# Andre Bliznyuk

> Andre Bliznyuk is a Series A investor at Runa Capital backing FinTech and Software. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Runa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/runa-capital)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 41%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrebliznyuk
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/andrebliznyuk
- Website: https://x.com/andrebliznyuk
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/andre.bliznyuk

Andre Bliznyuk is a General Partner at Runa Capital. Andre previously worked at Lendio as a Board Member / Board Observer. He attended Moscow State University.5 years of investment banking experience: headed the Russia/CIS Equity Capital Markets Group for Goldman Sachs (2010-2011) and, prior to that, UBS Investment Bank (2006-2009),focusing on IPOs and other ECM transactions in Russia, Ukraine and KazakhstanIn 2003-2006, head of capital markets and investor relations at Sistema, leading Russian conglomerate, managing debt and equity financing deals for Sistema, MTS, Comstar, Sistema Hals and Sitronics; prior to that, worked in Wimm-Bill-Dann’s investor relations team (2001-2003).Graduated from MSU with a master’s degree in Cross-Cultural Communications; followed this with a graduate course in Economics/Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 8 | 21% |
| Software | 7 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 18% |
| Banking | 4 | 10% |
| Payments | 4 | 10% |

60 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 10 | 26% |
| Seed | 9 | 23% |
| Series B | 7 | 18% |
| Series C | 3 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 38% |
| Poland | 2 | 5% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Zambia | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AnyRoad | AnyRoad is the market leader in Experiential Marketing. AnyRoad’s industry-leading platform enables businesses to operate and optimize their events, tours, classes, and activations to grow consumer brand loyalty and drive greater ROI. | $47M | Series B | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| HUBUC | A single API-platform that allows any business to embed financial services capabilities into their products. 
e.g Uber can issue branded credit cards for all Uber drivers and Walmart provides customers a simple way to better manage and control their everyday finances, with no regulatory burden or compliance requirements in a few weeks. | $10M | Seed | Jan 14, 2022 |  |
| Enable Us | Enable.us is an all-in-one workspace for the B2B Sales, Marketing, and Customer facing teams to provide a personalized and interactive buying and onboarding experience to their prospective customers. Customer-facing teams have everything they need in one single location to capture product demos, customer references, sales decks, white-papers,contracts, onboarding material, and other content. Enable.us automatically organizes and contextualizes (by industry, persona, deal stage, deal size). Build personalized deal rooms with AI-targeted content, simplified workflows, and 1:1 communication with the prospect and other stakeholders/influencers. | $4.5M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Union54 | Union54 is a debit card issuing API for fintech and corporates.Union54 allows any software company to issue debit cards to their customers without needing any bank or credit card processor. It provides BIN sponsorship., transaction processing, and settlement. | $3M | Seed | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| Union54 | Union54 is a debit card issuing API for fintech and corporates.Union54 allows any software company to issue debit cards to their customers without needing any bank or credit card processor. It provides BIN sponsorship., transaction processing, and settlement. | $3M | Seed | Oct 27, 2021 |  |
| AnyRoad | AnyRoad is the market leader in Experiential Marketing. AnyRoad’s industry-leading platform enables businesses to operate and optimize their events, tours, classes, and activations to grow consumer brand loyalty and drive greater ROI. | $10M | Series A | Mar 24, 2021 |  |
| Oxygen | Oxygen is a digital banking platform. It is the first and only challenger in the US that offers both personal and business banking. The bank of the 21st-century economy, serving consumers, small businesses, and freelancers.Available on iOS and Android, Oxygen users enjoy no monthly fees, no paperwork, early direct deposit, simple transfers,cashback rewards, savings accounts, as well as retail and travel benefits. Businesses can easily control their finances with solutions that are elegant, simple, and secure. | $17M | Series A | Dec 21, 2020 |  |
| Brainly | Brainly is an online learning platform where students and parents get homework and study help from peers and experts.With the platform and its group of websites and apps, middle school and high school students are given the opportunity to ask questions freely to the online community comprised of students, parents, and teachers. The software isdeveloped with a mission to help students gain the confidence that comes from helping others and inspire them to learn in a collaborative community. Brainly is backed by Naspers, Kulczyk Investments, General Catalyst Partners, Point Nine Capital, Runa Capital, and Learn Capital.In 2009, Lukasz Haluch, Michał Borkowski, and Tomasz Kraus co-founded the company in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland and is available in 35 countries. | $80M | Series D | Dec 17, 2020 |  |
| Kontomatik | Kontomatik delivers solutions that widen the application of open banking to non-bank entities. Founded in 2009 in Warsaw, Kontomatik operates in 11 markets and gives access to data from over 130 banks in Europe and outside.Kontomatik provides stable and secure connections with banks through API, enabling businesses to use banking data to developefficient and personalised services. Data obtained through API Kontomatik can be used for customer identification, detailed credit risk assessment and precise customer segmentation. Kontomatik, as one of the European pioneers of open banking, was the first fintech company to get AISP licenses from Polish Financial Supervision Authority and Bank of Lithuania. The company provides services to banks and fintechs in the EU and SEA and now is planning to expand services for non-banking financial institutions. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 16, 2020 |  |
| Rogue Games | Rogue Games, founded by industry veterans with more than 150+ years of game publishing experience, is a new kind of game company powered by innovative technology and developer-first solutions. Rogue’s portfolio of games, which spans mobile, console, and PC, features award-winning hit titles including Oz: Broken Kingdom™, Sociable Soccer™, WildLife: Puzzle Story, Hexaflip: The Action Puzzler, Super Impossible Road, and many more. Rogue is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in San Mateo and Seattle. For more information, visit www.rogueco.com. | $2M | Seed | May 08, 2020 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Point Nine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/point-nine-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Manta Ray Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manta-ray-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Fresco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresco-capital-advisors) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KIZOO Technology Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kizoo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Runa Capital

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Runa Capital is a technology-focused venture capital firm managing two funds – Runa I was launched with $135M in 2010 and has made 33 investments, Runa II of $135M was launched in 2014 and has made 30 investmerns and Runa III was started in 2019 and is in active investment stage right now. The fund was established to seek early stageopportunities in the rapidly growing tech sector, with the specific focus on deeptech (AI, ML, open-source), future of computing, fintech infrastructure and enterprise software. Runa brings a team with extensive operational experience and is focused on finding growth businesses that generate revenues, supporting them in the global marketplace and turning them into international champions.Founded by Ilya Zubarev, Serg Bell (founders of Parallels and Acronis) and Dmitry Chikhachev (Ericsson, Ritzio, Uvenco) Runa Capital is run by a team of successful entrepreneurs, most of whom have worked together for over 15 years.It is a united team with broad geographical and cross-industry experience, as well as an extensive professional network. Runa Capital investment team members possess an excellent track record in tech investments.

5 contacts available at Runa Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andre Bliznyuk | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-bliznyuk-2 |
| Bogdan Semenov | Data Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bogdan-semenov |
| Dmitry Galperin | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmitry-galperin |
| Ilya Zubarev | Co-Chairman & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilya-zubarev |
| Konstantin Vinogradov | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/konstantin-vinogradov |

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## FAQ

### What does Andre Bliznyuk invest in?

Andre Bliznyuk invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Andre Bliznyuk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andre Bliznyuk closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 39 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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