Николай Грачев
Founder and CEO of Asimov VC – a Berlin based venture capital firm with investment focus on industrial b2b early stage projects, including energy & mobility.
Executive director of Energy Cluster of Skolkovo Foundation with 350+ startups from oil&gas, smart grid, renewables and energy efficiency sectors. Startup acceleration, financing and cooperation with leading energy players (Enel, EDF, Fortum, Total, etc.)
15 years of consulting experience with McKinsey and Roland Berger in Germany, UK and Russia; Partner, Head of RB Energy Practice in Russia and CIS. Strategic and operational projects for power gencos, utilities and oil&gas bluechips, renewables and e-mobility studies.
Professional experience includes clients attraction, team development, marketing, implementation of projects for Russian and foreign customers: from policy design for energy and oil companies to reorganization of major energy holdings and increase in operational efficiency.
In oil & gas sector Nikolay possesses the huge know-how base in such fields as oil processing, commerce of petroleum and oil products, retail sale of oil products. In the field of power industry he is an expert in generation and power transmission segments.
Nikolay graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (FINEC) in 1999, and in 2004 he graduated from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) and London School of Economics (LSE).
LANGUAGES: Nikolay speaks English and German fluently.
Founder and CEO of Asimov VC – a Berlin based venture capital firm with investment focus on industrial b2b early stage projects, including energy & mobility.
Executive director of Energy Cluster of Skolkovo Foundation with 350+ startups from oil&gas, smart grid, renewables and energy efficiency sectors. Startup acceleration, financing and cooperation with leading energy players (Enel, EDF, Fortum, Total, etc.)
15 years of consulting experience with McKinsey and Roland Berger in Germany, UK and Russia; Partner, Head of RB Energy Practice in Russia and CIS. Strategic and operational projects for power gencos, utilities and oil&gas bluechips, renewables and e-mobility studies.
Professional experience includes clients attraction, team development, marketing, implementation of projects for Russian and foreign customers: from policy design for energy and oil companies to reorganization of major energy holdings and increase in operational efficiency.
In oil & gas sector Nikolay possesses the huge know-how base in such fields as oil processing, commerce of petroleum and oil products, retail sale of oil products. In the field of power industry he is an expert in generation and power transmission segments.
Nikolay graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (FINEC) in 1999, and in 2004 he graduated from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) and London School of Economics (LSE).
LANGUAGES: Nikolay speaks English and German fluently.