Tatsiana Zaretskaya

Tatsiana Zaretskaya is a serial entrepreneur, deep-tech investor, and founder working at the intersection of AI, hardware, and frontier technologies. She is the Founder and General Partner of Terra Cognita Ventures, a venture capital fund investing in hardware-driven deep tech, including AI-enabled systems, advanced manufacturing, energy, and climate-critical infrastructure.Previously, Tatsiana founded Laava Tech, an award-winning deep-tech company developing AI-powered hardware-software solutions for energy efficiency and automation in controlled environments. Her work has been internationally recognized, including Forbes 30 Under 30 and MITInnovators Under 35.Today, she actively invests in and advises early-stage founders building capital-intensive, defensible technologies, with a strong focus on AI-native hardware, deep science commercialization, and scalable industrial innovation. Tatsiana is a frequent speaker on AI beyond software, hardware investing, and the future of deep-tech venture capital.