# Greg Tkachenko

> Greg Tkachenko is a seed investor at Snap (London) backing Artificial Intelligence and Apps. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Snap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snapchat)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grtkachenko/

Greg Tkachenko is a seed investor at Snap in London focused on Artificial Intelligence and Apps. Tech enthusiast, startup guy, Forbes 30 under 30

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.7M–$9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Music | 1 | 33% |
| Information Services | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Poland | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GRAI | GRAI is an AI music research company building the intelligence layer for musical intent — transforming music from passive listening into social participation. | $9M | Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| The New Era® of Shopping | The New Era® of Shopping helps merchants make their catalogues discoverable and shoppable inside AI assistants. Key features of the platform include two-way catalog syncing with PIMs/ERPs, SKU-level intelligence to measure AI visibility and ranking of products inside LLM responses, user prompts analysis for trends and volume insights, andautomated content optimization to improve how products rank in conversational answers. The product is already integrated with all major eCommerce platforms like Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, BigCommerce, Wix, etc, as well as main AI discovery platforms: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Mode, and Perplexity. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| Yope | Yope app is the social "Google Photos" for Gen Z, designed for sharing and chatting, not just storage. | $4.7M | Seed | Feb 24, 2025 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [a16z Scout Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-scout-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Inovo.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovo-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Crypto Times](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-times) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Davidovs Venture Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/davidovs-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alliance DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defi-alliance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flyer One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flyer-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Snap

VC Fund · Venice, United States

Snap is a privately-owned multinational camera company focusing on multinational technology and social media.Snap is behind Snapchat, a photo messaging app that allows users to take photos, record videos, add text and drawings, and send them to recipients. In 2016, it released Spectacles, video-sharing sunglasses that free the Snapchat app fromsmartphone cameras.

5 contacts available at Snap.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brendan Lyall | Growth | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-lyall |
| Claire Valoti | VP International | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-valoti |
| David Brinker | Senior Director, Business & Operations, Content | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-brinker-2 |
| Luke Kallis | VP, US Advertiser Solutions | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-kallis |
| Ranidu Lankage | Group Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ranidu-lankage |

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## FAQ

### What does Greg Tkachenko invest in?

Greg Tkachenko invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Apps and Music startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Greg Tkachenko's check size?

Greg Tkachenko typically joins rounds of $4.7M–$9M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Greg Tkachenko participates in.

### When did Greg Tkachenko last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Greg Tkachenko closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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