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Scaling Sales | GTM | Team Development | Driving Revenue Growth and Market Expansion | CRM

πŸ“ LatviaπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 1 investmentsπŸ“… 2 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Mar 2024
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Member, Angel Investor
Mar 2024
At BADideas.fund, we aspire to be the kind of investors we wanted when we were building our startups. We invest €50-€250K tickets in early-stage startups from CEE with global ambitions. BADideas.fund is led by experienced entrepreneurs who have walked the startup building path, have raised funds from investors and can help founders navigate around obstacles they encounter along the way. Among BADideas.fund members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo.io ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B funding). Since the recent launch, BADideas.fund has invested in five startups already, among which: Breezit (Lithuania), Recruitlab (Estonia), Lande (Latvia), Fuel Finance (Ukraine) , Rapidworks (Estonia).
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2024
Member, Angel Investor
Mar 2024
At BADideas.fund, we aspire to be the kind of investors we wanted when we were building our startups. We invest €50-€250K tickets in early-stage startups from CEE with global ambitions. BADideas.fund is led by experienced entrepreneurs who have walked the startup building path, have raised funds from investors and can help founders navigate around obstacles they encounter along the way. Among BADideas.fund members are founders and operators, who’ve been building such companies as Vimeo ($450M funding), Printify ($54M), Pandadoc ($51M), Pipedrive ($90M), Bolt ($1.3B funding), Apollo.io ($151M), Bird ($783M funding), Shopify ($122M), Whimsical ($30M), Lokalise ($56M), Deel ($679M), Printful ($130M), Twilio ($614M), Veriff ($192.3M), Wise ($1.3B funding). Since the recent launch, BADideas.fund has invested in five startups already, among which: Breezit (Lithuania), Recruitlab (Estonia), Lande (Latvia), Fuel Finance (Ukraine) , Rapidworks (Estonia).
2023
Founder & Strategic Advisor
Sep 2023
At EXPANBY, we are a team of experienced professionals who specialize in Pipedrive implementation, onboarding, and sales process automation. We are passionate about helping businesses grow through CRM automation, and we have a proven track record of success. We offer a wide range of services, including: - Pipedrive implementation: We will help you to implement Pipedrive in a way that is tailored to your specific business needs. - Pipedrive onboarding: We will train your team on how to use Pipedrive effectively, and we will help you to get the most out of the platform. - Sales process automation: We can help you to automate your sales process using Pipedrives powerful workflow automation features. - Pipedrive consultations: We can provide you with expert advice on how to use Pipedrive to achieve your business goals. - 3rd party solution integrations If you are looking for a team of experienced Pipedrive professionals to help you grow your business, contact EXPANBY today. We would be happy to help you get started.
Co-Founder
May 2023
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