# Kirill Parinov

> Kirill Parinov is a pre-seed investor in New York backing Software and SaaS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirill-parinov/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kirillparinov
- Website: http://www.rfdyn.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kparinov/about

Kirill Parinov is a pre-seed investor in New York focused on Software and SaaS. Kirill is an angel investor in multiple Delaware startups:- Stemmy: Gamify onboarding with one line of code. https://stemmy.io/ - XReadyLab (edtech). Virtual Simulations for K12 students and UGC tools for educators. https://xreadylab.com/ - Insightarc, SaaS that helps eCommerce businesses automatically identify andvisualize customer journey pitfalls and accelerate revenue https://insightarc.com/ (Alchemist Accelerator Class 30. San Francisco). https://www.insightarc.com/ - JSight, Open Source API Documentation Platform that Automatically Ensures that the API Documentation is Complete, Up to Date, and Useful https://jsight.io/ (Alchemist Accelerator Class 29. San Francisco) - Grandeur, Netlify of IoT http://grandeur.dev/ (Alchemist Accelerator Class 29. San Francisco) - Booke.AI, Automates Up to 80% of a Bookkeeper's Daily Tasks and Eliminates 41% of Accounting Mistakes https://www.booke.ai (Alchemist Accelerator Class 29. San Francisco) - Speechki, Audiobook Recording with All Synthetic Voices https://speechki.io/ (Alchemist Accelerator Class 28. San Francisco) - Asobu, an Indian game tech company that makes it easier for gamers to discover, try, create and use game assets in the games they love. https://www.asobu.tech/ (Alchemist Accelerator Class 27. San Francisco) - Geecko, Platform that Automatizes Developers' Relations and Help Companies Hire IT Professionals Using Employer Brand Marketing, 53x More Effective than Hackathons. https://geecko.com. (Alchemist Accelerator Class 27. San Francisco) - Force Prime, Web3 gaming platform. We help Web2 game developers connect their existing games to Web3 in less than a week.Kirill was previously a partner at Quinn Emanuel. Prior to joining Quinn Emanuel, Kirill served as Group General Counsel and a member of the Management Board for Norilsk Nickel, where he oversaw a global team of over 180 people spread across 8 jurisdictions, covering all areas of litigation affecting a multinational company with a U.S. listing in the heavily regulated mining industry.Prior to this, he was General Counsel of Interros and Sidanco Oil Company. Kirill was also employed by Atlantic Richfield Company (HQed in California), Vinson & Elkins, and Freshfields.Kirill holds a degree in law and a Master's degree from Southern Methodist University. Kirill also completed advanced management program at the Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 50% |
| SaaS | 2 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 33% |
| Audio | 1 | 17% |
| Banking | 1 | 17% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 83% |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Approveit | Approveit is a platform that allows end-to-end workflow automation in any department of your organization, from Finance to HR to IT, speeding up approvals by up to 80%. It works directly from Slack or Microsoft Teams enabling to manage business on the go right from messenger’s workspace without additional clicks or other applications.Approveitserves over 50 companies, including Blade, Midokura (a Sony Group Company) and EasyGo, managing over 100,000 customer requests across the United States, Europe and Australia. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 09, 2022 |  |
| Grandeur | Grandeur is the backend as a service (BaaS) platform for IoT. Founded in 2020 and based in San Jose, California, United States. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 07, 2021 |  |
| Booke.ai | Booke helps accounting firms expand capacity to serve more clients with the same team. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Console | Console assists medium and large businesses in reducing expenses and risks associated with working with a large number of contractors. If your contractors supply services directly to individuals, the company may be able to provide an alternative interaction option. | $500K | Seed | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| ASOBU | Own your play. Asobu lets gamers easily try, own & trade game assets, play and experience the game first without blockchain signup pain |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Speechki | Speechki: Easy Text-to-Speech for Everyone, Now with ChatGPT PluginDiscover Speechki, the simple and efficient text-to-speech platform designed for users of all ages and backgrounds. Backed by Greycroft, Alchemist, and the founder of Blinkist, Speechki offers over 500 AI-voices in 77 languages to cater to your audio needs. With over 500 voices in77 languages, Speechki offers a wide range of audio options to suit your needs. Our ChatGPT Plugin, as the sole approved text-to-audio solution in the ChatGPT store, provides the easiest way to convert ChatGPT texts into ready-to-use audio!Turn any text into engaging audio using our user-friendly interface, and share your creation through a download link, audio player, or embeddable code. Embrace Speechki, and make your content come alive with just a few clicks. | $36K | Angel | Jun 17, 2019 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Team Ignite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/team-ignite-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Walled City Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/walled-city-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Kirill Parinov invest in?

Kirill Parinov invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Kirill Parinov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kirill Parinov closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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