Maksym Benival

Maksym Benival is a finance professional with diverse experience in investment banking and entrepreneurship. Currently serving as a Business Associate at SKELAR since January 2024, Maksym previously worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at FinPoint from February 2023 to January 2024, where skills in financial modeling and presentation creation were developed. As a co-founder of Teach&Care from January 2021 to February 2022, Maksym initiated a math tutoring service for children, achieving $5k MRR before facing challenges in customer acquisition and financial planning. Co-founding FAM in 2020, Maksym launched an online tips service but struggled with product development and market positioning. Early entrepreneurial experience includes co-founding Go-Scooters in 2019. Maksym holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and has previously studied Betriebswirtschaftslehre at Freie Universität Berlin.