Paolo Ottaviani
2+ years of international work experience between APAC and Europe in the VC ecosystem and consulting, in different industry verticals such as impact
investing, fintech, and life sciences. Determined and Fascinated by innovation and internationality, especially geopolitics and the global economy.
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Italy, Turin
WORK EXPERIENCE
Corporate & Investment Associate
Nodes Advisors
10/2019 - Present,
Turin (Italy) - Zurich (Switzerland)
Corporate advisory & finance boutique through advice and network helps Life Sciences Ventures to raise capital.
Tasks
Deal Flow: Deal Sourcing, Screening, Commercial Due Diligence, and Asset Evaluation process on earlystage ventures.
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Fundraising: Advising institutional investors with the best investment thesis selecting vetted startups.
Relationships Management and BD: Building key relationships that expand the Nodes Advisors' referral
network in the VC ecosystem.
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Achievements: Established 3 new key partnerships with VC firms between Asia and Europe (combined value of 1 billion AUM).
SKILLS
Fintech Sales and Business Analyst - Europe/Asia-Pacific
MEDICI Global
Pitching & Negotiation
02/2020 - 06/2020,
Milan (Italy)
Fintech research and innovation consulting platform committed to accelerating all stakeholders in this complex ecosystem
Research & Data Collection
Tasks
Teamwork & Team Leading
Business development &
Sales
Relationship
Building/Management
Monitoring and analyzing and reporting competitive activity, market trends,sales performance and data
and explore opportunities across Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Stakeholder management: From banks and financial institutions, to startups to investors and analysts.
Achievements: Launched and supervised 2 projects on Regtech and Ethical Finance towards Italian Banks in collaboration
with EY.
Asia-Pacific Impact Investment Strategist
Impakter
02/2019 - 10/2019,
Rome (Italy)
Largest online platform that enables SDGs companies and organizations to match with more than 200 global investors.
LANGUAGES
Italian
Native or Bilingual Proficiency
English
Full Professional Proficiency
Chinese (Mandarin)
Professional Working Proficiency
Spanish
Full Professional Proficiency
French
Limited Working Proficiency
INTERESTS
Martial Arts
Global Affairs & Innovation
Tasks
Research, Evaluation, and on-boarding of SDGs driven startups.
Matching SDGs driven Companies with Investors (VCs, Business Angels, Family offices).
CRM: APAC startups and Investors community management.
Achievements: Created the APAC investment team and successfully managed 5 people in the onboarding of 100+ startups.
Marketing & Business Development - Intern
SwissTank: Reaching New Markets
03/2018 - 07/2018,
Guangzhou (China)
B2B Consulting firm which has made it its mission to bridge the gap between foreign businesses and the Chinese market.
Tasks
Market research, marketing plans, branding strategies and opening of new markets.
Presentation and promotion of foreign projects for the Chinese setup and build relationships with new
customers
Achievements: Held a pitch in front of an audience of selected Chinese investors and stakeholders at the MIC 2018 (Global
Mobile Internet Creative Development Competition) for one of our portfolio company.
EDUCATION
Master’s Degree - International Science: China and Global Studies
University of Turin "UniTo"/Guangdong University of Foreign Studies “GDUFS"
09/2016 - 11/2018,
Turin (Italy)-Guangzhou (China)
Courses
1 Year Exchange Program in China:International Business.
"China-Mediterranean Business Program". Intensive Business & Management course with a focus on
China and the Euro-Mediterranean region held at Peking University jointly with ESCP Business School.
Bachelor's Degree - Oriental languages and civilizations
Sapienza - University of Rome/ Beijing Foreign Studies University "BFSU"
09/2012 - 07/2016,
Courses
Chinese Language and Culture.
1 Semester exchange program in China: Intensive Chinese language course.
Rome (Italy )- Beijing (China)
