Top 20 Hardware Angel Investors in Russian Federation (August 2026)

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• MTHUB — Digital Brokerage Platform
• Playkey — Playkey is a breakthrough technology that enables a high-quality gaming experience for users, regardless of the type of device they have (smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and even outdated, low-performance equipment). Our adaptive game streaming protocol is driven by AI and based on decentralized infrastructure, achieving a significant reductionin the cost of delivery for content providers and low latency for end-users. Playkey Streaming Protocol enables FullHD picture at 120 frames per second and latency of 4 ms. Playkey is a cloud gaming solution, invented to make all hardcore games available on any device (Smart TV, PC, Mac, IPTV set-top-box, gaming console, tablet) without requirements to high productivity CPU and GPU. Playkey service is based on streaming technology when the game is launched on a server and streamed to the end-user device. Users just need a device capable to display the video streams and a broadband internet connection of 4mbps+. Adaptive bit rate used to personalize stream to high speed and low broadband speed customers. To play the game you just need a controller (gamepad, keyboard, or mouse) and download a small plugin on your device. Playkey mission is to make games available everywhere and for everybody.
• GPU AUDIO — GPU Audio's Early Access program is a free community for users and developers to be part of the benchmarking process for new audio plugins and technology. GPU Audio is the world's only full-stack solution for powering the future of audio using the power of modern GPUs like NVIDIA and AMD.

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• Qummy — Qummy disrupts the entire food preparation value chain: - we produce meals with a 180-day shelf life in a food factory using Smart Ice technology - customer completes cooking with Smart Qummy Oven in just 7 minutes - no cooks or kitchens needed - product suits both Home, HoReCa & DarkStores

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• Qummy — Qummy disrupts the entire food preparation value chain: - we produce meals with a 180-day shelf life in a food factory using Smart Ice technology - customer completes cooking with Smart Qummy Oven in just 7 minutes - no cooks or kitchens needed - product suits both Home, HoReCa & DarkStores

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• Qummy — Qummy disrupts the entire food preparation value chain: - we produce meals with a 180-day shelf life in a food factory using Smart Ice technology - customer completes cooking with Smart Qummy Oven in just 7 minutes - no cooks or kitchens needed - product suits both Home, HoReCa & DarkStores

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• The Beans — The Beans offers a software application platform that creates personalized cash flow plans designed for its users. The Beans is Simplifying the path to financial balance through design and technology so that people can focus on what they love.
• NextSense — Introducing NextSense Smartbuds: EEG-powered earbuds that go beyond sleep tracking. Backed by science, Smartbuds provide real-time insights to help you achieve deeper, more restorative sleep. Comfortable, intuitive, and easy to use, Smartbuds empower you to wake up your best self.
• Openwater — OPENWATER - THE FUTURE OF NEURAL DIAGNOSTICS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.

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• Rokky — A single platform where publishers and digital storefronts connect, collaborate, and grow worldwide
• Playkey — Playkey is a breakthrough technology that enables a high-quality gaming experience for users, regardless of the type of device they have (smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and even outdated, low-performance equipment). Our adaptive game streaming protocol is driven by AI and based on decentralized infrastructure, achieving a significant reductionin the cost of delivery for content providers and low latency for end-users. Playkey Streaming Protocol enables FullHD picture at 120 frames per second and latency of 4 ms. Playkey is a cloud gaming solution, invented to make all hardcore games available on any device (Smart TV, PC, Mac, IPTV set-top-box, gaming console, tablet) without requirements to high productivity CPU and GPU. Playkey service is based on streaming technology when the game is launched on a server and streamed to the end-user device. Users just need a device capable to display the video streams and a broadband internet connection of 4mbps+. Adaptive bit rate used to personalize stream to high speed and low broadband speed customers. To play the game you just need a controller (gamepad, keyboard, or mouse) and download a small plugin on your device. Playkey mission is to make games available everywhere and for everybody.
• Stape | Global Teams Payouts — Online B2B platform for managing your employees and contractors in one place. Payroll, KYC, onboarding and paperwork automatization services.

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• Predicate — Policy for blockchain applications
• Astria — The easiest way to deploy decentralized rollups.
• SpaceComputer — SpaceComputer uses satellites to create a secure blockchain system that resists cyberattacks and physical tampering.

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Stafory (Robot Vera) — Stafory is the first service created for employers and HR-agencies in Russia and the creator of Robot Vera - the robot-recruiter. In three hours it goes through the whole chain of the hiring process, finds the best candidates for a job, and invites them to the final interview with the employer. Vera is multitasking, professional and can workanywhere in the world. Our goal is to simplity the process of searching a reliable partner in the field of recruitment, and allow recruitment agencies to have access to an unlimited amount of employers' applications for recruitment services
• Welltory — Your personal data analyzed and transformed into powerful insights that keep you on track for lifelong health
• Dodo Brands — DODO Brands build disruptive QSR brands powered by tech and scale them through franchising.

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• JuniStat — JuniStat is a global hub for young footballers. Get your soccer rating.

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• 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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• DeNet — DeNet connects computers, and devices into a single network creating a database of hundreds of thousands of devices, accessing unlimited storage and processing
• ConsenSys — Build next-generation apps, launch blockchain-based financial infrastructure, and access the decentralized web with ConsenSys' Ethereum product suite.

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• Displair — Displair - an innovative developer and producer of gesture-controlled visioning products.The company's product headliner, a stunning 3D-interactive air display, is able to project a user-controlled digital image in mid-air.Displаir is a display of the new generation. This is an interactive air screen, which projects any multimedia contenton air (static images, video, 3D-models) and impacts four out of the five senses: - the sight with the help of a "magic" air screen; - the hearing with an built-in speaker system; - the touch by using an interactive working surface;- the smell by using a aroma unit.This display can be used anywhere—as a terminal display and advertising media, as a dashboard of your vehicle and an easy screen of a tablet or a mobile phone.The basis for Displаir is a screen, which is created directly in the air. It cannot be broken. It cannot be stained with fingers. It impresses the viewers and makes fiction a reality. The Displаir device is an air screen generator, a set of receiving devices, a projector and the computer in a single housing. The effect of this unique hi-tech-tool can be even more powerful if supplemented with an aroma unit, a 3D-control system and a special stand reception to provide a stable, uninterrupted operation; due to a screen penetrability, the system can be easily integrated NFC and other identification systems.The main "trick" of Displаir is its unparalleled interactive system, there are no similar solutions to it world-wide. Thanks to new "machine vision" technologies, the content can be not only managed—it can be created. Besides, there is no need to do it alone, as currently offered by modern computers, and mobile devices. A multi-touch systems processes up to 1,500 simultaneous touches making the number of its users virtually unlimited.The basic free software of Displair can be complimented by unique programs, fully exploiting its potential and adapting its solution to a variety of business objectives.

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• Welltory — Your personal data analyzed and transformed into powerful insights that keep you on track for lifelong health
• Biodata — Biodata is a medical data platform and tool for medical professionals and patients to process and store data.

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• CrowdSystems — CrowdSystems serves leading Retailers and Manufacturers delivering solutions to increase returns on trade and communication activities. Through innovative IT solutions in mobile, online and analytics specialists turn insights into strategy execution which results in enhanced revenue and profitability. Our people are experts with a senior levelexperience at working within and for Global Brands. CrowdSystems' IT platform allows to collect in real time retail visibility and brand insights directly from consumers disrupting traditional ways for conducting Retail Audit and Consumer Research studies.
• Level Travel — Level Travel service for online booking of tours with round the clock customer support.
• Second pilot — Second pilot is a service that offers drivers information about road conditions.

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• Displair — Displair - an innovative developer and producer of gesture-controlled visioning products.The company's product headliner, a stunning 3D-interactive air display, is able to project a user-controlled digital image in mid-air.Displаir is a display of the new generation. This is an interactive air screen, which projects any multimedia contenton air (static images, video, 3D-models) and impacts four out of the five senses: - the sight with the help of a "magic" air screen; - the hearing with an built-in speaker system; - the touch by using an interactive working surface;- the smell by using a aroma unit.This display can be used anywhere—as a terminal display and advertising media, as a dashboard of your vehicle and an easy screen of a tablet or a mobile phone.The basis for Displаir is a screen, which is created directly in the air. It cannot be broken. It cannot be stained with fingers. It impresses the viewers and makes fiction a reality. The Displаir device is an air screen generator, a set of receiving devices, a projector and the computer in a single housing. The effect of this unique hi-tech-tool can be even more powerful if supplemented with an aroma unit, a 3D-control system and a special stand reception to provide a stable, uninterrupted operation; due to a screen penetrability, the system can be easily integrated NFC and other identification systems.The main "trick" of Displаir is its unparalleled interactive system, there are no similar solutions to it world-wide. Thanks to new "machine vision" technologies, the content can be not only managed—it can be created. Besides, there is no need to do it alone, as currently offered by modern computers, and mobile devices. A multi-touch systems processes up to 1,500 simultaneous touches making the number of its users virtually unlimited.The basic free software of Displair can be complimented by unique programs, fully exploiting its potential and adapting its solution to a variety of business objectives.

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• 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).

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• Manychat — Automate two-way, interactive conversations in Instagram Direct Messages, Facebook Messenger, and SMS to grow your brand
• Instamart — SberMarket is the #1 e-grocery company in Russia providing consumers and businesses with convenient same-day delivery and click-and-collect services. The company operates a proprietary technology platform, connecting retailers, consumer packaged goods companies, and customers. Founded as Instamart in 2013, it was rebranded SberMarket in 2019after becoming part of a JV between Sber and Mail.Ru Group. In 2020, SberMarket became a part of Sber's ecosystem and foundational unit of Sber's e-commerce.