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Top 50 Consumer Startup Investors in Russian Federation in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Consumer startups based in Russian federation. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Consumer companies from Russian federation. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Consumer Startup Investors in Russian Federation in January 2026

Investor	Consumer Russian Federation investments
Moscow Seed Fund	6
Phystech Ventures	5
TealTech Capital	5
Gauss Ventures	4
Maxim Poletaev	4
AddVenture	4
Skolkovo Foundation	3
s16vc	3
Fores Ventures	3
AltaIR Capital	3
Dmitry Stepanov	3
Baring Vostok Capital Partners	3
Raison Wealth	3
Rocket Internet	3
Angelsdeck Global Ventures	3
St. Nicolas Trust	3
Kering	2
FASIE	2
Russian Direct Investment Fund	2
Vostok Ventures (Russia)	1
Andrey Belozerov	1
Ivan Tavrin	1
ExpoCapital	1
I2BF Global Ventures	1
ABRT	1
Softline Venture Partners	1
Red Rowant	1
Roman Loginov	1
NuVX Capital	1
Mark Ten	1
GSR Ventures	1
IFC Venture Capital Group	1
Teodoro D'Ambrosio	1
Rosbiotech Startup Studio	1
Flint Capital	1
Stas Korostelev	1
Avenir Foundation	1
Oleg Shardin	1
NP Capital	1
Maxim Loginov	1
Qianshi Capital	1
HV Capital	1
Bogdan Iarovoi	1
Admitad	1
Kinnevik	1
VEF	1
Marco Valta	1
HeadHunter	1
Mangrove Capital Partners	1
Bas Godska	1

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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

Software, Advertising, Information Technology
Seed, Debt Financing, Funding Round
Russian Federation, United States, Israel

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.

Early supporters of global distribution in deeptech.

Investment focus

Software, Oil and Gas, Energy
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Arevo — Arevo enables ultrastrong, lightweight continuous carbon fiber products on demand.
Perfobur — Perfobur – a next-gen radial drilling technology that provides a new life to old and marginal oil wells. Perfobur gets access to oil rich side pockets by drilling up to 50m long horizontal perforation channels. The only radial drilling technology available in sandstones (50%+ of wells). 100% controlled trajectory of channels solves a majoremergency risk problem of state of the art jet drilling.
Welldone — WE MAKE DELICIOUS, NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE PLANT-BASED MEAT. AND WE ARE GOING WELL. Plant-based meat producer leveraging strong R&D and sourcing in Russia. We are building brand #1 in country to cater plant-based meat to 140+ mln people and to expand abroad. Targeting to reach price parity with meat in 2022 to address the wider consumeraudience.

invests in the advancement of innovative start-ups .

Investment focus

Health Care, E-Commerce, Fashion
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Russian Federation, United States

Portfolio highlights

FoodMiles — Food Miles is a digital service company that helps local producers and farmers in logistics and delivery of goods.
Charmstore — Charmstore is a women's clothing brand.
Poison Drop — Poison Drop operates an online multi-brand store of designer jewelry.

Backing high-impact technologies that reshape industries Building growth

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Banking
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, Malta, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Capitalise.com — At Capitalise, our vision is to give small businesses and their advisers transparency and control over business finance, in one place.
Bettr — Bettr is a digital banking app for creator. Download the app to get your zero monthly fee digital bank account and virtual card. Join our community of creators, gamers, influencers, freelancers, tiktokkers, streamers, YouTubers and digital gig workers.
Zilch — Buy now, pay later with Zilch. Shop thousands of brands online or in store and pay off your purchase over 6 weeks in 4 instalments.

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

Apps, Consumer Goods
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Russian Federation

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.

AddVenture is a region & stage agnostic venture capital fund with a Russian origin. Our investment range is $1-10M.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Software
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Russian Federation, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
MetroSpeedy — MetroSpeedy is a leading technology based local delivery company providing on-demand, same day or scheduled delivery services.
Cloud Retail — Grow your business with Jiffy SaaS platform which includes app/website, picking, delivery, supply chain & replenishment services

Skolkovo Foundation is a Russian organization that fosters startups and venture capitals focused on the areas of energy, IT, biomedicine, nuclear, and space. The IT cluster develops strategic directions of information technologies, including search systems and cloud calculations. The biomed cluster supports and develops innovations in the field ofbiomedical technologies. The energy Efficiency cluster supports innovations and advanced technologies, aimed at the reduction of energy consumption by industrial and residential objects as well as lower energy consumption by communal services and municipal infrastructure facilities. The space technologies cluster handles space projects and the development of telecommunication technologies based on space tourism, satellite navigation systems, and more. The nuclear technology cluster supports the creation of new products for power markets, development of new materials, and designing of complex technological systems.In order to carry out its operations, Skolkovo Foundation manages Skolkovo Innovation Center, Technopark, Skolkovo Institute of Technology (Skoltech), and Skolkovo city.Several companies, including Boeing, Cisco Systems, EADS, GE, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Siemens, Nokia, and Samsung have signed R&D partnership agreements with Skolkovo Foundation.Skolkovo Foundation was founded in September 2010 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Robotics
Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
Russian Federation, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

4Blind — Help to socialize and improve the health and well-being of people with visual disabilities with the help of technologies.
Antilatency — Positional tracking system for VR/AR, Virtual Production, Drones and Robotics. Unlimited area, unlimited number of tracking targets, user-friendly system.
VideoOculograph — VideoOculograph offers noninvasive eye pathologies diagnostics and treatment services.

s16vc is an early-stage founder-centric angel fund. The fund focuses on early stage technology investments, operating globally in Europe, and the US. We have brought together more than 80 founders & operators to support early stage companies in their growth. Fund partners are active founders and operators: - Oleg Bibergan - Co-founder &Co-Managing Partner at s16vc, venture investor & corporate finance executive with 15 years of experience spanning early, growth, and late stage deals as equity investor with GS SSG, Kismet Capital Group, and personal angel portfolio- Aleks Shamis - Co-founder & Co-Managing Partner at s16vc. Ex-Deputy CEO at Borzodelivery.com (global on-demand delivery business, operating in 10 countries)- Mike Peregudov - Founder & CEO at Pivot.ws (EdTech startup in the US market), Food Party (exit to Yandex)- Leo Batalov - Partner, Global Co-Head of Emerging Growth Companies & Venture Capital at DLA Piper, top international law firm- Egor Rudi - Founder & CEO at Profi.ru (leading services marketplace in Eastern Europe), Co-founder at Hands.ru (first Uber-like marketplace in home improvement market)- Tolya Marin - Founder at Payment systems (fintech company with profit per employee > PayPal & 20m installs/ 5m MAU)- Andrey Khusid - Founder and CEO of Miro, the world's most popular visual collaboration platformBeing founders ourselves, we are confident that people succeed, not ideas, and feel immense respect for every founder who perseveres to the point of creating impact and monetizable value. We invest in teams who share our values: - People succeed, not ideas- Community, not individual- Trust- Transparency- Intrinsic motivation to help- Pay forward- Beginner mindset

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Pivot — Pivot is a growing startup at the interface of two rising markets — online education and passion economy. It's a supplementary education platform with online programs for those who want to get a new profession in the creative field.Our mission is to help everyone discover their passion and turn it into the profession they love. We offer awide range of online programs in creative professions such as interior designers, nutritionists, personal stylists, wellness coaches, 3d designers, and many more.
Stacks — Close your books faster, smarter, and risk-free with Stacks, the AI tool for accounting teams.
RPA Supervisor — Optimizing operations with AI driven orchestration and automated error handling. Providing complete insight into operations and deliveries with advanced reporting and notification capabilities.

We help entrepreneurs grow their business using our expertise, network and money

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Grocery, Delivery
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Russian Federation, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
Getfaster — GetFaster is an opportunity to buy food, drinks, household chemicals, household goods and everything that you buy in hypermarkets without leaving home.
Wizart — Wizart Home Visualizer helps customers all over the world to choose and visualize finishing materials. Digital tools that boost your sales of finishing materials online and help your clients make decisions quickly

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

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Israel, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Substrata — Substrata | #1 AI Real-Time Sales Coach | Designed by data scientists, psychologists and linguists to help you book more meetings and close more deals
Sprouty — Sprouty is a mobile app for tracking infant development up to two years old. The app records height, weight, and body measurements over time. It tracks sleep, feeding, diaper changes, pumping, and the child’s mood. The app includes exercises for motor skills, speech, and physical activity.
Boost.Express — Get promoted by your trade show to the specific attendees

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

Automotive, Consumer Goods, Service Industry
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

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

Baring Vostok Capital Partners Limited is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Russia. It invests on early venture, acquisitions, buy-outs, growth capital, later-stage, mid-market, and medium-sized enterprises that operate in sectors such as natural resource extraction, particularly oil and gas; competitive industrial companiesthat operate in local or export markets; mass media and telecommunications; utilities; construction materials; specialty manufacturing; real estate development; residential real estate development; internet; software; retail; and service management. Baring Vostok Capital Partners was founded in 1994 and is based in Moscow, Russia with additional offices in Limassol, Cyprus and Gernsi, Channel Islands.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Private Equity, Series B
Russian Federation, United States, Poland

Portfolio highlights

Yandex — Yandex is a multinational technology company that provides internet-related services and operates a search engine platform in Russia. It is one of the largest internet companies in Europe, operating Russia’s most popular search engine and its most visited website.According to LiveInternet, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, theygenerated 57.1% of all search traffic in Russia. They also operate in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Turkey.
Ozon — leading e-commerce platform in Russia, first russian marketplace
EVAA Protocol — The first decentralized lending protocol on TON that lets users lend or borrow assets without going to a centralized intermediary.

Ultimate investment app for everyone. Invest in top-tier venture deals, digital assets, and public stocks. Buy structured notes. Access trust asset management.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, SaaS
Secondary Market, Funding Round, Seed
United States, Switzerland, Israel

Portfolio highlights

ConsenSys — Build next-generation apps, launch blockchain-based financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web with ConsenSys' Ethereum product suite.
Mercury — Powerful banking. Simplified finances. Apply in 10 minutes for business banking that transforms how you operate.
Animoca Brands — Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security,and new business models.

Rocket Internet incubates, builds, develops operationally and strategically invests in internet and technology companies globally. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Rocket Internet's selected companies are active in a large number of countries around the world.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Apata — Apata the go-to fraud prevention provider for fintech issuers.
Knoma — Search hundreds of courses from leading schools and bootcamps. Learn now and pay later with Knoma and spread the cost with ethical finance
The Coterie — https://blog.thecoterie.co/introducing-the-coterie-34e739cb85dcThe Coterie builds financial software for people who may make more from assets than salary. We offer founders access to venture capital investments, estate planning strategies and, coming soon, lending products. Our founders—Ethan Agarwal, Jeson Patel, and ChrisBoies—have all founded and sold companies before. We built The Coterie, alongside our incredible team, because we saw the need for these products first hand, and we created the world we want to live in. We’ve raised $50M in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Garry Tan (Midas List), Gokul Rajaram (IFKYK), Mar Hershenson (Midas List), Stanley Tang (Doordash co-founder), and more. Loans are made by Coterie Finance LLCLoans are made by Coterie Finance LLC. Investment advisory services provided through The Coterie Management Co LLC. Not investing advice, no guarantee of future results.

AngelsDeck Global Ventures. Joint investments and exclusive community.AngelsDeck was created:01 For comfortable and mutually beneficial communication among its members, who share venture capital and self-development values. 02 For priority access to venture capital deals with a recommendation from trusted syndicators.03 By and forinvestors who have an impeccable business reputation and capital transparency.Our Values:* Expertise * We are proud of our members' combined expertise. We create and maintain an environment where all members can conveniently and comfortably share their valuable knowledge.* Exclusivity * In the venture capital market, there is a lot of competition among investors for promising projects. We showcase exclusive deals that are not on the surface.* Syndication * We have created a marketplace where experienced syndicate investors can compete for members' attention by the quality of their deals. Everyone can try the role of a syndicator.* Communication * "As a fish needs water, an investor needs a network," and we have created an exclusive club with a unique atmosphere of online and offline communication between members of equal enthusiasm, aspiration, and motivation.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Mobile Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Signum.ai — Signum.AI is a unique and powerful suite of external data acquisition and management solutions to growing your business. Make data-driven decisions, align sales and marketing and boost your company’s revenue.
Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
Upshift — The convenience of owning a car without all the headaches.

St Nicholas Trust focuses on assisting imprisoned families who share common interests, both as a group and as individuals.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Food Processing
Funding Round
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Getfaster — GetFaster is an opportunity to buy food, drinks, household chemicals, household goods and everything that you buy in hypermarkets without leaving home.

As a world-class Luxury group, Kering promotes a modern and sustainable luxury at the service of creation that translates into unique and authentic experiences.

Investment focus

Fashion, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment
Series A, Series B, Series H
United States, France, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Valentino — Willkommen in der offiziellen Maison Valentino Online Boutique. Entdecken Sie die Kleidung, Taschen, Schuhe und Accessoires von Valentino Garavani.
Superplastic — Superplastic is a character-based product and entertainment company. It creates limited edition art toys, apparel, games, and animation based on characters created in collaboration with some of the greatest artists in the world. Superplastic is founded on the principle that effort and scarcity are intrinsic components of value. The companyappropriates the tools of mass media and mass production to create limited edition works of art for a limited audience. It was established in 2017 and is based in Burlington, Vermont.
Matiere Premiere — Matiere Premiere is a fragrance manufacturing enterprise based on a single natural component used in high doses.Matiere Premiere allow its texture to be perceived and highlight its most attractive features.

Foundation’s main tasks include the implementation of government policy for the development and support of small innovative enterprises (SME); offering direct financial, informational and other aid to small innovative enterprises, implementation of projects to develop and produce new high-tech products; and creating and developing an infrastructurefor SME.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Grant, Seed, Pre-Seed
Russian Federation, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

4Blind — Help to socialize and improve the health and well-being of people with visual disabilities with the help of technologies.
NFCkey — NFCkey is a smart door locks company that ensures secure exchange with encrypted digital key through mobile app using NFC technology.
Ortho AI — Clinical Decision Support System for Orthopedics and Traumatology driven by AI

Russian Direct Investment Fund is a Russia’s sovereign wealth fund with reserved capital of $10 billion under management. Working alongside the world’s foremost investors, we make direct investments in leading, as well as promising, Russian companies. RDIF attracted over $40 billion of foreign capital into the Russian economy through long-termstrategic partnerships

Investment focus

Transportation, Logistics, Software
Funding Round, Private Equity, Series A
Russian Federation, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
IXcellerate — IXcellerate is an unparalleled Carrier Neutral Data Centre in Moscow, which is comparable to the quality of data centres in America and Western Europe. IXcellerate offers pure-play co-location designed to meet the standards of financial institutions, MNCs, international carriers and major content operators. IXcellerate provides clients with abespoke solution aimed towards solving their unique requirements. Located within the MKAD of Central Moscow, IXcellerate Datacenter can provide basic co-location or private and secure cages. As a carrier-neutral facility, affordable and resilient connectivity will be available within Moscow, Russia and the entire World.
Quassar Capital — Quassar Capital is a hedge fund with a broad presence in the United States with offices in New York and London. We are widely respected for our asset management approach globally but more importantly for our innovative operating methodology that allows us to maintain exceptional management of advanc

The Fund invests in fast-growing Russian companies in the high-tech sector, which: Are developing technologies, products and services that hold promise for the future Will nurture development of the business environment in the Far Eastern Federal District Are based in the Far Eastern Federal District

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Robotics, Wearables
Series A
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Motorica — Motorica focuses on research and development in modern technologies in medicine and produces functional prostheses.
Titan Power Solution — An engineering company specialized in research, design and manufacturing of the products based on ultracapacitors and Li-ion batteries.

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

Apps, EdTech, FinTech
Seed
Russian Federation

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.

Ivan Tavrin

Investment focus

Fashion, Wellness, Service Industry
Series A
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Shelly — Shelly, inc provides manicure, depilation, correction and coloring of eyebrows with home delivery.

ExpoCapital is a private equity fund focused on investments in businesses on Russian and global markets with high growth potential. Investment sectors: artificial intelligence (AI), new materials, entertainment/edutainment, HoReCa, space, medicine, robotics, etc. Search criteria: risk/return, project team experience, scalability, marketsize. Mission: provide LPs with returns on investments exceeding deposit rates at a moderate risk, as well as become part of the new economy and fast-growing industries.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Russian Federation, United States, Luxembourg

Portfolio highlights

Apphud — Apphud is a platform to build, measure and improve iOS and Android auto-renewable subscriptions. Start using mobile app analytics tool for free today.
Qase — Qase is an AI-powered test management platform for manual & automated QA testing & reporting that helps your team deliver a higher quality product, faster.
Megapteka.ru — Megapteka.ru helps customers find and buy pharm products at best price and nearest location.

I2BF Global Ventures is an international venture capital firm with a global investment mandate. Established in 2005, I2BF Global Ventures has $400M+ under managment and it is currently investing from its fifth fund.The mission of I2BF Global Ventures is to seek out innovative and competitive companies across SaaS, Hardware Enabled B2B solutions(AI, IoT, AR, VR, robotics, RPA & automation), Digital Healthcare, and New Media, which it believes can lead the path to a brighter future. Since the first investment in 2006, I2BF Global Ventures has successfully backed 60+ startups and exited 12 companies.In keeping with its worldwide investment focus, I2BF Global Ventures retains a team of technology and sector experts in New York, London, and Los Angeles. This impressive team ensures a truly global venture capital strategy and a hands-on management approach.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Edeniq — Edeniq, Inc. is a leading biotechnology company that develops processes for producing and measuring cellulosic ethanol from corn kernel fiber through its Intellulose technology. Edeniq’s Intellulose requires zero capital investment and is easily integrated into existing ethanol production facilities. Edeniq was established in 2008 and isheadquartered in Visalia, Calif. with a field office in Omaha, Neb. More information can be found at www.edeniq.com.
ACAL Energy — ACAL Energy is a developer of Fuel Cell systems, modules and consumable chemicals for a range of uses including stationary, residential and automotive applications requiring larger than 1 kW of power. Its innovative designs will deliver substantial cost savings in Fuel Cell systems and performance improvements in PEM ('Proton ExchangeMembrane') that will accelerate the adoption of PEM Fuel Cell technologies in key markets.
Seren Photonics — Seren Photonics Ltd has developed a manufacturing procedure that greatly increases the intensity of light generated at the heart of a HBLED at negligable cost to the manufacturer. The technology has been applied to standard HBLED structures and so far has demonstrated between 100% to 900% increase in light generation compared to unprocessed diodes.The technology is based on the work of Dr Tao Wang and the EPSRC National III-V Centre attached to the School of Engineering, University of Sheffield.

Capitalizing Innovation Economy

Investment focus

Fashion, Internet, Shopping
Series A, Series B
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

KupiVIP — KupiVIP is a Russian online fashion retailer selling discounted fashion and home goods from high-street and luxury brands. It has grown rapidly to become a household name in Russia, with 6 million customers. The online fashion retailer hosts up to 20 private online flash sales every day.KupiVIP was launched in 2008 by Vladimir Kholyaznikov,Mikhail Konoplev, and Oskar Hartmann. It is based in Moscow, Russia.
HomeMe.ru — We make furniture available as much as possible in Russia today: eliminate all the links that increase the price of goods.No rental stores, expensive advertising and pay vendors. We are manufacturers of furniture, not speculators. With its factories, we bring your savings up to 50% of the competitors' prices! Every day we make furniture moreaccessible, saving you money - spend it better for themselves.

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

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Russian Federation, United States, Belarus

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 that explores employee PC activity levels, increases productivity and finds growth points. Start free trial to try the best employee tracking tool.
Workclass — Apply for any jobs and get hired in 24 hours now!

Red Rowant is an asset management company specializing in strategic management and business development.

Investment focus

Drones, Retail, Logistics
Seed
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

UVL Robotics — UVL Robotics is a provider of Al-driven & drone-based inventory solutions, we help our corporate clients to automate routine and to boost productivity. We have launched the fully autonomous indoor drone solution for warehouse inventory management that’s 50x times faster than obsolete methods, reduces operating costs by 10x times and provides100% accuracy.

Roman Loginov

Investment focus

Cosmetics, Manufacturing, Consumer Goods
Seed
Russian Federation

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.

Company’s strategy is to assemble a diversified portfolio of investments in leading deep tech technology companies.

Investment focus

Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
Russian Federation, United States, Malta

Portfolio highlights

Imot.io — Boost your Sales team with AI-powered Quality Assurance
Neatsy.ai — Access top orthopedic surgeons virtually for you and your family. Expert guidance, virtual consultations, and comprehensive support from injury to full recovery at a reasonable cost.
Proaction.pro — Proaction testing system was developed based on the experience of domestic HR experts in banking, telecommunications, commercial, construction and other industries.

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

Investment focus

EdTech, Fashion, Consumer
Series A, Funding Round
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Capsula — Capsula is an online clothing and fashion store that provides personalized styling and delivery for customers.
Synchronization — Synchronization is an online education platform.

GSR Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology companies developing AI-enabled enterprise software, consumer platforms, and healthcare technology.The firm backs entrepreneurs building disruptive businesses that have the potential to dominate multi-billion dollar markets. GSR Ventures currently manages about $3 billionacross its funds.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

ZetaChain — An EVM-compatible L1 blockchain that connects everything: Build interoperable dApps that span any chain including Bitcoin, access all chains from one place.
Orbital — We bridge the gap between traditional and crypto financial solutions, providing a regulated, secure and frictionless experience for global businesses.
Mindigital Group — Mindigital is a leading global Fintech firm specialzing in providing Banking As A Service to local institutions in each country. We have served clients from different continents in countries including US, Spain, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines and Vietnam. Mindigital has consistently helped our partners to upgrade theirdigital infrastructure, improve profit , control risk and save operation cost.

IFC supports technology ventures that are creating new opportunities in emerging markets, transforming industries, and driving inclusive growth while realizing strong returns.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Financial Services, Internet
Funding Round, Series B, Series C
United States, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Scanntech — Scanntech provides point-of-sale software to retail stores. The company offers tech solutions and connectivity in sales points to enables independent supermarkets to process transactions, run inventory management, and provide financial services to consumers through intelligence point of sale software.Scanntech was founded in 1992 and is based inMontevideo, Uruguay.
TradeDepot — TradeDepot is an end-to-end distribution platform that connects the world's top consumer goods companies directly to retailers on the streets of Africa's cities. With its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria, TradeDepot’s aim is to build the largest retail distribution network in Africa. The company was founded in 2016, with a mission toimprove milk distribution to smaller retailers on the continent, using technology. Today, the company is scaling the same technology to improve the distribution of food, beverages and personal care products to retailers, and to improve livelihoods for these retail store owners.
Ingenix — Our solution leverages proprietary multimodal AI essential for tackling the complexities of multimodal biological systems.

Teodoro D'Ambrosio is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Biocentis. He previously worked at Hotelscan as a Co-Founder and Chairman. Teodoro D'Ambrosio attended the University of Trieste.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Automotive, Marketplace
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

HAPPYCAR — As a metasearch engine HAPPYCAR offers customers an extended transparency of offers showing insurance packages, kilometer fees and one-way fees, among many others. By providing an easy, user-friendly booking process and a free customer service hotline in case any questions arise, they ensure that their customers can enjoy a hassle free rental cartrip. To conclude, customers benefit from HAPPYCAR by saving time and money.HAPPYCAR (www.happycar.de) is one of the fastest growing online car rental companies in Europe. HAPPYCAR is operating within the tourism sector as a meta-search engine for rental cars. Their goal is to provide the best prices for rental cars worldwide, while comparing all offers of their partners. To achieve this, HAPPYCAR has access to more than 1.000 car rental companies for eight countries through Europe and worldwide destinations – further expansion is going on.
SmartPrice — SmartPrice specialize in the sale and certification of electronics, which was once used. They are a team of entrepreneurs who build business on the culture of ReCommerce. This culture suggests that in the world there are so many things that can be reused without losing quality.
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).

Rosbiotech Startup Studio invests in startups and supports at all stages of project development.

Investment focus

Security, Smart Home, Mobile Apps
Seed
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

NFCkey — NFCkey is a smart door locks company that ensures secure exchange with encrypted digital key through mobile app using NFC technology.

Venture capital investments

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cynomi — Cynomi addresses a critical gap in mid-market cyber protection - creating and executing a cyber and compliance strategy .
BlinqIO — BlinqIO developed an autonomous AI-operated virtual tester (BVT) - the BVT receives as input test scenarios, takes decisions how to perform the tests and creates in the background test automation code.
Sensi.Ai — Sensi.Ai developed the first audio AI that's able to analyze the routine in long term care environments, detect anomalies and provide insight on trends, with the purpose of improving the quality of care

Stas Korostelev

Investment focus

EdTech, Fashion, Consumer
Series A, Funding Round
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Capsula — Capsula is an online clothing and fashion store that provides personalized styling and delivery for customers.
Synchronization — Synchronization is an online education platform.

investment firm

Investment focus

Automotive, Consumer Goods, Service Industry
Seed
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

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

Oleg Shardin is the founder and board member at Miro.

Investment focus

Automotive, Consumer Goods, Service Industry
Series A
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

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

NP Capital is a Luxembourg-based VC firm that is focused on investments in promising growth- and late-stage private tech companies from the US, Europe and Emerging markets.

Investment focus

Apps, Fashion, Wellness
Series A
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Unitiki — Unitiki provides selling and booking bus tickets service online.
Shelly — Shelly, inc provides manicure, depilation, correction and coloring of eyebrows with home delivery.

Maxim Loginov

Investment focus

Automotive, Consumer Goods, Service Industry
Series A
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

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

Qianshi Capital is an investment firm based in Beijing

Investment focus

AgTech, Computer, Software
Series A, Funding Round
China, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

Deep Brain — Deep Brain is a research and development company. Deep Brain offers virtual technologies to boost real sales.
Huida Tech — Heilongjiang Huida Technology Development Co., Ltd. is a developer of agricultural machinery operation detection equipment. It focuses on the combination of Internet technology and smart agriculture, and provides agricultural production efficiency and management level through information technology. It is a leading domestic agricultural machineryinformatization solution. provider.

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

n8n — n8n is a free and source-available workflow automation tool
Tzafon — Tzafon's vision is to broaden the lightcone of awareness by pushing the boundaries of machine intelligence, striving to extend the frontier of what intelligent systems can perceive, understand, and contribute.
Yapily — Scalable and reliable open banking infrastructure that is built to power the next wave of innovation. Connect to thousands of banks within minutes and access financial data and payment infrastructure via our secure open banking API.

Bogdan Iarovoi is a Managing Partner of SmartHub Investments.

Investment focus

Internet, SaaS, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
United States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation

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.

Admitad partnership management platform helps advertisers and publishers of all sizes grow their businesses globally.

Investment focus

Marketing, E-Commerce, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Russian Federation, United States, Cyprus

Portfolio highlights

Pampadu — Pampadu is an IT startup on online insurance.
RevGlue — Become a successful affiliate with RevGlue monetisation tools designed for content creators, influencers and affiliates to create instant affiliate websites and monetise existing web, mobile and social followers.
White Label — White Label is a coupon window service for online publications. White Label provides promo-code displays that the platform offers gives media resources an additional channel for monetizing the audience, and partner brands open up access to native sales attraction from the sites of leading media.

Kinnevik is an industry-focused investment company with an entrepreneurial spirit. Its purpose is to build digital consumer businesses that provide more and better choices. The company does this by working in partnership with talented founders and management teams to create, invest in, and lead fast-growing businesses in developed and emergingmarkets.Kinnevik believes in delivering both shareholder and social value by building well-governed companies that contribute positively to society. Kinnevik was founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor, and von Horn families. Kinnevik's shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's list for large-cap companies under the ticker codes KINV A and KINV B.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, FinTech
Series B, Series C, Series A
United States, Sweden, Germany

Portfolio highlights

MatHem — MatHem is an e-commerce company that combines a complete grocery store online with recipes and subscriptions for ready-made groceries. It delivers food to Swedish homes 7 days a week. The company also combines a full grocery store online with prescription and subscription finished shopping bags. MatHem offers a broad range of grocery products andadjacent household consumables, catering to more than half of Swedish households. The company food is delivered to your door with their own temperature-controlled to ensure an unbroken cold chain.Mathem.se has been awarded The Grocery Website of the Year (Årets matsajt) in 2010, 2011 and 2013 by the Swedish online magazine Internet world. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden
Spring Health — Eliminating barriers to mental healthcare. Clinically-proven technology with world-class providers to deliver precisely what your employees need.
Pelago — Quit Genius is the world’s first digital clinic for treating nicotine, alcohol and opioid addictions. Built on the evidence-based approach of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), Quit Genius combines virtual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with approved medication and connected devices to help employers and health plans tackle the high cost ofaddiction, while improving the lives of their employees and members.

The emerging market fintech investor

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Mobile Payments
Series A, Series B, Series C
Brazil, India, Pakistan

Portfolio highlights

Mahaana — Mahaana is Pakistan’s first digital wealth manager. They make sure your savings are invested in a diversified portfolio best suited for your goals.
FinanZero — FinanZero is the leading online marketplace for consumer loans in Brazil. The business is an independent broker for loans, negotiating the customer’s loan application with several banks and credit institutions, to find the loan with the best interest rate and terms for the consumer. FinanZero handles the lending process from start to finish.FinanZero has more than 50 lending partners connected to its platform.The company was founded in 2015 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Gringo — Gringo is a car app that helps in monitoring vehicle and driver's licenses, licensing vehicles and dividing fines into installments.

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

E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Secondary Market
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Bolt — Bolt makes Ecommerce better with One-Click Checkout and CheckoutOS. See how Bolt checkout boosts your sales today.
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.
Salty. — Salty Dot, Inc. is the Embedded Insurance® technology company. Salty removes existing consumer impediments to buying the right policy and having the proper coverage. The company’s platform is a proprietary Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that enables carriers and distribution partners to offer a customized policy to insure a product orservice in real-time during the purchase process. Salty uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze unique data sources about the buyer and the purchase. It then sorts through multiple carriers to seamlessly offer the right insurance. Salty is licensed in all 50 states. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.wearesalty.com.

HeadHunter is a website that helps companies find employees, and job seekers find suitable job opportunities. It provides online recruitment services in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. HeadHunter was launched in 2000 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

Investment focus

Computer, Software, E-Learning
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

YouDo.com — YouDo.com is a marketplace that helps consumers find and hire local professionals for home repairs.
Hrlink — Make your HR department absolutelly paperless. Reduce costs up to 30% and makes it 100% safe! Know more
Edstein — Learning and assessment software for retaining your most valuable employees

Mangrove Capital Partners is a contrarian investment firm helping innovative entrepreneurs start and grow.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Exoticca — Exoticca develops an online platform intended to facilitate travel booking. The company's platform offers holiday packages which includes flights, accommodation, meals, guides and private transports, for exotic locations all around the world, enabling travelers to book travel packages online at competitive prices.
K Health — We pair clinicians with advanced AI to provide data-driven, personalized care around the clock. Chat with your medical team today.
Brain.space — Brain.space is a brain-mapping data company that is on a mission to provide researchers, medical practitioners and software developers the underlying foundation to interpret, analyze, and build brain activity products and services. The end-to-end technology stack aims to power products, services, and apps that access and interpret brain activitydata.

General Partner & Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+ companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Personal angel investmentportfolio, overall company value nearing $3BN, follow-ons raised (>$150 MN) from Accel, Iconiq, Insight Ventures, EBRD, Techstars, Acrobator Ventures. 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."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 Moscow School of Management MBA (3 years).Portfolio: miro.com; harver.com; travelata.ru (co-founder); Chocofamily Holding: chocotravel.kz, chocolife.me, aviata.kz, chocomart.kz (exit), lensmark.kz, rahmet.kz, chocofood.kz, iDoctor.kz, HRbot; Newzmate.com (partial exit to Piano.io); storyterrace.com, getobjectiv.com; Crossss (sold to Leadhit); clockster.com; linkpizza.com; zakaz.ua; urbandine.nl; 6nomads.com, instreamatic.ai., omdena.com, aura-aware.com, awesomic.com, memoryOS.com, VC investments: leapfunder.com; respeecher.com; letsenhance.io; studyfree.org.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
United States, The Netherlands, Kazakhstan

Portfolio highlights

Awesomic — Get matched with the best-fit designer on a fixed budget with no stress. Place a design task and see the first results on the next business day. Start today!
SuperWorld — The Virtual World mapped on top of the real world to create, discover and monetize content.
knopka — knopka - is an advanced automated nurse calling system that ensures help is provided on time. One-hour installation. Completely wireless. Compatible with cardiac monitors, fitness trackers, and smartwatches.

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