Anastasia Sleptsova Founder & CEO | Spread Inc.

Connector, founder of SPREAD, consulting company aimed to assist startups and companies on the global markets.
Leader and co-founder of large-scale international IT-conference Black Sea Summit which is aimed to become the main meeting point for decision-makers and go-get entrepreneurs representing the public sector, companies, corporations, funds, startups, angel investors, media, nonprofits from Europe, USA, Ukraine. Actively involved in tech ecosystem development in Ukraine.

Founder of an educational project for IT-specialists GeeksLab. The organizer of the festival of innovation technologies (1000 – 2000 participants) – Odessa Innovation Week 2014 and 2015.

Member of the state working group E-Odessa. Acted as Regional Director of EGAP Odesa and the accelerator for E-Democracy projects by EGAP (E-Governance for Accountability and Participation) funded by Swiss Confederation to strengthen good governance, modern public service delivery and social innovation in Ukraine, using new information communication technologies as enablers.
Prior to that have 3 years experience working as Business Development Manager in the corporate sector, explored and validated global startup markets.

Named 30under30 Ukrainians by business media Kyiv Post (2016).
Davos50 Nominee by World Economic Forum 2017. Annual Meeting 2017 official delegate
Past-curator and active member of Global Shapers Odessa Hub

Expertise: Startups, Innovations, Community Building, Event Production, Local Ecosystem Development, Channel & Partner Development, Marketing