A team of Builders, researchers,
and venture creators
Builders ourselves — working with business creation as a systematic process.
A decade of practice built into the Buildout Simulator — helping companies systematically identify, assess, and allocate Builders since 2016. Not as a one-off exercise, but as a repeatable organizational process.
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Pertsovski
10+ years of experience building new products and businesses as a Builder
• Former CEO of a T&D company focused on entrepreneurship and startups
• Founding CEO of the Corporate Venture Builder, working across event technologies, premium business and investor clubs, and SaaS for communities
Chief Scientist
Anna Elashkina
30+ years of research in entrepreneurial behavior and AI
• Simulator architect; designed educational and assessment programs based on simulation methods, and supported companies in developing new entrepreneurial roles
• Author of more than 30 scholarly and public-facing articles on cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, competency frameworks, and assessment games
Chairman and investor
Denis Kovalevich
25+ years of experience in innovation, venture creation, and startup studios
• Built one of Europe’s earliest DeepTech studios from scratch to more than 120 companies with €30m in capital
• Founder of Summit Studio Capital, an investment company backing startup studios — organizations that systematically create, fund, and scale ventures in-house
