# Adil Nurgozhin

> Adil Nurgozhin is a seed investor at Big Sky Capital (Astana) backing SaaS and EdTech. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Big Sky Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-sky-capital-cd34)
- Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adil-nurgozhin-304757b/
- Website: https://x.com/ANurgozhin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adil.nurgozhin

Adil Nurgozhin is a seed investor at Big Sky Capital in Astana focused on SaaS and EdTech. Adil Nurgozhin is based out of Singapore and is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Big Sky Capital. Adil previously worked at Quest Ventures as a Venture Partner. Adil Nurgozhin attended the University of Montana - College of Business.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$700k |
| Pre-Seed | $235k–$350k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 3 | 38% |
| EdTech | 1 | 13% |
| FinTech | 1 | 13% |
| Lending | 1 | 13% |
| Software | 1 | 13% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 38% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 50% |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kwaaka | Kwaaka is a subscription-based service that integrates Food Delivery services like Glovo, Wolt, Bolt Food, Deliveroo direct into restaurants’ point-of-sale systems, streamlining order taking processes and menu management through a single interface and eliminating the requirement for restaurant staff to monitor multiple devices and manually repunchorders into their existing system. | $600K | Seed | Oct 11, 2023 |  |
| ApartX | The SaaS+hardware platform for medium and large landlords to automate their rental process and remove the operational hassle (not lead/bookings generation). This include - online and contactless client authorization, key generation and management, check-in/check-out and control, documentations and etc. | $250K | Seed | May 31, 2023 |  |
| HeRo Study | HeRo Study Space is a cloud-based system that enables colleges and universities to organize, manage, and analyze educational processes. HeRo Study accompanies universities with database migration and technical support. They also provide staff training and methodological support for business process reengineering and optimization. | $250K | Seed | Apr 03, 2023 |  |
| Kwaaka | Kwaaka is a subscription-based service that integrates Food Delivery services like Glovo, Wolt, Bolt Food, Deliveroo direct into restaurants’ point-of-sale systems, streamlining order taking processes and menu management through a single interface and eliminating the requirement for restaurant staff to monitor multiple devices and manually repunchorders into their existing system. | $235K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Kilde | We make it easy for institutions and high-net-worth individuals to invest in private debt. Our products offer safe and controlled access to consumer and small business loans, giving investors a diversified portfolio with smart risk management. Kilde holds a Capital Markets Services Licence (CMS101016) issued by the Monetary Authority of Singaporeto deal in capital markets products under the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289). | $349.7K | Pre-Seed | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| CTOgram | CTOgram is a Kazakhstan-Based Automotive Start-up. | $700K | Seed | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| CTOgram | CTOgram is a Kazakhstan-Based Automotive Start-up. | $700K | Seed | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| UvU Shuttle | UvU is a passenger transportation software for schools, organizations, airports and governments.Besides the software solution (client & driver apps, dispatch system) which allows to effectively manage thousands of vehicles, UvU’s value includes: 1. Long-term contracts with organisations (corporations, shopping malls, travel agencies, schools,government entities and etc) with the access to parking and promotion activities 2. Intracity transportation infrastructure: special bus-stops, bus-lanes, 3. Investment infrastructure for private individuals (including passengers)/organisations to invest into buses having good and safe returns | $331K | Pre-Seed | Oct 25, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MOST Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/most-ventures-ccc0) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Quest Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/questventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Activat VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/activat) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MostVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mostventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Big Sky Capital

VC Fund · Miami, United States

At Big Sky Capital, we invest in exceptional founders in emerging markets building disruptive SaaS solutions for enterprise. Our firm is based on core set of principles with Founder First mentality. As serial entrepreneurs ourselves, we understand the intricacies of early stage company growth and our goal is to build a VC firm that supports thefounders with action.Our Fund I size is $20M.

2 contacts available at Big Sky Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adil Nurgozhin | Managing Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adil-nurgozhin |
| Cesar Jimenez | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jahn-karsybaev-8dc5 |

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## FAQ

### What does Adil Nurgozhin invest in?

Adil Nurgozhin invests primarily in SaaS, EdTech and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kazakhstan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Adil Nurgozhin's check size?

Adil Nurgozhin typically joins rounds of $250k–$700k at Seed and $235k–$350k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Adil Nurgozhin participates in.

### When did Adil Nurgozhin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Adil Nurgozhin closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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