Meet our mentors
SEE UP is a sales and scout accelerator. We invest in your startup, build a program entirely around you, and focus on one thing: getting you to scale faster than you would alone.
CEO of Ananas, building Southeast Europe's homegrown answer to Amazon - marketplace, logistics, retail, adtech and fintech in one.
Founder of New Frontier Group, who turned a 2006 startup into a 2,400-person digital-transformation empire across 15+ countries.
Warwick-trained economist, FEFA dean and ex-World Bank hand who now co-builds explainable-AI software.
P&G and L'Oreal alumnus now running Baby Food Factory - FMCG firepower aimed at the smallest customers.
The facilitator who smuggled design thinking into HR across the Balkans.
Serial founder who started at 23 importing toothbrushes and now makes a smart toothbrush for your dog (Petsie).
Ran Publicis across 30 countries; now building Southeast Europe's first business-design firm and an AI tool to humanize brands.
Dentist-turned-founder behind Neo Pill - crowned Europe's #1 health innovation of 2023 by EIT Jumpstarter.
From the Danieli factory floor to running Croatia's national science-and-technology directorate; now a biotech innovation force.
Trained in both mathematics and painting (where science meets art) - he opened Serbia's first open-air science park and ran the national Center for the Promotion of Science.
Serbia's Young Manager of the Year 2020 who has Lean-and-Six-Sigma'd his way through 300+ companies.
PhD engineer who learned venture capital at Stanford, now runs Amsterdam's TenNine VC backing only planet-positive deep tech.
From a 14-year pro water-polo career to McKinsey to venture capital - now backing longevity and fintech bets out of Dubai.
ASPCA-certified canine behaviourist who trained under the late legend Dr. Sophia Yin - founder of Belgrade's Pet Institute.
Finance lead at Skopje's BAU startup accelerator, working M&A and due diligence across North Macedonia.
Danish VC pioneer who promised to sell his photo business before turning 30 (and did, right before digital killed it) - then built an Airbnb for offices that Airbnb itself acquired.
Serbian engineer who built Swiss cybersecurity startup Strong Network - and sold it to Citrix.
Partner at Fil Rouge Capital, the fund writing more first checks than anyone in Croatia.
Harvard-trained ex-Assistant Finance Minister of Serbia who shaped corporate governance across the region for the World Bank's IFC.
Built a Belgrade HR-analytics startup (Orgnostic) - backed by the founders of Indeed and Lean Startup - and sold it to Culture Amp.
Runs the national center that's digitized 3,500 Serbian companies - and is openly hunting the country's first unicorn.
Built an AI pet-travel platform spanning 25+ countries - and staged Tirana's first-ever dog fashion show.
Brand and category marketing at Nelt, the region's FMCG distribution giant.
Co-founded MeliBio and made the world's first real honey without bees - a TIME Best Invention of 2021.
Managing Director of Rare Crew, the Belgrade software house now taking Serbian tech to Dubai.
Ran Societe Generale's bank in Serbia for 14 years, after serving as the minister who reopened Serbia's economy to the world.
M&A partner at top-tier firm Karanovic & Partners - the LSE-trained dealmaker Chinese investors call first in Serbia.
PhD economist and Young Rising Star now running economy coverage at Bloomberg Adria.
Ran Oracle across the Balkans, now drives growth at Comtrade - with a PhD and a published book on the side.
Belgrade-born banker who built German challenger bank Penta, then won a Swiss FINMA fintech license for his SME neobank Relio.
Runs one of the FT's fastest-growing companies (Hellas Direct) and angel-invests alongside the Ferragamo and Bulgari families.
Sold her market-research startup to GfK, ran its Adriatic business, and now turns data into revenue at Mastercard.
Dean of Serbia's only private pharmacy faculty, betting big on gene therapy and mRNA.
Chaired the National Bank of Serbia's Governor's Council and taught competitiveness at Harvard's Porter institute.
Ran the University of Belgrade's tech-transfer center for 11 years; the man who turns lab science into companies.
London dealmaker (ex-Evercore and HSBC) now serving as CFO of a synthetic-fuels infrastructure platform.
Selling AI for the last mile as commercial lead at logistics-SaaS startup Mily Technologies.
Runs Philip Morris's external affairs for Southeast Europe - and was named a 2024 development leader for funding Serbian startups through Startech.
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