Top 15 Consumer Angel Investors in Russian Federation (August 2026)

Maxim Poletaev was born on April 6, 1971, in Yaroslavl.In 1993 he graduated from Yaroslavl State University with a degree in Accounting, Control and Business Analysis. Higher education in finance, proficient in English and German.In 1993–1995 he served as an assistant at the Chair of Economy, Organisation and Planning of Production ofYaroslavl State University.In 1994–1995 he underwent training at savings banks in Germany (Sparkasse, Kassel).In August 1995 he was appointed Head of Analysis and Marketing Division, Severny Bank of Sberbank of Russia. Later he headed the Resources Allocation and Securities Management Division.In March 2000 he was promoted to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Yaroslavl Bank of Sberbank.In September 2002 he was appointed Head of Sberbank’s Baikal Bank.In 2009 he was appointed Vice-President, Director of the Corporate Development Department of Sberbank of Russia.Since October 2009 he has served as Chairman of Moscow Bank of Sberbank.In March 2013 Maxim Poletaev became a Member of the Executive Board of Sberbank of Russia.In June 2013 he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board where he runs the Retail, Corporate, Territorial and Welfare Blocks of Sberbank.

Investment focus

Industry: Apps, Consumer Goods
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Lead/follow: 75% lead, 25% follow

Portfolio highlights

Briskly — Briskly is a technological platform for unmanned trading. The company produces smart refrigerators in its own Briskly factory, develops B-Pay app for scanning and paying for goods and provides technology for autonomous trading.As of June 2021 Briskly sold more than 1000 autonomous micromarkets and entered Kazakh, Belarusian, Ukranian and Germanmarkets. B-Pay app users made more than 1 million purchases using the app.

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GP in AAL VC, LP in s16vc VC, ex-CMO of Yandex, ex-CEO of Yandex media services (Kinopoisk, Yandex.Afisha, Yandex.Music), curator of the Yandex hub in Armenia, serial entrepreneur (Afisha Picnic, Sports.ru, Journey event agency, FRAM travel club), angel investor (Beri Zaryad, Best Doctor, Wowworks, Yasno, iFarm, Chatfuel, etc.), member of theboards of the charitable foundations Helping Hand and Hume, expert at the Skolkovo Business School, lecturer at Universal University.

Investment focus

Industry: Internet, Automotive, Consumer Goods
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Geography: United Kingdom, Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Round size: Pre-Seed $50k–$4M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

xmemory — xmemory is an AI‑focused startup working on advanced, structured memory architectures for AI agents and large‑language‑model (LLM) systems. It provides a specialized AI infrastructure layer that enables AI agents to transition from stateless to stateful by implementing a structured, hierarchical memory architecture.
CARL — CARL provides digital communication for the automotive market and brand new test-drive experience.

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Maxim Loginov

Investment focus

Industry: Automotive, Consumer Goods, Service Industry
Stage:Series A
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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Ilya Galaev is the president of Labor Reserves.

Investment focus

Industry: Sensor, Wearables, Mobile Apps
Stage:Angel
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

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

Portfolio highlights

YouChip — YouChip is a sportech company that offers a sensor system for active tracking and analyzing sports data of athletes in real time using AI.

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Denis Tsypulev

Investment focus

Industry: EdTech, Fashion, Women's
Stage:Seed, Angel
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

Amlab — Amlab is an education platform that offers online courses for people of creative specialties.
Style Box — Style Box is designed for people who want to appear fashionable, feel confident, and save time when shopping. The company will evaluate your color type and recommend color combinations for you.

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CEO at Sports.ru, major sports media in Russia, and an angel investor.

Investment focus

Industry: EdTech, Fashion, Consumer
Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Capsula — Capsula is an online clothing and fashion store that provides personalized styling and delivery for customers.
Synchronization — Synchronization is an online course for music, philosophy, fashion and design, architecture, art, psychology, special projects, master classes, and cinema. They provide biology and a healthy lifestyle, film history, and film language.

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Andrey Belozerov is an entrepreneur and investor. Expert in the field of digital technologies and digital transformation, co-founder Digital Disrupt investment club, United Nations Development Program expert.

Investment focus

Industry: Apps, EdTech, FinTech
Stage:Seed
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

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

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Stas Korostelev

Investment focus

Industry: EdTech, Fashion, Consumer
Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

Capsula — Capsula is an online clothing and fashion store that provides personalized styling and delivery for customers.
Synchronization — Synchronization is an online course for music, philosophy, fashion and design, architecture, art, psychology, special projects, master classes, and cinema. They provide biology and a healthy lifestyle, film history, and film language.

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Burkhard Binder is the Commercial Director at AliExpress Russia. He attended Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) MFA Russia MGIMO.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Beauty, Retail
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

BLÓM — BLÓM offers bakuchiol crave eye cream, microneedle patches for moisturizing the skin under the eyes skin plumper, trinity microneedle hand patches, decollete microneedle patches, trinity microneedle hand patches, decollete microneedle patches, and more. They provide beauty, cosmetic, and skincare products.
GdeMaterial — GdeMaterial - DIY marketplace operates a DIY marketplace which provides quick delivery of any materials. DIY marketplace that helps to customer find the closest shop with best prices and order delivery.

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Dmitry is a Mad Tech Investor, Entrepreneur and Chairman of Board of Directors at ADV, a commonwealth of agencies uniting more than 40 agencies operating on the advertising markets of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan for 20 yearsADV unites over 40 communications agencies, both independent and those representingmajor international advertising holding companies The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG) and Havas. Subdivisions of international networks don't depend on each other but they realize common purchasing function and can consolidate on behalf of their clients.The ADV team is made up of over 2,200 talented people: both experienced experts in marketing communications and young ambitious specialists brimming with unconventional solutions and creativity. ADV expertise includes all existing advertising disciplines.

Investment focus

Industry: SaaS, Fashion, Software
Stage:Seed
Geography: United Kingdom, Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

action.ai — Extraordinary, human-like Voice and Text Assistants for Customer Service. Automate 90% of customer services in financial services and healthcare.
Shelly — Shelly, inc provides manicure, depilation, correction and coloring of eyebrows with home delivery.

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Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Co-Founder Netherlands for Ukraine Foundation (NL4UA.org) supporting Ukrainians affected by the war since 2022. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe." Bas' Angel Fund (>EUR 100mn AUM) ranked by PitchBook as #2 in success by IRR (2021). Top 50 SuperAngel worldwide (Arete Index, 2024-25)Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019): CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media. CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Skolkovo MSM MBA (2013), Guest lecturer Stanford IGC Exec MBAAngel investor in decacorn Miro, Harver (exit to Rubicon PE), Chocofamily, Piano. Bas' angel investments (~50) have helped founders raise over $1 billion from investors like Iconiq, Accel, Insight, Salesforce, Google, YC, and Techstars. The combined market cap of these companies, based on their latest funding rounds, is ~$20 billion. As a VC/LP Bas invested in 400+ companies including 20+ unicorns.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Geography: United States, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 54
Round size: Seed $300k–$2M; Angel $90k–$110k; Pre-Seed $85k–$2M
Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow

Portfolio highlights

Helio AI — Automated AI-powered recruiting platform with ATS and gamified personality test. Reduce daily workload by 60% and hire top talents in a few clicks.
Crosscheck — Crosscheck's AI agents automate document workflows and ensure 100% requirement-to-evidence traceability across your supply chain, backed by vetted auditors and industry-leading Certification Bodies.
JobHire.AI — JobHire.AI for job search. Your AI Career Assistant that helps you land an interview 10 times faster, match with top employers, and boost your career growth.

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Roman Loginov

Investment focus

Industry: Cosmetics, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods
Stage:Seed
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Round size: Seed $100k–$100k
Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow

Portfolio highlights

The imin —
imin — Image Inventor has been one of the leading manufacturers of equipment for beauty salons and hairdressing salons. A beauty salon or a hairdresser is a small world in which comfort and beauty rule the ball. There is no place for uncomfortable chairs or broken dryers, all hairdressing equipment, furniture, interior should create harmony and a uniqueatmosphere.The Image Inventor company occupies a leading position in the production of equipment for hairdressing salons, which means it is a leader in the design of beauty salons. Image Inventor designers, attentive to new trends and fashion trends, know what hairdressing equipment should be like. The main task is to make sure that the client does not just visit your salon, but comes back to it again and again.

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Bogdan Iarovoi is a Managing Partner of SmartHub Investments.

Investment focus

Industry: SaaS, Internet, Software
Stage:Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 32
Round size: Seed $384k–$5.7M; Angel $110k–$300k
Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

Snipfeed — Build your storefront in minutes. Access everything you need to monetize and grow your brand. Create and sell online courses, digital downloads and more.
Ondaka — Ondaka makes Industrial Knowledge Accessible for critical infrastructure & heavy industry.
Cattle Care — Cattle Care is a revolutionary dairy management software using your existing parlor cameras and artificial intelligence to save money.

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Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 15 years experience in the tech/web industry. As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso.

Investment focus

Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Stage:Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
Geography: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 54
Round size: Seed $16k–$4M; Series A $2.5M–$24M
Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

itravel — itravel allows leisure travelers to configure and book experiences, hotels, and transportation on tablets, the web, and in social media. itravel offers the client tools to select and “build” custom trips based on desired experiences (such as kitesurfing, elephant rides, special spa treatments), specific room configurations, and personalpreferences. itravel’s app interfaces allow these selections to happen effortlessly and with appealing content.
Coinbase — Coinbase is an online platform for digital currency transactions, enabling merchants, consumers, and traders to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies. The company provides Bitcoin wallet services, allowing users to manage digital assets and conduct transactions. Coinbase offers merchant payment processing tools, supporting businesses in integratingcryptocurrency payments. It facilitates secure digital currency exchanges, assisting users in navigating blockchain-based financial transactions.
The Ticket Fairy — Discover amazing events and buy tickets online. Find concerts, festivals, and experiences near you. Plus, powerful event ticketing platform for organizers with transparent fees.

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