Olga Shikhantsova
Partner at Speedinvest
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2022 - Current
Speedinvest is a European early-stage venture capital firm with more than €1 billion in assets under management, backing fintech, SaaS, marketplaces, industrial-tech, and deep-tech startups. Its portfolio includes Bitpanda, GoStudent, Wayflyer, Moove, Tide, and wefox. Selected companies: Finary, Cobee (acq. by Pluxee), Pliant, Rollee, Fiat Republic, Rho Protocol, Due, Tranched, Grace Technology
Principal
2021 - 2022
Investment Manager
2020 - 2021
Target Global is a pan-European venture capital firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management, backing technology disruptors in sectors such as fintech, software, mobility, and marketplaces. Its portfolio includes Revolut, Delivery Hero, Auto1 Group, Rapyd, Travelperk, and Wefox. Selected companies: Rapyd, Copper, Finom, Kuda, Cobee (acq. by Pluxee), First Digital Assets Group (acq. by Fireblocks), Zego
Associate
2017 - 2020
Investment Associate
2016 - 2017
Multi-stage venture capital firm backing FinTech, enterprise software, and marketplaces. Selected companies: Raisin (leading wealth platform in Germany with €70 B+ assets under management), Foodfox (acq. by Yandex, now Yandex.Eda), Yieldify (acq. by Publicis)
Analyst
2016 - 2016
FinSight Ventures is a $600 million multi-stage venture capital firm backing fintech, enterprise software, and other technology companies that are reshaping banking, insurance, payments, and adjacent sectors. Selected companies: Busfor (acq. by BlaBlaCar), FinexKap
FinSight focuses on FinTech & Enterprise Software companies bringing digital transformation to Banking/Finance/Insurance & related sectors.
Project Manager
2015 - 2016
FINTECH_FAB develops B2C mobile-commerce services, mobile-payment platforms, and new business models for mobile financial services.
Research Intern
2014 - 2015
Research paper published: Stepanova A., Shikhantsova O. Insider Ownership and Firm Performance in BRIC Countries: The Analysis of 2003–2013 // Russian Management Journal, V.13, N1, 2015.
Intern in Financial Department
2014 - 2014
Noxell Corporation manufactures and markets perfumes, colognes, cosmetic, and toiletry products under CoverGirl brand name.