# Mike Merkulov

> Mike Merkulov is a seed investor at 7Looks backing Big Data, Software and Furniture. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [7Looks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7-lucky-looks)
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2019
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-merkulov-6647413a/

Mike Merkulov is a seed investor at 7Looks focused on Big Data and Software. Mike Merkulov

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $775k–$1.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Big Data | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Furniture | 2 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 33% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Welltory | Welltory is a tech company that develops the most popular all-in-one wellness application ranked in the top 50 Health & Fitness apps and featured 20 times by the App Store. The AI/ML-powered app keeps over 10 million users on track for lifelong health by leveraging data from over 1,200 apps & gadgets.Welltory delivers personalizedwellness guidance based on insights created by proprietary algorithms that interpret user data for insights. Welltory's approach is backed by solid science, including comprehensive research, publications in top-tier journals like MDPI and Nature Scientific Reports, and partnerships with prestigious universities such as Johns Hopkins University and University College London, among many others.More than 65% of Welltory’s subscribers report experiencing better sleep, reduced stress, and increased physical activity.Founded in 2016 by serial entrepreneurs, Welltory is based in Redwood City, CA. For more information, please visit https://welltory.com/. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| Adwisely | Our mission is to make digital advertising easy and efficient. In our vision, human involvement in ads creation and optimization should be minimized. To get the maximum possible returns on advertising investments, people must focus on improving the product/service quality - the ads can be fully automated by software. | $1.2M | Seed | Oct 13, 2019 |  |
| Pufetto | Pufetto creates furniture for those who value in the present life. They want you to devote more time to really important things. It is very important for us that their products delight you for a long time and serve reliably. Therefore, they have done everything to make the choice and purchase of the best furniture surprisingly simple and pleasantfor every guest. |  |  | May 18, 2018 |  |
| Renetti | Renetti is transforming the extremely conservative 15b European upholstery market, by introducing the best digital practices to create the best shopping experience for end customer. They offer a great way to buy personalized sofa or bed, with convenient online research/configuration tools, and tech-driven retail format, supported by excellentcustomer service. These are three references of what they currently do in Germany and Ukraine.They achieve this by integrating key players along the value chain, working under their umbrella brand. These players are: product designers, suppliers, manufacturers, logistics and retailers, and they coordinate their interactions through their IT platform.Products are designed by Italian architects, and produced-to-order by small size manufacturers in Europe, what allows to offer many customization options while keeping 5-6 week lead time and high quality for great price. Purchases for essential components (i.e. fabrics) are consolidated, as well as logistics.The platform is driven by proprietary technology: in-store visualization/sales tools, including AR and VR, full integration with resellers, suppliers and manufacturers, ERP/CRM and DMP which is able to match online and offline parts of customer journey for efficient marketing spend.With offices in Berlin and Kyiv, Renetti takes advantage of Germany’s 5b upholstery market, and Ukraine’s IT talent as well as low labor costs.They have served over 20.000 highly satisfied customers in Germany and Ukraine. Renetti is currently running benchmark showrooms in Germany and Ukraine. They are opening their products, service and tech stack to upholstery retail partners across Europe, giving small and medium size furniture retailers a ready-to-use packaged product, with 3x market average revenue per square meter, fast breakeven and low switching costs. They will scale by launching 250 new retail locations in Europe with local stores using revenue sharing model. | $1.2M | Seed | May 10, 2018 |  |
| 3DLOOK | 3DLOOK is the global leader in AI-first mobile body measuring and fit solutions. Our solutions enable innovative personalized shopping experiences based on a consumer’s unique body profiles to drive conversion and engagement and reduce returns. Our body data analytics gives brands actionable insights to retarget shoppers based on actual andaccurate body shape and measurement data which is also being used to optimize design, product development, inventory planning, and distribution creating more sustainable business models. Our mission is to help people easily solve their everyday routine tasks by using their body data in different ways and applications. 3DLOOK was recognized as the 2020 Pioneers of the world, 2019 winners of the LVMH Innovation Award and the IEEE Retail Digital Transformation Grand Challenge. Previously named by Coresight Research, as an emerging company disrupting traditional retail with its 3D body scanning technology. | $305K | Convertible Note | Aug 14, 2017 |  |
| SolarGaps | SolarGaps are smart blinds that automatically track the sun and generate electricity from its energy. Simply plug in SolarGaps and solar energy starts to power all devices in your home. It can even store power in your home battery storage solution so you can use it as an emergency power supply. With SolarGaps, you produce your own electricity tosave on your electricity bills. With our smartphone app, you can monitor and control SolarGaps from anywhere in the world. |  | Seed | Aug 03, 2017 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ta-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [u.ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/u-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aitarget Tech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aitarget) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AltaIR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altair) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AVentures Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aventures-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TMT Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tmt-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About 7Looks

VC Fund · Dublin, Ireland

AI stylist helps fashion shoppers easily look perfect and reduce up to 60 kg of CO2 emissions per look

1 contacts available at 7Looks.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Merkulov | Co-Founder and Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-merkulov |

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## FAQ

### What does Mike Merkulov invest in?

Mike Merkulov invests primarily in Big Data, Software and Furniture startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round 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.

### What is Mike Merkulov's check size?

Mike Merkulov typically joins rounds of $775k–$1.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Mike Merkulov participates in.

### When did Mike Merkulov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mike Merkulov closed in Oct 2019. 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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