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 alsoinvests in TMT (telecom - media- technology) sector through its Digital fund.
- Total investments:
- 14
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $4.8M–$27M
- Series D
- $11M–$35M
Investment Focus
Industry
- CleanTech 3 (21%)
- Social Media 3 (21%)
- Manufacturing 3 (21%)
- Energy 2 (14%)
- Analytics 2 (14%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (21%)
- Funding Round 3 (21%)
- Series D 2 (14%)
- Seed 1 (7%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
Country
- United States 7 (50%)
- Spain 2 (14%)
- China 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mikhail Chuchkevich
Managing Partner & Founder
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Managing Partner & Founder | Total investments: 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Goldencell Electronics
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Seiko Electronics is a lithium-ion battery manufacturer, focusing on high-end customised applications of lithium-ion batteries. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 30, 2022 | |
BIScience
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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 / Oct 06, 2016 | |
Agrivida
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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 | |
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BIScience
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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 | |
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Agrivida
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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 | |
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BIScience
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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 | |
Aquion Energy
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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 | |
Upstream Commerce
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What if you could always answer every question about your competitors' latest promotions, product assortment, and pricing changes? What if traditional pricing and product intelligence solutions were no longer difficult to use and expensive to maintain? Upstream Commerce turns those notions upside down by offering fully automated solutions.Upstream Commerce puts data where you can easily import it, explore it and analyze it to find new opportunities and make better decisions. Your customers compare e-tailers' prices, availability, shipping policies, and alternative product offerings. You can be one step ahead of your customers (and your competition), enabling you to make educated decisions that will improve conversion rates and increase profits.Upstream Commerce is the leading solution for pricing and product intelligence, helping you proactively adjust your pricing to the most appropriate levels for market conditions. Their tool runs 24-7, collecting, normalizing, analyzing, and reporting on product pricing and related factors. Current "hot" solutions include Predictive Analytics and Price Optimization capabilities. You get the information you need, when you want it, where you want it, and in the formats you need, eliminating all the tedious work normally required to arrive at useful market intelligence. | $3M / Feb 05, 2013 | |
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Upstream Commerce
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What if you could always answer every question about your competitors' latest promotions, product assortment, and pricing changes? What if traditional pricing and product intelligence solutions were no longer difficult to use and expensive to maintain? Upstream Commerce turns those notions upside down by offering fully automated solutions.Upstream Commerce puts data where you can easily import it, explore it and analyze it to find new opportunities and make better decisions. Your customers compare e-tailers' prices, availability, shipping policies, and alternative product offerings. You can be one step ahead of your customers (and your competition), enabling you to make educated decisions that will improve conversion rates and increase profits.Upstream Commerce is the leading solution for pricing and product intelligence, helping you proactively adjust your pricing to the most appropriate levels for market conditions. Their tool runs 24-7, collecting, normalizing, analyzing, and reporting on product pricing and related factors. Current "hot" solutions include Predictive Analytics and Price Optimization capabilities. You get the information you need, when you want it, where you want it, and in the formats you need, eliminating all the tedious work normally required to arrive at useful market intelligence. | Dec 01, 2012 | |
RRT Global
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RRT Global is an international provider of advanced technologies in modern oil refining processes. | Oct 01, 2012 | |
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FAQ
What does Bright Capital invest in?
Bright Capital invests primarily in CleanTech, Social Media and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Bright Capital's check size?
Bright Capital typically joins rounds of $4.8M–$27M at Series A and $11M–$35M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bright Capital participates 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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