# Nikolai Oreshkin

> Nikolai Oreshkin is a seed investor at Elysium Venture Capital backing Mobile Apps and Software. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Elysium Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysium-venture-capital)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolaioreshkin/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/n_oreshkin
- Website: https://x.com/n_oreshkin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/n.oreshkin

Nikolai Oreshkin is a seed investor at Elysium Venture Capital in Palo Alto focused on Mobile Apps and Software. Nikolai is the Founder and Managing Partner at Elysium Venture Capital, an investment management fund focused on helping high-growth technology companies access global markets. Based in Silicon Valley and with strong ties in Europe and China, Nikolai leverages his domain expertise in AI, blockchain and consumer tech to invest in companies led byvisionary technologists from across the world. During his tenure at Elysium, Nikolai has participated in over 50 VC transactions, including cross-border and M&A, valued at more than $2.5 billion. Previously, Nikolai founded an ISP and was one of the first entrepreneurs who offered internet access to people of Belarus and promoted the use of social networks.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile Apps | 7 | 33% |
| Software | 5 | 24% |
| Apps | 4 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 19% |
| FinTech | 3 | 14% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 43% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Series B | 3 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 67% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Betr | Betr is a direct-to-consumer micro-betting that introduces instant gratification to sports betting. It provides tools to support responsible play and give control over their gambling. It encourages them to use these tools to keep the experience fun and within their personal limits. Betr was founded in 2022 and is based in Miami, Florida. | $30M | Series A | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Allocations | Allocations is a technology company building a private equity & venture capital economy that is open to all, enabling more financial inclusion for every person and business. Allocations has raised in excess of $7m from over 200 investors as of August 2021 including Irish Angels, Vitalize VC, Allocations Angels, LFG Ventures, Browder Capital,TVC, Jamie Rogozinski, Joey Krug, Bruce Menin and Russell Galbut. To date Allocations has powered over 300 private funds, totaling approximately $250m in volume. |  |  | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Spice AI | Spice AI is creating technology to make artificial intelligence and machine learning more accessible to developers. Building intelligent apps that leverage AI is still way too hard, even for advanced developers. Spice AI's mission is to make this as easy as creating a modern web page. This mission is in service of our vision to makequality-of-life improving AI accessible to all.Founded in June 2021, Spice AI, Inc. is a Seattle, Washington headquartered technology startup building developer-focused AI. Spice AI was founded by ex-Microsoft and GitHub engineers, with over 20 years of combined experience in distributed and cloud computing. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 14, 2021 |  |
| Allocations | Allocations is a technology company building a private equity & venture capital economy that is open to all, enabling more financial inclusion for every person and business. Allocations has raised in excess of $7m from over 200 investors as of August 2021 including Irish Angels, Vitalize VC, Allocations Angels, LFG Ventures, Browder Capital,TVC, Jamie Rogozinski, Joey Krug, Bruce Menin and Russell Galbut. To date Allocations has powered over 300 private funds, totaling approximately $250m in volume. | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 12, 2021 |  |
| Wire | Wire is the most secure collaboration platform, transforming the way businesses communicate at the same speed and with the same impact that our founders disrupted telephony with Skype. Headquartered in Berlin with offices in Switzerland and San Francisco, Wire’s award-winning collaboration and communications platform counts over 1,800 governmentand enterprise customers worldwide, including EY, Fortum, the German government and four other G7 governments. Recognized for its secure collaboration platform as a leader and high performer by G2 Crowd, IDC, Forrester and Gartner, Wire offers messaging, audio/video conferencing, file-sharing, and external collaboration - all protected by the most advanced end-to-end encryption. | $21M | Series B | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| AppLovin | AppLovin’s leading marketing software provides mobile app developers a powerful, integrated set of solutions to grow their businesses. AppLovin’s technology platform enables developers to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps. The company’s first-party content includes over 200+ popular, engaging apps and its technology brings thatcontent to millions of users around the world. AppLovin is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with several offices globally. |  | Private Equity | Aug 05, 2020 |  |
| Fly.io | Fly.io offers an Application Delivery Network (ADN) intended to help website owners get connected with their customers easily. The company's application delivery network uses a global network of servers to accept visitor traffic, run middleware on requests, then route them to backend applications, enabling website owners to direct theirvisitors to their respective sites securely and in a few clicks. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 10, 2020 |  |
| Allset | Allset is a marketplace connecting restaurants and local diners. It provides restaurants with online ordering and contactless dining solutions to serve their customers commission-free.Customers use Allset to order ahead at nearby restaurants and coffee shops, to ensure everyday dining that is fast, easy, and healthy. Local diners supportrestaurants with commission-free orders for pickup, curbside, and dine-in.Allset is focused on connecting restaurants and diners in busy areas to drive network effect on a hyperlocal level.Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Allset was co-founded by Stas Matviyenko and Anna Polishchuk in 2015. | $8.3M | Series B | Mar 31, 2020 |  |
| Wire | Wire is the most secure collaboration platform, transforming the way businesses communicate at the same speed and with the same impact that our founders disrupted telephony with Skype. Headquartered in Berlin with offices in Switzerland and San Francisco, Wire’s award-winning collaboration and communications platform counts over 1,800 governmentand enterprise customers worldwide, including EY, Fortum, the German government and four other G7 governments. Recognized for its secure collaboration platform as a leader and high performer by G2 Crowd, IDC, Forrester and Gartner, Wire offers messaging, audio/video conferencing, file-sharing, and external collaboration - all protected by the most advanced end-to-end encryption. | $6.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 25, 2020 |  |
| yearend. | YearEnd operates as a subscription tax platform designed for startup employees' needs. It helps to optimize their equity and taxes in real-time. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 16, 2020 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Palta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haxus) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Elefund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elefund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flint-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Taver Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gagarin-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hoxton Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hoxton-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Elysium Venture Capital

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Elysium Venture Capital is an investment management group focused on global technology opportunities. Utilizing a wide range of industry experience, the firm seeks partnerships with exceptional management teams to commercialize innovative technologies, accelerate growth and create long term value across the world.

5 contacts available at Elysium Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nikolai Oreshkin | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nikolai-oreshkin |
| Peter Xu | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-xu |
| Roman Sobachevskiy | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roman-sobachevskiy |
| Murli Ramkrishnan | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/murli-ramkrishnan |
| Vadim Romanov | Venture Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vadim-romanov |

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## FAQ

### What does Nikolai Oreshkin invest in?

Nikolai Oreshkin invests primarily in Mobile Apps, Software and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 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 Nikolai Oreshkin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nikolai Oreshkin closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 21 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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