Rita Sakus

Rita Sakus is an experienced investor, co-founder of the Lithuanian Business Angel Network (LitBAN), a board member of the European business angel network (EBAN), and an active mentor in the European startup ecosystem. She is a Canadian-Lithuanian and has a BA from the University of Toronto and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston and an executive education certificate from Harvard University all with a sharp focus on innovation and high tech.

Her colourful career led her to great corporations such as Texas Instruments, Nortel Networks, Transcom Worldwide and others. While working with Venture Capital in Israel twenty years ago, she couldn’t help but notice parallels between there and Lithuania vis a vis innovation and incredibly bright talent. Shortly thereafter she moved to Lithuania and taught seminars at the International School of Management in her first years in Vilnius on Venture Capital and building innovative startups. Startups are her passion since the start of her career led by great professors of entrepreneurialism. She is a certified scuba instructor and enjoys singing a bit of jazz from time to time.