Alexander Shulgin
Angel Investor @ iTech Capital
Moscow, Russian Federation
Alexander Shulgin is a Series A investor at iTech Capital in Moscow focused on Advertising and Transportation. Alexander, as a visionary, has more than 15 years of investment and venture capital experience. He is unique Russian composer who successfully combines creative work with business. He effectively manages GRUPPA KOMPANIY FAMILIA www.familia.ru , which specializes in investment and venture capital in blockchain, media, new media, publishing, and entertainment sectors. He is one of the founders of the 5 Continent Consulting Group www.5ccg.com specializing in IT-sector, biotechnologies, digital healthcare and financial management. Partner of the iTech Capital Fund www.itcap.vc , which is major stakeholder of such leading companies as BitFury, Clickky, Ticketland, AviaSales, QIWI post, SeoPult Group, Garpun, MFM Solution and others. He found and running Rasia Capital – investment boutique with focusing on Asia. His personal investments are in sectors: Blockchain infrastructure, eSport, Mixed Reality. Alexander successfully established rASiA.com - networking platform. He is one of the main world experts in such topics as Transformation of Global Economy, Decentralization of Everything, Blockchain technology and MES (Media, Entertainment and Sport) sector. He makes foresights speeches at different leading world forums and conferences such as MIPTV, MIPCOM, MIDEM (France), World Knowledge Forum (Korea), All That Matters (Singapore), Open Innovations (Moscow) and many others Alexander gives lectures at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HSE France, Potsdam University in Berlin, Tokyo University and many others. Alexander is Member of Expert Council under the Prime Minister of Russian Federation (area responsibility are IT and digital economy) - In addition, he is an accomplished publicist and author. His articles and reports regularly appear in major Russian media. In 2008, he was awarded the order of medal For Professionalism and Business Reputation.
- Total investments:
- 16
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 31%
Last updated:
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Industries Alexander Shulgin invests in
Stages Alexander Shulgin invests in
Countries Alexander Shulgin invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Series A
- $1M–$16M
- Series B
- $4M–$43M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Advertising 5 (31%)
- Transportation 2 (13%)
- SEO 1 (6%)
- Apps 1 (6%)
- Legal 1 (6%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (50%)
- Series B 3 (19%)
- Seed 2 (13%)
- Funding Round 1 (6%)
- Convertible Note 1 (6%)
Country
- Russian Federation 8 (50%)
- United States 2 (13%)
- Thailand 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| 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). | $43M / Series B / Aug 04, 2021 | ||
| PatentBot is a legal bot registrar that helps check and register company trademark, patent, and copyright using blockchain technology.Through the bot, it is possible to check whether the trademark is occupied, then to enter data, necessary for the registration, and to pay service.Valentin Pivovarov, Nataly Vladimirova, and Artem Afianestablished the company in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. | Seed / Apr 24, 2020 | ||
| PatentBot is a legal bot registrar that helps check and register company trademark, patent, and copyright using blockchain technology.Through the bot, it is possible to check whether the trademark is occupied, then to enter data, necessary for the registration, and to pay service.Valentin Pivovarov, Nataly Vladimirova, and Artem Afianestablished the company in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. | $30K / Seed / Mar 03, 2020 | ||
| Verifi Media is a rights management solution for media creators and businesses, leveraging the power of distributed ledger and open source technology, resulting in a new dynamic format for media assets. | Series A / Nov 30, 2019 | ||
| Verifi Media is a rights management solution for media creators and businesses, leveraging the power of distributed ledger and open source technology, resulting in a new dynamic format for media assets. | Convertible Note / Aug 01, 2017 | ||
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SoundVault Ltd
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Seed / Sep 14, 2016 | ||
| 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). | $10M / Series A / Feb 11, 2014 | ||
| Ticketland controls three important services in the Russian events market. United Art Tickets, which operates Ticketland.ru, is a major provider of tickets for concerts, theatre, shows and sports events, while it also offers ERP and e-ticketing services for venues. Ticketland also runs MDTZK, the oldest and largest ticket retail chain in Moscowwith 130 outlets, and Arena Group, which processes tickets for sporting events. In total more than 400 people are on Ticketland’s staff. | $10M / Series A / Dec 04, 2013 | ||
| iConText - one of the pioneers of contextual advertising in RuNet.In iConText - more than 100 employees. We serve over 650 customers, including UniCredit Bank, Seventh Continent, AVITO, TNS Russia, TUI, Trust, Biglion, Euronetwork and others. iConText has exclusive competence in the RF Adobe AdLens (ex Efficient Frontier), a leading Westernmanagement platform online marketing. iConText - partner of Adobe Digital Marketing in the line Cl Oud. iConText works with leading contextual platforms (Yandex, Begun, Google AdWords, RORER, Magna, MediaTarget, Target@Mail.ru), as well as social networks - VKontakte, Facebook, Classmates, My World. Our staff - recognized professionals, as evidenced by official certificates Yandex and Begun and statuses Google AdWords Qualified Company and Google AdWords Authorised Reseller. Our employees also engaged in measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, received a certificate of Google Analytics Individual Qualification. | $4M / Series B / Aug 21, 2013 | ||
| Garpun is a box solution to provide digital agencies and corporate advertisers with a full set of tools for professional online ad management. Garpun helps managing paid search advertising campaigns across Google Adwords as well as key Russian-specific online properties: Yandex.Direct, Yandex.Market, Begun and Vk.com. The platform is based on 15years’ experience and know-how of Russian top-5 online agency RealWeb. Garpun software is already used for more than 10 thousands of ad campaigns, which contain more than 4 million keywords, and bids are refreshed more than 1 million per day. | $3.5M / Series A / Apr 09, 2013 | ||
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Co-Investors
About iTech Capital
iTech Capital is a global investment manager specializing in the high growth stages of internet-based businesses since 2011. The firm has two funds under management: iTech Fund I and iTech Fund II. iTech Fund II launched in 2018, invests worldwide in globally-scalable tech companies at both the critical Series A stage and beyond. The firm has 10 successful exits and 2 unicorns raised - Bitfury and TradingView, and 10+ IT holdings in the portfolio. Key investment areas: FinTech, AdTech, TravelTech, BigData, MarTech, SaaS, Health Care. For more information on iTech and all its investments, visit itcap.vc
iTech Capital Contacts
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Investment Analyst
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Shareholder
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Elina Antanovich
General Counsel
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Gleb Davidyuk
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Irina Smirnova
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FAQ
What does Alexander Shulgin invest in?
Alexander Shulgin invests primarily in Advertising, Transportation and SEO startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Russian Federation. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Alexander Shulgin invest in?
Alexander Shulgin typically joins rounds of $1M–$16M at Series A and $4M–$43M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Alexander Shulgin's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Alexander Shulgin took part in.
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When did Alexander Shulgin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Alexander Shulgin closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 16 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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