OUR TEAM
Meet Vitosha Venture Partners:
Max Gurvits
Sofia, Bulgaria
Max has been around Sofia's entrepreneurship scene since the early days, and has helped shape the local community through his work at Eleven and a number of angel syndicates. Connecting Bulgaria with Silicon Valley, London, and the rest of Eastern Europe is his credo
Nikola Stojanow
Sofia, Bulgaria
Nikola is one of the founders of Aeternity, and the head of Aeternity Ventures' acclaimed StarFleet program, Bulgaria's most successful and globally recognized accelerator program. Nikola's deep expertise in fintech is a key team asset
Marin Iliev
Sofia, Bulgaria
Marin is an insider of Bulgaria's venture industry from day one, responsible for investments and operations in the first fund in this region. For our founders, Marin brings an intricate understanding of venture techniques and growth channels
Paul Weinberger
Vienna, Austria
A veteran of venture investing and hands-on portfolio management in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, Paul’s extensive transaction and exit experience in the largest European markets connects our founders to the top players in the business
Maris Prii
Tallinn, Estonia
Maris has been involved with the Estonian startup ecosystem from the early days through her work with Startup Wise Guys. An experienced accelerator manager, community builder, and VC operations insider, she brings the Nordic connection to our team
Erik Anderson
Los Angeles, USA
Shuttling between California and Europe, Erik has been the US access point for a number of successful European accelerator programs and VC funds. At Vitosha Venture Partners, Erik unlocks US connections and is the lead expert on marketing and growth
"Vitosha Venture Partners" is the trade name of Vitosha Venture Partners Ltd. and VVP Fund I LP. This privacy policy will explain how our organization (short: VVP) uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website, www.vitosha.vc. Topics: What data do we collect? How do we collect your data? How will we use your data? How do we store your data? Marketing What are your data protection rights? What are cookies? How do we use cookies? What types of cookies do we use? How to manage your cookies Privacy policies of other websites Changes to our privacy policy How to contact us How to contact the appropriate authorities What data do we collect? VVP collects the following data: Personal identification information (Name and email address) How do we collect your data? You directly provide VVP with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you: Register online or submit an application for any of our programs, services, or events. Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email. Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies. VVP may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources: Your publicly available social media profiles. How will we use your data? VVP collects your data so that we can: Process your order and manage your account. Email you with special offers on other offerings and services we think you might like. If you agree, VVP will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services: SummitSummit Community OÜ Economedia AD Muncho OÜ When VVP processes your order or registration, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases. How do we store your data? VVP securely stores your data at secure, industry-standard cloud services. Only management board members and VVP shareholders have access to your data. VVP will keep your Name, E-mail address, Social media handles, and Phone number for up to 1 year after we last contacted you. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data by removing your records and andy backups from our servers. Marketing VVP will only send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner companies mentioned above. If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date. You have the right at any time to stop VVP from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your data to other affiliated organizations of Vitosha Venture Partners. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please e-mail info@vitosha.vc. What are your data protection rights? VVP would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following: The right to access – You have the right to request VVP for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service. The right to rectification – You have the right to request that VVP correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request VVP to complete the information you believe is incomplete. The right to erasure – You have the right to request that VVP erase your personal data, under certain conditions. The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that VVP restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions. The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to VVP's processing of your personal data, under certain conditions. The right to data portability – You have the right to request that VVP transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: info@vitosha.vc Call us at: +359886852881 Cookies Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org. How do we use cookies? VVP uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including: Keeping you signed in Understanding how you use our website What types of cookies do we use? There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses: Functionality – VVP uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used. Advertising – VVP uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website. How to manage cookies You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result. Privacy policies of other websites The VVP website might contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy. Changes to our privacy policy VVP keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 31 January 2020. How to contact us If you have any questions about VVP privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us. Email us at: info@vitosha.vc Call us: +359886852881 How to contact the appropriate authority Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that VVP has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Commission for Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Bulgaria, the jurisdiction our organization operates under: Email: kzld@cpdp.bg Address: 2, Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov blvd. Sofia 1592, Bulgaria