This site is part of the Informa Connect Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 3099067.

FinovateFall
September 8-10, 2025
The Marriott Marquis Times SquareNew York

Ihar Mahaniok
Managing Partner at Geek Ventures
Speaker

Profile

Ihar Mahaniok is the founder and Managing Partner of Geek Ventures. As an engineering leader, Ihar has over 20 years of experience building code, ML models, and engineering teams for startups and conglomerates, including Google and Meta. As an investor, Ihar has invested in 150+ startups. Companies he has backed at seed include unicorns such as Instacart, PandaDoc, People.ai, Airbyte, and Jeeves. At Geek Ventures, Ihar invests in revolutionary AI and Robotics companies started by visionary immigrant entrepreneurs.

Agenda Sessions

  • Power Panel: Strategies for successful AI adoption & real-life use cases. why achieving success will go beyond the tech

    11:20am