# Marat Kichikov

> Marat Kichikov is a seed investor at BitFury Capital backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BitFury Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitfury-capital)
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marat-kichikov-45a379133
- Website: https://bitfury.com/team/executive-profiles/marat-kichikov

Marat Kichikov is a seed investor at BitFury Capital in Amsterdam focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Marat is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry and early stage investor. He is the founder of several successful companies, including a consumer finance bank, few e-commerce companies and investment fund. He serves on the board of his several portfolio companies (Bioloka, Wow Cube, F3 and RelesticaHolding), utilizing his knowledge and expertise in Blockchain industry which he joined to in 2013 as a partner in Bitfury Group. In both as a fund and as an angel investor, Marat have invested in 30+ fin tech, e-commerce, blockchain technology, educational, healthcare and gaming companies, providing business expertise and financial & advisory support to founders. Marat has a master's degree in finance & business management and a bachelor's degree in law. In his free time, Marat likes surfing and skiing!

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.9M–$3.9M |
| Pre-Seed | $25k–$700k |
| Series A | $6.1M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 24% |
| Cryptocurrency | 5 | 20% |
| Software | 4 | 16% |
| Education | 4 | 16% |
| Apps | 3 | 12% |

71 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 48% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 16% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Angel | 2 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 44% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Latvia | 1 | 4% |
| Estonia | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SODA | SODA enables the next generation of consumer crypto and meme coins and allows meme coin developers to leverage Telegram. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 25, 2024 |  |
| Metatable.ai | Metatable.ai simplifies software development with AI. It removes unnecessary complexity from coding to create high-quality software faster and more efficiently than traditional methods. Metatable.ai lets you direct AI to write functions for your project. After stating your request LLM writes code for your function and checks it with the compilerfor errors. You can adjust code by asking AI or editing it by yourself. Once error-free, the funciton is built, deployed, and ready for production performance, all without worrying about DevOps. Metatable.ai allows you to develop your SQL database by stating the required tables and columns in plain English. AI will then create SQL requests and deploy them to the platform. You can work with your database using the Text-to-SQL feature, creating requests, new tables, or even plotting charts with simple commands. Your project is presented on a Figma-like canvas, where you can manage your functions, database tables, and make data entries to the database. Metatable.ai streamlines development processes, reducing the time and resources required to bring ideas to life. | $25K | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| Intropia | Platform for finding Web3 jobs & capitalising on your network |  | Angel | Jan 25, 2023 |  |
| EWA Learn | Ewa learn English is an innovative method of learning a language. EWA started only in 2017 and skyrocketed to the very top charts in the Apple store and Google play surpassing well funded and long ago established competitors. The success of EWA based on combining fun, deep motivation, and unique learning techniques. The platform now has iOS,Android, and Web versions with more than 40 million users globally . | $2.7M |  | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| EWA Learn | Ewa learn English is an innovative method of learning a language. EWA started only in 2017 and skyrocketed to the very top charts in the Apple store and Google play surpassing well funded and long ago established competitors. The success of EWA based on combining fun, deep motivation, and unique learning techniques. The platform now has iOS,Android, and Web versions with more than 40 million users globally . | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Starly.io | Starly is a launchpad and marketplace for gamified NFT collections. Aimed to make the NFT creating, selling, and collecting as simple as possible, it offers the ultimate experience to creators and their fans. Created by an experienced team who previously founded social networks F3 with 30+ million users and Ask.fm with 150+ million users, Starly ispowered by the engines and techniques used for creating virality. | $6.1M | Series A | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| 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 |  |
| 9 Count | We are on a mission to create the world’s best online community. |  | Seed | Nov 24, 2020 |  |
| StreamHERO | StreamHERO integrates non-intrusive banner ads into broadcasts and places call-to-action links into the chat. | $550K | Pre-Seed | Nov 23, 2020 |  |
| Qure.Finance | A sleek and user-friendly interface brings the social-media era to investing, engaging Gen Z who are tired of the mainstream finance industry by giving them the ability to effectively invest in their futures.Users can become finfluencers, uploading their own trading insights and recommendations to the Qure news feed using jargon-free andaccessible language.Investors can follow thousands of these insights, using them to gain financial knowledge and inform their own investment strategy. We’re breaking down the Wall Street barrier to bring financial advice to a new generation.More than 140,000 people trust Qure’s team is supported by advisers and investors who previously worked at Robinhood, eTrade, Morgan Stanley, Disney, Drivewealth, Stocktwits and Degiro | $700K | Pre-Seed | Sep 19, 2020 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AltaIR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altair) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Day One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/day-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elysium Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysium-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Polymorphic Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polymorphic-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UpHonest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uphonest-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Waverley Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waverley-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About BitFury Capital

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

BitFury’s investment arm which supports the growth of the Bitcoin ecosystem through strategic partnerships and business opportunities.

1 contacts available at BitFury Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marat Kichikov | Managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marat-kichikov |

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## FAQ

### What does Marat Kichikov invest in?

Marat Kichikov invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 25 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 Marat Kichikov's check size?

Marat Kichikov typically joins rounds of $1.9M–$3.9M at Seed, $25k–$700k at Pre-Seed and $6.1M–$15M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Marat Kichikov participates in.

### When did Marat Kichikov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Marat Kichikov closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 25 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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