Hanna Shuvalova has more than ten years of experience in investment management and technology. She co-founded Pawa right after graduating from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she received her master's degree in management (MSx). Before Stanford, Hanna worked at Horizon Capital, a leading private equity firm in Eastern Europe with over $850 million in assets under management. As an Investment Associate at Horizon, she oversaw a portfolio of tech investments ranging from the largest online classifieds in Nigeria to the Top-3 jobs and employment website globally.

Prior to this, Hanna helped scale Genesis, a global consumer Internet company with over 200 million monthly users. At Genesis, she was responsible for fundraising and managed relationships with the company's key partners.