to establish and execute sales strategy, expand the business, search for the new leads and partners, while networking and promoting the company. Delivering our philosophy to the world. Objectives of this Role - Managing both our existing sales pipeline and developing new business opportunities - Take a lead role in the development of proposals and presentations for new business materials to create and nurture business opportunities and partnerships - Identify trends and customer needs, building a short/medium/long-term sales pipeline in accordance with targets - Develop strategies and positions by analyzing market trends - Assist in the coordination and implementation of marketing strategies, and delegate tasks that achieve strategic goals - Motivate the team, track performance, and report metrics
Fundraising Human
2020 - 2020
The Global Hack is an online hackathon solving the problems we are facing as a global society during and after the immediate COVID-19 crisis is over. 🌍 We bring together world-class mentors and globally talented teams to build the solutions for a better future. 🚀 By connecting the public and private sector we enable fast implementation of solutions in the time of need. Next hackathon 👉9-12 April 2020, Online Worldwide
Chief Executive Officer
2018 - 2019
We are an end-to-end video production company with a world-wide experience in various video-related projects. What makes us special is the fact that we are doing full service from the very beginning to the end, prioritizing our clients’ wishes at every stage of the production. While most companies are doing business, we like to think that we are making art as being creative and coming up with “outside the box” solutions is what we are really good at. Our client base is very colourful as we are operating within different fields. Our team’s strengths are being operative, creative and, most importantly, being enthusiastic about everything we do. To be able to squeeze out the juiciest content from, what may look as the really boring project, is what we do the best.
Advertiser Acquisition Manager
2017 - 2018
• Business development and acquisition with global targeting • Contract and deal negotiation • Monitoring campaign offers, providing insights and recommendations for improvements
Education
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
2011 - 2014
High school
2000 - 2010