Bright Capital
VC Fund
Moscow, Russian Federation
Bright Capital is a venture capital firm, notable for its merchant venturing approach and global reach thought the firm was originally based in Moscow, Russia. Bright Capital invests in a broad range of breakthrough and disruptive technology companies. It built its portfolio in the energy, cleantech, efficiency, water, advanced materials. It also invests in TMT (telecom - media- technology) sector through its Digital fund.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
- Fund size:
- $20M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Bright Capital invests in
Stages Bright Capital invests in
Countries Bright Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $4.8M–$27M
- Series C
- $9M–$30M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $3M–$5.8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Manufacturing 4 (22%)
- Chemical 3 (17%)
- CleanTech 3 (17%)
- Social Media 3 (17%)
- Biotechnology 3 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (22%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (17%)
- Series C 2 (11%)
- Series D 2 (11%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
Country
- United States 9 (50%)
- Spain 2 (11%)
- China 1 (6%)
- Russian Federation 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mikhail Chuchkevich
Managing Partner & Founder
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Managing Partner & Founder | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Anzhelika Rogacheva
Senior Investment Director
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Senior Investment Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Artem Shirokov
General Counsel
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General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Gleb Kaplun
Associate Partner
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Associate Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ilya Matskevich
Investment Director
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Investment Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seiko Electronics is a lithium-ion battery manufacturer, focusing on high-end customised applications of lithium-ion batteries. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 30, 2022 | ||
| BI Science is an Israeli based business intelligence solution provider for companies that operate online. They provide business and competitive intelligence solutions that change the way SMB and Enterprise level businesses profile, analyze, buy and sell media over multiple online and mobile channels. Their tools have a direct impact on theirclient's operations, including enhancing current revenue streams, generating new business and saving both time and costs.In 2009, BI Science launched its first business and intelligence tool GeoSurf, a browser add-on that enables online media professionals to view ads and web content form the local perspective in more than 60 countries and 20 US metro locations. It is used by media buyers, campaign managers, sales, and compliance teams to see who is bidding on geo targeted ad placements, generate new sources of business and enhance their current marketing activities. | $3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 06, 2016 | ||
| Agrivida is an agricultural biotechnology company that creates renewable, biomass-based alternative fuels, and raw materials. It develops corn varieties that are optimized for producing ethanol from corn stover. Ethanol is a clean-burning, renewable fuel that can be used as a gasoline additive or a gasoline replacement.It was founded in 2002 andis based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $10.7M / Series D / Aug 18, 2015 | ||
| BI Science is an Israeli based business intelligence solution provider for companies that operate online. They provide business and competitive intelligence solutions that change the way SMB and Enterprise level businesses profile, analyze, buy and sell media over multiple online and mobile channels. Their tools have a direct impact on theirclient's operations, including enhancing current revenue streams, generating new business and saving both time and costs.In 2009, BI Science launched its first business and intelligence tool GeoSurf, a browser add-on that enables online media professionals to view ads and web content form the local perspective in more than 60 countries and 20 US metro locations. It is used by media buyers, campaign managers, sales, and compliance teams to see who is bidding on geo targeted ad placements, generate new sources of business and enhance their current marketing activities. | $9M / Series C / Jul 01, 2015 | ||
| Agrivida is an agricultural biotechnology company that creates renewable, biomass-based alternative fuels, and raw materials. It develops corn varieties that are optimized for producing ethanol from corn stover. Ethanol is a clean-burning, renewable fuel that can be used as a gasoline additive or a gasoline replacement.It was founded in 2002 andis based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $12.3M / Series D / Jan 05, 2015 | ||
| BI Science is an Israeli based business intelligence solution provider for companies that operate online. They provide business and competitive intelligence solutions that change the way SMB and Enterprise level businesses profile, analyze, buy and sell media over multiple online and mobile channels. Their tools have a direct impact on theirclient's operations, including enhancing current revenue streams, generating new business and saving both time and costs.In 2009, BI Science launched its first business and intelligence tool GeoSurf, a browser add-on that enables online media professionals to view ads and web content form the local perspective in more than 60 countries and 20 US metro locations. It is used by media buyers, campaign managers, sales, and compliance teams to see who is bidding on geo targeted ad placements, generate new sources of business and enhance their current marketing activities. | $1.5M / Series B / Jan 01, 2015 | ||
| FloDesign Sonics is changing the separations and filtration markets through a novel acoustic technology. By leveraging breakthroughs in the use of 3D acoustic standing waves, FloDesign Sonics is able to capture, separate and purify without using physical membranes, chemicals, or centrifugation. Our proprietary technology has numerous applicationsin a variety of markets including life sciences, oil and gas, food and beverage and industrial processing. The first commercial application is in bioprocess separations where FloDesign Sonics is applying acoustic technology to the manufacturing of life saving bio-pharmaceuticals. For more information, contact info@fdsonics.com | $10.6M / Series A / Apr 17, 2014 | ||
| Doctor At Work is a social networking platform for doctors. It also offers its mobile app and enables the practitioners to connect with other doctors, securely collaborate on patient treatment, diagnostic plans, and discover new career opportunities with the vacant positions around their locations. They also conduct new competitions and pay for theclinical cases published in the portal. | $5.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 20, 2014 | ||
| Aquion Energy is fundamentally changing the economics of power generation, transmission and distribution by developing and commercializing cost-effective energy storage solutions that are safe, reliable, and sustainable from nontoxic components as simple as saltwater. Based on the research of Carnegie Mellon University Professor Jay Whitacre,Aquion's proprietary Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) battery overcomes the pitfalls of conventional energy storage technologies. AHI systems enhance the electrical grid by providing flexible, emissions-free capacity that optimizes existing generation assets and enables broad adoption of renewable energy technologies. | $20M / Series D / Jan 08, 2014 | ||
| Aquion Energy is fundamentally changing the economics of power generation, transmission and distribution by developing and commercializing cost-effective energy storage solutions that are safe, reliable, and sustainable from nontoxic components as simple as saltwater. Based on the research of Carnegie Mellon University Professor Jay Whitacre,Aquion's proprietary Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI™) battery overcomes the pitfalls of conventional energy storage technologies. AHI systems enhance the electrical grid by providing flexible, emissions-free capacity that optimizes existing generation assets and enables broad adoption of renewable energy technologies. | $35M / Series D / Apr 02, 2013 | ||
| See all 18 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Bright Capital invest in?
Bright Capital invests primarily in Manufacturing, Chemical and CleanTech startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Bright Capital invest in?
Bright Capital typically joins rounds of $4.8M–$27M at Series A, $9M–$30M at Series C and $3M–$5.8M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Bright Capital's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Bright Capital took part in.
How do I contact Bright Capital?
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Who are the partners at Bright Capital?
The team at Bright Capital includes Mikhail Chuchkevich (Managing Partner & Founder), Anzhelika Rogacheva (Senior Investment Director) and Artem Shirokov (General Counsel), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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