# Felix Shpilman

> Felix Shpilman is a seed investor at Emerging Travel Group (Dubai) backing Telecommunications. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Emerging Travel Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emerging-travel)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixshpilman/?originalSubdomain=ru
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nxrfelix

Felix Shpilman is a seed investor at Emerging Travel Group in Dubai focused on Telecommunications. Member of the Board of Directors and CEO of Emerging Travel Group, Felix was an early employee at DST Global and DST Russia (later renamed to Mail.ru Group). Felix was a co-founder and General Partner of Start Fund, an early-stage investment fund in San Francisco, which has invested into 400+ startups. Some of Felix’s notable investments at StartFund include Uber, Gusto, Coinbase, Doordash, Instacart, and AngelList. He joined Emerging Travel as VP of Strategy in April 2013, was promoted to the COO role in 2014 and during his tenure at COO oversaw all the commercial, operational and financial business functions. In 2017 he replaced Serge Faguet as CEO. Felix attended University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business where he studied business strategy and received a dual degree in Finance and Strategy.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PhoneSys | https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/phonesys |  | Seed | Aug 23, 2011 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SV Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sv-angel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Emerging Travel Group

VC Fund · Wilmington, United States

Emerging Travel is an online travel group that operates four brands in 100+ source markets: Ratehawk, Zenhotels, Ostrovok, and B2B.Ostrovok. Founded in 2010, the company helps customers select and book all types of accommodation in 220 countries.Emerging Travel's mission is to enrich everyone's travel experience around the world throughcutting-edge technology and excellent customer service. It employs more than 780 people across Europe, CIS, Middle East, and South Africa in roles ranging from product and business development to specialized multilingual customer support for all its customers, whether they are trade partners or people simply booking their hotels online.

3 contacts available at Emerging Travel Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Felix Shpilman | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felix-shpilman |
| Kirill Makharinsky | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirill-makharinsky |
| Serge Faguet | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serge-faguet |

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## FAQ

### What does Felix Shpilman invest in?

Felix Shpilman invests primarily in Telecommunications startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Felix Shpilman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Felix Shpilman closed in Aug 2011. Shizune tracks 1 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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