Maksym Strukov

Experience

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  KPMG Ukraine

  Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

  Audit intern

  - Performed credit risk analysis of bank's credit portfolio- Analyzed degree of compliance of our client with standards of National Bank of Ukraine.- Performed market valuation of borrowers' collateral - Aced Excel skills

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  CKH CPAs & Advisors

  Jul 2020 - Sept 2020

  Accountant

  - Increased speed of a number of regular operations by implementing Excel magic.- Managed invoices in SAP software.- Audited accuracy and correspondence of transactions between SAP and different inner accounting systems

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  Seed stage VC firm

  Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

  Junior Analyst

  London based sector-agnostic early stage VC fund with US & UK geographical focus.- Conducted quarterly reports of the portfolio companies’ performance.- Performed early due diligence of prospective startups.- Analyzed financial statements, financial models & cap tables.- Recalculated changes in ownership & value of our investments.- Analyzed term sheets.

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  Diligent Capital Partners

  Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

  Diligent Capital Partners (DCP) is an independent mid-market private equity firm with an investment focus on Ukraine.

  • Junior Analyst

    Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  • Private Equity Intern

    Oct 2021 - Jan 2022
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  Children of Heroes

  Mar 2022 - Jul 2022

  Co-founder, Fundraising & Partnerships Manager

  Charitable foundation running a long-term project to provide assistance to children who lost one or both parents due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  YEP Accelerator

  Jun 2022 - now

  Mentor
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  Geek Ventures

  Jul 2022 - now

  Pre-Seed/Seed sector-agnostic VC investing in immigrant founders who are building disruptive startups in the US.Based in NYC, Kyiv, Tel-Aviv.

  • Associate

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Investment Analyst

    Jul 2022 - Sept 2023