Tom Nastas Mentor 2010

Describe yourself briefly.

Thomas D. Nastas is the founder of Innovative Ventures, Inc., a venture fund investing on US-based technology companies. His investment experience is extensive and includes the creation of venture funds in the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, CEE and the CIS with total capitalization of $750 million. In 2008, he completed a senior advisory assignment for the Russian Venture Company, the Russian Government’s $1 billion fund-of-funds located in Moscow.
Mr. Nastas works actively in the Russian community to develop future leaders and help place talented Russians in companies he is involved with. From January 2002-May 2009, Mr. Nastas served as Professor of Marketing at the American Institute of Business and Economics in Moscow, an evening MBA program for Russians, teaching courses including “Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital,” “Intro to Marketing” and “Sales Management.” Mr. Nastas is an avid writer with articles on venture capital, technology and innovation published in the Harvard Business Review, Russian Investment Review, African Technology Development Forum Journal, Development Outreach (publication of the World Bank), Asian, Canadian, European and US Venture Capital Journals.