# Ivan Protopopov

> Ivan Protopopov is a startup investor at Phystech Ventures. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Phystech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phystech-ventures)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-protopopov-7a12a410/

Ivan Protopopov is a startup investor at Phystech Ventures. Ivan is a Partner and acting CFO of Phystech Ventures who runs the operations of all the funds and covers space tech deal flow and later-stage deals. A VC/PE industry professional with 14 years of experience, he co-founded North Energy Ventures in 2013, handling fundraising, IR, dealflow and reporting. Prior to that, in 2010 Ivan co-foundedAtom Partners, a high-tech investment advisory firm, where he as the CEO oversaw more than $30M in financing transactions before switching to VC/PE for good. An MA in Strategic Management from the Higher School of Economics, Ivan has been a guest lecturer in MIPT for several years, covering topics from strategic management to early stage business valuation.

## About Phystech Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Phystech Ventures was founded in 2013 to invest in deeptech across the globe. It specializes in seed and series A and tends to be the first institutional investor in the backed companies. PV has backed 31companies from 9 countries, including spin-offs of 8 universities.

5 contacts available at Phystech Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Saad Bargach | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saad-bargach |
| Daniel Shaposhnikov | Partner, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-shaposhnikov |
| Ivan Protopopov | Partner, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ivan-protopopov-8f9e |
| Lee Dolman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-dolman |
| Petr Lukyanov | Managing Partner, Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/petr-lukyanov |

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