Todor Valev - Resume

Todor Valev

+31 6 144 37864 | t.valev00@gmail.com | LinkedIn | Investing Blog | Data Science Projects | Rotterdam, NL

EDUCATION

Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a minor in Data Science
Anticipated Grad date: May 2024
GPA: 8/10

Relevant Courses: Learning from Big Data, Strategic Management, Marketing, Statistics, Quantitative Decision Making

EXPERIENCE

Danum Advisors B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands

Equity Research Analyst | Part-time
Mar 2024 – Present

  • Directly reporting to the Managing Director of the fund and participating in full-scale investment due diligence process: sourcing, evaluation, financial analysis, structuring and presenting investment cases
  • Analyzing potential investments performing in-depth equity research and building proprietary financial and valuation models

Google, London, United Kingdom

Business Intern | Large Customer Sales
Jun 2023 – Sept 2023

  • Developed an automation system using SQL, transforming a week-long data procurement process into minutes, resulting in potential annual cost savings of EUR 125k due to time savings
  • Collaborated with fellow interns to design and deliver a training session on the utilization of generative AI applications for ad sales teams, specifically ChatGPT, GPT-4 plugins, and Bard to automate SQL data pipelines

Rockstart Accelerator (Venture Capital Firm), Amsterdam, Netherlands

Junior Investment Analyst | Part-time | AgriFood Team
Jun 2021 – Jun 2023

  • Led in-depth market research projects and analyzed market trends to strategize together with the team on the fund's investment thesis
  • Prepared investment memoranda for the fund's investment committee for investments of EUR 100k to 1.5m
  • Automated the analysis workflow for portfolio companies quarterly reporting through VBA resulting process reduction time of 400%

Audacity Investments (University Investment Society), Rotterdam, Netherlands

Co-Chairman and Treasurer of Audacity Student-led Investment Fund
Sept 2021 – Present

  • Actively managed a EUR 10k portfolio, together with a group of 20 members, of stocks and ETFs through extensive equity research employing advanced financial modeling, and valuation techniques
  • Provided advanced workshops and articles on the topics of Venture Capital & Private Equity to 1st-2nd year students with an average attendance of 50+ people
  • Fundraised ~EUR 1k from local investment firms to sponsor the first-ever Stock Pitch Competition at Erasmus University Rotterdam soil within 3 weeks

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Learning from Big Data | RSM Course

Oct 2023

  • Developed a Purchase Prediction model using boosted trees and random forest algorithms to forecast subsequent purchases of supermarket customers, scoring 2nd place for prediction accuracy in a class of 50 peers
  • Built a sentiment analysis data pipeline using Naïve Bayes Classifier for movie review sentiment detection

CFA Equity Research Challenge | University Team RSM

Oct 2023

  • Performing in-depth equity research on Aalberts N.V. in a competitive setting against other top schools in the BENELUX region to produce an initiation equity research report to a panel of CFA holders judges

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

  • Won 1st place in the B&R Flowtraders (Erasmus University-wide competition) 2021-2022 Investment Competition out of 50 other student-led investment groups generating the highest risk-adjusted returns out of 11.52%
  • Awarded a B&R Investor Certificate and received a EUR 1k scholarship for CAIA Alternative Investments Level 1

SKILLS

Technical Skills

Python Intermediate SQL R MS Office Looker Studio Financial Modeling HTML CSS JavaScript (basic)

Languages

Fluent in English and Bulgarian; Conversational proficiency in Dutch and German

Hobbies

Played League of Legends competitively, basketball semi-professionally in high school, Minecraft, traveling