# Denis Yarats

> Denis Yarats is a pre-seed investor backing Generative AI. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisyarats
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/denisyarats
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denisyarats

Denis Yarats is a pre-seed investor focused on Generative AI and Artificial Intelligence. Denis Yarats is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Perplexity AI. He previously worked at Facebook as an AI Research Scientist. Denis Yarats attended New York University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Generative AI | 2 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Animation | 1 | 25% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 25% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Floqer | Build workflows that leverage 75+ industry-leading data sources and AI-powered web scraping to enrich prospect data, conduct account-based research, and automate sales motion at scale. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Jun 30, 2026 | https://www.floqer.com |
| Athina AI | MagiKInvest was founded in 2022 and is based in Bangalore, India. | $3M | Seed | Nov 13, 2024 | https://magiklabs.io/ |
| Supermaven | Supermaven is an AI coding environment with several quality-of-life and technical enhancements. | $12M | Series A | Sep 16, 2024 | https://supermaven.com |
| Animation Inc. | Animation Inc. is an IT company that specializes in real-time generative animation based on artificial intelligence solutions. | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | May 22, 2024 | https://animation.inc/ |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coughdrop Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coughdrop-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Davidovs Venture Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/davidovs-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Elefund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elefund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Perplexity Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/perplexity-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Denis Yarats invest in?

Denis Yarats invests primarily in Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Denis Yarats last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Denis Yarats closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 4 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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