Frontend Engineer Artem Trofimov (27) was born and raised in Ukraine. He moved to the Netherlands in January of this year and joined #Govin as a #frontend developer in February.

There’s less than 14 days remaining to convene the Annual General Meeting (AGM), read why and how to in our latest blog post collaboration with #AMSAdvocaten.

The Dutch Temporary COVID-19 Emergency Act Justice and Security gave legal entities the possibility, as of 24 April 2020, to hold virtual general meetings also when the law or the company’s articles of association normally did not allow for this.

We’ve all been there: a board member calls in sick or has a family emergency a couple of hours before presenting at a board meeting, and you’ve got to step in and pick up their slack.

According to SVB’s own financial data, it banked 44% of 2022’s venture-backed tech and healthcare IPOs (2) and 55% in 2021. While it is best known as a bank for startups, 56% of its loans (at the end of 2022) were actually to VC and private equity firms, usually secured by their limited partner commitments.

Well, James, what makes you the right person for the job as Head of Customer Success at Govin?

Earlier this year we finalised the Beta Version of our Govin Governance Platform based on the input of more than 80 founders and Venture Capital experts. And now we’re putting our Beta Version to the test.

Alex has experience designing white-label SaaS applications for over 400 banks and credit unions, using native iOS, Material UI, and custom components. She has led design initiatives and managed a small group of UX designers to build a design ecosystem for loan origination software used by various financial roles in banks and credit unions.

Let’s say you’re a co-founder or (supervisory) board member of this exciting new start-up and things are moving really fast. You’re an excellent networker with a great product and you’re raising capital for the next investment round. You’re going from start-up to scale up. You’re focusing on growth and sales and you don’t have time to deal with a lot of red tape and formalities.

Are you a (non-)executive director or supervisory board member? Or are you de facto acting as such? The liabilities associated with these functions are a blind spot for many investment professionals.

Govin, a network effects-driven startup aiming to ease the lives of venture capitalists and founders by making the G of ESG (governance) more transparent and actionable, has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding. With the fresh funds, Govin advances its beta and will bring the product to the masses.