Denis Efremov
Principal @ Fort Ross Ventures
Moscow, Russian Federation
Denis Efremov is a Principal at Fort Ross Ventures. He has more than 10 years of experience in investment management and consulting focusing on FinTech, enterprise SaaS, marketplaces, mobility, FoodTech and EduTech sectors.Prior to joining Fort Ross Ventures, he served as an investment director at the midmarket private equity and venture capitalfirm Da Vinci Capital working in Moscow and London. Denis participated in the structuring of 5 fund structures with more than $200m in committed capital and was engaged in more than 10 technology focused transactions amounting to $130m. Prior to that Denis was involved at various consulting and research projects for financial institutions with McKinsey & Company.He is also an angel investor and a mentor to various tech startups, serves as the Venture Partner at a Swiss-based accelerator Seedstars International, a Mentor at the US-based Alchemist accelerator and is running a tech and VC focused blog “proVenture” with more than 10K followers.Furthermore, Forbes Russia recently included Denis in the Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the category of finance and investments.Denis has a BSc, MSc degrees and PhD in international economics from Lomonosov Moscow State University and he also as the guest lecturer at his Alma Mater.
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About Fort Ross Ventures
FortRoss Ventures, formerly MoneyTime Ventures, invests in early stage startups with the proven product, technology and go-to-market in the beginning of their international expansion and exponential revenue growth. The firm provides not only capital but give an access to the largest financial institution in CEE (infrastructure, customer base,go-to-market) through establishing the long term partnership (commercial contracts, JVs, other instruments) between the startup and anchor LPs.
Fort Ross Ventures Contacts
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Abramov Egor
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Denis Efremov
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Kasanyuk Yulia
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Sharin Fisher
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Victor Orlovski
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