Team
OUR TEAM’S EXPERIENCE
The Frontier Ventures Partners have a unique combination of entrepreneurial, operating, and private equity and venture capital investment experience.
Dmitry Alimov
Founding Partner
Tech investor and entrepreneur, Dmitry has been investing in tech companies since 1999 and has backed over 50 technology companies operating in 25+ countries across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Previously, Dmitry served as Managing Partner of a global venture fund RTP Global. In 2009, Dmitry co-founded IVI.TV, the largest digital video service for the Russian-speaking consumers worldwide, with over 60m users globally. Dmitry earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Missouri, St. Louis (majoring in finance). Dmitry studied Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Samara University.
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Fabian Flatz
Associate
Fabian is a startup manager and venture capital professional with over 8 years of experience. At Frontier Ventures in New York City, he focuses on early-stage AI startups. He co-founded the fintech startup Telleroo, which processes over $1.5 billion in payments annually. Fabian also scaled Attio, a CRM and SaaS startup, from pre-seed to Series A. He holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor’s in Business from the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
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Arjun Debnath
Head of AI and Data Science
Arjun is a seasoned data scientist with 8 years of experience in data science and analytics. He holds an Engineering Bachelor’s degree from Jadavpur University
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Steven Hellman
Investor
Steven brings 30 years’ experience as a venture capital and private equity investor, global investment and private banking executive, international business and securities lawyer and telecommunications start-up executive. Steven has also served on several public company boards of director, including Lenta, PLC, formerly a TPG portfolio business.
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Najam Kidwai
Venture Partner
Dr. Kidwai holds several Board and Advisory Board seats including 23&Me, Infomedia, Equidate, Boxed, EQUIAM, Fusion.Org and G3NiU7. He is the Founding CEO of two companies that have successfully IPO’d.
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Jason Downes
Advisor
Jason is an active venture investor with nearly 20 years of dedicated technology, media and telecom industry experience in venture capital, private equity and capital markets. Mr. Downes serves as consultant to the International Finance Corporation, where he previously held the position of Senior. Investment Officer for 7 years.
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Holger Laubenthal
Advisor
Holger is an experienced finance professional with years of C-level experience in leading global financial institutions. Holger started his career at Price Waterhouse Germany in the Audit department. and then spent 3 years with Daimler-Benz in Financial Planning & Analysis and Commercial roles across Europe and Asia.
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Julia Lemberskiy
Advisor
Julia is a tech entrepreneur and startup executive with over 10 years of experience in leadership roles at hyper-growth ventures. She was the Head of Central Operations at Uber Works, Global Venture Development Manager at Rocket Internet, CMO at GoReadyMade (HelloFresh), launcher and country manager for Uber Eats Russia, launch manager at JUMP Scooters, and co-founded 3 successful companies.
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