# Kira Shishkin > Founder of informed.now (news without noise) Kira Shishkin is the CEO of informed.now informed.now is the leading news-by-sms service that texts factual daily news briefings directly to your phone. Kira is a 4-time serial entrepreneur & investor-advisor to leading technology companies. His experience spans investment banking, corporate strategy, and private equity investments in category-defining ventures. His education includes University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, and Stanford. Kira was in Forbes 30 Under 30. Kira’s past entrepreneurial experience includes cofounding a new marketplace business within an enterprise environment at Intuit ($30M invested) and founding/operating one of the largest crypto infrastructure operations in Eastern Europe (10x+ ROI). Beyond entrepreneurship, Kira’s background in the technology sector includes investment banking ($1B+ in transaction value advised), strategy advisory (14+ corporate strategies implemented), as well as private equity and venture capital investments in category-leading companies. ## Offerings - Video call (15 min): $150.00 ## Links - [Expert profile](/KiraShishkin) - [Avatar](https://media.intro.co/avatars/1093416wtH-cp-5.jpg) - [Marketplace](/marketplace)