# Dmitry Grishin

> Dmitry Grishin is a seed investor at Grishin Robotics (New York) backing Gaming and Software. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Grishin Robotics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grishin-robotics)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitry-grishin/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/dgrishin
- Website: http://grishinrobotics.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grishin

Dmitry Grishin is a seed investor at Grishin Robotics in New York focused on Gaming and Software. Dmitry Grishin is the Founder of Grishin Robotics and was a Co-founder and CEO at Mail.Ru Group. He attended Stanford Graduate School of Business and Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 3 | 27% |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| Video Games | 2 | 18% |
| Apps | 1 | 9% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 36% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LF Group | SaaS for communities. We help you find new teammates in your favorite online games. | $1M | Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Skipp | Skipp provides a good hiring substitute. It assists clients in quickly developing the resources necessary to alter and expand their businesses. Using our talent-as-a-service, you may find the top tech experts who have already been carefully matched to the objectives of your project. Companies can pay several employees at once using the Skippplatform. You just pay for the hours actually performed thanks to our transparent team performance measurements provided by our remote management system.Skipp was established in 2020 by Alex Odin in Menlo Park, California. | $1.9M | Seed | Nov 10, 2021 |  |
| Mo Meditation | Mo is a mobile application for sleep, meditation, and relaxation. | $1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Kadama | Kadama is a Gen-Z education tutoring marketplace that has impacted millions of students. Kadama has raised $1.7 million, reached over 2M downloads, and accumulated 2.5 million followers and 1 billion views on TikTok and Instagram.Highlights:• $1.7M seed investment• Paid tutors millions of dollars• 3-5x Y/Y revenue growth (Profitableafter 1 year)• Conducted hundreds of thousands of tutoring sessions across K-12 & college• Most downloaded tutoring platform on App Store since 2020 (2M downloads)• Forbes 30 Under 30 Education & Youngest Lists• 1B views & 2.5M followers on TikTok, Instagram• Reached #2 ranking on App Store• Featured on Forbes, Fox, TechCrunch, NBC, Yahoo, and more | $1.7M | Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Kadama | Kadama is a Gen-Z education tutoring marketplace that has impacted millions of students. Kadama has raised $1.7 million, reached over 2M downloads, and accumulated 2.5 million followers and 1 billion views on TikTok and Instagram.Highlights:• $1.7M seed investment• Paid tutors millions of dollars• 3-5x Y/Y revenue growth (Profitableafter 1 year)• Conducted hundreds of thousands of tutoring sessions across K-12 & college• Most downloaded tutoring platform on App Store since 2020 (2M downloads)• Forbes 30 Under 30 Education & Youngest Lists• 1B views & 2.5M followers on TikTok, Instagram• Reached #2 ranking on App Store• Featured on Forbes, Fox, TechCrunch, NBC, Yahoo, and more | $1.7M | Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Kadama | Kadama is a Gen-Z education tutoring marketplace that has impacted millions of students. Kadama has raised $1.7 million, reached over 2M downloads, and accumulated 2.5 million followers and 1 billion views on TikTok and Instagram.Highlights:• $1.7M seed investment• Paid tutors millions of dollars• 3-5x Y/Y revenue growth (Profitableafter 1 year)• Conducted hundreds of thousands of tutoring sessions across K-12 & college• Most downloaded tutoring platform on App Store since 2020 (2M downloads)• Forbes 30 Under 30 Education & Youngest Lists• 1B views & 2.5M followers on TikTok, Instagram• Reached #2 ranking on App Store• Featured on Forbes, Fox, TechCrunch, NBC, Yahoo, and more | $1.7M | Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Kadama | Kadama is a Gen-Z education tutoring marketplace that has impacted millions of students. Kadama has raised $1.7 million, reached over 2M downloads, and accumulated 2.5 million followers and 1 billion views on TikTok and Instagram.Highlights:• $1.7M seed investment• Paid tutors millions of dollars• 3-5x Y/Y revenue growth (Profitableafter 1 year)• Conducted hundreds of thousands of tutoring sessions across K-12 & college• Most downloaded tutoring platform on App Store since 2020 (2M downloads)• Forbes 30 Under 30 Education & Youngest Lists• 1B views & 2.5M followers on TikTok, Instagram• Reached #2 ranking on App Store• Featured on Forbes, Fox, TechCrunch, NBC, Yahoo, and more |  | Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Club Feast | Club Feast is a subscription-based restaurant delivery application that provides pre-scheduled food delivery. The company delivers discounted restaurant meals via an efficient subscription-based model. | $10.3M | Seed | May 25, 2021 |  |
| Ziva Dynamics | Ziva Dynamics is a software company that specializes in character creation and human simulation. It provides a technology platform that empowers virtual humans and characters for all digital media. Ziva’s proprietary technology simulates the laws of real-world physics and anatomy, enabling virtual characters to move, jiggle, and flex the wayaudiences expect. Paired with Ziva’s robust machine learning processes, the Ziva Character Platform automates character creation and enables high-fidelity characters to transfer from film and TV into interactive, real-time games, VR, AR, and MR experiences.Ziva Dynamics building the next wave of character simulation and animation tools for film, game, and retail. The company fundamentally changes the character creation process, while providing greater control, speed, and capabilities. ‍ It was founded in 2015 by Academy Award-winner James Jacobs, Dr. Jernej Barbic, and Chris Godsall. | $7M | Seed | May 12, 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 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alliance of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-of-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Grishin Robotics](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grishin-robotics) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Liquid 2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liquid2-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mighty Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mighty-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Millennium Technology Value Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/millennium-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Grishin Robotics

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Grishin Robotics is a VC firm based in Silicon Valley and London, currently investing its second early-stage fund. Founded in 2012, we have been one of the first to start supporting entrepreneurs in robotics, IoT, AI, smart hardware and associated software.

5 contacts available at Grishin Robotics.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sergey Nikulin | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sergey-nikulin-7df0 |
| Andrew Wang | Venture Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-wang-ce4c |
| Dmitry Grishin | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmitri-grishin |
| Eugene Godov | VC Scout | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evgeny-godov |
| Farah Ereiqat | Venture Scout | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farah-ereiqat-b50e |

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## FAQ

### What does Dmitry Grishin invest in?

Dmitry Grishin invests primarily in Gaming, Software and Video Games startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 11 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 Dmitry Grishin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dmitry Grishin closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 11 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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