Anna Degtereva Bio
Anna is a serial entrepreneur dedicated to technological innovation around the world. Her hunt for big ideas spans the globe as she connects with visionary thinkers, startups, mentors, investors, and other crazy individuals on the quest to bring positive change through technology. Anna is a powerful female speaker, an inspiring mentor, and an international juror of startup battles.
At 26, she launched her first company, which helped educate 150,000 Ukrainian students. At 28, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. At 31, she launched the first tech accelerator in Ukraine. Happy Farm Business Accelerator works with technology companies around the world. Happy Farm has implemented 8 acceleration programs in Central and Eastern Europe and the USA, invested in 42 companies with an investment of $ 2 million. At 33, she started her first venture fund. At 36, in Kazakhstan, she worked with the Minister of Energy, Minister of Innovations, and the Prime Minister himself to help build a tech ecosystem. And at 38, she moved to the US to help build a bridge between Central Eastern Europe and United States tech companies. And she is especially dedicated to empowering female entrepreneurs from all over the world.
Anna is an on-going Jury Board member and partner for Unicorn Battle - the world's largest startup pitch contest. In this role, she helps startups from all around the world: North America, Latin America, India, Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Anna is a mentor and expert for more than 70 different startup teams from both the USA and around the world. She loves to support young talent and share experience and knowledge with them. Anna contributes to the daily life of startups as a Business Mentor, Content Contributor, Motivational Speaker together with the Founder Institute, Female Factor, 500 Startups, Female Founders, ChickTech, empowHer, Babylon Project, Startup Network, Startups.Magazine, New Fashion Zone, WomenTech Network, Silicon Valley Forum, Academic Summit, WiTi, CRDF Global, the Startup Club, Veteranius, Let's Scale Up, SKN SGH Ventures, and more.
Anna was nominated for “Women-Led Startup in Tech of the Year” and “Remote Transformation Leader of the Year” in 2020, “Entrepreneur Award” and “Mentor of the Year” in 2021.