Dušan Stojanović

Dušan Stefan Stojanović (born July 23, 1969, Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish entrepreneur, super angel investor, founder of True Global Ventures, Keynote Speaker, based in Singapore. He has done 18 investments mainly in fintech (including payments) and digital media. Out of these 18 investments, he had 7 exits and no investment has closed down.

Investments

In 2009, he was nominated as one of Europe's top 5 Angels, and in 2013, he was awarded the Business Angel of the year in Europe by EBAN after having three positive exits in a single week, something which was previously unheard of.

At the end of 2010, he founded True Global Ventures 1 and in 2013 True Global Ventures 2 and is its single largest shareholder. True Global Ventures is an investment vehicle consisting of almost exclusively serial entrepreneurs investing exclusively in serial entrepreneurs based in New York, Silicon Valley, Beijing, Singapore, Hong Kong, Berlin and Stockholm within Fintech (including payments) and Digital Media.

Some of Dušan’s investments prior to True Global Ventures include Prowebece, Dibs and Payson. At True Global Ventures, some of these include Sharespost, goSwiff, Customermatrix and Musicxray.

Dušan’s investing style can sometimes be viewed as controversial, since it demands each partner to be active instead of being a “passive investor”. He only accepts investors who have done an exit themselves as entrepreneurs and have done at least two angel investments. Most partners have done about 20 investments. As opposed to the traditional VC model, he believes that 32 partners focused on a couple of investments per year is of better help for ambitious entrepreneurs and ultimately drives higher returns.

Personal

Dušan has also contributed to a number of different organizations and entrepreneurs through donations.

After his 3 exits in 2012, he donated a portion of his proceeds to save the last Tesla Lab, the Tesla Science Centre on Long Island, New York State.

He is also did a smaller donation to the Tesla Statue in Palo Alto. As a distant relative to Nikola Tesla, Dusan is a strong supporter of all things Tesla.

In 2015, he has two exits, one when he sold Prowebce to Edenred in May and the other one in Oct when SharesPost sold its interest in NASDAQ Private Market to Nasdaq, Inc. Using the proceeds from the Prowebce's exit, he made two more donations which include recognising and rewarding female entrepreneurs and Nikola Tesla inspired innovations on 10 July 2015, to mark the 159th anniversary of Tesla’s birthday.

Dušan finished High School at Sigrid Rudebeck Gymnasium, in Göteborg, Sweden and finished an International Business Degree at Gothenburg University and Commercial Law in 1994.