# Alexander Gorbunov

> Alexander Gorbunov is a seed investor at Mobile TeleSystems OJSC backing SaaS and Big Data. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Mobile TeleSystems OJSC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mobile-telesystems-ojsc)
- Location: Russia, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-gorbunov-8b335715/

Alexander Gorbunov is a seed investor at Mobile TeleSystems OJSC in Russia focused on SaaS and Big Data. Alexander was born on 14 July 1967 in Moscow.In 1992, he graduated from the Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute with a degree in Experimental nuclear and plasma physics.In 1999, he received an MBA degree from Harvard University.From September 2012 till December 2015 - Executive Vice President of Investment Portfolio, Sistema JSFC.From December 2010 till September 2012 - Executive Vice President of the Telecom Assets Business Unit, Executive Vice President for development of telecom assets at the Core Assets Business Unit of Sistema JSFC.From September 2010 till December 2012 - Aid to the President, OJSC Sitronics.From October 2006 till October 2006 - Vice President for Strategy and Development, OJSC COMSTAR United TeleSystems.From July 2005 till October 2006 - Head of Corporate Development Department, Acting First Vice President, Head of Strategy and Development Function, Sistema JSFC.From July 2003 till July 2005 - Head of Strategic Analysis Department, Director for Strategy at the Strategic Analysis Department, MTS.From January 2002 till July 2003 - Deputy CEO, Intellect Telecom.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Loyalty Programs | 1 | 50% |
| Facial Recognition | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SWiP | SWiP is designed FOR small business owners and small business managers who are working to retain their current customer baseThose who WANT/ NEED to improve product quality, invest in increasing revenue of the point of saleSWiP is an easy-to-use tool for winning back and retaining customers with automatic activity boost, which saves andincreases revenueWe help to retain and win back over 65% of customers for only a 10% discount on the checkUNLIKE most of the industry, SWiP uses artificial intelligence to make decisions on launching campaigns for customer retention and win-back and combines payment and guest loyalty points calculation into a single transaction, creating the ultimate convenience in payment. | $1M | Seed | Dec 30, 2020 |  |
| SWiP | SWiP is designed FOR small business owners and small business managers who are working to retain their current customer baseThose who WANT/ NEED to improve product quality, invest in increasing revenue of the point of saleSWiP is an easy-to-use tool for winning back and retaining customers with automatic activity boost, which saves andincreases revenueWe help to retain and win back over 65% of customers for only a 10% discount on the checkUNLIKE most of the industry, SWiP uses artificial intelligence to make decisions on launching campaigns for customer retention and win-back and combines payment and guest loyalty points calculation into a single transaction, creating the ultimate convenience in payment. | $1.2M | Seed | Dec 30, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About Mobile TeleSystems OJSC

VC Fund · Moscow, Russian Federation

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, as of June 30, 2014, the Group serviced over 100 million mobilesubscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Turkmenistan and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 200 million. The Group’s fixed business, as of June 30, 2014, had a total of 12.390 million households passed and 7.294 million residential subscribers.

5 contacts available at Mobile TeleSystems OJSC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Gorbunov | VP Strategy & Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-gorbunov |
| Andrey Dubovskov | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrey-dubovskov |
| Maksim Marasanov | Head of core-based and branded content services and product development department | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maksim-marasanov |
| Sergey Irevli | Head of B2B Product Department | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sergey-irevli |
| Vyacheslav Nikolaev | President & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vyacheslav-nikolaev-0d60 |

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## FAQ

### What does Alexander Gorbunov invest in?

Alexander Gorbunov invests primarily in SaaS, Big Data and Payments startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Cyprus. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alexander Gorbunov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alexander Gorbunov closed in Dec 2020. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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