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Jure Brkinjač

@jurebrkinjac

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Early-stage operator specializing in GTM, systems, scaling, and business development.

Slovenia

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What I'm looking for

I seek early-stage roles where I can design systems, lead GTM and operations, work remotely with high ownership, and drive measurable growth.

I am an early-stage operator and founder with 10+ years of international experience across Latin America, Southeast Asia and Europe, focused on go-to-market, systems, scaling and business development. I build processes, lead investor relations, and improve execution in small, remote-first teams.

I've co-founded and managed a decentralized finance friends & family fund, leading deal sourcing, portfolio allocation, reporting and capital allocation decisions while creating lightweight internal tracking and reporting systems. Earlier, I bootstrapped a marketplace from idea to MVP, raised seed funding, and grew the product to a top-ranked category app through hands-on merchant and user acquisition.

I bring strengths in structuring ambiguity, process and workflow design, CRM and automation, copywriting and fundraising. I thrive where ownership, speed and judgment matter and where I can design scalable operations and repeatable GTM motions.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Co-Founder & Fund Manager

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Decentralized Finance friends & family fund

Jan 2021 - Present (5 years)

Co-founded and managed a DeFi friends & family fund, leading deal sourcing, portfolio allocation and investor relations while building lightweight tracking and reporting processes to improve execution and performance.

DeFi Deal Sourcing Portfolio Management Investor Relations Remote Operations Systems Design Capital Allocation

Co-Founder & CEO

Mesa

Jun 2017 - Oct 2020 (3 years 4 months)

Bootstrapped and led Mesa from idea to MVP and seed funding, designed and executed go-to-market strategy for a two-sided restaurant marketplace, grew the app to #7 most downloaded Food & Drink in Chile.

Go To Market Strategy User Acquisition HubSpot Paid Acquisition Product Growth Onboarding Fundraising

Production Director

Sovereign Research & Advisory Group

Apr 2012 - May 2016 (4 years 1 month)

Early team member responsible for production, marketing and internal coordination; led copywriting, editorial production and email marketing while supporting process design as the company expanded.

Content Production Copywriting Email Marketing CRM Process Design Operations Editorial

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Ljubljana

Bachelor's Degree, European Studies / International Relations

2006 - 2011

Activities and societies: Led copywriting and editorial production for research publications; managed email marketing campaigns and CRM systems; supported internal scaling.

Completed a Bachelor's degree in European Studies / International Relations with coursework and activities supporting editorial production and process design.