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Vitali BalajevsVB

Vitali Balajevs

Interim Product | Venture Building

€1,000/day
Berlin, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Vitali

For over 10 years, I've helped leaders in Real Estate Tech turn complex challenges into revenue-generating products. I have a track record of building and scaling B2B and B2C digital platforms, marketplaces, SaaS tools and AI-powered systems, including in complex and regulated environments like banking and payments.

How we can partner:

▶ Interim Product Leadership: I step in to own the roadmap and budget, leading your team to get a critical initiative back on track.

▶ Strategic Advisory: I create a single, unified strategy for your next big bet, combining market data with your team's expertise, giving you the confidence to act.

▶ Venture Partnership: I provide hands-on guidance to navigate the 0-to-1 journey, helping you find your first customers and secure your first revenue.


My Track Record Includes:
✓ 10+ years focused on Real Estate Tech, PropTech, FinTech & AEC.
✓ 5 founding roles across Product, Ops & Go-to-Market.
✓ €30M+ in asset value managed across the ventures I helped launch and scale.
✓ €7M+ in external capital raised from industry VCs and the EU grants.
✓ RICS-accredited MA in Real Estate & Finance.

My past clients include venture-building companies, PropTech and FinTech startups, traditional real estate companies, global industrial enterprises (Mosca Group), and governmental agencies (Business Finland).
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

  • Latvian

    Native or bilingual

  • Russian

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Berlin (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Venture Development & Strategy Consulting
    Consultant
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    March 2019 - Today (7 years and 3 months)
    Opportunity identification:
    Helping to identify new revenue streams by conducting comprehensive market research, competitive analysis, strategic positioning, and target audience.

    Business model:
    Defining a business concept, GTM strategy, monetization, and required resources.

    Fundraising:
    Creating a business case, pitch decks, identifying investors and engaging with them.

    Business Development:
    Identifying business opportunities, decision-makers, and approach angles. Gathering market feedback, validating hypotheses and converting leads to paying customers.
    Consulting Digital Transformation Digital and IT Services Business development Strategic planning
  • Product management
    Freelance & Interim Product Manager
    DIGITAL AND IT
    March 2019 - Today (7 years and 3 months)
    Product leadership:
    Helping align company product vision with its strategic goals, defining product roadmaps, and ensuring that digital products have a strategic impact on the business.

    Product discovery:
    Setting up a low or no-code MVP to validate the hypothesis, gather feedback and discover market needs to define a roadmap for delivering value-creating products fast.

    Product execution:
    Executing product roadmap by translating it into precise specifications, developing wireframes and prototypes, and overseeing product delivery to guarantee efficient and successful project outcomes. I can be integrated into your team or operate independently.

    Data analytics:
    Setting up tracking and dashboards. Evaluating product success through data analysis and defining actionable next steps, empowering businesses to make informed decisions.
    Product management Product Strategy Product leadership Product Development Product discovery
  • Asumma
    CPO and Co-founder
    REAL ESTATE
    June 2019 - Today (7 years)
    - Asumma is a Managed SaaS construction platform offering tailored house designs, procurement, construction management, and a home builder portal. Our automation allows homebuilders to get low-carbon, high-quality homes 15% more affordably and 3 months sooner.
    - As a digital contractor, we acquired development projects with €7.5M in construction volume: 5 projects already delivered and an additional 11 projects in construction.
    - Raised €1M in funding from construction and climate-focused VCs, angel investors, and grants from the EU Social Fund and the EU Regional Development Fund.
    - Developed automation from BIM (Building Information Modeling) to cost estimation model to automated procurement platform streamlining operations with 45% efficiency increase.
    - AI-enabled site reporting and assembly instructions allow project managers to reduce labor costs by €16k and deliver the project 10% faster, whilst increasing the quality of construction.
    Product management Venture building Leadership Product Strategy Fundraising

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Education

  • Master of Arts in Finance and Real Estate
    University of Aberdeen
    2015
    RICS accredited Master of Arts degree with a focus on Investment Management and Financial Strategy. Analysis of business and corporate finance, research, statistics, accountancy and economics.

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