Ana Wolsztajn - About & Bio

Speaker/founder/Coach/Investor

Leveraging 20 years as an operator, founder, VC investor, and tech journalist (at Tech.EU), Ana is now investing in the angel capacity in cloud startups across Europe and coaching on communication and leadership. She worked with a number of tech venture builders, accelerators, VC funds, and tech conference organisers on 3 continents in a variety of positions and has been an influential connector between the wider startup community and the world of VC and media (recognised as TOP 100 Europe's women in startups & VC '23, and Women in VC in CEE '23). Active in the startup ecosystem Europe-wide and beyond, Ana shares her experience as a mentor, Ivy League-trained performance coach, and a business strategy advisor worldwide, with a special focus on the Baltics & Nordics, as well as Central Eastern Europe, where she hails from.

Professional experiences consist of, but are not limited to:

✔️Included VC Alumna, Mentor & Venture Partner ✔️Investor & CMO at KAYA VC (2.5 yrs at $80MM CEE fund, full rebrand, ICs, IR, led investments) ✔️cofounder & MD of a sporttech marketplace ✔️Brand & Creative at adidas ✔️ program and project management, GTM strategy, and comms for acceleration programs and venture builders in Europe and Australia (Startup Sesame, Daftcode, The Heart Tech, Moonshine Lab) ✔️Associate at Treliant, a global consulting company to the financial sector (Tier 1 FS orgs and fintechs on the rise in the US, Asia, UK) HQ in Washington DC. ✔️marketing & research at Balderton Capital ✔️ex-tech journalist at Tech.EU, ✔️sr copywriter at OLIVER, McCann, DDB; ✔️current Member of the Board of Advisors at Forbes ✔️EIC Women Leadership Coach ✔️public speaker on neurodiversity, growth mindset, future of tech, VC funding ✔️Ivy-league-trained and certified leadership coach (Brown University) ✔️startup mentor across Northern Europe & CEE (Polish, Prague-based) ✔️Business Insider's European Women in VC 2021 ✔️in TOP 100 most influential women in startups & VC in Europe '23 (EU-Startups)✔️ among 100+ Female Factor's "New Era Leaders" ✔️TOP 100 Women in VC in CEE in 2023 by Vestbee.