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olegfeldgajercanadagreenescoca
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I advise VC/CVC and Private Equity funds during Due Diligence (DD) of Artificial Intelligence (AI) investments. To do so, I rely on my 30-yr hands-on AI expertise. And I’m yet to see an engagement which starts with DD advice but doesn’t progress toward Strategic Business Development and Brand Enhancement counselling.
I also advise & help fund’s portfolio companies create profitable AI business models & avoid unexpected losses. In most cases, it involves joining BODs and Advisory Boards (ABs). Frequently, I also become portfolio company’s CEO - to accelerate scale-up and expansion, with emphasis on: EBITDA Growth, Revenue Acceleration, Margin Enhancement, Opening New Channels/Markets, International Expansion, Turnarounds, and Innovative Exit Strategies.
The promises of AI are all around us. But you also see & hear a lot of hand-waving and “imagine-the-future” narratives. So, basically, I help separate "wheat from chaff" and share my 30-year “wisdom" - to distinguish facts from fiction. Due to the nature of my work, I deal with a lot of companies in diverse markets: finance, renewable energy, infrastructure, building materials, construction, manufacturing, etc.
I can’t emphasize enough the importance of building OUTSTANDING Advisory Boards. My message is equally important to CEOs and to their financial backers: BOD members are not your friends – they are your investors! I’m proud to offer creative, fresh ideas that embrace logic, emotions and entrepreneurial intuition. Moreover, I stand against mediocrity & my MO is quite simple: if I’m not invited to join your BOD, or Advisory Board – I failed!
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS: I raised $1B+ in project finance linked to solar, wind, WTE, energy efficiency, etc. It covered: equity, non-recourse debt, balance sheet financing, and tax equity.
I also took a tiny startup public, building $135MM enterprise & received grants from NRC & DND. Academic R&D collaborations included: UW, UofG, UofT and MCC Consortium in Texas.
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