Mission
Just like Nikola Tesla could change the world only by connecting to the world outside of his home in South East Europe, we too are on a mission to connect Serbian innovators to the world. We know that there are loads of talent for technology and innovation in Serbia, and want to unlock it to the benefit of mankind by matching Serbian innovators to global partners. In the process, we also aim to put the lesser known country of Serbia, Nikola Tesla's nation, on the map of the world.
Team
Tesla Nation is a project of Belgrade-based NGO SEE ICT, aka Startit. It's headed by Vukašin Stojkov, founder and CEO, together with a team of professionals that specialize in business matchmaking, due dilligence, quality assurance and other roles. Management is helped by an Advisory board consisting of tech industry veterans who have made their careers in North America or by working closely with American partners, and a Council of partners, consisting of organizations who make Tesla Nation's work possible.
Partners
In order to make our mission a reality, we've called upon a number of companies and organizations to support the project by sponsoring our work and providing us with guidance and advice.
We would especially like to recognize and thank our colleagues at Serbian Entrepreneurs who have been an invaluable partner to us since the inception of our endeavour.
Here is the list of Tesla Nation partners, in the order in which they came on board:
- Microsoft Development Center Serbia
- Quantox Technology
- Catena Media
- StuntCoders
- TradeCore
- Clockify (Coing)
- Codetribe
- Elbet
- Flock
- Infostud
- IGT
- Mad Head Games
- Presta
- Thingsolver
- Zuhlke
- Sprawsm
- HTEC
- Share IT
- MVP Workshop
- Byteout
- TNation
- Embroker
- OTP Banka
- Kroon Studio
- 3lateral
Ambassadors
Our biggest assets are the kind people who have accepted our call to join Tesla Nation as ambassadors — people who believe in our mission and want to lend their hand (and wisdom) to us on our journey. Here are the ambassadors, in alphabetical order:
- Aleksandar Raševski
VP finance, development @ Florida East Coast Industries
Miami, FL, USA - Alex Mashinsky
Entrepreneur, investor @ Governing Dynamics
Tel Aviv, Israel / NYC, NY, USA - Ana Milićević
Founder @ Sparrow Digital Holdings
New York, NY, USA - Ana Pavlović
Director FP&A @ General Assembly
New York, NY, USA - Andrej Kostrešević
Partner @ Dart Labs | Ventures
Miami, FL, USA - Andrej Šarkić
Senior director, SW @ Sonos
Boston, MA, USA - Brano Perković
Chief investment officer - SAN @ Francisco 49ERS
San Francisco, CA, USA - Brian Morrissey
Editor in chief @ Digiday
New York, NY, USA - Dragan Arsić
Senior sales executive @ Apple
Chicago, IL, USA - Dušan Koljenšić
Vice president @ Fidelity Labs
Boston, MA, USA - Dušan Vujović
VP High end sales @ Anheuser-Busch Inbev
New York, NY, USA - Filip Bajović
Founder, CEO @ Cacotec, Label Kings
New York, NY, USA - Ido Gur
Founder, CEO @ Easy Aerial
Tel Aviv, Israel / NYC, NY, USA - Ivan Smiljanić
Partner @ Innovation Properties Group
San Francisco, CA, USA - Ivan Stamatovski
Cofounder, CTO @ Easy Aerial
New York, NY, USA - Jon Baer
Partner @ Stoneheart Ventures
New York, NY, USA - Maja Milićević
Founder @ Sparrow Digital Holdings
Boston, MA, USA - Marko Jokić
Founder @ Emporock, Omniarx
New York, NY, USA - Martin Pelemish
Senior recruiter @ Facebook
San Francisco, CA, USA - Milan Babić
Country manager USA @ Nextail Labs
New York, NY, USA - Milenko Bešlić
Entrepreneur, investor @ Beam INC.
Boston, MA, USA - Miloš Čitaković
Founder @ Bridge, Fabrika
New York, NY, USA - Nebojša Radović
Director, performance mkt @ N3twork INC
San Francisco, CA, USA - Nenad Bjeloš
Founder, CO-CEO @ Movers Developement
New York, NY, USA - Nenad Simeunović
President @ Reach International
Chicago, IL, USA - Nikola Kojić
Entrepreneur-in-residence @ Takeda
Boston, MA, USA - Nikola Otašević
Engineering Manager @ Facebook
Mountain View, CA, USA - Olivera Miletić
Senior designer @ AT&T
New York, NY, USA - Roćko Stojiljković
Founder @ Molo
New York, NY, USA - Snežana Anderson
Senior vice president @ CBRE
New York, NY, USA - Stefan Karadžić
Customer success team lead @ Linkedin
New York, NY, USA - Tihomir Bajić
VP Engineering @ LTSE
San Francisco, CA, USA - Vladimir Pavlović
Senior editor @ Reuters
New York, NY, USA - Vladimir Vukićević
Senior director @ Netgear
New York, NY, USA - Jovan Marjanović
Director of Global Development @ Government Blockchain Association and Managing Partner @ ProWerk Consulting
Washington DC, USA - Mirjana Spasojević
Principal @ Pivot Point Innovation
Palo Alto, CA, USA - Vuk Radović
Senior Software Engineer @ Facebook
Edgewater, NJ, USA
We'd also like to thank our first organizatonal ambassadors for joining us: Google Launchpad, Hubba and People Squared.
Contact
Feel free to reach out to our Founder and CEO directly via vukasin@teslanation.org