Venture & Product Innovation

I turn early-stage hardware ideas into investable ventures.

Practical visionary. I take early, unproven ideas and build the evidence, prototypes, and relationships that make them real.

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€0.0M
Venture funding
0+
Workshops
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Patents

About

One school saw my potential before I did. Now I do the same for ventures.

I arrived in Germany from St. Petersburg (Russia) at sixteen, speaking no German. Most schools turned me away. One gave me a chance. Within four years I'd earned the German A-levels and qualified for university. That experience taught me something I've never forgotten: potential isn't always obvious. You have to know how to look for it.

I originally studied mathematics because I love solving problems. But what truly excites me is solving human and business problems, and creating something tangible in this world. That led me to industrial design, and eventually to a career spent in the space where products, strategy, and people intersect.

I'm a practical visionary. I'm drawn to bold ideas before they're obvious, and my strength is building the path that turns them into something real, with consumer evidence, prototypes, suppliers, technical feasibility, and commercial logic.

Czech Rep.Venture development. Turning early-stage ideas into investable products.
ChinaExecution, manufacturing, and scale. 6.5 years in Shenzhen.
IsraelSpeed, experimentation, entrepreneurial energy. Bezalel Academy.
GermanyStructure, rigor, and methodology. Industrial design and Mercedes.
RussiaBig-picture thinking and intellectual depth. Where it all began.

How I work

Innovation as a system.

01
Insight & Framing

I am strongest where the answers aren't obvious. I enter complex environments and create clarity, framing the opportunity before anyone else sees it.

02
Structure & Method

Innovation isn't just creativity. It's a repeatable system. I bring rigour, methodology, and the right questions to unlock original thinking in any team.

03
Experiment & Validate

I move quickly, test with real consumers, and treat uncertainty as an asset. Evidence, not assumption, is what earns the next stage of investment.

04
Execute & Scale

An idea is only valuable if it survives contact with factories, suppliers, cost, and timelines. I build ventures that can handle that pressure and grow.

The approach

I build the bridge between an unproven idea and an investable venture.

Where I operate
Consumer electronics · FMCG · Hardware-enabled products · Physical product development · R&D · Automotive
What I bring
Consumer evidence · Prototypes · Supplier networks · Technical feasibility · Commercial logic · Investment readiness
Where I've done it
Germany · China (Shenzhen) · Israel · Czech Republic · Global teams

Selected work

Work where the answers weren't obvious yet.

OPPORTUNITY FRAMING CONSUMER VALIDATION FEASIBILITY & SUPPLIER OPTIONS INVESTMENT DECISION €2.2M FUNDING 3 INVESTMENT PITCHES NEXT PHASE DEVELOPMENT SECURED
Venture Leadership

Regulated Consumer Product

Confidential Venture

Led a hardware-enabled venture from opportunity framing through consumer validation, feasibility, supplier alignment, and investment-ready business planning.

€2.2M funding secured3 investment pitchesNext phase development
20+
Innovation Workshops
Innovation Architecture

Harman / JBL PartyBox

Harman R&D, Shenzhen

Innovation Architect in Harman's Shenzhen R&D. Facilitated 20+ workshops, generated product and experience concepts — including ideas implemented in the JBL PartyBox.

20+ workshopsConcept to productConsumer electronics
Harman Kardon Packaging
iF
Design Award 2015
Team Building

Packaging Design Team

Harman Kardon, Shenzhen

Built and led the packaging design team in Shenzhen from scratch. Created new capability and structure. Won the iF Design Award for Harman Kardon packaging.

iF Design Award 2015Team built from zeroFMCG packaging
Daimiar Innovation Studio
50+
Workshop Sessions
Innovation Facilitation

Next-gen Vehicle Concepts

Daimler Innovation Studio

Shaped next-generation Mercedes vehicle concepts. Facilitated interdisciplinary ideation with engineers, designers, and business teams, exploring comfort, materials, and future mobility.

50+ workshop sessionsFuture mobilityAutomotive

Contact

Let's build something worth building.

Ready to turn an early idea into something real? I work on three things: consultations to frame the opportunity, idea generation to find what's worth building, and venture development to make physical products investable.

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tatjana.vaclavik@outlook.com
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linkedin.com/in/tatjanavaclavik

Based in

Prague

Czech Republic · CET