EXPERIENCE

FQV Venture Partner https://www.fifthquarter.vc/  - deal sourcing and portfolio adviser,

October 2023 - PRESENT 

  • About: Finding seed stage companies in Croatia and Serbia, writing investment memos and advising GPs on technology trends.

  • Responsibilities: finding, interviewing and conducting due diligence on at least 5 target companies per quarter.

  • Delivered: Built a pipeline of potential portfolio companies.

Forbes  https://www.forbes.com/ - Writer on VC investing and startups globally,

October 2023 - PRESENT 

  • About: Reputable global publication, covering VC funds and startup investing globally.

  •  Responsibilities: Writing on VC funds, portfolio construction, investing trends and sector analysis. 

  • Delivered: Several analysis and reports available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/josipamajic/?sh=603fa9fa4530

Sifted  https://sifted.eu/ - Writer on technology and entrepreneurship,

February 2020- October 2023 

  • About: The new-media site for Europe’s innovators and entrepreneurs, funded by Financial Times.

  • Responsibilities: Writing on technology and entrepreneurs in Europe, with emphasis on bootstrapped and VC funded companies based out of SE Europe.. 

  • Delivered: Several analysis and reports available at: https://sifted.eu/author/josipa-majic

Rita Personal Data Holdings B.V.  https://ritapersonaldata.com/ - Strategic advisor and head of Insights

June 2022- PRESENT 

  • About: Zero party data marketplace that allows consumers to claim and own their data.

  • Responsibilities: Advising the CEO and founder on strategic matters regarding B2B clients, helping in sales and delivery of insights projects and heading insights initiatives within the organization. 

  • Delivered: initial B2B clients, helping in obtaining supplier status, setting up the procurement process and assisting in designing insights deliverables.

Revuto OÜ, Tallinn Estonia http://revuto.com/ - Co-founder and CEO

June 2020 - 2023.

  • About: Intuitive solution for active subscription management, powered by DeFi to offer micro-lending and borrowing. The first native token sale on Cardano.

  • Responsibilities: In charge of strategy, fundraising, growth + GTM, assisting in sourcing cards issuer and acquirer, compliance.

  • Delivered: product developed and tested, card Issuer and acquirer signed and live, angel fundraising completed and Cardano partnership made.

Trickest, Belgrade, Serbia https://trickest.com/  - Advisor 

November 2020 - March 2021

  • About: VC backed startup building a crowdsourced offensive cybersecurity solution with a no code automated workflow.  

  • Responsibilities: In charge of optimizing fundraising documentation, creating a GTM and marketing + community plan. Reporting to CEO and COO and advising on related subjects. 

  • Delivered: TBA.

Pullus, Berin, Germany https://pullus.co/  - Advisor 

July 2020 -  PRESENT

  • About: eVAT scalable and automated solution for ecommerce sellers in the EU. 

  • Responsibilities: Advising on matters of strategic partnerships, GTM and fundraising preparation. 

  • Delivered: Fully scalable product developed used by major Amazon resellers, integration with VAT authorities in the UK, Germany, France and other countries pending. Strategic partnerships delivered and TBA.


Faculty of Business and Economics, Zagreb, Croatia https://www.efzg.unizg.hr/  - Lecturer and external associate 

September 2018 -  PRESENT

  • About: Creating and delivering an elective course on “Introduction to Affective computing” and “Affective computing in eBusiness” for international students in the 4th and 5th year of studies. 

  • Responsibilities: Donating and operating a lab for affective computing, creating a curriculum and delivering lectures + lab seminars. 

  • Delivered: Fully accredited curriculum consisted of lectures + lab, donated hardware + software, entire course designed to be self paced and online.

Tacit, London, UK https://www.tacit.tech/ - Founder and CEO

May 2014 -  PRESENT

  • About: PaaS for multi-modal affective computing; using a fully modular and automated approach to collect and analyse physical and physiological data for consumer insight studies globally. 

  • Responsibilities: In charge of product, selling to Fortune 100 companies + universities, fundraising and GTM. Assisting in sourcing recruitment partners, procurement and compliance.

  • Delivered: Profitable business with 90% of revenues coming from global blue chip companies, selling primarily to insight managers (consumer and technical), approved vendor status for Unilever, Mars, Adidas, Philip Morris and others.

Teddy The Guardian, London, UK   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/teddy-the-guardian - Co-founder and CEO

June 2012 - May 2015

  • About: 1st CE cleared toy with embedded biosensors, licenced to Hasbro. 

  • Responsibilities: In charge of fundraising and GTM. Product demo here.

  • Delivered: product designed and developed, venture fundraising secured and product licenced to an industry leader.  

EDUCATION

University of Zagreb, Croatia - Master in Managerial Informatics 

2008 - 2014

Thesis in Multimodal Affective computing and its commercialization opportunities.

Alpen Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria - 

2012 - 2013

Erasmus exchange program.


SPECIAL PROJECTS and PHILANTHROPIC WORK

Vodafone Foundation and UNHCR in Kakuma, Kenya 

2016.

Donating hardware and software for the project. In December 2016, UNHCR, Vodafone Foundation and Teddy the Guardian partnered around the delivery of a 1-week design workshop. Thirteen female students from Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya) aged from 13 to 18 years old participated in the workshop. More info here. Official project confirmation here.

University of Zurich and Ministry of Health in Malawi  

2018.

Donating hardware and software for the project. In November 2018, the University of Zurich decided to conduct a pilot longitudinal study by using wearable devices in order to track child development in rural areas on a sample size of N=150. More info here. Official project confirmation here.

PUBLICATIONS:

Sifted (UK): 

Forbes (US):