MEET OUR TEAM

We aim to be great support to the teams that have chosen to work with us. Our hands-on attitude means that our entrepreneurs can always rely on our experience especially when facing tough business issues.

Elek Straub

managing partner, chairman of the board
Former head of Magyar Telekom Group and general manager of IBM Hungary. Elek has been an advisor, private investor and angel investor as well.

György Simó

managing partner
Best known in the IT-focused angel investor community. Former co-founder of Origo.hu and CEO of T-Online Hungary. Solid expertise in supporting entrepreneurs.

Csaba Kákosy

managing partner, CEO
Energy, transport and telecommunications - key experiences in Csaba's life. 12 years of regulatory and financial experience, former Minister of Economy.

Zsolt Weiszbart

partner
Zsolt has been an active angel investor in the Budapest tech scene since 2010, when he finished his studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 

Judit Lucz

CFO
Judit is an experienced CFO with 20+ years in finance and VC, she is an economist by profession with postgrad legal and business studies.

Dóra Branyiczki

principal
Dóri has worked with growth funds for 5 years prior to joining Day One. Through portfolio management and transactional activities, she got involved with companies in life sciences, software/SaaS and fashion.

András Fehér

Associate
As a member of the pipeline team my job is to find and evaluate all the talented and ambitious founders of the CEE region.

Edit Gulácsi

office manager
My goal is to find the most efficient and productive ways to run the back office operations supporting the team’s success.