HIGHLIGHTS

• Introducing Anastasia and Gabriel
• Entrepreneurship comes from anywhere and everywhere
• Explaining the Starta Process 
• The advantages of entering the Starta ecosystem
• Venture capital is funding innovation for humanity
• Expanding to Berlin and Moscow to open new opportunities 
• What we're most excited for in 2022

QUOTES

Anastasia: "Honestly, just what we do gives us so much joy because our business model is basically helping people. This is what were trying to do: we're trying to provide resources for them to grow, we're trying to make the right connections, we're trying to invite the relevant people so we have something happening. It's just a great feeling." 

Anastasia: "We live to make money like all investors. But we also live to help these people sincerely."

Gabriel: "If you're an international founder, you've got a disadvantage. If you're a female founder, and you're an international founder, you've got a disadvantage. If you're a person of color, and you're an international founder, and you're a female, you have the biggest disadvantage anybody could ever place upon you. And providing that network for these founders, giving them that stamp of approval, it means the world." 

Anastasia: "I just think it's important what we're doing in general. I think, venture capital, in a way, it's gonna sound a little rough, but it's kind of like a whole charity organization for the world to be able to move forward. Because all of these venture capitalists, investors, we all like invest in different projects and 99% of them fail. And then there's this 1% that changes the world." 

Rob: "Innovation doesn't come without failure." 

Connect with Anastasia and Gabriel through the links below

• Anastasia's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasialykova/
• Gabriel's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-arant-9042b085/
• Website: https://starta.vc/accelerator

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