Top 50 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in Russian Federation in January 2026
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Media (entertainment) startups based in Russian federation. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Media (entertainment) companies from Russian federation. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Media (entertainment) Startup Investors in Russian Federation in January 2026
| Investor | Media (entertainment) Russian Federation investments |
|---|---|
| Moscow Seed Fund | 10 |
| Moscow Seed Fund | 10 |
| PULSAR | 4 |
| PULSAR | 4 |
| Impulse VC | 4 |
| Impulse VC | 4 |
| Flashpoint | 3 |
| Softline Venture Partners | 3 |
| Sberbank | 3 |
| Flashpoint | 3 |
| Sberbank | 3 |
| Softline Venture Partners | 3 |
| Egor Gurev | 2 |
| CABRA VC | 2 |
| SmartHub | 2 |
| Oskar Hartmann | 2 |
| Sergey Solonin | 2 |
| Life.SREDA | 2 |
| JOINT JOURNEY | 2 |
| Oskar Hartmann | 2 |
| Alexander Borodich | 2 |
| Sergey Solonin | 2 |
| JOINT JOURNEY | 2 |
| Alexander Borodich | 2 |
| VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) | 2 |
| CABRA VC | 2 |
| SmartHub | 2 |
| Life.SREDA | 2 |
| Egor Gurev | 2 |
| VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) | 2 |
| Igor Ryabenkiy | 2 |
| Igor Ryabenkiy | 2 |
| Ruben Vardanyan | 1 |
| Impact Capital | 1 |
| Will Group | 1 |
| FinSight Ventures | 1 |
| Russian Venture Company | 1 |
| Dmitry Eremeev | 1 |
| Igor Matsanyuk | 1 |
| Black River Ventures | 1 |
| Begin Capital | 1 |
| AltaIR Capital | 1 |
| FinSight Ventures | 1 |
| Rainfall Ventures | 1 |
| Black River Ventures | 1 |
| Mirae Asset Venture Investment | 1 |
| Steel Storage Shelves | 1 |
| iTech Capital | 1 |
| Phenomen | 1 |
| Roman Pavlushko | 1 |
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Pulsar Venture Capital, a business acceleration program, offers financing and mentorship to clean tech, robotics, and electronics startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Russian Federation, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Oyl — The happiest place on Bitcoin
- 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 — Woo X is a high-performance crypto trading platform.
Pulsar Venture Capital, a business acceleration program, offers financing and mentorship to clean tech, robotics, and electronics startups.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Russian Federation, United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Oyl — Oyl is a Bitcoin wallet designed to enable seamless trading of Ordinals, BRC-20 & Runes all 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
- Beauty Tech — Beauty Tech is an application with a variety of consumer DNA tests, as well as personalized cosmetics, dietary supplements and nutrition kit
Fund for technological internet companies
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Investment focus
- Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Abc Doc — Abc Doc is a web-based service that recognizes bureaucratic letters, provides a summary, and suggests next steps.
- GuestReady — Premium Airbnb Management Service for your vacation rental. Maximise your revenues and become a Superhost with GuestReady's 5* property management service.
- Vecna Robotics — Vecna Robotics is the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that provides logistics automation and workflow optimization solutions.
Fund for technological internet companies
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Investment focus
- Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Abc Doc — Abc Doc is a web-based service that recognizes bureaucratic letters, provides a summary, and suggests next steps.
- GuestReady — Premium Airbnb Management Service for your vacation rental. Maximise your revenues and become a Superhost with GuestReady's 5* property management service.
- Vecna Robotics — Vecna Robotics is the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that provides logistics automation and workflow optimization solutions.
Venture capital serves as funding for emerging, inventive enterprises poised for rapid expansion.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- GeoX — GeoX is an Aerial Imagery AI analytics company. We produce geospatial Property Data which is used for Underwriting & Claims in the US and European insurance industries. GeoX unique proposition is in 3-dimensional extraction technology which provides rich information about every property. GeoX also produces 3D building datasets from aerialimagery for complete geographies using automated processes. 3D building models are digital representations of the properties, and in conjunction with aerial imagery allows every staff member in any insurance discipline to see the property visualization, and get a good understanding of the structure, its dimensions and characteristics without visiting in the site. GeoX uses propriatetary and Patented technology for the 3D extraction.domains: Insurtech, Smart cities
- Rep AI — Shopify's #1 AI Concierge (chatbot) for eCommerce. Rep converts more traffic (CVR), increases sales (AOV), and can handle up to 97% of your support tickets.
- Dodona Analytics — Dodona Analytics is an e-mobility platform.
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.
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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!
Sberbank today is the largest credit institution in Russia and CIS, accounting for 26% of the aggregate Russian banking assets and 30% of banking capital. According to The Banker magazine, as of July 01, 2010, Sberbank was ranked 43th in the world in terms of Tier 1 capital.Established in 1841, Sberbank has grown into a universal commercialbank with diversified businesses. Sberbank is the biggest taker of deposits in the country and the key lender to the national economy. As of January 01, 2011, Sberbank accounted for 47,9% of retail deposits, 31% of consumer loans and 31% of corporate loans in Russia.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Corporate Round, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Eruditor Group — Bringing businesses and freelance professionals online
- Veon — Veon is an international communications and technology company, headquartered in Amsterdam, and driven by a vision to unlock new opportunities for customers as they navigate the digital world. Present in some of the world’s most dynamic markets, Veon provides more than 200 million customers with voice, fixed broadband, data and digital services.Veon’s heritage as a pioneer in technology is the driving force behind a major transformation focused on bringing the digital world to each and every customer. Veon offers services to customers in 14 markets including Russia, Italy, Algeria, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Laos, and Zimbabwe.
- O2O Holdings — Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation.
Venture capital serves as funding for emerging, inventive enterprises poised for rapid expansion.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Machine Learning
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- iDWELL — iDWELL (www.idwell.com) is a revolutionary CRM cloud software and tenant app, especially designed for the next generation of real estate management. It enables the automation of routine processes, and bundles as well as optimizes all communication between the stakeholders of a property, including service providers, asset managers, landlords,tenants and property managers. Currently, more than 750,000 apartment units are managed with the assistance of iDWELL.The iDWELL ticketing system and the connected tenant app automates routine maintenance tasks with regards to handling and reporting damages. This allows iDWELL customers to focus on more important and revenue-generating tasks. The iDWELL marketplace provides further opportunities to service tenants and landlords while generating revenue.
- Crowded — Banking for Greek Life that allows you to seamlessly pay dues, P2P transfers, deposits, and make payments with your virtual debit card. Tailored tools for events, ticketing, chat organizational management and more.
- INXY Payments — EU-licensed crypto platform enabling businesses to securely and legally accept, send, and exchange cryptocurrencies.Accept Crypto using Customizable Payment Gateway API:- Easily receive payments in multiple cryptocurrencies; - Auto-convert crypto to Euro or stablecoins; - Automated Bank settlement with full reporting; - Reach Millions of CryptoUsers for Increased Sales.Automate Crypto Payouts to Affiliates, Publishers, Suppliers & Employees:- Automate thousands of payments using file or API; - Automatically convert your assets to crypto for Mass Payouts; Tailored reports to suit accounting needs.Exchange crypto or fiat at low fees:- Direct transactions, avoiding large public exchange platforms; - Manual and automated exchange; - Easy & fee-free withdrawals to any supported E-wallets or affordable transfers to bank account.Stay Compliant & Informed:- Real-time transactions monitoring (KYT) for safe dealings; - Comprehensive Transaction History & Detailed Reports; - Ensure EU Compliance with Our VASP crypto license; - Audit-Ready for Smooth Accounting. Tailored reports to suit accounting needs.INXY Payments: Simplifying crypto adoption for businesses. Save money, unlock crypto's potential, and seamlessly bridge Web2 to the future. Join us in making cryptocurrency as easy as fiat.
Sberbank today is the largest credit institution in Russia and CIS, accounting for 26% of the aggregate Russian banking assets and 30% of banking capital. According to The Banker magazine, as of July 01, 2010, Sberbank was ranked 43th in the world in terms of Tier 1 capital.Established in 1841, Sberbank has grown into a universal commercialbank with diversified businesses. Sberbank is the biggest taker of deposits in the country and the key lender to the national economy. As of January 01, 2011, Sberbank accounted for 47,9% of retail deposits, 31% of consumer loans and 31% of corporate loans in Russia.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Corporate Round, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Eruditor Group — Bringing businesses and freelance professionals online
- Veon — Veon is an international communications and technology company, headquartered in Amsterdam, and driven by a vision to unlock new opportunities for customers as they navigate the digital world. Present in some of the world’s most dynamic markets, Veon provides more than 200 million customers with voice, fixed broadband, data and digital services.Veon’s heritage as a pioneer in technology is the driving force behind a major transformation focused on bringing the digital world to each and every customer. Veon offers services to customers in 14 markets including Russia, Italy, Algeria, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Laos, and Zimbabwe.
- O2O Holdings — Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation.
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.
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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 trusted by 5,000+ companies in 60+ countries. Track employee PC activity, boost productivity by up to 30%, and find growth points. Start your free trial today.
- Workclass — Apply for any jobs and get hired in 24 hours now!
Started my first IT business in 2009. With the team of talented experts in development, marketing, sales, and business development launched Enaza - a platform for carriers to increase their value-added services by offering games, music, software to the carrier customers. Sold this business to Softline in 2017.Co-founder of Playkey - a cloudgaming platform, that helps people to play computer games on low-end computers and laptops. Acquired great expertise from 2013 on cloud gaming and streaming technologies.Specialties: Marketing, Internet projects, business administration, cloud gaming, games, and digital distribution.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Software, Video Games
- Seed, Series B
- Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Cabra.vc is a venture fund for technological startups that want to scale out to international markets
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Adwisely — Adwisely is a perfect online ad solution for Shopify stores with $1k+ monthly ad budget
- Pitchly — Freakishly fast & perfectly consistent document solutions because we're different than everyone else. Click, if you want to learn more.
- Collectly — Collectly helps healthcare organizations collect more patient payments faster, automate and streamline internal revenue cycle operations, and elevate patient financial experience.
SmartHub is a funding and service platform which connects the best start ups to investors, and supports at every investments.Service solutions for investors – tailor made venture portfolios: focused pipeline, extensive analysis and research of investment options, deal structuring, legal paper work, quarterly reporting, investment rightsprotection till exit.Service solutions for startups – fast communications and feedback, mutually beneficial deal making, strategic development support, networking and consulting at fundraising stage.
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Investment focus
- Internet, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- TransferGo — Move and manage money between borders quickly and affordably with TransferGo.
- Damon Motors — Damon is unleashing the full potential of personal mobility for the world’s commuters. With its proprietary electric drivetrain, the company has developed the world’s safest, smartest, fully connected electric motorcycle platform employing radical innovations in battery propagation resistance, sensor fusion and AI. Designed as a platform forworldwide line extension, Damon motorcycles will ship direct to consumer on subscription plans to drive scale. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Damon is a Techstars Mobility company founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud and Dom Kwong. Damon’s investors include Round 13 Capital, Techstars, Fontinalis, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures.
- EWA Learn — Start learning English, French and Spanish with EWA: conversational vocabulary, interactive exercises, modern examples and fun tasks are waiting for you!
Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Russian Federation, India
Portfolio highlights
- Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
- Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
- June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.
Sergey Solonin is the Chief Executive Officer of Russian FinTech Association.
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Investment focus
- Education, Video, Video Editing
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Russian Federation, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- NeuraLoom — By using neural network technologies and artificial intelligence, NeuraLoom allows users a quick and cost-efficient way to create narrated video presentations, with virtual characters, videos for online courses, Learning management system, Education and learning films without any expert knowledge or expensive equipment.
- EBAC Online — EBAC Cursos Online is a fast-growing edutech company in Brazil. The company provides more than 50 courses in design, coding, marketing, data science to more than 15 thousand paying students. Students choose EBAC for the high relevance of courses and close collaboration with industry leaders.
- SkillFactory — SkillFactory is a data science education startup offers a range of assets, including an online big data analysis and coding school.
Life.SREDA is one of the first and leading Fintech-focused VC funds with the vision of building and connecting fintech-ecosystems across the World
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Mobile, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Russian Federation, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Lenddo — Lenddo is the world's first online community that empowers the emerging middle class to use online social connections to demonstrate their creditworthiness and access affordable, life-improving financial services.
- Ayannah — Ayannah is a leading provider of affordable and accessible digital financial services to the world's emerging middle class, many of whom are migrants and/or unbanked.
- SoftPay Mobile — SoftPay Mobile International is a leading Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) solution and Payment Facilitator company in Southeast Asia. SoftPay's mPOS solution enables businesses and individuals to accept credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, JCB, Amex, China UnionPay), debit cards, bank cards, loyalty cards and all other kinds of card payments anywhereat anytime. Our mPOS solution is highly secure and has achieved numerous certifications to give merchants and customers peace of mind when processing payments.
Active investment firm that calling founders with a great product vision across diverse industries
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
- Whizz — My Device is a subscription-based rental service provider for devices like electric scooters, bicycles, home sports equipment, etc.
- inspace — inspace is the innovative platform that streamlines workplace management and optimizes space utilization. Elevate your workplace experience with inspace.
Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP. He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Russian Federation, India
Portfolio highlights
- Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
- Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
- June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.
Alexander Borodich is a pioneer in the fields of innovation and blockchain world, Alexander was named "The Most Active Business angel in Russia" by Russian Venture Company, he is Chiefs Dream Officer and managing partner of marketing communication agency Future Action, founder of fifth largest in Europe crowd-investing platformVentureClub.co, founder of Russian cryptocurrency and investor in more than 70 projects.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Apps, SaaS
- Angel, Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- Mubert — Mubert is a music licensing platform made for streamers, app builders, filmmakers and content creators around the world. We use millions of high-quality music samples to generate and deliver exclusive, royalty-free music using the power of AI. With a near-endless music library featuring more than 100 musical categories, users can search by genre,mood and activity to find the perfect song for their project. Mubert, a platform trusted by thousands of content creators and companies like Banuba, BetterMe, Sensorium, Adidas, InsightTimer, Restream, MacPaw and Crello, can help you find the music you need.Democratization of Creator EconomyOur one-of-a-kind creator-centric platform utilizes AI to generate unlimited royalty-free music. Users can generate tracks on the go or search through a massive database of pre-made tracks to create highly personalized content. With a variety of license types, dynamic presets for streaming and over 1 million samples from more than 4,000 musicians, it is one of the most powerful and versatile music licensing platforms around.Stand Out From The Crowd – Music For Content CreatorsContent creators often struggle with sifting through thousands of stock audio tracks in search of the “perfect soundtrack.” Unfortunately, stock music never quite fits. Using YouTube tune library can be just as fruitless for the unique content creator, as many of these tracks have been used by millions of creators before. With Mubert, content creators gain access to real-time generative music and pre-made tracks, which they may Render with the genre, mood and length, allowing for more customization than ever before. The platform has more than 100 genres and a large selection of attributes, such as mood, tempo and genre, to help creators find the right music for their project fast. App creators enjoy the adaptive nature of Mubert’s music, which helps increase the in-app and in-game user experience. From casual Twitch and Youtube Streamers to app-building gurus, the platform provides unique, custom-made music with a single subscription.Music Without Strikes or Copyright InfringementsFears of copyright/DMCA claims and strikes can hinder a content creator’s ability to work freely. One mistake and hours of work could be tossed down the drain due to unexpected or unpredictable platform algorithms. People often end up dealing with stock websites that don’t have the correct license, websites with inaccurate license descriptions, licenses that don’t cover the necessary content, or licenses that aren’t available in all countries. When content creators use Mubert, they never have to worry about music licensing or confusing royalty agreements. The beauty of Mubert is that all of the music on our platform is royalty-free and available for use worldwide. Our licenses and sub-licenses are 100% DMCA-friendly and compatible with a number of platforms, i.e., YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and more. Plus, when you license music through Mubert, you get support from licensing professionals who can help you with any questions you might have!Empowering ArtistsWith nominal commissions, hungry publishing companies and an unstable industry, artists often find it difficult to diversify their income. Here at Mubert, we understand the importance of artists, musicians and producers, which is why we collaborate with them using unique frameworks so that they can monetize their music. When artists work with Mubert, they receive a platform on which they can express themselves and earn real money on their work. When a content creator licenses music from Mubert, they are licensing high-quality, pro-level audio material made with the involvement of independent music producers. Ready to dive into the next-gen musical landscape and be a part of one of the most innovative music creation and licensing platforms around? Come join us.
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- Tickets Cloud — Service is the link between event managers and tickets distributors. Main mission is to build the effective distributors network for event managers. Main service hint - big data collection and interpretation, as a consequence price impact for consumers and increasing market margins. The service automatically maintains information about soldtickets, classifies consumers and allocates the fair value of the ticket for the customers.
Sergey Solonin is the Chief Executive Officer of Russian FinTech Association.
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Investment focus
- Education, Video, Health Care
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Russian Federation, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Zabota — Zabota helps private clinics automate marketing & patient interactions using medical data from medical records and doctors' predictions.
- EBAC Online — EBAC Cursos Online is a fast-growing edutech company in Brazil. The company provides more than 50 courses in design, coding, marketing, data science to more than 15 thousand paying students. Students choose EBAC for the high relevance of courses and close collaboration with industry leaders.
- SkillFactory — SkillFactory is a data science education startup offers a range of assets, including an online big data analysis and coding school.
Active investment firm that calling founders with a great product vision across diverse industries
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
- Altris.AI — AI for Ophthalmology & Optometry is the future of eye care. It will set high diagnostic standards for the industry and bring better patient outcome as a result. Together we will solve the preventable blindness problem.
- Whizz — My Device is a subscription-based rental service provider for devices like electric scooters, bicycles, home sports equipment, etc.
Alexander Borodich is a pioneer in the fields of innovation and blockchain world, Alexander was named "The Most Active Business angel in Russia" by Russian Venture Company, he is Chiefs Dream Officer and managing partner of marketing communication agency Future Action, founder of fifth largest in Europe crowd-investing platformVentureClub.co, founder of Russian cryptocurrency and investor in more than 70 projects.
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Investment focus
- B2B, Apps, SaaS
- Angel, Seed, Convertible Note
- United States, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- Mubert — Mubert is a music licensing platform made for streamers, app builders, filmmakers and content creators around the world. We use millions of high-quality music samples to generate and deliver exclusive, royalty-free music using the power of AI. With a near-endless music library featuring more than 100 musical categories, users can search by genre,mood and activity to find the perfect song for their project. Mubert, a platform trusted by thousands of content creators and companies like Banuba, BetterMe, Sensorium, Adidas, InsightTimer, Restream, MacPaw and Crello, can help you find the music you need.Democratization of Creator EconomyOur one-of-a-kind creator-centric platform utilizes AI to generate unlimited royalty-free music. Users can generate tracks on the go or search through a massive database of pre-made tracks to create highly personalized content. With a variety of license types, dynamic presets for streaming and over 1 million samples from more than 4,000 musicians, it is one of the most powerful and versatile music licensing platforms around.Stand Out From The Crowd – Music For Content CreatorsContent creators often struggle with sifting through thousands of stock audio tracks in search of the “perfect soundtrack.” Unfortunately, stock music never quite fits. Using YouTube tune library can be just as fruitless for the unique content creator, as many of these tracks have been used by millions of creators before. With Mubert, content creators gain access to real-time generative music and pre-made tracks, which they may Render with the genre, mood and length, allowing for more customization than ever before. The platform has more than 100 genres and a large selection of attributes, such as mood, tempo and genre, to help creators find the right music for their project fast. App creators enjoy the adaptive nature of Mubert’s music, which helps increase the in-app and in-game user experience. From casual Twitch and Youtube Streamers to app-building gurus, the platform provides unique, custom-made music with a single subscription.Music Without Strikes or Copyright InfringementsFears of copyright/DMCA claims and strikes can hinder a content creator’s ability to work freely. One mistake and hours of work could be tossed down the drain due to unexpected or unpredictable platform algorithms. People often end up dealing with stock websites that don’t have the correct license, websites with inaccurate license descriptions, licenses that don’t cover the necessary content, or licenses that aren’t available in all countries. When content creators use Mubert, they never have to worry about music licensing or confusing royalty agreements. The beauty of Mubert is that all of the music on our platform is royalty-free and available for use worldwide. Our licenses and sub-licenses are 100% DMCA-friendly and compatible with a number of platforms, i.e., YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and more. Plus, when you license music through Mubert, you get support from licensing professionals who can help you with any questions you might have!Empowering ArtistsWith nominal commissions, hungry publishing companies and an unstable industry, artists often find it difficult to diversify their income. Here at Mubert, we understand the importance of artists, musicians and producers, which is why we collaborate with them using unique frameworks so that they can monetize their music. When artists work with Mubert, they receive a platform on which they can express themselves and earn real money on their work. When a content creator licenses music from Mubert, they are licensing high-quality, pro-level audio material made with the involvement of independent music producers. Ready to dive into the next-gen musical landscape and be a part of one of the most innovative music creation and licensing platforms around? Come join us.
- Witget —
- Tickets Cloud — Service is the link between event managers and tickets distributors. Main mission is to build the effective distributors network for event managers. Main service hint - big data collection and interpretation, as a consequence price impact for consumers and increasing market margins. The service automatically maintains information about soldtickets, classifies consumers and allocates the fair value of the ticket for the customers.
Mail.ru Group was founded by Yuri Milner and is the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. It is one of the largest Internet companies in Russia, and the world's seventh largest Internet business in terms of page views. Mail.ru Group operates two of the three largest Russian language social networking sites(Odnoklassniki.ru and Moi Mir@Mail.Ru), the two largest instant messaging networks in Russia (ICQ and Agent), Russia's leading email service, Russia's second largest Internet portal and Russia's largest online games company.Mail also holds strategic equity stakes of 32.49% in vKontakte, Russia's largest social networking site, and 25.09% in QIWI, formerly OE Investments, one of Russia's leading payment-processing companies. It also holds small minority stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.
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- Social Media, Mobile Apps, Education
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, Cyprus
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- Uchi.ru — Uchi.ru offers online courses for school students.
- O2O Holdings — Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation.
- AliExpress Russia — AliExpress Russia is a leading cross-border and domestic e-commerce platform in Russia.
Cabra.vc is a venture fund for technological startups that want to scale out to international markets
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- Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, India, Israel
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- Adwisely — Adwisely is a perfect online ad solution for eCommerce stores with $1.5k+ monthly ad budget
- Pitchly — Freakishly fast & perfectly consistent document solutions because we're different than everyone else. Click, if you want to learn more.
- Collectly — Collectly helps healthcare organizations collect more patient payments faster, automate and streamline internal revenue cycle operations, and elevate patient financial experience.
SmartHub is a funding and service platform which connects the best start ups to investors, and supports at every investments.Service solutions for investors – tailor made venture portfolios: focused pipeline, extensive analysis and research of investment options, deal structuring, legal paper work, quarterly reporting, investment rightsprotection till exit.Service solutions for startups – fast communications and feedback, mutually beneficial deal making, strategic development support, networking and consulting at fundraising stage.
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- Internet, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Series A
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
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- TransferGo — Send & receive money from over 30 countries with TransferGo, either online or through our app. Transfer money at low cost, quickly & safely.
- Damon Motors — Damon is unleashing the full potential of personal mobility for the world’s commuters. With its proprietary electric drivetrain, the company has developed the world’s safest, smartest, fully connected electric motorcycle platform employing radical innovations in battery propagation resistance, sensor fusion and AI. Designed as a platform forworldwide line extension, Damon motorcycles will ship direct to consumer on subscription plans to drive scale. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Damon is a Techstars Mobility company founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Giraud and Dom Kwong. Damon’s investors include Round 13 Capital, Techstars, Fontinalis, Extreme Venture Partners and Pallasite Ventures.
- EWA Learn — Start learning English, French and Spanish with EWA: conversational vocabulary, interactive exercises, modern examples and fun tasks are waiting for you!
Life.SREDA is one of the first and leading Fintech-focused VC funds with the vision of building and connecting fintech-ecosystems across the World
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- FinTech, Mobile, Financial Services
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Russian Federation, Singapore, United States
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- Lenddo — Lenddo is the world's first online community that empowers the emerging middle class to use online social connections to demonstrate their creditworthiness and access affordable, life-improving financial services.
- Ayannah — Ayannah is a leading provider of affordable and accessible digital financial services to the world's emerging middle class, many of whom are migrants and/or unbanked.
- SoftPay Mobile — SoftPay Mobile International is a leading Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) solution and Payment Facilitator company in Southeast Asia. SoftPay's mPOS solution enables businesses and individuals to accept credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, JCB, Amex, China UnionPay), debit cards, bank cards, loyalty cards and all other kinds of card payments anywhereat anytime. Our mPOS solution is highly secure and has achieved numerous certifications to give merchants and customers peace of mind when processing payments.
Started my first IT business in 2009. With the team of talented experts in development, marketing, sales, and business development launched Enaza - a platform for carriers to increase their value-added services by offering games, music, software to the carrier customers. Sold this business to Softline in 2017.Co-founder of Playkey - a cloudgaming platform, that helps people to play computer games on low-end computers and laptops. Acquired great expertise from 2013 on cloud gaming and streaming technologies.Specialties: Marketing, Internet projects, business administration, cloud gaming, games, and digital distribution.
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- Gaming, Software, Video Games
- Seed, Series B
- Russian Federation
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- 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.
Mail.ru Group was founded by Yuri Milner and is the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. It is one of the largest Internet companies in Russia, and the world's seventh largest Internet business in terms of page views. Mail.ru Group operates two of the three largest Russian language social networking sites(Odnoklassniki.ru and Moi Mir@Mail.Ru), the two largest instant messaging networks in Russia (ICQ and Agent), Russia's leading email service, Russia's second largest Internet portal and Russia's largest online games company.Mail also holds strategic equity stakes of 32.49% in vKontakte, Russia's largest social networking site, and 25.09% in QIWI, formerly OE Investments, one of Russia's leading payment-processing companies. It also holds small minority stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.
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- Social Media, Mobile Apps, Education
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Russian Federation, United States, Cyprus
Portfolio highlights
- Uchi.ru — Uchi.ru offers online courses for school students.
- O2O Holdings — Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation.
- AliExpress Russia — AliExpress Russia is a leading cross-border and domestic e-commerce platform in Russia.
Igor Ryabenkiy is the Managing Partner at AltaIR Capital.
Igor is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over twenty years of successful executive and investment experience including Internet startups and IT companies. He has funded, developed, and exited a significant number of investment projects worldwide.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, Russian Federation
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- Sceenic — Sceenic offers solutions to power interactive viewing experiences. Through its "Watch Together" technology, media companies create watch together experiences for their audiences, offering friends and family a deeper, more engaging and interactive group viewing experience.
- Cast Plus — CastPlus podcast advertising platform allows podcasters and advertisers to seamlessly work and collaborate together.
- Superfly — Superfly is the global leader in alternative data solutionsbased on real-time, real-life online trasaction by our global consumers panel
Igor Ryabenkiy is the Managing Partner at AltaIR Capital.
Igor is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over twenty years of successful executive and investment experience including Internet startups and IT companies. He has funded, developed, and exited a significant number of investment projects worldwide.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Israel, Russian Federation
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- Sceenic — Sceenic offers solutions to power interactive viewing experiences. Through its "Watch Together" technology, media companies create watch together experiences for their audiences, offering friends and family a deeper, more engaging and interactive group viewing experience.
- Feel — We make the cleanest, potent supplements in the world. Delivered straight to your door. Designed by nutritionists for energy, sleep, stress and hair, skin & nails.
- Viridix — Viridix is a precision irrigation decision support system powered by Root Sense soil moisture sensor that save water, increase yield and raise profits.
Ruben Vardanian is the co-Head of Sberbank CIB. Prior to the merger with Sberbank in January 2012, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Troika Dialog, where he has worked since the company’s founding.Ruben Vardanian is a Board member at a number of entities: OJSC AvtoVAZ (the largest car manufacturer in Eastern Europe), OJSCKAMAZ (the largest truck manufacturer in Eastern Europe), OJSC NOVATEK (the largest independent gas producer in Russia), CJSC SIBUR Holding (the leader of petrochemistry in Russia and Eastern Europe), and Joule Unlimited, Inc. (a pioneer in the production of liquid fuel from solar energy), is a member of the Supervisory Board for the closed-end mutual venture investment fund Skolkovo-Nanotech, member of the Investment Committee of Avica Property Investors International (Asset Management Company of Romanov Property Holdings Fund). Ruben Vardanian is also Board Chairman of OJSC Rosgosstrakh (the major insurance player on the Russian market) and AmeriaBank (the leading bank in Armenia).Ruben Vardanian served as CEO at Rosgosstrakh from 2002–2004, Chairman of the Board from April 2004 to July 2005 and was Chairman of the Board at Sukhoi Civil Aircraft from 2005-2009. Additionally, from February 1 until September 10, 2012, he served on the Board of Directors of IG Seismic Services Ltd. (a joint venture between the Integra Group and Schlumberger).
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- B2B, Events, Social
- Seed, Angel
- United States, Russian Federation
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- VCV — VCV is an AI-powered recruiting bot that searches for candidates, calls them with questions using voice recognition, and then invites them to record a video interview. VCV can save recruiters over 20 hours of work with recruiting bots working 24/7 to find, chat, and interview.
- Philgood — Philgood is a strategy consulting company that initiates and implements social projects.
Impact Capital is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in high-tech companies
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- EdTech, Medical, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Russian Federation, United States
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- ProgKids — Create Minecraft worlds with code by drag and drop visual blocks in Snap! or Python
- EVO Avatar — EVO Avatar is a robotics developer based in Moscow
- Omnic Consulting Group — Optimize your logistics with parcel lockers.
Will Group is a branding company
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- Recruiting, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Japan, United States, Singapore
Capital + Hiring + Infrastructure
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Russian Federation
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- Uzum — Uzum is a digital services ecosystem to facilitate business growth, online shopping, convenient payments, and help with other day-to-day household tasks.
- Dubformer — All-in-one tool: Go global effortlessly with monetization-ready dubbing that sounds like real humans. Cost-effective AI localization.
- Superfone — Superfone is an All-in-One business phone and CRM app for SMBs. Calls, Whatsapp, Marketing, CRM everything in one powerful app made for your entire team. Track team activity, sales and get controls.
Russian Venture Company Seed Fund is a Russian government initiative to encourage fledgling Russian ventures. The main aim of the fund is to invest and bolster innovative Russian start-ups promising high growth opportunities both on Russian and foreign IT markets.
The fund was established in 2006 and has a capital base of around US$ 1 billion.
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- TV, VoIP, Software
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Russian Federation
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- Tekmi — Tekmi is provider of Unified Communications. Tekmi integrate in one interface all communications:- Virtual PBX and VoIP - virtual phone numbers, IVR, callforwarding and recording, and more- Messenging - e-mail, chat, fax, voicemail- Video and audio conferencing- Data sharing, calendar and other collaboration services.Tekmi works viainternet on all platforms (Windows, Linux, MacOS), mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPad), SIP phones and web interface.
- AWS – $25,000 CREDITS — AWS credits are a way to save on your Amazon Web Services (AWS) bill. Credits are applied to AWS cloud bills to help cover costs that are associated with eligible services and are applied until they are exhausted or expire.
- Sphera Corporation — Sphera is the global provider of Web hosting automation and management software, today announced that it has expanded its management team and moved its corporate headquarters to Denver, Colorado. In the coming months, Sphera will continue to leverage recent funding to support and build its infrastructure in high-potential markets, strengthen itstechnology portfolio, increase sales and marketing initiatives and increase support for its global customers.
Dmitry Eremeev
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- Video, Publishing, Video Editing
- Seed, Series A
- Russian Federation
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- Komnata Quest —
- Movika — Movika provides tools for creating and publishing interactive video content. It provides access to a set of tools that will transform a video content into an interactive film and publish it on popular distribution platforms. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Kazan, Tatarstan.
Igor Matsanyuk is one of the visionaries behind the global game market. He founded IT-Territory in 2004 to develop online games, which grew to become the largest game holding company in Eastern Europe, becoming Astrum Online Entertainment. In 2009, Astrum Online Entertainment merged with the Mail.ru Group, and Igor became the first vice-presidentand a significant shareholder of the unified company. The unified company was taken public via an IPO in 2010, at which point Igor left to pursue new ventures. Igor is currently one of the world’s most successful internet entrepreneurs.
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- B2B, Video Chat, Social Media Marketing
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States, Finland, Lithuania
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- RAWG — RAWG.io is a video game discovery platform that converts your skills into goods and services.
- Cherry Labs — Founded by serial entrepreneurs with multiple exits to Facebook, Google and Apple, Cherry Labs works on making our homes the safer. Cherry employs over 20 engineers, AI scientists and product designers in Cupertino, Berlin, Moscow and Shenzhen.
- Tickets Cloud — Service is the link between event managers and tickets distributors. Main mission is to build the effective distributors network for event managers. Main service hint - big data collection and interpretation, as a consequence price impact for consumers and increasing market margins. The service automatically maintains information about soldtickets, classifies consumers and allocates the fair value of the ticket for the customers.
Black River Ventures (BRV) is committed to supporting passionate entrepreneurs who build disruptive, world-changing companies. We believe that only exceptional and capable teams can turn great ideas into outstanding businesses.Black River Ventures is investing into innovative companies across the European technology space, primarily in the IT andInternet segments. We are convinced that the European online audience of 400M+ people, the second largest market after China, provides appealing opportunities for Europe-born global companies.We partner with early and growth stage visionary companies aiming to become industry leaders. Our mission is to provide smart capital for long-term growth by leveraging the collective experience and expertise of the BRV team based in the EU and US.
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- FinTech, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Series C, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- TransferGo — Move and manage money between borders quickly and affordably with TransferGo.
- Vesttoo — We connect the insurance industry and the capital markets by combining proprietary AI-powered technology with expertise in data science, insurance and finance so that insurers have the capacity they need and investors have opportunities to diversify with confidence.
- MarketFinance — MarketFinance is a business finance company with offices in London and Manchester. The online platform enables businesses to access a range of flexible finance solutions — quickly and easily. This smart technology is backed by help from real people so business owners can save time and focus on growing their business.Since 2011, MarketFinance hasadvanced over £2.6 billion to companies across a range of sizes and sectors, providing working capital and finance for everything from paying staff and suppliers to launching new products or services and accelerating growth.MarketFinance is backed by Barclays, Santander InnoVentures, European venture capital fund Northzone (invested in Klarna, iZettle, and Trustpilot), private equity group MCI Capital (also invested in iZettle, Azimo, and Gett), and Viola Credit.
UK-based VC fund that backs sharp entrepreneurs. Statistically, 0.015% website visitors get funding!
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- SaaS, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, The Netherlands
Portfolio highlights
- Streamkap — Streamkap is the modern real-time data exchange to sync data between systems as well as between companies
- IVM Markets — IVM is a content creation and product optimisation technology partner for players in the structured products industry. Our impartial nonconflicted technology helps democratise structured product content and allows for the design of the ideal investment idea for any situation. Unlike an aggregator, IVM doesn't just search products, it helps youdesign and refine the ideal products and then gain access to them at the right price.
- Runware — Runware provides lightning-fast text-to-image and image-to-image generation speeds—0.3 seconds for SD 1.5 and 0.9 seconds for SDXL, all through one powerful API.
We foster innovation and work together to find and grow breakthroughs all over the world
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Israel, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- IVM Markets — IVM is a content creation and product optimisation technology partner for players in the structured products industry. Our impartial nonconflicted technology helps democratise structured product content and allows for the design of the ideal investment idea for any situation. Unlike an aggregator, IVM doesn't just search products, it helps youdesign and refine the ideal products and then gain access to them at the right price.
- FuseBase (formerly Nimbus) — FuseBase (formerly Nimbus Platform) - Free Online Collaboration Software for Remote Teams. Build your wikis, client portals and more with the FuseBase (formerly Nimbus Platform) collaboration tool ? A perfect space for online work
- Elly Analytics, Inc. — Full-automated marketing dashboards as a service
Capital + Hiring + Infrastructure
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Russian Federation
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- Uzum — Uzum is a digital services ecosystem to facilitate business growth, online shopping, convenient payments, and help with other day-to-day household tasks.
- Bimaplan — Bimaplan's full-stack embedded insurance platform simplifies distribution by providing end-to-end insurance integration for a seamless digital experience.
- Paxton AI — Regulatory Intelligence, with the speed of Generative AI.
Rainfall Ventures is an early-stage investor founded in 2011 and committed to partnering with world-class founders to help them change industries.
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- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Israel, Brazil
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- Curri — A single platform for your hotshot, scheduled, daily route, and freight deliveries.
- Unito — Unito is taking on a major problem that people are passionate about solving: they make it easier to collaborate across teams. They don't make users learn new tools and change the way they work. By connecting work management tools, they allow managers, cross-functional teams, departments, and entire companies to benefit from seamlesscollaboration and improved communication. The app syncs projects across a number of tools like Trello, Asana, JIRA, GitHub, Wrike, Zendesk & Hubspot. This is a hard problem of semantics, synchronization, and APIs.
- Lexington Bakes — Best Luxury Cookies, Brownies, Oat Bars. Organic. Fair Trade. Vegan. Gluten Free. Healthier Better for You Gourmet Treats. Delivered to Your Door. Free Shipping $55+
Black River Ventures (BRV) is committed to supporting passionate entrepreneurs who build disruptive, world-changing companies. We believe that only exceptional and capable teams can turn great ideas into outstanding businesses.Black River Ventures is investing into innovative companies across the European technology space, primarily in the IT andInternet segments. We are convinced that the European online audience of 400M+ people, the second largest market after China, provides appealing opportunities for Europe-born global companies.We partner with early and growth stage visionary companies aiming to become industry leaders. Our mission is to provide smart capital for long-term growth by leveraging the collective experience and expertise of the BRV team based in the EU and US.
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- FinTech, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Series C, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- TransferGo — Send & receive money from over 30 countries with TransferGo, either online or through our app. Transfer money at low cost, quickly & safely.
- Vesttoo — We connect the insurance industry and the capital markets by combining proprietary AI-powered technology with expertise in data science, insurance and finance so that insurers have the capacity they need and investors have opportunities to diversify with confidence.
- MarketFinance — MarketFinance is a business finance company with offices in London and Manchester. The online platform enables businesses to access a range of flexible finance solutions — quickly and easily. This smart technology is backed by help from real people so business owners can save time and focus on growing their business.Since 2011, MarketFinance hasadvanced over £2.6 billion to companies across a range of sizes and sectors, providing working capital and finance for everything from paying staff and suppliers to launching new products or services and accelerating growth.MarketFinance is backed by Barclays, Santander InnoVentures, European venture capital fund Northzone (invested in Klarna, iZettle, and Trustpilot), private equity group MCI Capital (also invested in iZettle, Azimo, and Gett), and Viola Credit.
Mirae Asset Venture Investment invests in specialized enterprises and provides technology, funding and management consulting.
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- Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, India
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- AiV — AiV is an intelligent automation solution company that provides an opportunity to learn computer vision technology and optomechatronics.
- āshibio — āshibio creates treatments for rare bone and connective tissue ailments, potentially preventing symptoms or slowing their course.
- Amica Finance — Jupiter's consumer-focused neo-banking startup Amica Finance operates as an NBFC non-banking finance company.
We invest in technology-intensive startups reimagining HR and Education. We are interested in co-investing with VC firms focusing on early stage startups.
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- Human Resources, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
- Series A, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation
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- VCV — VCV is an AI-powered recruiting bot that searches for candidates, calls them with questions using voice recognition, and then invites them to record a video interview. VCV can save recruiters over 20 hours of work with recruiting bots working 24/7 to find, chat, and interview.
- VCV.RU — VCV is the first video interviewing service in Russia. It is an innovative system especially developed according to local features of hiring process that allows recruiting managers to conduct interviews while saving time and increasing company’s efficiency.
- SmartUp.io — SmartUp is the ultimate platform for peer-to-peer knowledge creation, sharing and exchange.Conceived and developed by a seasoned team of founders and investors behind Founders Forum, Spotify, Siri, lastminute.com and others, SmartUp now hosts more than 150,000 members and is used around the world by startup founders, companies, innovators,business schools and curious entrepreneurs.SmartUp’s intuitive learning system provides communities engaging and fun ways to contribute and consume bite-sized pieces of knowledge and insight. Its powerful platform unlocks your community’s real knowledge to help every member unleash their potential.
Welcome to iTechCapital, an innovative venture capital investment manager. We have been investing in successful businesses building new internet technology continually since 2010.
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- Advertising, Internet, Marketing
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- Russian Federation, United States, Colombia
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- Bitfury Group — Bitfury is a global technology incubator shaping the next generation of ethical innovation.
- Roistat — Roistat collects data from customers' CRM system, advertising channels, and their site. In seconds, Roistat builds reports according to 30+ business metrics, which provide marketing analytics from each keyword to the final sale. Roistat determines if company makes any money off their paid advertising campaigns, which in return helps companiesusing Roistat allocate their advertising budget more efficiently & increase their revenues.
- Aviasales — Aviasales is the leading travel metasearch company in Eastern Europe and Central Asia — allowing users to search for air tickets, hotel accommodation and car rental.In 2021 the company achieved a gross merchandise value (GMV) of over $1.6bn and held a market share in Russia of almost 20% of all air ticket sales. During 2021 the companyattracted a series B investment round worth $43m from iTech Capital and Elbrus Capital. Since it was founded in 2007 the company now employs around 500 staff in its main offices in Thailand and Russia.In addition to its main Aviasales brand, the company also has a B2B travel technology offering including Travelpayouts (a partnership platform) and Aviastats (revenue optimisation data for airlines).
A VC for inspiration
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Apps
- Series C, Seed, Series A
- Germany, United States, Israel
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- Breeze — Cargo insurance reinvented.
- Vee Finance — Bridge the gap between traditional banking and crypto Defi Earn fixed/flexible return on deposited assets
- NextSilicon — Pioneering a radically new approach to HPC architecture that drives the industry forward by solving its biggest, most fundamental problems
Angel Investor, CEO & Founder Parkly, ex-CTO Avito (Classified #1 in Russia),
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- E-Commerce, Travel, Apps
- Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Russian Federation, United States
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- Luxxy — Luxxy is the leader in the resale luxury consignment niche on the Russian market. We are a dedicated community of more than 250 thousand users and 140,000 products from individual sellers with good price offers compared to the average prices on the market.We have built an easy-to-use APP with many filters and detailed descriptions of productsthat offer convenience to our community. Our own team of experts guarantees the authenticity of the items purchased. At the same time, a customer has the ability to return the product if it does not match the description on the website which makes expensive purchases online easy and secure. We sell pieces from designers such as Chanel, Hermès, and Louis Vuitton; jewelry and watches from Cartier, Rolex, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Our consignors earn 70-90% of the sale price. The apparel industry accounts for about 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and it consumes more energy than aviation and shipping combined. Help us to make the world greener together with LUXXY.
- B2BTRADE — B2BTRADE is an online trading platform for organizing wholesale sales and purchases
- Parkly — Find, book, and save on parking with convenient garages and lots. Find parking near work, home and airports.
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