# VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group)

> VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) is a VC fund backing Social Media and Education. See 31 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leningradskiy, Russian Federation
- Total investments: 31
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mail-ru
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mailru
- Website: https://corp.mail.ru/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mailrugroup

VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) is a VC fund in Leningradskiy focused on Social Media and Education. Mail.ru Group was founded by Yuri Milner and is the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. It is one of the largest Internet companies in Russia, and the world's seventh largest Internet business in terms of page views. Mail.ru Group operates two of the three largest Russian language social networking sites(Odnoklassniki.ru and Moi Mir@Mail.Ru), the two largest instant messaging networks in Russia (ICQ and Agent), Russia's leading email service, Russia's second largest Internet portal and Russia's largest online games company.Mail also holds strategic equity stakes of 32.49% in vKontakte, Russia's largest social networking site, and 25.09% in QIWI, formerly OE Investments, one of Russia's leading payment-processing companies. It also holds small minority stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$3.9M |
| Series A | $1M–$11M |
| Corporate Round | $35M–$126M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Social Media | 6 | 19% |
| Education | 4 | 13% |
| Mobile Apps | 4 | 13% |
| Apps | 3 | 10% |
| Retail | 3 | 10% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 26% |
| Series A | 6 | 19% |
| Corporate Round | 5 | 16% |
| Series B | 3 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 10% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russian Federation | 17 | 55% |
| United States | 4 | 13% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |
| Latvia | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexey Milevskiy | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexey-milevskiy |
| Alexander Mishulin | Creative Director, Client Games Development | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-mishulin |
| Boris Dobrodeev | CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boris-dobrodeev |
| Eugene Mychlo | Deputy of Chief Maintenance Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugene-mychlo |
| Nikolay Ermishkin | Information Security Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nikolay-ermishkin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tochka | Tochka provides banking services to SMEs and entrepreneurs. | $126.5M | Corporate Round | Mar 21, 2024 |  |
| O2O Holdings | Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation. | $169.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| AliExpress Russia | AliExpress Russia is a leading cross-border and domestic e-commerce platform in Russia. | $60M |  | Aug 13, 2021 |  |
| Uchi.ru | Uchi.ru offers online courses for school students. | $39.4M | Corporate Round | Dec 08, 2020 |  |
| F3 | F3 develops a social app for asking questions and creating answers, with all content disappearing in 72 hours. Anonymous or not, this app lets users express themselves and discover new exciting people. | $3.9M | Seed | Nov 25, 2020 |  |
| Tetrika | Tetrika is developing an online service of the same name which brings together students and professional tutors. | $1.2M | Series B | Oct 13, 2020 |  |
| SkillFactory | SkillFactory is a data science education startup offers a range of assets, including an online big data analysis and coding school. |  | Corporate Round | Jul 06, 2020 |  |
| Instamart | SberMarket is the #1 e-grocery company in Russia providing consumers and businesses with convenient same-day delivery and click-and-collect services. The company operates a proprietary technology platform, connecting retailers, consumer packaged goods companies, and customers. Founded as Instamart in 2013, it was rebranded SberMarket in 2019after becoming part of a JV between Sber and Mail.Ru Group. In 2020, SberMarket became a part of Sber's ecosystem and foundational unit of Sber's e-commerce. | $45M | Series D | Apr 01, 2020 |  |
| Tetrika | Tetrika is developing an online service of the same name which brings together students and professional tutors. |  | Seed | Nov 20, 2019 |  |
| Algorithmics | Algorithmics combines offline and online learning in programming classes for children from 6 to 17 years old. At Algorithmics, they help children to make their first steps in STEM. Their students create video games, cartoons, and IT projects. They acquire critical thinking and logical reasoning skills, presentation and project planning skills,teamwork, and more. No matter who they will become, children will take advantage of what they learn with them. At Algorithmics, we want children to learn skills that will help them in the future, no matter what profession they chose later. The school offers courses where children learn creative and logical thinking, the ability to work in teams, and much more in an exciting and playful way. | $800K | Seed | Oct 18, 2019 |  |

10 of 31 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Horizons Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horizons-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Elysium Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysium-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [AdFirst.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ad-ru) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) invest in?

VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) invests primarily in Social Media, Education and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Russian Federation. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group)'s check size?

VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) typically joins rounds of $500k–$3.9M at Seed, $1M–$11M at Series A and $35M–$126M at Corporate Round. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) participates in.

### How do I contact VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group)?

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### Who are the partners at VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group)?

The team at VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group) includes Alexey Milevskiy (Investment Director), Alexander Mishulin (Creative Director, Client Games Development) and Boris Dobrodeev (CEO), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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