Katerina Klezlova
A serial entrepreneur, venture builder and business development expert focused on building scalable, efficient and investment-ready tech companies, globally. After multiple years in business development and consulting focused on the corporate sector, she founded Fortuny Consulting in May 2017, developing own business models for scalable growth focusing on the SME sector. In September 2019 she co-founded a financial technology venture DealStation, a software aimed at digitizing the fundraising process for private companies. Currently Ms Klezlova is active in the fields of innovation, sustainability and impact – supporting numerous ventures with their expansion strategies and investment-readiness. Additionally, since June 2021 she sits on the board of Capacity, a Zurich-based accelerator for refugee and migrant entrepreneurship and integration, while also serving as a judge, mentor, advisor, expert and judge for various investment funds, angel clubs and accelerators across Europe such as the Kickstart Innovation, Masschallenge, WeBloom, Business Angels Connect or R3I. Ms Klezlova holds an MBA degree from the IE University in Madrid, Spain and a Corporate Finance certificate from the CISI in London, UK.