Valentina Pidgaina
Investor
Valentina Pidgaina
Investor
Atherton, California
Overview
Work Experience
Business Development | Partnerships| CVC | Industrial & Consumer IoT | Healthcare&Lifesciences
2024 - Current
Orion Innovation is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. For 30 years, with transformative business solutions in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, Orion has supported Fortune 500 giants and technology startups, helping them solve complex business problems and empowering them to operate with agility at scale. Orion has been a leader in designing Industrial and Consumer IoT solutions for decades, co-innovating with clients, and leveraging AI/ML, cloud and edge computing, digital twins, and connectivity to deliver end-to-end IoT engineering solutions that revolutionize the way businesses participate in a digital economy.
Member
2024
Partner Track is an exclusive Slack community designed for the next generation of venture capitalists eager to connect, collaborate, learn, and co-invest with their peers
Member
2023
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Head of Pipeline&Partnerships
2021 - 2024
Vibranium.VC is a venture fund based in Menlo Park, led by an international team. Its investment focus is on early-stage SaaS startups with US HQ. Vibranium.VC aims to identify future champions and support their rapid growth and global expansion. As an Associate, I am responsible for deal scouting, evaluation, and internal communications; building and fostering relationships with other VCs, operators, and accelerators; and internal and external initiatives, such as events for the VC and startup community, Softlading programs for international startups, etc.
Corporate Business Development
2020 - 2021
MTS StartUp Hub - Innovation department of MTS - the biggest telecom company in Eastern Europe. As a corporate bizdev, I led strategic innovation programs for business divisions of MTS (such as consumer products, IoT/M2M, SmartCity, FinTech, e-commerce, and cloud) and joint initiatives to create business opportunities, add value, and boost brand visibility with partners
Project Director
2014 - 2020
Global Venture Alliance is an innovation ecosystem builder that was ranked as the #1 World Private Accelerator (2019 - UBI Global). For almost a decade we focused on creating world-class innovation ecosystems in developing countries, working with large corporations to help them integrate innovations and achieve digital and cultural transformation. Over the last decade, we created 42 accelerators globally. As a Program director, I was responsible for developing and conducting corporate innovation acceleration and softlanding programs for 1300+ startups; I managed 25 corporate innovation programs across five countries to integrate innovations and achieve digital and cultural transformation for the largest global FMCG, retail, telecom, and industrial brands; led business development efforts, establishing cooperation with 15+ clients, including IKEA, MTS, KOTRA, IBM, and others.
Event Specialist
2012 - 2014
Transitioned from event manager to team lead, overseeing 10+ successful business events (forums, conferences, road shows)
Commentary Assistant to Commentary Control Management Team
2012 - 2012
Technical and general assistance to the commentary control management team during UEFA EURO 2012 (The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship)