# Sergey Zverev: Venture Architect for AI-era companies

> I help funds, venture studios and innovation teams turn ambitious ideas into investable, scalable ventures, and I build the ones worth building.

Entrepreneur in Residence, 2080 Ventures · Mentor, Founder Institute · Founder, Trood

## Selected impact

- 15+ startups launched
- 40+ business automation projects led, in the US, Europe and MENA
- $5M+ raised for Trood-powered ventures
- 1,000+ specialists in the execution community I built and run

## How I work with you

- Strategic advisory: Executive sessions, technical due diligence, venture evaluation and scoring, AI product strategy.
- Venture architecture: Product strategy, execution design, governance and delivery planning, through to venture studio design.
- Fractional venture leadership: Long-term strategic oversight for founders, innovation teams and venture studios.
- Venture execution: Curated engineering teams and AI-assisted delivery through the Trood ecosystem.

Open to short-term projects and long-term partnerships, where either I or Trood can add value.

## A 90-minute session

- Bring me the problem: A pitch deck, a product, numbers, a strategy, or messy thoughts.
- We work through it together: Ninety minutes on the actual problem rather than generic advice.
- You leave with clarity: Decisions, priorities and concrete next steps.

[Book a session](https://trood.com/mentors/sergey#book) · [Free 25-minute intro](https://calendly.com/troodinc/25min)

## What I am building: Trood

Deliver what you’ve been thinking of. Technology, people, knowledge and support for your projects, end to end.

Software · Technology consulting · Business development · Community

- [For businesses](https://trood.com/business?utm_source=sergey.trood.com): A business automation platform: describe what you want to achieve, and see a precise plan, built and looked after by people who stay after launch.
- [For startups](https://trood.com/startups?utm_source=sergey.trood.com): Builders gonna build. But they also have to sell, do marketing, run operations and manage talent, and that is where we help.
- [For providers](https://trood.com/providers?utm_source=sergey.trood.com): No more cold outreach. Businesses come to Trood with a scoped need, and we bring them to the providers who fit.

## Background

- Entrepreneur in Residence at 2080 Ventures and Mentor at Founder Institute: startup scoring and evaluation for institutional investors, advisory sessions, lectures, competition judging and portfolio tracking.
- Founder of Trood since 2015, and of Rizq Management Software, Trood’s holding company in Abu Dhabi.
- Fractional CTO for external ventures since 2016, including co-founding BINO CX and scaling it to acquisition-ready operations.
- Enterprise architecture from 2009 to 2015: Oracle, SAP and Microsoft platform integrations and custom automation across 30+ companies.
- Moscow State University, Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, with merits.

[Full executive profile (PDF)](https://trood.com/mentors/sergey/profile)

## Links

### Me

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergey-zverev): sergey-zverev
- [Instagram](https://instagram.com/szvereff): @szvereff
- [Mentor page](https://trood.com/mentors/sergey): trood.com/mentors/sergey
- [Executive profile](https://trood.com/mentors/sergey/profile): PDF
- [Email](mailto:sergey@trood.com): sergey@trood.com

### Trood

- [Trood](https://trood.com/?utm_source=sergey.trood.com): trood.com
- [For businesses](https://trood.com/business?utm_source=sergey.trood.com): trood.com/business
- [For startups](https://trood.com/startups?utm_source=sergey.trood.com): trood.com/startups
- [For providers](https://trood.com/providers?utm_source=sergey.trood.com): trood.com/providers
- [Trood Community](https://trood.com/community?utm_source=sergey.trood.com): trood.com/community
- [Instagram](https://instagram.com/troodinc): @troodinc