Vlad is a Regional Director of Investments at Assure Syndicates, a group of High Net Worth Individuals and Family Offices focusing on early-stage private equity deals from Pre-Seed to Series B. He specializes in cross-border financial structures and leads client management for US East Coast and Europe-based clients. He is also the founder and CEO of Flowlie, a data infrastructure business for the private equity and venture capital world. Previously he was with VU Venture Partners and ff Venture Capital and is the author of “When They Win, You Win: A More Human Approach to Supporting Entrepreneurship”. Vlad graduated with a dual-degree from the University of Rochester and with a master’s from McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.