I am an active shareholder, ready to spend up to 20% of my time on the company (help on international expansion, raising capital, building IT).
The preferred sector is consumer lending, but not exclusively.
The business must have a CEO and a team to manage daily operations.
The business must have an ambition for international expansion.
I introduce the company to my international network of business partners.
Company is preferably based in the Baltics, Eastern Europe or the UK.
Investment size: up to EUR 500,000 with a potential for co-investments from my business partners.
The scholarship program initiated by Matiss for Latvia’s leaders of tomorrow. The scholarship program is Matiss’ personal initiative to promote entrepreneurship and leadership among the youth. Eligibility criteria: an individual must be 15-23 years old, from Latvia, able to show leadership-capabilities, ambition to acquire world-class education and can prove a clear goal for receiving the scholarship.
Applicant are evaluated and compete on the above criteria for the limited number of scholarships awarded. Finalists are interviewed on on-going basis and the final selection rests with Matiss Ansviesulis.
Liepaja's Raina 6 high school graduate. Unlike other students, Elviss graduated high school at the age of 17 having combined 2 classes (11 and 12) in one year. From the age of 12 Elviss has been dealing with his personal business - AirBoard (www.airboard.co), a start-tup developing the world's smallest manned aircraft. The company has already gained an international acknowledgement, a number of awards and has recently entered into one of the world's most prestigious business accelerators in Silicon Valley, USA.
Lauris is currently a 12-grade secondary school student who wants to realize himself in a financial sector and has chosen to study International Business Administration Erasmus University, Netherlands. Business has fascinated him since the age of 12, when he realized his first project - homemade fingerboards and have successfully sold them through YouTube. Lauris loves challenges and believes in constant challenges; he's an active dancer and sings in a choir.
Professional snowboarder and a fanatic of extreme sports. Having started professional athlete career at the age of 14, Toms hopes to be the first Olympian from Baltics that represents Latvia in Winter Olympics in Snowboarding Slopestyle and Big Air that's going to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea in year 2018.