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7 Steps for a Successful Equity Fundraising Campaign: Part I
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Ana-maria Yanakieva
Junior Partner at Stealth Investor firm
United Kingdom
Overview
Ana-Maria Yanakieva is an experienced investor specializing in web3 teams, currently associated with ana.vc in Greenwich, England. With a background in finance and a track record of investing in successful startups like Nyctale and Boson Protocol, she has held key roles at notable firms like Outlier Ventures and LAUNCHub Ventures, showcasing expertise in financial analysis, market research, and investment management.
Work Experience
Co-founder, Farstar DAO
2024 - Current
Farstar DAO is Farstar's web3 business focusing on ecosystem growth and retention through strategic initiatives, incl. Arbitrum Venture Initiative, Growth Circle and more. Delegate in Arbitrum DAO.
Principal
2022 - 2023
Head Of Investment
2021 - 2022
Investment Manager
2020 - 2021
Investor
2018 - 2020
As an investor I: - am looking for pre-seed and seed deals in web3.0 - am managing relationships with founders and VCs at pre-seed and seed stage in Europe & the US - have set up the startup fundraising and investor relations process for the accelerator - am working with portfolio companies on GTM and fundraising strategies - am running the investment pipeline, due diligence process for fund and accelerator investments - am running “Weekly Investor Profile” and ANA.vc - am participating in the end to end investment process - am identifying new market opportunities (eg Corona Tech, Web 2.5) - am aiding on fundraising and enriching thesis for the firm Outlier Ventures is an early stage venture capital platform focused on the convergence of emerging technologies with deep expertise in web 3.0, DLT, AI, IoT. We provide not only capital but post-investment support like business development, token economics, branding and positioning, technology and more.
Mentor
2020 - 2020
Helping talented individuals access and plan for a career in Venture Capital.
Investment Analyst
2017 - 2018
Aiding the partnership through: • Assessing market opportunities across Enterprise, Frontier Tech, Marketplaces. • Extensive research on Blockchain technology. • Performing due diligence on early stage deals (seed). • Structuring a guidelines framework for deal evaluation and testing different approaches to deals evaluation. • Sourcing deals in Europe and the UK. LAUNCHub Ventures is an early stage (seed) venture capital fund with tendencies of investing in digital space (SaaS, Enterprise Software, Health-tech, E-commerce, Mobile, IoT).