Andris Berzins

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VC seed stage investor in Baltic startups, former startup founder, startup activist, father of four.

Riga, Latvia

www.qoorio.app/o/andris.berzins

Startups

Parenting

Digital Marketing

Management & Strategy

After spending two years at Stanford Business School during the run-up to the dot-com bubble, my appetite was whetted in the intersection of technology and business. Aside from two years at a strategy consulting firm Bain & Company, I have spent the past 18 years at technology startups in the US and Europe. Highlights include two executive roles, including 2 startups, that each exited for over $100M. Today I am Managing Partner of Change Ventures, the first and largest pan-Baltic seed fund, backing ambitious Baltic founders building global success stories.

Outside work, I am a father of four kids, husband to a wonderfully smart and capable lawyer. I co-founded and am on the boards of the TechHub Riga and TechChill foundations and work to support the startup community in Latvia and the other Baltic States. Last but not least - I’m a part time (aka weekend) warrior in the National Guard of Latvia, serving as an infantryman in the 1st Riga Brigade.

MY TOPICS

Topic is a subject you can talk about with Andris Berzins.

Startup advice

Not ready yet to pitch investors for real $ but want to get cold, hard, direct feedback on your business idea, team and approach? And some advice on how to succeed? Book time with me to get ahead and increase your chances of success!

Parenting with four kids

My kids would be the first to say we are strict parents. In my opinion that is the only way to make four kids and two careers work. And it is good for the kids too, even if they don’t always like it in the short term. Happy to share experiences

Setting up and Running non-profits

I’m also co-founder of the foundations TechHub Riga and TechChill. We kick-started the startup community in Latvia and set up the leading co-working space in Riga. Happy to share insights (and painful lessons learned) from this experience

Venture capital investing

During the past few years, I have taken an active part in the venture capital industry, and have either co-founded and/or advised many early-stage startups.

Talk options

Choose how you’d like to meet Andris and arrange your talk.

100% donated to Women Go Tech

30 min

Zoom call

€40

30 min

Review your start up idea over Zoom

€40

30 min

Video call (Overkill network only)

Free

Talks

Reviews from humans who have met with Andris

Michael Popchuk

25 days ago

The talk was very productive and practical.

Marcin Zietek

25 days ago

Andris is a very knowledgeable and sophisticated startup expert - highly recommended for all startup founders.

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