I research and evaluate startups in wellness and tech, focusing on deal sourcing, market research, and investment analysis.
Projects include an Ignite XL Ventures externship where I identified and researched early-stage wellness and tech startups, performing market research and investment analysis.
Ignite XL Ventures · Jan 2025 · ✅ Verified by Extern
Learn how to identify and research early-stage startups in the wellness and tech industries. Gain valuable experience in startup evaluation, market research, and investment analysis, ideal for aspiring venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
I research and evaluate startups in wellness and tech, focusing on deal sourcing, market research, and investment analysis.
I am Mladen Vuckovic, an MBA student at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. I research and evaluate early-stage startups, with hands-on experience in deal sourcing, market research, and investment analysis from an Ignite XL Ventures externship focused on wellness and tech.
Externships
IgniteXL Ventures Deal Sourcing & Startup Analysis Externship
Completed · Jan 2025
Experience
Financial | Auditing | Revenue Manager
Virgin Voyages – United States · Jun 2021 – Aug 2022
Chief Financial Accountant / Corporate Project Associate
Virgin Voyages – United States · Sep 2022 – Current
Finance Manager / Chief Financial Accountant
Virgin Voyages & Princess Cruises management team · Oct 2013 – Current
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Gies College of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of Montenegro
Bachelor in Hotel Management
Skills
✅ Verified by Extern
Learn how to identify and research early-stage startups in the wellness and tech industries. Gain valuable experience in startup evaluation, market research, and investment analysis, ideal for aspiring venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
The externship focused on sourcing and evaluating early-stage startups in wellness and consumer tech. Work included compiling a candidate list, assembling market-size data for premium and natural hair care, synthesizing competitor landscapes for a clean-beauty startup, and producing a three-slide investment memo for Ceremonia.
I produced a populated sourcing spreadsheet of five startups, a market-size analysis with 2023 and 2030 projections, a competitive landscape synthesis for a clean-beauty company, and a three-slide investment memo summarizing due diligence on Ceremonia.