Olga Shikhantsova

Head of Product Strategy

2025

Partner

2022 - 2025

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

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