Venture Partner
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The official roster identifies Ekaterina Gianelli as Venture Partner. This profile applies Calm/Storm Ventures's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narrower individual mandate. Relevant founder fit follows the firm's thesis: Partner very early with diverse European founders redefining health and wellbeing, combining specialist industry support with a founder community.
At firm level, Calm/Storm Ventures is aligned with partner very early with diverse European founders redefining health and wellbeing, combining specialist industry support with a founder community. This is firm-level guidance, not an invented personal preference.
No personal pass list is public. Opportunities outside Calm/Storm Ventures's stated stages, sectors, geography or team criteria should be treated as lower fit rather than a confirmed personal rejection rule.
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Ekaterina Gianelli is currently Venture Partner at Calm/Storm Ventures, as listed on the firm's official roster. Where the roster does not publish a longer biography, this profile avoids inferring prior employers, education, deals or decision authority.