# Leon Podobedov

> Leon Podobedov is a pre-seed investor at hi5 Ventures (Kyiv) backing Apps and FinTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [hi5 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hi5-ventures)
- Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/podobedov/

Leon Podobedov is a pre-seed investor at hi5 Ventures in Kyiv focused on Apps and FinTech. GP @ hi5 Ventures, based in Kyiv, Ukraine. I’ve made my first 2 angel investments back in 2007. Since then I had 3 exits with 30x+ return, a dozen failed startups, and a lot of experience ;)

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 100% |
| FinTech | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Productivity Tools | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saldo Apps | Saldo Apps helps micro and small businesses automate their sales and accounting. We create simple mobile-first all-in-one software solutions that allow SMEs to sell online, record financial transactions, and keep their books digitally. This, in turn, helps them focus on their business, not bookkeeping. We already have more than 20,000 users in theUSA and SEA who use Saldo Apps every second of the day.There are five applications in the Saldo Apps portfolio: - Invoice maker - an invoice generator and accounting system - Orty - an all-in-one restaurant management system with online ordering - Checkpie - in-app group restaurant bill splitting and settling - Mileage Tracker - a mileage tracker for tax deduction purposes - Receipt Scanner - receipt scanning and expense tracking |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 21, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About hi5 Ventures

VC Fund · Kyiv, Ukraine

hi5 Ventures is a Kyiv based Venture Capital firm investing in Early Stage Eastern European Tech companies, empowering them with a hands-on approach & access to Tier-1 EU/US investors. We invest in fast-growing tech companies on Pre Seed / Seed / Pre A rounds with a strong team, crystallized vision and proven business model.

2 contacts available at hi5 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Kryvorchuk | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-kryvorchuk |
| Leon Podobedov | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leon-podobedov-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Leon Podobedov invest in?

Leon Podobedov invests primarily in Apps, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Pre-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 Leon Podobedov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Leon Podobedov closed in Sep 2023. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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