Adelina Grozdanova | Upgrade

Meet Our Team - Adelina Grozdanova

Adelina Grozdanova

Co-founder & Head of Investor Group

Adelina is responsible for Upgrade’s investor relationships and capital markets.

Prior to Upgrade, Adelina ran the institutional investor team at Lending Club where she was responsible for managing relationships with a variety of institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, endowments and foundations. Adelina started her career at Morgan Stanley, where she advised ABS and MBS issuers on financings through whole loan sales, structured solutions and secured funding facilities.

Adelina earned a BSE degree in Operations Research & Financial Engineering from Princeton University in 2007.

Board of Directors

Anju Patwardhan
Fintech Venture Investor and Former Bank Executive

Peter Sterling
Head of Specialty Finance & General Partner at Outpost Ventures, Neuberger Berman

Chris Gottschalk
General Partner, Mouro Capital

Dr. Joseph L. Breeden
CEO, Prescient Models LLC

Joseph F. Huber
Former Senior Advisor, UBS

Mark Ortiz
Former Global FP&A Leader and Chief Diversity Officer, GE Capital

Meyer "Micky" Malka
Founder, Ribbit Capital

Renaud Laplanche
Co-founder & CEO, Upgrade