Alexander Lupachev Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Director at a leading US multi-strategy investment firm with over $16 billion of assets under management. Manage a diversified $100m growth stage private equity fund with TVPI > 3.5x (top quartile for 2013 vintage). Transitioning to the harvesting stage.- PE/late stage VC investments in 14 tech companies in the US and Eastern Europe- Generated deal flow of over 300 investment opportunities in consumer internet, fin tech and SaaS in Silicon Valley, SEA, India, China and Eastern Europe- Sourced, structured, conducted due diligence and closing of 8 deals, including co-investments with Accel, Sequoia, Bessemer Venture Partners and Lightspeed Ventures- Board member in 6 companies: strategy development, top management hires and incentives, M&A, annual plans review, IFRS audit- Exited 7 portfolio companies with MoIC > 3x, IPO of the 8th company on NYSE with MoIC > 10x - Advisory board / Board member of a regional stock exchange and a $50m academic endowment- Angel investor in several early stage technology businesses

The first investor in Banki.ru, the leading online marketplace for financial products in Russia. - Developed the ambitious growth strategy and transformation from an ad-driven media business to a transactional fintech marketplace, with 300x revenue growth and 40% EBITDA margin. - Attracted the first professional CFO, then CEO, changing the company DNA from a family business to a professionally run firm focused on the shareholder value. ESOP design and implementation- First IFRS audit by Big 4, financial reporting and transparency- Brought institutional investors and helped keep the market leadership for over 12 years- Constant review of M&A opportunities, global best practices and competitive positioning

Miami, Florida, United States

A global mobile platform for media editing and publishing

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Representing the first Series A investor on the Board of Semrush from the beginning through Series B and IPO on NYSE. First professional CFO search, first IFRS audit by Big 4, institutional series B, and ultimately the IPO led by Goldman Sachs. All over 4 years.

San Francisco, California, United States

The leading open source high load web application server company. Acquired by F5 in March 2019 for $670m

United States

The leading software product design and development service company with over 25,000 employees across 14 countries.

Moscow, Russian Federation

A key member of the founding team which launched the largest development agency in the country. Set up and scaled the seed stage financing process and returned to private equity world- Set up processes and trained the staff for the leading grant-making agency in the high tech space- Built the pipeline of over 2,000 projects a year in IT, cleantech and biotech- Facilitated structuring and financing of over 70 co-financing deals ranging from $1m to $10m, totaling over $200m- Developed a network of partnership agreements with 50 VC firms, both domestic and international- Chaired Skolkovo Tech (JV with MIT) endowment, the largest academic endowment in Russia

Director at Finam Capital Partners, a PE division within Finam Group. Finam is one of the largest investors in the TMT sector in Russia, with over 15 companies in portfolio and realized cash IRR over 100%.

Elected President of Harvard Club of Russia. Previously Treasurer of the Club. Currently Supervisory board member.

One out of 4 investment professionals running a $500m group of private equity funds. Focus on growth capital and expansion stage opportunities in TMT, finance and consumer sectors in Russia.- Deal sourcing and presentation to the Investment Committee. Screened over 300 deals.- Structuring and execution of investment and exit transactions. Achieved personal IRR over 50%- Portfolio management of two early stage companies in the TMT sector.- Fundraising from international investors for the next $500m fund.- Representation of the fund in the media, at the professional conferences and events.

Active portfolio management for a $10 bln. US-Russian investment firm. Member of the 5 person Investment Committee.- Deal sourcing and presentation for the Principal and the Investment Committee.- Structuring and closing of previously sourced deals in Russia and Ukraine. Liaison with auditors, industry consultants and law firms involved in deals.- Active management of the early-stage investments in media and special purpose real estate. Daily interaction with the company management on strategy, planning, budgeting and reporting.- Shareholder representation for the late-stage investments in metals, mining and industrial real estate. Analysis of the information received from the investor relations, recommendations for the Principal and the BoD members.

Led business development, coordinated project planning and execution. Performed day-to-day project management, developed and presented key strategic initiatives. Managed and coached a team of 5 consultants.- Co-ordinated a regional restructuring effort for Svyazinvest. Defined process and organizational architecture for the merger of 11 local subsidiaries in Volga region. - Managed growth strategy project for a top 20 Russian bank targeted at enhancement of service offerings and regional branch network. Facilitated strategy formulation sessions with the CEO of the bank and received official buy-in for the key initiatives.- Acted as an ad-hoc consultant to The Carlyle Group in Moscow. Participated in due diligence review and investment memorandum write-up.- Led market entry strategy project for a major international broadband operator planning expansion to Moscow, with capital commitments of over $150 mln.- Earned accelerated promotion and became the youngest manager at Accenture Strategic Services.

Mba, Venture Capital

Activities and Societies: Treasurer, Finance Club Co-President, East European Club

Ba, International Commerce

Activities and Societies: Summa cum laude