Top 10 Finance Startup Investors in Russian Federation (October 2026)

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
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $20M in 2011

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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Vershina Capital is a venture capital fund with the focus on innovative business models and growing markets. We provide our financing and expertise to early stage startups in online education, foodtech, e-commerce and saas business models.

Investment focus

Industry: EdTech, Education, E-Learning
Stage:Secondary Market, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: United States, Russian Federation, Portugal

Investor stats

Total investments: 28
Round size: Series A $500k–$6.6M; Secondary Market $4.4M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.5M–$9.2M
Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

Bairro Direct — Bairro developed a mobile application that allows fast delivery of supermarket products, food, and essential goods in the heart of the Portuguese capital, available between 10 am to 12 pm, ensuring that the user experience is always of high quality, regardless of the type of product desired or delivery time.
Udacity — Learn online and advance your career with courses in programming, data science, artificial intelligence, digital marketing, and more. Gain in-demand technical skills. Join today!
Xway (FRIPPERWAY) — Сервис для продажи товаров на крупных маркетплейсах

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Pulsar Venture Capital is an active player of the global venture capital market with a strong network of experts both in Europe, USA, Asia, Latam and worldwide. Besides traditional investments, Pulsar Venture Capital's professional team specializes in accelerating the growth of new high-tech businesses and also works to grow the ventureinfrastructure, especially in developing economies. Pulsar Venture’s approach is based on three sectors: Smart Investment, Growth Consulting and Applied Networking We invest early in start-ups that have immense potential and are looking for the boost that comes from having the first check in the bank; access to a global network of markets, partners and potential customers; and unflagging support from a professional group of investors.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

Total investments: 55
Round size: Seed $65k–$313k; Pre-Seed $60k–$3M; Venture - Series Unknown $146k–$9M
Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

Oyl — Oyl offers customers access to the latest trading tools in a single application. Oyl additionally provides an eponymous browser-based wallet enabling inscription swapping within the wallet.
Q Platform — Q Platform is a First globally connected fintech- multi-banking platform in Russia and CIS.Its platform for banks provides access to the whole ecosystem of fintech solutions available on the market with detailed analysis; allowing quick integration and management. The platform for Fintechs allows to enter new markets and works with new audiencesin different countries using interbank distribution model.The company was founded in 2017 and based in Moscow, Russia
Woo X — Trade better on WOO X with low fees and deep liquidity. Buy, sell and earn on your crypto on a secure and trusted platform with live proof of reserves.

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Venture capital investments

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 118
Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Series A $2M–$20M; Series B $13M–$37M
Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $160M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

CopySight AI — Check AI-generated content for copyright risk before it ships. CopySight scores similarity to protected characters, brands, and artwork.
RiskFront — RegTech
Viewz — AI-native finance platform. One source of truth, agentic bookkeeping, real-time reporting. Built for financial leaders.

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Dmitry Shklyar is the Founder of JobTop. Dmitry Shklyar attended Saint Petersburg State University of Finance and Economics in 2002.

Investment focus

Industry: Finance, Grocery, Crowdfunding
Stage:Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Geography: Portugal, United States, Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 4
Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

Bairro Direct — Bairro developed a mobile application that allows fast delivery of supermarket products, food, and essential goods in the heart of the Portuguese capital, available between 10 am to 12 pm, ensuring that the user experience is always of high quality, regardless of the type of product desired or delivery time.
JetLend — JetLend is a crowdfunding platform through which private investors lend to small businesses. The businesses get a source of fast, easy, and transparent financing, allowing them to quickly increase their workforce and purchase goods and equipment. It enables individuals to lend directly to small businesses rather than through banks.
Geeek club — Learn without realizing. Unique DIY bots and models. Made of PCB.

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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, Information Technology, Advertising
Stage:Seed, Debt Financing, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Israel

Investor stats

Total investments: 94
Round size: Seed $40k–$380k; Debt Financing $80k–$267k; Venture - Series Unknown $271k–$2M
Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

Ubirator — Ubirator is a waste management service for reasonable business.
ML One — The solutions offered by ML One will allow producing from all sidetracks of a multilateral well and enable precise re-entry into the mainbore and laterals during production. We offer solutions suitable for new wells and existing multilateral wells with casing strings of any size.
Drone Solutions — Drone Solutions provides a semi-automatic complex for the protection of the object 24/7 from the air.

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Investment focus

Industry: Finance, Consumer, Personalization
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 2
Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $29M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

Airo — Airo offers dry cleaning and washing with convenient delivery.
CoinKeeper — CoinKeeper is personal finance app with intuitive touch interface and gamification system that rewards responsible spending and savings.CoinKeeper is like iPhone vs old mobile OS in finance management: 1. It's EASY to add transactions with simple gestures 2. It's VISUAL - all main financial figures are located on single screen 3.It's FUN and rewarding to track income and expenses with innovative game mechanics.CoinKeeper is available for iPhone/iPod touch, iPad and Android devices.

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Flyer One Ventures is an international early-stage venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups from CEE region. The fund invests in future-proof startups, founded by exceptional teams, and operating on global markets worth more than $10 billion. Flyer One Ventures funds startups in Mobile, Health Tech, EdTech, Fitness & Wellness, B2BSaaS, Gaming, FoodTech, and AI/ML industries and helps them scale on international markets. Founded by the co-founder of BetterMe and supported by Genesis Tech, Flyer One Ventures has deep expertise in Digital Marketing, Product, PR, Branding, and Recruiting. Along with the financial investment, Flyer One Ventures actively supports its portfolio companies, helping them optimize Digital Marketing campaigns, hire R&D staff, build user-friendly products, and fundraise Series A and Series B rounds. Flyer One Ventures' ultimate goal is to support early-stage startups in the geographies with low access to early financing and help them become global leaders by mentorship and daily support.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Cyprus, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 104
Round size: Seed $550k–$7.4M; Pre-Seed $250k–$2M; Series A $1M–$15M
Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $54M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

GRAI — GRAI is an AI music research company building interactive music products
Tower.dev — Data flow orchestrator for pipelines and agents with optional data management in Iceberg-based lakehouses
Astute — Astute is the world's first B2B new media company. Reach your buyers through the newsletters, podcasts and creators they already trust.

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SBI Group aims to become a corporate entity that provides a variety of one-stop financial services over the Internet now that two major events, the Financial Big Bang resulting from deregulation, and the Internet Revolution resulting from IT innovation, have radically transformed the financial industry.

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 172
Round size: Series A $2.8M–$62M; Series B $7M–$54M; Series C $13M–$134M
Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow

Portfolio highlights

Ajaib — Mulai investasi online dengan Ajaib. Platform investasi terpercaya yang aman, sudah berizin dan diawasi OJK & BAPPEBTI. Download aplikasinya & daftar sekarang!
GeoDreams — GeoDreams is a clean energy and geothermal technology company focused on next-generation closed-loop geothermal power generation.
Evernorth — Evernorth is a purpose-built digital asset treasury that gives investors exposure to tomorrow’s markets. The company focuses on XRP, using XRP Ledger infrastructure, DeFi, liquidity, and yield strategies. The company also develops treasury strategies to generate returns from its digital asset holdings.

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