Pawel Schapiro
Venture Capital Advisor
Experience
Business Angel and Advisor
Payve Ventures
- Investing as an Angel Investor through my own limited company (UG)
- Advising startups with fundraising and business strategy
- Venture scout and advisor for investors
Partner, from 2022 Venture Partner
TA Ventures
Focused on early-stage investments in Mobility, Digital Health, and Enterprise Software. Full investment cycle: from sourcing to portfolio management
Evaluated 2500+ companies, sourced and closed 21 investments, which raised 430m$ in the following rounds. 4 acquisitions, 1 IPO (detailed track record available)
Track record highlights:
- Vay: Full-stack teleoperated mobility service, raised 95m$
- Bipi: Car subscription service, acquired by a Renault subsidiary
- Shift: AI-enabled manufacturing marketplace, acquired by Xometry, later IPO at NASDAQ
- Aurora Labs: AI-enabled connected vehicle software, raised 97m$
- AccessOwl: Access management automation, One of few German YC companies (S22)
Spearheaded strategic initiatives such as the introduction of new Software tools (Affinity, Airtable, Slack, Tracxn, etc.), setting up portfolio valuation tracking, and the hiring of key team members
Investment Manager
Creathor Ventures
Responsible for the full investment cycle from sourcing to portfolio management for startups in DACH and the Nordics
Evaluated 500+ potential deals, closed 2 investments (both acquired later), held 4 Board positions
Led strategic initiatives such as introducing Pitchbook, a portfolio job board (Ventureloop), and setting up the technical infrastructure for the Creathor Newsletter
Consulting & Interim Management
Consulted startups with Business Development, Online Marketing, Merchandise Planning, and process optimization
Pippa & Jean (2014), Social Selling Community. Set up Performance Marketing campaigns, optimized Merchandise Planning and Price Management
Niuland (2014), D2C Fashion E-Commerce. Set up Facebook Marketing campaigns, landing pages, creatives and tested customer acquisition strategies
COBI (2016/2017), Consumer Product for electric bicycles. Tested a Marketing push through Facebook and Google Ads for COBI as interim Head of Performance Marketing
Global Venture Development Manager
Rocket Internet
- Head of Online Marketing at Lamudi/ Carmudi (B2C Classifieds Marketplaces)
- Head of Strategic Projects at Lamoda (Fashion E-Commerce)
- Consulted and built up operational departments at different Rocket companies