Daniel Tonkopiy🇺🇸

Startup Mentor at StartupMentor.vc

About Daniel Tonkopiy

Startup Mentor at StartupMentor.vc

My company built the e-bike that holds the Guinness World Record: 228 miles on one charge. 3 exits: best.ua (2014), Delfast Delivery (2020), VisaNow.AI (2026). 22+ years in sales and go-to-market. Now building CoreElement.AI, AI for mineral exploration.

Fuel retail: 6 loss-making stations to 500+ (KazMunayGas). Hardware: Delfast e-bikes, $0 to $8.5M in sales, 40+ countries. Delivery: 700+ B2B contracts, franchised into 10 cities in 3 countries. Fundraising: close to $6M across 15 raises, including $3.4M in one equity crowdfunding campaign. 500 Global, batch 33. Mentoring: since 2012, 20,000+ founders and students taught. Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator, Signal, Startupbootcamp.

Ask me about: go-to-market from zero, first customers, US market entry, fundraising and pitch, crowdfunding, hardware scaling, enterprise and government deals.

Sessions in English, Russian or Ukrainian. Sources and press: https://startupmentor.vc

Expertise

ProductAISales/BDGeneralist Product ManagementLeadershipPublic SpeakingNegotiationBrand positioningDeal strategyMarket researchMarketing strategyMonetisation

Sessions with Daniel Tonkopiy

General Mentorship Session (30 min)

What mentees say

“Daniel has that rare combination of vertical knowledge plus broad startup experience. I came away from the call with some actionable feedback.”
Paul Roberts, Growth and Partnerships at GoodBite