DÓBRA

https://dobra.world/

DÓBRA is an Impact Venture Studio. The very first Impact Venture Builder in Lithuania. 

We start from the ideation stage, create a brand-new startup teams around the concepts generated at DOBRA Grand Prix, grow them and hand over to the market (early VCs, corps).

Our key features: focus on impact, ideation stage (involving human and AI), community reward program, 
pre-seed/seed investments into the bunch of startups clustered around the same social issue, mutually benefit partnerships (business, government, non-coms, academia). 

For ideation, we created DÓBRA Grand Prix a cycle of events and activities designed to bring together experts, founders, VC, IT, non-comms, creators, devs, marketers, etc. to collaborate and develop innovative impactful solutions. Our 2023 track is in mental health.

Co-Founder, Head of Legal & Partnerships

Beagle Legal

Beagle Legal is a brand-new name on the Belarusian legal market, represented by a team of experienced and business-oriented lawyers: until April 2022, we were practicing as the Belarusian office of the top tier Baltic law firm COBALT.

Managing Partner

Holding Apteka Group

Board of Directors' Corporate Secretary

DOBRA Foundation

The DOBRA Foundation was established in Belarus in 2017 as a non-governmental organization the main purpose of which was to attract and unite financial, intellectual and organizing resources to appearing realize social impact programs and startups to develop social investment, innovations and entrepreneurship. Nevertheless, its activities started earlier - in 2013 with the largest contest of social startups in Belarus with educational and accelerations tracks – Social Weekend. Sixteen contests were held, more than 4500 initiatives of non-governmental organizations and citizens participated in them and almost 1.000.000 USD were invested directly by individual sponsors and companies. 

DOBRA was among the organizers of the Annual Social Business Forum, Social Impact Forum, other educational seminars and trainings about this topic.

Also DOBRA Foundation played a leading role in Belarus in the developing the right frameworks for a market for corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility, by unleashing the benefits for key economic sectors (including exchange of experience, analytics, analytics) and engaging in practical activities. Since March 2018, DOBRA Foundation has been hosting The UN Global Compact initiative in Belarus. 

The DOBRA Foundation was directly involved in the implementation and was itself the lead partner in 440 projects in past 8 years.

Board Member

COBALT Legal

Law Firm GLIMSTEDT

I was one of the founding partners of the Belarusian office of GLIMSTEDT responsible for the business development. My specialisation covered corporate & commercial law, M&A, corporate finance. Besides, I managed high-profile projects in such exclusive (for Belarus) areas of legal practice as public private partnership, investment activity and privatization.

Partner

BelJurBureau

Senior Associate

JurExpress

Associate Lawyer

I am a business lawyer with comprehensive international track record in M&A, Corporate advisory, Corporate Governance, Corporate finance & Capital Markets, Venture Capital & Startups.

I have more than 15 years of partnership background with leading regional law firms in the Baltic States and Scandinavia being a managing partner of their Belarusian offices, which gives an advantage in implementing the best legal know-how and business practices. Now I am managing my own boutique law firm Beagle Legal focused on cross-border and high-profile projects in all areas of business law. 

I am Co-Founder of DOBRA Impact Venture Studio which invents and innovates meaningful world-being solutions.

I am a startup mentor and enthusiast who helps to develop an innovation-based entrepreneurship.

I am a certified Independent Board Member having experience in various Boards.

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