Ivan Abadjiev, CFA

Board Member @ Graphwise

Country

City

Bulgaria

Industry

Investment Management

Skill

Business Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Economics, Strategy, Corporate Finance, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Market Research, Data Analysis, Project Management, Investments, Management, Accounting, Financial Analysis, Public Speaking, Management Consulting

Experience

Board Member

Graphwise

2025-1 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Graphwise was created out of the merger between Ontotext and Semantic Web Company

Board Member

Ontotext

2022-9 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

Investment Executive

Integral Capital Group

2022-7 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

Sofia, Bulgaria

Private equity and growth capital

Investment Analyst

Hudson Bay Capital Management LP

2021-10 - 2022-6 · 9 mos

London, England, United Kingdom

- Long/Short equity hedge fund focused on catalyst driven investments & special situations - Generalist and TMT

Investment Analyst

Sikra Capital

2020-4 - 2021-6 · 1 yr 3 mos

London, England, United Kingdom

- Long/Short equity hedge fund focused on catalyst driven investments - Generalist and TMT - Part of Jefferies Financial Group

Strategy and M&A Manager

Ascential – Part of the Informa Group

2017-4 - 2020-3 · 3 yrs

London, United Kingdom

B2B digital tech, info services and live events Deals include: - Sale of Ascential's events portfolio to ITE, c.£300m - Acquisition of Flywheel Digital, c.£200m - Investment in Jumpshot (a subsidiary of Avast plc) - Acquisition of Brand View, c.£40m - Acquisition of WARC, c.£25m - Other investments in information services Skills include: - Private Equity investments, M&A, due diligence, modelling and valuation - Corporate strategy development for Ascential and its portfolio companies - Investment thesis and business plan conception for acquisitions and new product launches - Pricing strategy evaluation

Senior Associate

Strategy&

2016-1 - 2017-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

London

Strategy consultant within the Private Equity / M&A team at PwC Strategy& (formerly Booz & Company) in London, focusing on buyout commercial due diligence and strategic projects. Sectors include: Consumer and leisure; Healthcare; Financial Services; Technology and Media - Deals ranging from £30m - £1bn - Business plan evaluation - Market and financial modelling & scenario building - Market research (primary and secondary) & consumer survey analysis - Competitor benchmarking and positioning - Presented in front of Private Equity clients - Took up project management responsibilities http://www.pwc.co.uk/services/strategy.html