Laert Karaashev

Laert Karaashev

Nanotechnology Venture Projects and Internet Start-Ups

Russian Federation

Current
  • Lead Analyst at RUSNANO
  • Partner at Internet Start-Up
Past
  • Financial Analyst at Multinational Logistics Partnership (MLP)
  • Analyst at Unitours Travel
  • Statistician-Analyst (Intern) at PPE-Group (Data Direct)
Education
  • New Economic School
  • Akademija Narodnogo Hozjajstva pri Pravitelstve Rossijskoj Federacii
  • Moskovskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova
  • AESC MSU
Connections
219 connections
Industry
Nanotechnology
Websites

Laert Karaashev’s Summary

Qualifications and professional achievements are related to the previous experience in private equity, M&A, real esate.

Laert Karaashev’s Specialties:

- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate Finance & Investments
- Internet Start-Ups


Laert Karaashev’s Experience

  • Lead Analyst

    RUSNANO

    (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    November 2008Present (9 months)

    Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies

  • Partner

    Internet Start-Up

    (Internet industry)

    September 2008Present (11 months)

    Internet Start-Ups

  • Senior Consultant, Strategic Consulting Department

    Jones Lang LaSalle

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JLL; Real Estate industry)

    August 2008October 2008 (3 months)

    Working as part of a consulting team on corporate real estate strategy development:
    - Portfolio Planning;
    - Business Location Advisory;
    - Workplace Solutions;
    - Performance Improvement.

  • Senior Analyst, IB / M&A

    Financial corporation OTKRITIE

    (Investment Banking industry)

    November 2007July 2008 (9 months)

    - working as part of a team on M&A and advisory deals, supporting the origination and execution of mandated transactions by interpreting financial and market analysis;
    - private and public company valuation (DCF/comparables);
    - participation in financial due diligence process;
    - both the preparation and delivery of client presentations;
    - independently preparing reports, business plans, information memoranda.

  • Analyst

    The Sputnik Group

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    July 2007October 2007 (4 months)

    - analytical support for buy-side and sell-side M&A transactions: market research, financial modeling, investment memoranda;
    - analytical support for fundraising and monitoring for private equity projects.

  • Financial Analyst

    Multinational Logistics Partnership (MLP)

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Commercial Real Estate industry)

    November 2005June 2007 (1 year 8 months)

    - financial modeling;
    - valuation and investment analysis of real estate projects;
    - company business valuation;
    - conducting industry and market analysis & researches;
    - writing investment memorandums, business plans and delivering investor presentations;
    - preparation of weekly & monthly reports.

  • Analyst

    Unitours Travel

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

    January 2005October 2005 (10 months)

    - market research, tracking and forecasting of market tendencies, competitors analysis;
    - control of advertising activity, planning and implementation of marketing actions;
    - pricing policy, price-lists configuration, financial and economic planning, budgeting;
    - designing of a program complex for automation of all business-processes of the company;
    - creation and promotion of the company’s new web-site.

  • Statistician-Analyst (Intern)

    PPE-Group (Data Direct)

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

    October 2004December 2004 (3 months)

    - working with data warehouses, database segmentation, processing and management of the large volumes of data (MS SQL, SAS, Oracle);
    - data mining, data analysis and modeling (from target audience descriptive analysis to the development of behavioral models for different clients groups);
    - scoring models construction;
    - market researches: Russian consumer portrait, marketing actions analysis, drawing up analytical reports.


Laert Karaashev’s Education

  • New Economic School

    Masters in Finance , Corporate Finance, Investments , 20082010 (expected)

    www.mif.nes.ru

  • Akademija Narodnogo Hozjajstva pri Pravitelstve Rossijskoj Federacii

    Master in Financial Management , Financial Management , 20052006

    not completed

  • Moskovskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova

    Bachelor , Applied Mathematics , 20002005

    Lomonosov Moscow State University
    Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty, Economics group, Probability Theory Department

  • AESC MSU

    Physics / Mathematics 19982000


Additional Information

Laert Karaashev’s Websites:

Laert Karaashev’s Interests:

AREAS OF INTEREST: - Corporate Finance, Valuation, Financial Modeling; - Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Projects; - Structured Finance; - Real Estate Finance & Investments; - Internet Start-Ups (development & management); - Aim to pass through CFA qualification. HOBBIES: - Football, basketball, reading.

Laert Karaashev’s Groups:

Moscow State University Alumni, AESC MSU Alumni, E-xecutive.ru, MoiKrug

  •    Moscow State University Alumni
  •    RFID Professionals
  •    Venture Capital Syndicate
  •    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
  •    Bionanotechies
  •    Micro/Nano Technologies Global Research and Consulting Network (SM)
  •    Friends of Greece
  •    Private Equity Investment Group
  •    Global Private Equity & Venture Capital
  •    RFID
  •    M & A advisors
  •    Angel Investors
  •    Nano-Chips Professional
  •    Russian connection
  •    Kolmogorov school #18
  •    NANOSTROM - A Group For NanoTechnology
  •    Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
  •    Real Estate Finance & Investment Society
  •    linkedHRru | connecting HR & Change professionals in Russia
  •    KillerStartups.com
  •    Private Equity in Russia
  •    Vacuum Coating
  •    HR Professionals Network Russia, CIS countries and Eastern Europe
  •    RUSSIA GOVERNMENT & BUSINESS CONNECTIONS

Laert Karaashev’s Honors:

I have been awarded diploma "For the best report" at the "Lomonosov-2004" conference (the subject - "Hedging of options").


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