Oleksii

Oleksii (Alex) Stelmakh
Investments, Growth and Business Development

Vienna, Austria
EXPERIENCE [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
Solus Group, Vienna, Austria (remote) — CPO & Partner Gmail | LinkedIn
Twitter | Instagram
Jul 2024 – Jul 2026

• Analyzed industry trends, customer behavior, and competitive landscapes to SKILLS
inform strategic marketing decisions.
• Led and managed the team of 4 handling business development and partnerships
across the group ecosystem. • Strategic Partnerships &
Institutional Relationship
• Closed and onboarded client engagements generating $1M+ in aggregate contract Management
value across consulting and marketing advisory mandates, averaging a 4-week
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
sales cycle.
Investment Analysis
• Cultivated strategic relationships with the board of Hilbert Group (Sweden’s largest • Product Strategy &
asset manager) and John Lilic (Founder of Nordark; Founding Member of Go-To-Market Execution
Consensys), structuring and closing an advisory mandate for their in-house project
• Business Development &
- Syntetika, sourcing $105M in TVL (scalable to $200M) through a proprietary LP
High-Value Deal Closing
Network.
• Web3 Ecosystem Architecture &
• Spearheaded the launch of Kinetic Alpha, a $20M Web3-focused investment
Strategy
vehicle as a joint venture between Solus Group and Kinetic Digital Asset
• Investment Due Diligence &
Manager).
Deal Structuring
• Served as a full-time advisor and shareholder of STR8FUND, a Web3-focused IP
• Tokenomics Design & Liquidity
fund led by Solus Group and STR8FIRE.
Strategy
• Finalized the total of $±300M liquidity positions contributed to partners from the • Fund, Asset & Portfolio
developed relationships with LPs, GPs, family offices, and institutional allocators Advisory
across digital asset and alternative investment markets. Supported GP fundraising
• Ecosystem-Led Growth &
and LP engagement initiatives, helping investment managers develop institutional Network Monetization
investor pipelines and strengthen their capital-raising strategies
• Investor Relations & Capital
• Full-time advisor for the newly-founded tokenized hedge fund - Tok Edge led by Onboarding
Raees Chowdhury and his partner Andreeas (CVC Capital Partners & Revolt
• Product-Market Fit & Value
Ventures) with the following launch capped at $21M raised. Proposition Design
• Built and scaled a new venture arm focused on Web2–Web3 capital and • Market, Protocol & Competitive
knowledge integration, onboarding an initial cohort of 22 institutional partners Research
and liquidity providers, supported by an angel/advisory bench including Chirdeep • Board-Level & Executive
Singh Chhabra(ex-Head of Tokenization, Citi; Founder, Ocean Protocol), Tal Cohen Stakeholder Communication
(ex-CEO, Kraken), and 20+ additional advisors.
• New Venture Creation &
• Originated and executed 8 advisory mandates spanning investor relations, Business Line Development
marketing strategy, liquidity management, and market positioning • Cross-Functional Leadership &
• Designing scalable workflows, automating business development, partnership, and Team Building
reporting processes; implementing AI-enabled tools to improve operational • Market Mapping & Portfolio
efficiency and decision-making. monitoring
• Structuring internal processes, CRM workflows, partner management systems,
and cross-functional operating models for high-growth ventures. LANGUAGES
• Progressed from Partnerships Manager to Chief Partnerships Officer & Strategy Ukrainian – native
Partner through ownership of strategic accounts, revenue growth, and Russian – fluent
institutional relationship development. English – professional working
proficiency
Publications: German – elementary
Spanish – elementary
● Private: Internal Miltech-Web3 Report —
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19cTC53qnVhb4NM7sMYko7NGqePEIR
so31McJr7OxPbE/edit?usp=sharing
 ● Analyzing the European Trading Ecosystem: A Study of Early-Stage Traders
(mostly <3 Years of Experience) —
https://solusgroup.notion.site/Analyzing-the-European-Trading-Ecosystem-A-S EDUCATION
tudy-of-Early-Stage-Traders-mostly-3-Years-of-Experie-22a00d477f4380a28d0 Kyiv National Economics
9d2f69097de7f?source=copy_link University, Kyiv (remote)
● State of the market (monthly) — monthly metrics, news and projects — International Economics & Finance
https://docsend.com/view/3texq482pu9vkq9y August 2023 – present
● Stablecoins’ influence on global liquidity and debt — institutional macro
article — https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1969023786100965879 Yale University, remote
● Japanese Institutional Crypto Adoption in Q1-Q2 2025 (co-authored with Financial Theory with John
Boosty Labs) — institutional macro article — Geanakoplos
https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1925189854695968856 January 2026
● Crypto and the 401(k): Fuel for one market and a new experience for the
Yale University, remote
other — https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1953701891403104267
● Where Banks Meet Crypto: Macro Perspective for Institutional Crypto Psychology with Paul Bloom
December 2023
Adoption — institutional macro article (20+ banks analyzed) with
categorization — Harvard University, remote
https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1915707421365780949 Exercising Leadership
● One Trade War, Many Angles: What Tariffs Really Mean in 2025 — general August 2024
macro article on global trade and tariffs —
https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1910629302783160735

InfoFi Series:
● VCG in InfoFi: Why Do We Pay People Who Lose? —
https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1966486970596507880
● Futarchy: Markets that Govern —
https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1958529561387221300
● Polymarket and Omen: conditional betting markets at scale —
https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1955992849826373816
● You're being played - but you can profit: Trump, tokens, and the InfoFi age of
narrative trading —
https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1948745089137656020
● InfoFi isn’t about truth. It’s about belief and game theory —
https://x.com/solus_partners/status/1945483692031299629

Publicly disclosable consulting materials:

● Oobyte, creation of the suite of documents required for the due-diligence,
including tokenomics development, Lightpaper, financial project, etc:
https://solusgroup.notion.site/Data-Room-23800d477f4380c5925bfdb42fc7f8
7e?pvs=74
● Agora, creation of the suite of documents required for the due-diligence,
including tokenomics development, Whitepaper, MVP, financial forecast &
PNL, etc -
https://solusgroup.notion.site/Data-Room-22500d477f438067b58efe3ebd909
c2c?pvs=74

Mergewave Capital, Lviv, Ukraine (remote) — Partner
Jan 2026 – Present

• Leading Ukrainian M&A & Investment boutique for Miltech and Fintech.
• Active involvement in the miltech space due diligence alongside the aggressive
expansion for the European region through cooperation with NATO Innovation
Fund, Thales Group, Rheinmetall, FN Herstal and other EU military primes.
• Ukraine-France defence industrial partnership facilitated between Ukrainian
Unmanned Technologies and Haulotte.
Kailash Management, Vienna, Austria (remote) - Institutional Expansion, PR &
Strategy
Apr 2026 – July 2026
• Throughout my journey with Kailah & Nikolay as a founder, we focused on the
utilization of $STRC digital credit return for our investors with UTXO presented by
Guillaume Girard and Tyler Evans (MD).
• Communication and LOI signed with UTXO’s treasury companies like Digital X &
Capital B, with the following contracts coming with 8 more companies.
• Contract and partnerships agreements signed with Copper, Accountable and
Midas for Vaults cooperation.

Metaverse Post (HSC Asset Management), Thailand — Project Manager
Aug 2023 – Dec 2023
• Led the strategic relaunch of Metaverse Post 2.0, overseeing product strategy,
market positioning, and go-to-market execution for a global Web3 media
platform.
• Proposed and secured board approval for integrating prediction markets into
the media ecosystem, developing the business case and commercial strategy.
• Conducted customer, competitor, and market research to validate
product-market fit and identify growth opportunities.
• Defined the product's value proposition, positioning, and commercialization
roadmap in collaboration with executive leadership.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams across product, engineering, design,
marketing, and business development to deliver strategic milestones.
• Led hiring and vendor selection for key business functions supporting product
launch.
• Produced strategic reports and recommendations for executive stakeholders
to support product and investment decisions.
• The project concluded following a strategic funding decision by the board.

Cryptomeria Capital, Singapore (remote) — Web3 Researcher & Investment
Analyst
Jan 2023 – Oct 2023
• Evaluated 589 early- and growth-stage Web3 companies, conducting commercial,
product, market, and investment due diligence.
• Authored 11 investment memoranda, assessing market opportunity, competitive
positioning, token economics, business models, and growth potential.
• Supported portfolio sourcing through industry research, founder evaluation,
ecosystem analysis, and market intelligence.
• Contributed to the firm's $50M fundraising process, preparing investment
materials and supporting investor communications alongside Axon Partners Group.
• Developed strategic relationships across 10 blockchain ecosystems, producing
market research and ecosystem reports supporting investment and partnership
decisions.
• Delivered investment recommendations that contributed to 8 board-approved
investments, achieving an average realized return of approximately 7x at exit.
• Monitored portfolio companies, market trends, and competitive dynamics to
provide ongoing strategic insights.
Cryptomeria Labs, Thailand — Chief Growth Officer
Dec 2023 – Oct 2024
• Led the go-to-market strategy for a Web3 gaming ecosystem and three flagship
gaming products, defining positioning, launch strategy, and growth initiatives.
• Grew the ecosystem to 200,000+ users through partnership-led growth, ecosystem
marketing, and community activation without paid marketing spend.
• Developed and executed strategic growth initiatives that expanded brand visibility
and user acquisition across the global Web3 gaming ecosystem.
• Secured admission to the Consensys Accelerator, representing the company at the
ABGA Accelerator Demo Day hosted at Google's Singapore office, pitching to
leading gaming-focused investors and strategic partners.
• Supported the successful completion of a $500K pre-seed fundraising round,
contributing to investor materials, market positioning, and strategic
communications.
• Built and managed a global network of 400+ ecosystem partners, establishing
strategic collaborations through business development and industry events across
11 international conferences.
• Co-created the commercial foundation and go-to-market strategy for Hack
Seasons, leading execution of its first three flagship events and helping establish
one of the leading institutional Web3 conference brands (30+ events to date).
• Conducted continuous market and ecosystem research to identify partnership
opportunities, emerging trends, and competitive positioning.

Contribution Capital, Delaware (remote) — Partner
Jun 2024 – Jan 2025
• Conducted 100+ due-diligence for the selected projects for the investments
• Supplied 4+ successful investment cases for Contribution Capital

Research Media Group (RMG), Bangkok — Co-Founder & CEO
Dec 2022 – Aug 2023
My colleagues and I from Cryptomeria Capital founded a media group that covered
most of the ecosystems in space back in 22-23. It consisted of 9 media accounts for 12
ecosystems with the total coverage of 50+ followers and 10M+ total views, which
allowed me personally to manage the group of 4 content creators and develop
relationships with 25 projects as the beginning of my journey in space.