Niko is an entrepreneur, advisor, investor and a president of a Slovenian professional basketball club. His love for entrepreneurship started at a young age, learning from his family with a long tradition in entrepreneurship.

He funded two successful startups in New York, E4B and FlyKly, the latter becoming one of the top 100 most funded Kickstarter projects at that time.

In the space of crowdfunding, he advised more than 60 successfully crowdfunded startups, with a total funding exceeding $6M. As a recognizable member of the crowdfunding community, he is organizing Crowdfunding Meetups in Slovenia with over 800 active members. 

Familiar with the technology since its early days, in 2017, he co-founded HashMark with the purpose to advise, develop, implement and grow blockchain and tech based companies. Since then, he helped develop blockchain tools, brands, communities and created many successful use cases. Recently, HashMark has set up HashMark Lab - a young, creative and inspiring team, dedicated to implementing blockchain and tech to improve everyday life.