Maria Kolitsida
About Maria Kolitsida
Maria Kolitsida is based in London, England. Crunchbase lists her as Founder and CEO of Signal Fusion (since August 2022) and CEO and Founder of Winning Minds (since September 2017). It also lists a business development role at Missum and an advisor role at MyiArts since July 2015.
She holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship from the University of Liverpool (2009 to 2012) and completed an MIT Sloan Executive Certificate in Artificial Intelligence in 2018. Inverse reports that her earlier degrees are in biology and biotechnology. It also reports that she worked in pharmaceutical and food companies in regulatory compliance roles. A Porsche-hosted Next Visions podcast profile says she held innovation and policy roles at Coca-Cola, GSK and McCormick, and taught neuromarketing as an adjunct professor at UK universities.
Signal Fusion is an AI risk management platform that analyses behavioral factors among personnel in high-risk settings such as maritime operations and emergency services. Winning Minds (WinningMinds.ai) is a behavioral analytics AI company with offices in London, Montreal and Athens, and she is its CEO.
Crunchbase shows one personal investment, one portfolio company, no lead investments and no exits. The investment is a seed round in Teez.mobi, announced on June 16, 2011. The amount raised is not shown publicly. Crunchbase also lists two companies she has founded.
We found no public record of AI-focused angel investments by Maria Kolitsida. Her AI experience comes from building companies. She leads Signal Fusion, which announced a collaboration with maritime technology firm lomarlabs. She also leads WinningMinds.ai, which works on behavioral analytics with research partners in Canada and Europe.
Maria Kolitsida has not publicly stated a stage, sector, geography or check size focus that we could verify. Crunchbase hides her investor type and investor stage fields. Her only recorded investment is a seed round. Her operating work centers on behavioral analytics, risk management and human performance AI. A founder in those areas may find her background relevant, but this is not a stated investment thesis.
- Teez.mobi: seed round announced June 16, 2011, per Crunchbase. She was not the lead investor and the amount is not public.
- crunchbase.com/person/maria-kolitsida
- crunchbase.com/hub/ai-seed-portfolio-companies
- inverse.com/tech/how-maria-kolitsida-built-trust-innovation-as-a-non-t
- ibtimes.co.uk/why-systematic-behavioural-health-screening-future-risk-
- medium.com/next-level-german-engineering/next-visions-podcast-sophie-k
- velocitypartners.vc/pf/winningminds-ai
- lomarlabs.com/news/lomarlabs-and-signal-fusion-launch-strategic-collab
- linkedin.com/in/mariakolitsida
Investing activity
Maria Kolitsida has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company, and has founded 2 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Maria Kolitsida
Is Maria Kolitsida an active angel investor?
Crunchbase records one investment, a 2011 seed round in Teez.mobi, and no lead investments or exits. We found no public record of more recent angel deals.
What is Maria Kolitsida's check size?
No check size is public. We found no verified statement from her about how much she invests.
What stage does Maria Kolitsida invest in?
She has not publicly stated a stage focus. Her one recorded investment is a seed round.
What companies has Maria Kolitsida founded?
She is Founder and CEO of Signal Fusion, an AI risk management platform that analyses behavioral factors in high-risk work. She is also CEO and Founder of Winning Minds, a behavioral analytics AI company.
What is Maria Kolitsida's background in AI?
She completed an MIT Sloan Executive Certificate in Artificial Intelligence in 2018. She builds AI products for behavioral analytics through Signal Fusion and WinningMinds.ai.
Where is Maria Kolitsida based?
Crunchbase lists her location as London, England, United Kingdom.
Is Maria Kolitsida an angel investor?
Yes. Maria Kolitsida invests personally as an angel and is CEO, Founder at Winning Minds. Crunchbase counts 1 investment.
How can founders reach Maria Kolitsida?
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