Biography

Overview

My name is Yaniv Proselkov, PhD. I am, among many things, a researcher and strategist in quantitative finance, venture capital, ecosystem strategy, AI, supply chains, telecoms, impact investment, future of work, AI, philosophy, ...

I have published in peer-reviewed journals on network science, agent-based modelling, and autonomous supply chains, as well as think-tank pieces on innovation science and AI. I have been an invited speaker at BT Headquarters, Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Rathbones Wealth Management, London Business School, Judge Business School, Imperial College London, and Alan Turing Institute events.

My current work builds frameworks for how science-led economies scale, retain IP value, and generate venture outcomes; how learning pathways develop in students; and how to measure knowledge transfer impact.

Education

PhD Engineering — University of Cambridge  (2019–2025)
Institute for Manufacturing  |  Christ's College
Thesis: Scalable Autonomous Network Control using Minimally Informed Agents. Developed novel AI models for telecoms and supply chain finance networks, proving that long-term system resilience requires only limited inter-agent collaboration. Full scholarship (EPSRC & BT Prosperity Partnership; Cambridge EPSRC-DTP Award).

MSc Engineering Mathematics — University of Bristol  (2017–2019)
Distinction; "Best Student" award recipient.
Thesis: Triple-Jumping over Fragmentation, Epidemics, & Spontaneous Adaption: Exploring Generating Function Methods in Adaptive Networks.
Industrial project: optimising the Royal Mail National Distribution Centre by reconfiguring the cross-docking hall — increased docking-time efficiency by 16%.

BSc (Hons) Mathematics — University of Bristol  (2014–2017)
Thesis on bounds of the 3-state misanthrope interacting particle system. Focus: probability theory, differential equation systems, network science, measure theory, graph theory.

Research Interests

• Artificial intelligence and autonomous systems
• Distributed systems and network science
• Supply chain finance and autonomous supply chains
• Innovation ecosystems and science-led venture creation
• Education modelling and learning pathways
• Agent-based modelling and complexity science
• Knowledge transfer and IP value creation

Work Experience

Chief Technical Officer — AIOS  (Dec 2025 – present)
Constructing modular AI workflows, business development, and educational skill-development pipeline.

Director of Research — Global Cambridge  (Aug 2025 – present)
Chief strategist constructing ecosystem strategy and open-innovation reports, synthesising perspectives from a 1,100-person community of innovation stakeholders in Cambridge and beyond. Community management and partnerships; lecturing on innovation paradigms; authoring strategic reports on startup scaling, ecosystem systematisation, and science-hub replication.

Co-Founder — Venture Scholar Studio  (May 2025 – present)
Education and training to international students with real startups via a structured entrepreneurship programme. First cohort completed with two companies — Global Cambridge (innovation ecosystemics) and Linkly (recruitment).

Expert Speaker — Cambridge Education International Centre  (May 2024 – present)
Lectures and workshops on AI, business, supply chain, finance, and complexity for executives, students, academics, and private companies. Content delivered in English and Chinese (with interpreter).

Venture Associate — Blue Impact Supply Chain Ventures  (Apr 2025 – Jul 2025)
Entered via the VC Lab (Founder Institute), a programme with a ~10% completion rate. Mapped the US supply chain incubator landscape and the GP's LP network to support fundraising; copywrote for LP fundraising, portfolio companies, and incubator partnerships; advised a local medtech on supply chain and fundraising, leading to ~£500k in letters of intent within two weeks.

Co-Founder — Diogenes Forum  (Jan 2023 – Jun 2023)
Academic media group and salon. Published 6 articles and 7 interviews with academics on geopolitics, crime, climate, art, and others. Built from the competitive Cambridge Enterprise CRoSS incubator. Secured the Ian McTaggart Grant of £1,500/term.

Doctoral Researcher — Supply Chain AI Lab, IfM, University of Cambridge  (Oct 2019 – May 2025)
Led interdisciplinary teams to co-author 6 papers in peer-reviewed journals on telecoms, supply chains, production economics, and multi-agent systems. Organised intradepartmental conferences and inter-institutional workshops; represented the lab as speaker at international conferences.

Quantitative Finance Researcher — Fasanara Capital  (Dec 2018 – Oct 2019)
Developed AI risk assessment models for P2P supply chain and SME financing investments. Built a data pipeline to analyse company debtor–supplier networks for investment opportunities. Conducted due diligence and authored whitepapers on systemic financial risk for venture investments.

Selected Ventures & Programmes

• Bluedot AGI Strategy Course (Oct–Nov 2025) — research and structured sprints on AGI trends, strategies, and technologies.
• Silkwork, Accelerate Cambridge, Judge Business School (Jan–Apr 2025) — AI recruitment platform matching Central Asian student talent into startups. Managed an international team of 12; secured pro-bono support from 2 consultancies and 3 entrepreneurial-hub partnerships; client partnerships with KIMEP, Satbayev, and Nazarbayev universities.
• EnterpriseTECH, Judge Business School (Jan–May 2023) — competitive entrepreneurship and venture-capital programme; consulted a University of Cambridge healthtech spinout.
• Monadrix, CRoSS, Cambridge Enterprise (Oct–Nov 2022) — AI fintech for cofounder-based quant financing. Built linked databases of patents, ventures, funding, and businesses joined on human capital. Paper in progress on measuring the relative impact of founders vs. patents.
• Como Advanced Studies School, Fondazione Alessandro Volta (Jun–Jul 2022) — residential education in complexity science.
• Yapros, Impulse, Maxwell Centre (Mar–Jun 2021) — deeptech incubator. Algorithmically driven scientific collaboration network; led an international team of 5 innovation scientists on team-matching algorithms.

Funding & Awards

• Cambridge Philosophical Society Research Studentship Funding Award (2024)
• Winner — 3 Minute Supply Chain Thesis Competition, Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge (2024)
• Diogenes Forum — Ian Mactaggart Programme Student Society Award (2023)
• CRoSS Ideas Incubator Bursary Award (2023)
• EPSRC & BT Prosperity Partnership Project: NG-CDI, Grant EP/R004935/1 (2019)
• UK EPSRC-DTP Award, University of Cambridge, Grant EP/R513180/1 (2019)
• Engineering Mathematics MSc Best Student Award (2019)

Teaching

Lectures, workshops, and full courses for executives, postgraduates, and researchers — in English and Chinese (with interpreter), online and in person. Flagship offerings include an 8-week experiential Entrepreneurship course/placement and a modular Digital Technology in Business series covering AI in supply chains, complex networks in alternative finance, risks of AI, the beer game, AI in entrepreneurship, and innovation ecosystemics. See the teaching page for syllabi, recent deliveries, and enquiries.

• Venture Scholar Studio (2025) — co-taught with Nuray Salina; entrepreneurship course delivered as one-week sprints to students from Iceland, the UK, and Kazakhstan.
• Cambridge Education International Centre (2024 – present) — Supply Chain AI and Complex Networks in Financial Infrastructure, delivered with Chinese interpretation.

Selected Speaking Engagements

• Rathbones Wealth Managers, London — Past, Present and Future of Impact Investment (2026, panellist)
• Kolleno, London — The Future of Finance with AI Breakfast (2025, speaker)
• London Young Finance Network — AI & the Future of Finance (2025, panellist)
• Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge — AI in Business (2024)
• Alan Turing Institute, AI UK, London — Supply Chain AI Laboratory (2023)
• Complexity Science Hub, Vienna — Financial ripple effect in supply networks (2023)
• BT Headquarters, Martlesham Heath — NG-CDI Spotlight (2022)
• Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, Italy — Complex networks (2022)
• Conference on Complex Systems — Exeter (2024) and Palma de Mallorca (2022)

Volunteering & Interests

• BANGTech Space Program — teaching kids tech entrepreneurship via gamified residentials in the UK and UAE.
• EnterpriseTECH Buddy — supporting teams building petrochemicals and aviation startups.
• Innovation Forum — led the Cambridge branch in 2021; medtech innovation network running pitch competitions and conferences.
• Karate — 1st Dan Black Belt, Shotokan; 5th Kyu, Goju Ryu.
• Ballroom & Latin Dance — Bronze level; competed at the 61st Inter-Varsity Dance Championships, Blackpool (2024).
• Languages — English (native), Russian (beginner).