• Businesswoman of the Year (EY)
  • As seen in Forbes
  • 13+ years as CEO & Founder
  • Scaled teams to 100+ people
  • 8 patents in tech & design
  • 20+ years in the industry, designing innovative workplaces for Fortune 500s
  • 750+ projects completed globally
  • My company has won 19 Projects of the Year awards and 1 Product of the Year
  • Today, I lead one of the fastest-growing AI workplace platforms globally
Elena Beloshapkova
Work Experience
CEO & Founder
at inspace
Founder & CEO of inspace - an artificial intelligence company (B2B SaaS) building the autonomous Workplace Agent for enterprises
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inspace is Jarvis for offices. It replaces fragmented workplace tools with a single AI that autonomously orchestrates everything - desks, rooms, visitors, services, smart lighting, elevators, catering, access control, and more. Employees just talk to their office and the AI handles the rest
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The platform is also building the infrastructure layer for delivery robots and humanoids - making inspace the operating system not just for today's workplace, but for the one that's coming.

Loved by employees, trusted by workplace leaders - from Unilever, Yext, LHH, Konica Minolta, Tendeg, Trivest, and the Australian Navy.

With 96% employee adoption, deployments spanning 300-person firms to 128,000-employee enterprises across 20 countries, and seamless integration into existing tools - inspace is becoming the default operating layer for the modern office.
CEO & Founder
at Fresh. Ideas for Offices
At 25, I founded Fresh. Ideas for Offices, a company focused on innovative office furniture solutions. We scaled quickly — from $0 to $2M in revenue in the first year — by landing major clients like Cisco, Total, and Atlas Copco.

Within three years, we evolved from a dealer into a full-fledged furniture brand, launching our first collection and eventually expanding to 85 unique lines, including 7 patented designs. I led the development and go-to-market strategy for the brand, overseeing both strategic management and business growth.

Five years in, we won the largest commercial office project of the year.

Over the next ten years, we completed over 750 projects for Fortune 500 companies — including office spaces as large as 5 million square feet (about 465,000 square meters). Along the way, we earned 19 "Project of the Year" awards and received national recognition with both "Product of the Year" and "Business Woman of the Year" honors.
Business Development Director
at K.S.Buro
Managed the sales department with a focus on major commercial real estate projects, including offices, hotels, and industrial spaces.

Built strong relationships with local and international clients, landlords, real estate developers, architects, brokers, and project managers.

Established partnerships with international suppliers and manufacturers. Responsible for strategic management, business development, deal generation, negotiations, and global marketing.
Business Development Director
at Mebeus
Established Mebeus' first office location. Negotiated customer agreements and focused on driving deal development for the company.

Built strong working relationships with local and international companies, suppliers, landlords, developers, architects, brokers, and project managers.

Actively participated in business associations including AEB, BBC, RBCC, and RuGBC. Oversaw project execution, prepared commercial proposals, and led meetings, negotiations, and presentations.
Business Development Manager at Officescape Projects Limited
Built relationships with prospective clients, generated new projects, and developed deals for the company. Established connections with local and international companies, landlords, developers, brokers, and project managers.

Actively participated in business associations including AEB, BBC, RBCC, and AmCham.

Negotiated contracts with prospective clients and successfully closed deals.
Business Development Manager at Fudes Construction
Prospected new clients, generated projects, negotiated contracts, and closed deals for the company.

Built a broad network of professional relationships. Actively participated in business associations and networking events.
Broker in Commercial Real Estate Department at Blackwood Real Estate
Provided full-scope consulting and brokerage services to local and international clients, supporting them through every stage of the process. Specialized in developing new business with both international and local companies.

Advised clients on implementing commercial real estate strategies, including deal negotiation and relationship-building with property owners.
Senior consultant
at Century 21 Star Realty
Provided consulting and brokerage services to corporate clients and property owners throughout every stage of the leasing process.

Oversaw contractual agreements and managed deal closings.
Education
Masters in International Business
Graduate School of Business Administration
Lomonosov University

Research Projects:
Strategic Development of a Real Estate Development Company During the Global Economic Crisis (2009)

Strategic Analysis of the Real Estate Development Market (2008)
Bachelor in Laser Physics
Physics Faculty
Lomonosov University
Personal interests
Space exploration
I'm passionate about space - from LEO infrastructure and lunar development to asteroid mining.
Sports
Running, lifting, high-intensity training, yoga, and sailing. Staying active is very important to me.
Travelling
50+ countries and counting - including South Africa, Indonesia, UK, Kenya, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malaysia, Singapore, China, the Philippines, Sweden, the Netherlands, Montenegro, Austria, Canada, Croatia, and others.
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