Katerina Nichols received her M.Sc. in International Management from Waseda Business School in Tokyo and since then has been particularly dedicated to early-stage startups and scaleups. She is currently a Principal at torq.partners and supports companies in setting up and developing financial structures and processes. Her focus is on the areas of controlling & reporting, business case modeling and internationalization. Before that she worked as an international investment controller at Rocket Internet and as a management consultant. In total, Katerina has supported more than 35 ventures in the field of finance.