Top 20 Automotive VC Funds &amp; Investors in Russian Federation (June 2026)

Venture capital serves as funding for emerging, inventive enterprises poised for rapid expansion.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 117
Round size: Seed $750k–$4M; Series A $2.3M–$19M
Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

TraceAir — Construction platform providing drone flights, 3D mapping, analytics, and data processing services to accelerate site work.
Rep AI — Shopify's #1 AI Concierge (chatbot) for eCommerce. Rep converts more traffic (CVR), increases sales (AOV), and can handle up to 97% of your support tickets.
Dodona Analytics — Dodona Analytics is an e-mobility platform.

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The Fund for the Promotion of Venture Investment in Small Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere of Moscow was established by the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy of Moscow.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Advertising, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 84
Round size: Seed $40k–$363k; Debt Financing $80k–$267k
Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

Vestem — Vestem is a biotechnology company that develops new bioveterinary cell therapies for regenerative therapy and next-generation pharmaceuticals for the treatment of pets.
Picvario — DAM systems allow centralizing, systematizing, searching, and sharing all types of digital files (images, video, audio, etc.). Picvario platform is a reliable storage of the files. Flexible management. API Integration
Qummy — Qummy produces and freezes dishes for restaurants using its patented Smart Ice technology, which preserves the dish's nutritional and organoleptic features.

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Kima Ventures promotes the growth of startups, supporting them in the fastest and most effective ways.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 544
Round size: Seed $549k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $584k–$4.4M; Series A $1.1M–$16M
Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

Hoora —
Avocode — Centralize design collaboration, developer hand-off, version control, screen flows, & feedback in one tool. Sign up free today. Work with Sketch, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma designs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Flow Engineering — Requirements management, made collaborative

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Using our experience, networking and expertise, we help projects grow so that they change life around the world to the best.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Apps, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Private Equity, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Russian Federation, Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 33
Round size: Seed $50k–$4M; Pre-Seed $274k–$2.2M
Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

Uplify — Uplify makes it easy for any streamers to monetize their content as their audience grows and create new authentic content your followers will love.
OverPRO — Next generation eSports platform for players of any level
Monetization Solutions, Inc. — Monetizr™ is a turn-key solution enabling game developers and game IP holders to sell personalized game gear from inside the game’s UI and create meta-experiences for high-value players. Give players more than they expect!★ Platform to design, import, and control product inventory, launch, and manage campaigns in real-time. ★ A technologysolution that enables a to sell personalized game gear or give away physical rewards right from the game itself. ★ Support for multi-languages and multi-currencies with the most popular payment methods, including ApplePay, GooglePay, CreditCards, PayPal, Bitcoin. ★ Handling product procurement, fulfillment, legal compliance, and customer support for you. ★ Knowledge-base with the best campaign tactics recommendations to enhance the experience for your most high-value players.We've increased customer lifetime value (CLTV) by up to 25% and our conversion rates are as high as 10.6%. Today we're working with more than 30 game publishers, reaching 17 million monthly active users. Monetizr is focused on Mobile Games - the fastest growing (29% YoY) segment of the gaming industry with 41% of market share and $56.4 Billion dollars spent on digital currencies annually.Learn more at www.themonetizr.com

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Mail.ru Group was founded by Yuri Milner and is the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. It is one of the largest Internet companies in Russia, and the world's seventh largest Internet business in terms of page views. Mail.ru Group operates two of the three largest Russian language social networking sites(Odnoklassniki.ru and Moi Mir@Mail.Ru), the two largest instant messaging networks in Russia (ICQ and Agent), Russia's leading email service, Russia's second largest Internet portal and Russia's largest online games company.Mail also holds strategic equity stakes of 32.49% in vKontakte, Russia's largest social networking site, and 25.09% in QIWI, formerly OE Investments, one of Russia's leading payment-processing companies. It also holds small minority stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.

Investment focus

Industry: Social Media, Education, Mobile Apps
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Cyprus

Investor stats

Total investments: 30
Round size: Seed $500k–$3.9M; Series A $1M–$11M
Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow

Portfolio highlights

Magisto — Magisto online video editor is a fast & powerful video maker. Turn your photos and video clips into video stories with Magisto movie editor. Start free!
O2O Holdings — Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation.
AliExpress Russia — AliExpress Russia is a leading cross-border and domestic e-commerce platform in Russia.

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Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
Geography: United States, Germany, Brazil

Investor stats

Total investments: 455
Round size: Seed $1.2M–$10M; Series A $4M–$30M; Series B $7.7M–$88M
Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

Homa Games — Leave your mark in the gaming industry. We are building a team of extraordinary individuals working together to build apps that entertain the world. We are experts in every step of the publishing process.
Acorns — Acorns is a financial wellness app that helps individuals and families save, invest, and grow money automatically through simple, everyday habits.
Honeycomb — Honeycomb is a software debugging tool that can help you solve problems faster within your distributed services. Try Honeycomb for free today!

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Almaz Capital is an international venture capital firm investing in early stage, capital efficient technology companies. A unique bridge fund headquartered in Silicon Valley, Almaz Capital connects Eastern European/former Soviet engineering and entrepreneurial talent to the U.S. market and helps build global businesses. The firm invests inhigh-growth sectors such as artificial intelligence and blockchain applications, data engineering, cybersecurity, industrial IoT, networking architecture and infrastructure. Its investors include Cisco, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. Founded in 2008, Almaz Capital has invested in over 30 portfolio companies and has had nine exits to date.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Mobile, Internet
Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
Geography: United States, Russian Federation, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 108
Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.2M; Series A $2M–$21M; Series B $2.8M–$58M
Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $300M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

NFWare — The World's Fastest Network Functions Virtualization. High-Performance NFV applications for carriers, data centers and enterprises
Acumatica — Acumatica Is the Complete Cloud ERP Solution For All Your Business Management Needs Today and In The Future.
StarWind Software — StarWind delivers Software-Defined Storage solutions, HyperConverged and Storage Appliances designed to build highly resilient IT infrastructures.

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Softline Venture Partners is a corporate venture fund of Softline Group. Since 2008, Softline Venture Partners have invested about US$20 million in 20 portfolio companies on Russia&CIS market. The amount of investment to one project is from $100 thousand to $1 million. As a stage agnostic investor, the firm works with companies across a widerange of technologies, such as cybersecurity, cloud computing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things и Edge Computing.The possibilities and competencies of Softline Group as a service provider operating in 50 countries with more than 60000 customers and leading IT vendors, allows unique opportunities for the Fund's portfolio companies to scale business model and boost sales through developed Softline’s sales channels across the globe.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Belarus

Investor stats

Total investments: 39
Round size: Seed $200k–$1M; Series A $1M–$3M
Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow

Portfolio highlights

Exodrive — Exodrive provide telematics-based solutions for insurance providers, leasing firms, corporate and taxi fleets, and car-sharing services.
Kickidler — Kickidler is employee monitoring software trusted by 5,000+ companies in 60+ countries. Track employee PC activity, boost productivity by up to 30%, and find growth points. Start your free trial today.
Workclass — Apply for any jobs and get hired in 24 hours now!

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Capital + Hiring + Infrastructure

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, India, Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 63
Round size: Seed $500k–$8M; Pre-Seed $500k–$1.2M; Series A $3M–$52M
Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

Uzum — Uzum is a digital services ecosystem to facilitate business growth, online shopping, convenient payments, and help with other day-to-day household tasks.
Visa2Fly — Online visa application- Apply for a tourist visa online to top destinations like Dubai, UK, USA, Dubai, etc. hassle-free with Visa2fly. know more about Apply Visa Online- Visa2fly
xRobotics — Smallest and powerful pizza-making robot in the world. Top 3 ingredients: sauce, cheese and pepperoni. Adjustable volume 100-300 pizzas per hour.

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Fastlane Ventures is a Russian company focused on the development, launch and promotion of innovative internet businesses.Founded in 2010 by a team of experienced entrepreneurs with a track record of successful investments, the company has launched 20 internet start-ups to capitalize on the increasing demand for online services and growingappetite for investment in the Russian internet market by Western and Russian investors.The company has attracted more than $85 million from international investment funds. Key strategic investment partners of Fastlane Ventures are Direct Group, e.ventures and VTB Capital. Among the investors of the company also Intel Capital, Kinnevik, Mangrove Capital, ru-Net, UMJ Russia, and some others to launch companies across the online retail, travel, relationship, health and recruitment areas. The strategic focus of Fastlane Ventures is to target business-to-consumer niche markets with low levels of competition. The Company's aim is to anticipate the not yet satisfied needs of Russian customers.Fastlane Ventures acts as both an operational and investment partner at the same time. It is the sole Russian company that provides an initial seed investment in addition to having a hands-on operational role with its businesses through its team of high calibre professionals. To launch its business quickly and effectively, Fastlane Ventures has adopted proprietary solution called Fast 50, which enables a new venture to launch in just 50 days and ensures an efficient path between launch and exit. Fastlane Ventures has established a team of highly regarded professionals, who possess unique knowledge and expertise in management, entrepreneurship, e-commerce, business development, marketing and PR, investment generation, HR management, web design and much more. Once the new business venture is operating effectively, Fastlane Ventures helps its investment partners realize their investment return through the sale of the business to other strategic investors. This usually takes place approximately 2-3 years after the initial business launch. For more information about Fastlane Ventures and its portfolio companies, please visit http://fastlaneventures.ru/en/

Investment focus

Industry: Internet, Mobile, FinTech
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: Russian Federation, Japan, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 5
Round size: Seed $300k–$2M
Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

Carprice — Car Price is a Motor vehicle company.
CarPrice.ru — CarPrice is the largest online auctioneer for second-hand cars in Russia, providing buyers with free online valuations in mere seconds. More than 4,000 dealers from across the country can then determine the best price during an average 30-minute online bidding process to complete auctions.Within a year from being set up, CarPrice became a topthree Russian used car seller operating from more than 20 locations including Moscow, St. Petersburg and the regions. CarPrice achieved this position while an adverse economic environment translated into a 40% drop in new car sales in Russia. The Company intends to increase total monthly auctions from 4,000 currently to 10,000 until the end of 2015.The company's Round B was adjudged as "Deal of the Year" by Venture Awards Russia 2015 (investors included Baring Vostok Capital Partners & Almaz Capital).
Double Data — Founded in 2012, Double Data targets banks and other financial institutions who need to improve their performance for a variety of processes – from customer acquisition and assessment to debt collection. The Double Data software combines Big Data analysis tools, computer-aided learning methods and data mining.

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TA Ventures is a global, network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups that redefine the industries of tomorrow. We typically write initial checks of $100-250K for Pre-Seed and Seed companies and actively provide follow-on investments. We pride ourselves on swift execution, hands-on support, and leveraging our extensiveinternational network. By connecting our portfolio companies with growth-oriented co-investors, we help them scale effectively through subsequent funding rounds. Additionally, we draw on our deep industry expertise to offer portfolio companies and partner VCs access to top-tier, cost-efficient R&D talent.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Health Care
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Germany, India

Investor stats

Total investments: 180
Round size: Seed $580k–$5.8M; Pre-Seed $150k–$3M; Series A $2.5M–$24M
Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

Mein —
Vault Wealth — Discover the range of private wealth management services with personalized wealth planning from Vault, a certified private wealth advisor in Dubai & UAE. A secure digital wealth platform trusted by professionals.
Mobile Healthcare Solutions — At-Home Wellness Tracker

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Active investment firm that calling founders with a great product vision across diverse industries

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 102
Round size: Seed $30k–$3.4M; Pre-Seed $31k–$621k
Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
Whizz — My Device is a subscription-based rental service provider for devices like electric scooters, bicycles, home sports equipment, etc.
inspace — inspace is the innovative platform that streamlines workplace management and optimizes space utilization. Elevate your workplace experience with inspace.

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We foster innovation and work together to find and grow breakthroughs all over the world

Investment focus

Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Geography: United States, Israel, Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 190
Round size: Seed $150k–$6.9M; Pre-Seed $250k–$1.7M; Series A $1.5M–$22M
Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow

Portfolio highlights

Stayf — Cultivating a Healthy Corporate Culture through Sport and Wellness in One App
Mesh —
Sensi AI — Clanz Technologies offers an audio-based system designed to support security in human interactions. The system works by connecting to devices that record audio. It analyzes audio data to find unusual sounds or patterns that may indicate incidents. When an anomaly is detected, the system sends alerts in real time. The service also providesinformation about conditions that can affect care quality, such as stress levels or lack of training. It can be used in places where monitoring human interaction is important for safety. The company offers a demo for organizations that want to use the system.

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Fund for technological internet companies

Investment focus

Industry: Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Germany

Investor stats

Total investments: 63
Round size: Seed $450k–$4M; Series A $800k–$6M
Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

Endel — Personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax, and sleep. Backed by neuroscience.
Abc Doc — Abc Doc is a web-based service that recognizes bureaucratic letters, provides a summary, and suggests next steps.
Vecna Robotics — Vecna Robotics is the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that provides logistics automation and workflow optimization solutions.

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Investment focus

Industry: Automotive, Consumer Goods, Service Industry
Stage:Seed
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

CARL — CARL provides digital communication for the automotive market and brand new test-drive experience.

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SmartHub is a funding and service platform which connects the best start ups to investors, and supports at every investments.Service solutions for investors – tailor made venture portfolios: focused pipeline, extensive analysis and research of investment options, deal structuring, legal paper work, quarterly reporting, investment rightsprotection till exit.Service solutions for startups – fast communications and feedback, mutually beneficial deal making, strategic development support, networking and consulting at fundraising stage.

Investment focus

Industry: SaaS, Internet, Software
Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Investor stats

Total investments: 42
Round size: Seed $600k–$5M; Series A $2.5M–$3.4M
Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

TransferGo — Move and manage money between borders quickly and affordably with TransferGo.
Damon Motors — Damon is unleashing the full potential of personal mobility for the world’s commuters. With its proprietary electric drivetrain, the company has developed the world’s safest, smartest, fully connected electric motorcycle platform employing radical innovations in battery propagation resistance, sensor fusion and AI. Designed as a platform forworldwide line extension, Damon motorcycles will ship direct to consumer on subscription plans to drive scale. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Damon is a Techstars Mobility company founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud and Dom Kwong. Damon’s investors include Round 13 Capital, Techstars, Fontinalis, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures.
EWA Learn — Start learning English, French and Spanish with EWA: conversational vocabulary, interactive exercises, modern examples and fun tasks are waiting for you!

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Prostor Capital – a Russian venture fund focused on profitable investments in dynamically growing companies of IT & Internet markets. The Fund was incorporated in 2011 by a group of private investors. A famous Russian investor and enterpreneaur Leonid Reiman and one of the leading top-managers of IT industry Sergey Merkulov are among itsco-founders and co-investors.Fund’s investment focus – the stable growth stage (round А and above) projects having ready technological product and fast-growing clients-and-users base. These are Russian IT and Internet companies with a big local or international sales market potential, interested in external investments for the achievement of a new development level. The priority is given to the companies with a technological component in the sphere of new financial and advertising services, cloud technologies, projects in the sphere of innovational education and digital medicine. Awarded as one the TOP 20 best Russian venture investment funds (source: Hopes&Fears).TOP 5 of the most active venture funds in the Russian market (source: the research of Firrma.ru with the support of JSC «RVC» and PwC). Currently Prostor Capital’s investment portfolio includes 14 companies: Dnevnik.ru, Umisoft, Softrust, Platiza, Credit Cards Online, Federal Finance, CPA Exchange, Evrika Group, Dulton Media, Infratel, Smart CheckOut, Penxy, Carfin, AdMoment.Prostor Capital ManagementSergey Merkulov, a Managing Partner, one of the leading Top-managers in IT-industry with over 20 years of managerial experience. He is responsible for the Fund strategy, cooperation with investors, as well as a number of sectorial segments are under his management. Alexey Solovyov, a Managing Director of the Fund. He is responsible for the Fund’s overall management, organisation and functioning coordination of the Managing Company and the Investment Committee; a BOD member of several portfolio companies. Stanislav Kosorukov, an Investment Director, managing the investment analytical practice, responsible for the search and evaluation of projects’ perspective, investment deals’ structuring and portfolio companies’ operational activity control.

Investment focus

Industry: Finance, Apps, Sales
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Russian Federation, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 5
Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

Platiza — Online microfinance service that provides short-term payday loans. After online identification and scoring process funds can be trasferred to customer's debit card, Visa Qiwi Wallet or any e-commerce partner account for purchase settlement purposes. Funds are being posted within 5-10 minutes in case of positive decision.
Federal Finance — The online service of internet users identification. Provider of identification services to companies.
Federal Finance — The online service of internet users identification. Provider of identification services to companies.

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Sberbank today is the largest credit institution in Russia and CIS, accounting for 26% of the aggregate Russian banking assets and 30% of banking capital. According to The Banker magazine, as of July 01, 2010, Sberbank was ranked 43th in the world in terms of Tier 1 capital.Established in 1841, Sberbank has grown into a universal commercialbank with diversified businesses. Sberbank is the biggest taker of deposits in the country and the key lender to the national economy. As of January 01, 2011, Sberbank accounted for 47,9% of retail deposits, 31% of consumer loans and 31% of corporate loans in Russia.

Investment focus

Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Software
Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
Geography: Russian Federation, United States, The Netherlands

Investor stats

Total investments: 26
Round size: Seed $30k–$250k
Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

Eruditor Group — Bringing businesses and freelance professionals online
Veon — Veon is an international communications and technology company, headquartered in Amsterdam, and driven by a vision to unlock new opportunities for customers as they navigate the digital world. Present in some of the world’s most dynamic markets, Veon provides more than 200 million customers with voice, fixed broadband, data and digital services.Veon’s heritage as a pioneer in technology is the driving force behind a major transformation focused on bringing the digital world to each and every customer. Veon offers services to customers in 14 markets including Russia, Italy, Algeria, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Laos, and Zimbabwe.
O2O Holdings — Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation.

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Find used cars for sale in USA, incorporating Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami Dade Counties. Shop used cars by participating dealers; research and compare makes, models, prices.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Automotive, Car Sharing
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 1
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Remoto — Remoto is unique connected car platform for OEM and dealerships, car owners and #insurance companies. Remoto system - the development of the Russian IT company bright box. It includes three main elements: a control module that integrates into a vehicle, server software in the Microsoft cloud, and a mobile application with a user-friendly interfacethat allows you to remotely control car functions from anywhere in the world.

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