Ekaterina Almasque

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at BlankPage Capital

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Ekaterina, Managing Partner at BlankPage Capital, is one of Europe’s most visionary venture capitalists who has been investing in breakthrough technology companies in AI, cloud and data infrastructure, future of energy, quantum computing, and cybersecurity for almost two decades.

Previously, as a General Partner at OpenOcean VC and a Managing Director at Samsung Catalyst Fund, she has led investments and served on the boards of numerous companies such as GraphCore (acquired by SoftBank), IQM Quantum Computers, AIMotive (acquired by Stellantis), Mapillary (acquired by Facebook, now Meta), LatticeFlow, Dreamfold and Binalyze. In addition, she was deeply involved in strategic initiatives to create $20B+ business opportunities for Samsung, EMC/Dell and Siemens across healthcare, automotive, semiconductors, data centres, mobile, energy and water, and manufacturing industries. Passionate about building a strong technology ecosystem, she has invested in other deep tech Venture Capital funds across Europe.

Ekaterina is a Founding Partner at European Women in VC network, an expert at the European Commission funding R&D programs since 2003, and a Mentor at Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) for the Next Generation Compute, AI and Quantum chapters since 2019. Ekaterina has been named among Europe’s most influential women in the startup and venture capital space.