.wave Network

Get to know the members of our professional network, who will support you

Our Mentors

Tamás Balassa

Tamás is a business professional with finance background and strategic mindset, experienced in venture capital, corporate finance and digital technologies. He spent the first half of the last 10 years on the VC/PE side and the second half on the company management side, while he has just recently come back to the investor arena, focusing on later stage digital technology companies.
#Business-plan #Financial-plan #Fundraising

Zsolt Balog

Zsolt is a leader and strategist with 16 years of corporate, entrepreneurial, and CVC experience in Europe, CEMEA, and China. Recognized for consistently directing and delivering financial & cultural turnarounds in developing and developed organizations, delivering top & bottom-line results in FMCG, IT, food, logistics, and retail industries.
#Technology #ProductMarketFit #BusinessStrategy

Gábor Boncz

mentor for the winning team at .wave 3.0

Gábor is a seasoned executive with proven track record in international banking and industrial big size (4500 FTE+) business operation/transformation including multisite production, global sales force as well as full headquarter turnaround. Natural change agent with special focus on long term strategy setting & execution as well as driving cultural change as base to the overall success.
#BusinessStrategy #GoToMarketStrategy #Growth Strategy

Attila Dobos

“Don’t quote, go your own way!”

Attila has years of experience in managing B2B sales activities and mentoring both international and Hungarian businesses such as IND, Balabit, SEON, Barion, and Distinction. Besides that, he is a certified programmer with practical experience in 1-1 negotiation techniques.

#B2B #negotiation #sales

Attila Ferenczi

“Every purchase is a vote to support sustainability!”
Attila Ferenczi has been dealing with waste management and education on this topic for nearly 20 years. During his university years, even as a student, he took on an active organizing role and facilitated the establishment of the alma mater’s selective waste collection. Since 2013, he has been focusing his experience gathered at several domestic organizations and internationally in his own startup company Recobin Kft. which also takes an active social roleiIn addition to environmental protection.

#circulareconomy #wastemanagement #b2b #socialentrepreneurship

Plamen Ivanov

Plamen is an impact-driven entrepreneur with an unwavering spirit and an unyielding drive to effect positive change. Leveraging his expertise gained as an earlystage investor in +100 impact and climate-tech businesses, as well as his +7 years as an impact entrepreneur, he is now dedicated to assisting founders in becoming investor-ready and achieving their fundraising goals.
#Fundraising #InvestorReadiness #ImpactInvestment

Erika Lajkó

“As an early-stage start-up you have to develop the approach of continuous change and the skill to measure its outcomes.”

Before embarking on a life of adventurous entrepreneurship, Erika was a high-performance manager both on the industrial and investment sides. One of her businesses faced critical challenges because of the pandemic, but her latest business – a boutique financial advisory company – is prospering and growing successfully. Currently, she is attending the Global Executive MBA of INSEAD, – one of the best business schools in the world – with the committed aim to grow as an entrepreneur and as a person.

#financialadvisory #businessmanagement #foodie&exploratory cook

Dénes Nagy

mentor for the winning team at .wave 1.0

“Success is working together with like-minded people towards a meaningful cause.”

Dénes has 10 years of experience in securing private and state capital funds; moreover he gained significant knowledge in venture mentoring projects such as Photon and Rendi. In the last few years, he dedicated his wisdom to supporting early-stage companies to grow and is proud of being a part of several successful exits.

#investment #venturementoring #sports

Oszkár Rimóczi

“There is no waste of time, only unexploited learnings.”

Oszi used to build multinational anti-fraud and payment infrastructures, as well as his startup. Since 2017, he helps to re-engineer and build ventures, while continuously educating himself in sustainability and sustainable business development. He is the master of go-to-market strategy, business and product strategy, design thinking, service design, and validation.

#designthinking #humanecology # business&product strategy #hiking&nature

Ákos Tallós

CEO of MediMass, he achieved the greatest exit in Hungary.

Productivity consultant turned entrepreneur. I have a strong background in IP management, and considerable international technology transfer experience. Working with start-ups – mostly bio-tech and med-tech – for more than 15 years, and having run and sold my own venture, I love the process from idea generation to creating the best product / service that meets consumers expectations while still carrying the genes of the original concept. Having played on both sides of the fence, and having seen myself and others both succeed and making less than optimal decisions, I hope I understand the difficulties start-ups face and am able to make them achieve their targets quicker.

#technology #lifescience #businessstrategy

Ákos Tolnai

mentor for the winning team at .wave 2.0

“Time is the most important factor to any start-up. Therefore, doing the right thing instead of doing things right is paramount.”

Ákos is a certified customer experience consultant and international speaker on innovation and behavioral science who had the chance to work with 50+ innovators in the last 10 years. Armed with priceless conclusions and experiences from his failed startup business, he is mastering B2B, go-to-market, and product-market fit. Moreover, his insights have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and different professional customer experience and UX blogs.

#behaviouralscience #go-to-market #B2B #traveling

Our Experts

György Baksay-Nagy
Investment related legal issues
Tamás Bíró
Agility
Ákos Csertán

Sustainable design

Jelizaveta Degtyareva
Sustainability impact measurement
Zsolt Farkas
Digital marketing, conversion marketing
Thomas Fogarasy
UX
Kinga Illyés
DISC tour
Péter Molnár
Product development and iteration journey
Zsófia Oláh
HR related legal questions
Benedek Rácz
Pricing
Dominika Szabó
Storytelling
Ákos Tolnai

Startup management, Founder issues, Customer VP design,
Go-to-market strategy

Zoltán Tóth
Cap table, term sheet

For more information on the topic of the presentations, read our program.

Our Team

Gabriella Sódar

Márk Tóth

Lívia Túri

Program director

#wanderwoman #theoptimist

Innovation manager

#scouting #thedevilinthedetails

Event manager

#isolveit #explorer

Gabriella Sódar

Program director

#wanderwoman #theoptimist

Márk Tóth

Innovation manager

#scouting #thedevilinthedetails

Lívia Túri

Event manager

#isolveit #explorer

.wave Builders

Csilla Baksai

IFUA Horváth & Partners

Viktória Bodnár

IFUA Horváth & Partners

Zsófia Papp

IFUA Horváth & Partners

Attila Dobos

Nitro Solutions Zrt.

Liza Degtyareva

mégis

Luca Jendrek

Ex-.wave team member

Oszkár Rimóczi

mégis

Melinda Újfalusi

mégis

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