Filip Sturman

Filip Sturman is the COO and co-founder of Fonoa, a company that automates tax calculations for online businesses.13 He has a background in marketing and growth management, with previous experience at prominent companies:

1. At Uber, he worked as:

   • Senior Manager for Growth in Southern Europe (Uber Eats)2
   • Marketing Manager in Croatia2

2. At trivago, he was involved in country development and launching2

3. He also worked as a Key Account Management Assistant at Henkel2

Filip holds a Master's degree in Marketing from the University of Zagreb and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.1 He is based in Zagreb, Croatia, and is proficient in multiple languages, including Croatian (native), English (full professional), Italian (professional working), and elementary proficiency in German and Spanish.2

At Fonoa, Filip and his co-founders (Davor Tremac and Ivan Ivankovic) developed a cloud platform for automating global tax calculations, which has attracted major clients like Spotify, Remote.com, Uber, and Zoom.3 The company has received significant investments, including a recent 60 million euro investment led by Coatue, a VC fund started by American billionaire Philippe Laffont.3