Alexandra Balkova is a Partner and Head of Portfolio at Startup Wise Guys, a B2B accelerator and group of VC funds investing in early-stage startups. Alexandra is currently managing 400+ companies from 60+ countries. She has been in the venture capital industry for over 8 years, and her experience includes managing investments, strategic growth, and fundraising. She started at Startup Wise Guys by managing batches as a director, supporting founders in their early startup journey on the strategic level, and then moved to a Partner level role. Her work currently focuses on portfolio support, empowering entrepreneurs to create positive change by building great international tech companies. As a part of the investment committee across all the funds, Alexandra has selected and invested in 150+ startups across 4 continents in the past 3+ years.