happy for product, finance and startup opportunities

yo, i am mike
gavrilov.

20-year-old NES-HSE economics student, builder, runner, and multiple national and international case championship winner. currently work on my side projects. open-minded, intelligent, easy-going, on a grind.

Mike Gavrilov in a blue checked blazer
mike, 20 moscow · ru
  • econ student
  • case winner
  • founder
  • runner
  • thinker
  • english c1
things i'm proud of
  1. top 10 globally, Harvard Global Case Competition
  2. 1st Sberbank Analytics Championship
  3. top 15 out of 400+ teams, Finopolis Case Competition
  4. 21.1 km San Francisco Half Marathon, July 2026
timeline
  • 2026
    feb-mar: top 10 globally in Harvard Global Case Competition, first Russian finalist team in competition's history.
    mar: 135/160 on Duolingo English Test.
    apr: macroeconomics seminars from the Bank of Russia.
    jul-aug: USA exchange summer. Studied in TCC, met with builders in the startup space, traveled to SF, LA, NYC etc, skydived 2 times, ran a half marathon in SF.
    aug-sept: Skolkovo Startup School. 5-week long intensive accelerator program by the biggest startup school in Russia.
  • 2025
    1st place out of 200+ teams in Sberbank Analytics Championship
    top 10%: Cup Moscow Championship.
    semi-finalist: Finopolis, top 15 out of 450 teams in one of Russia's most rigorous fintech case championships.
    Banking and Finance Society member at New Economic School.
  • 2024
    started the NES-HSE joint program in economics. (top 1 Econ bachelor's in Russia)
    SME intern at a major Russian bank.
    top 15 out of 2,200 teams in the HSE and Sber Economics and Entrepreneurship Championship.
    building up my case track, including an earlier 2nd place out of 120 participants in Silicon Valley Camp.