Yuri Gurski has been building international IT and media businesses for more than 15 years as an executive, entrepreneur, investor, and startup mentor. Yuri is acclaimed for his extraordinary number of business exits: the firms that Yuri funded and advised have been acquired by Google, Facebook, Farfetch, Playtech. Yuri is a Co-founder & CEO at Palta (previously known as Haxus), a health & well-being technology company led by entrepreneurs on a mission to create a global positive impact. Across its consumer-centric health products, Palta has more than 100M active users over the last 12 months and 3.5M active paid subscribers in their apps like Flo Health, Simple Fasting, Zing Fitness Coach and more. Headquartered in London with offices in Limassol, US, Munich, Vilnius, Warsaw and other locations, Palta has over 700 employees across its portfolio. In August 2021, Palta announced that it had raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Per Brillioth at VNV Global, with participation of Target Global and other existing and new investors. This recent fundraising round will further help the company meet their goal of empowering 1 billion health-aware people via their ecosystem of innovative health and wellness products. Yuri Gurski is a distinguished MBA alumnus of Kozminski University (in Warsaw/Poland). Yuri has received numerous awards, including Belarus Entrepreneur of the Year (2010 and 2011); Startup Mentor of the Year (2014), and Best Belarusian Entrepreneur Under 40 (2016).