Our Team

Mini Studio Team

The team building AI Nation products and portfolio companies

Ivan Kadic

CEO & Co-Founder

Founder and CEO with a strong track record in building technology- driven companies at the intersection of AI, OSINT, data analytics, and customer-centric innovation. Pioneer in AI-based products.

AI Strategy

Product Vision

Innovation

OSINT

Leadership

Neda Trifunovic

COO & Co-Founder

Drives strategic business planning, fundraising, and ecosystem development. Former Manager of DSI Business Angel Network, directing over $1.5M in investments. Expert in startup ecosystem building and venture operations.

Operations

Fundraising

Ecosystem

Strategy

Innovation

Mladjan Stojanovic

Senior Program Strategy Advisor

20+ years designing and scaling national innovation programs. Former Senior Program Manager at Innovation Fund Serbia, architect of flagship programs including Katapult Accelerator (ranked 11th in Europe). Mobilized €50M+ in public funds and $75M+ in private capital.

Program Design

Innovation Finance

Ecosystem Development

VC Catalysis

Isabela Chick

Strategic Advisor - Venture Building & Corporate Innovation

15+ years spanning consulting, corporate innovation, and venture capital across Europe, US, and Latin America. Led 50+ deals across SaaS, climate tech, and consumer, launched 9 ventures, supported 30+ founders from pre-seed to Series A. Enterprise partnerships with L'Oréal and M&S generated 300+ paid pilots.

Deeptech VC

Corporate Innovation

Venture Building

Applied AI

Dušica H. Lukac

Managing Partner, DL Capital Partners | M&A & Growth Advisor

25+ years in investment banking, corporate finance, and tech startups. Managing Partner at DL Capital Partners, providing M&A advisory, fundraising, and strategic solutions across FinTech, HealthTech, AI, and blockchain. Former Head of Strategic Solutions at Volksbank and Investment Officer at IFC.

M&A Advisory

Corporate Finance

Venture Capital

Growth Strategy

Kimeshan Naidoo

Co-Founder & CTO, Familiar | Mini Studio Technical Advisor

Forbes 30 under 30. Founded/exec at 3+ tech startups worth combined $150M. Former CTO at Unibuddy (3M+ users, $10M ARR, $32M raised). Grew engineering teams from 0 to 50+ engineers.

Technical Architecture

AI Engineering

Team Building

Product Scaling

Milan Jovanović

ML Software Engineer

Full-stack developer and ML engineer with expertise in LLMs, AI agents, and data streaming architectures. Engineered sophisticated AI workflows for analytics-based systems. Skilled in Python, Java, Django, FastAPI.

Machine Learning

LLMs

Data Streaming

Backend Development

Luka Đolić

CEO, SpiceAds & Osa Digital | Growth Marketing Lead

7+ years leading digital marketing and user acquisition for SaaS and e-commerce. Founded SpiceAds (AI-driven ad analysis). Drove Grata's ROAS from 0.8x to 4.6x post-Series A.

Growth Marketing

User Acquisition

AI Analytics

Performance Optimization

Ilija Balen

AI Software Engineer

AI-focused Software Engineer with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Master's in Software Engineering from University of Belgrade. Building AI-powered backend systems and integrating LLMs into production applications. Skilled in Spring Boot, Python, microservices architecture, and AI/ML pipelines.

AI Engineering

Java/Spring Boot

LLMs

Microservices

DevOps

AI Nation Team

Mini Studio Team

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