# Pavel Cherkashin > Pavel Cherkashin is a seed investor at Silicon Valley Camp backing Machine Learning. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Silicon Valley Camp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silicon-valley-camp) - Location: Los Altos, United States - Total investments: 7 - Last investment: Apr 2016 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherkashin - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/p_cherkashin - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pavel.cherkashin Pavel Cherkashin is a seed investor at Silicon Valley Camp in Los Altos focused on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Pavel Cherkashin is the Managing Partner at Mindrock Capital. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Seed | $100k–$1.2M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Machine Learning | 2 | 29% | | Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 29% | | iOS | 1 | 14% | | Film | 1 | 14% | | Video | 1 | 14% | 23 industries tracked in total. ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 2 | 29% | | Russian Federation | 2 | 29% | | Cyprus | 1 | 14% | | Israel | 1 | 14% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Cherry Labs | Founded by serial entrepreneurs with multiple exits to Facebook, Google and Apple, Cherry Labs works on making our homes the safer. Cherry employs over 20 engineers, AI scientists and product designers in Cupertino, Berlin, Moscow and Shenzhen. | $900K | Seed | Apr 01, 2016 | | | GdeSlon | GdeSlon.ru is a Russia-based affiliate marketing network. On the advertisers' side we've got companies from Russia, USA and Europe. We are focusing on e-commerce but also accepting lead-based offers (such as registrations, surveys, etc). Our affiliates are primarily driving Russian and Ukrainian traffic. | $500K | Seed | Sep 01, 2013 | | | GBooking | In 2010, the project manager GBooking Alexander Naslednikova got the idea to market optimization services on the Internet. "If 10 back there was a problem finding the right source of information on the Internet, t EPER problem is different: a lot of sources of information, and the average user in selecting the best offers no possibility ofcomparison between different sources. So, my first startup was engaged by comparing the prices in supermarkets, in one of the following ideas, we aggregated and compared classified ads and renting real estate. The idea is also to optimize the choice of providers suggests itself. "Besides Alexander, they have had a classical technical education (BA in Mathematics with Computer Science, Technion, Haifa, Israel) had the idea to create a method of increasing the profitability of enterprises with an optimization algorithm , which he later turned out perfectly.The main mission of GBooking - to contribute to the improvement of the space buyer-seller relationships, maximize convenience and time savings of both sides and at the same time to perfect your strategy - focus on the end-customer. | $1M | Seed | Aug 19, 2013 | | | AdWired | AdWired is a mobile ads media network that works on every mobile platform.AdWired mobile media networks lets you find and engage the most receptive audience: smartphone and tablet users. Unique targeting features together with interactive banners lets you to reach highest ROI.Let your apps earn money for you right now! Join AdWired networkand show rich media banners to your customers. Leave sales to us or sale ads to your own advertisers.It takes only one hour to integrate AdWired to your app. SDK is available for all mobile platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7, Bada, Symbian, Blackberry. Full HTML5 support allows you to create fully interactive banners with audio and video clips.Using AdWired SDK you can not only deliver ads but also collect detailed app usage stats. You can setup any targeting you want based on that data. | $121.7K | Seed | Aug 13, 2013 | | | Kuznech | We are a team of experienced machine learning engineers with solid understanding of the conceptual framework that underlies machine learning with deep knowledge of methods, tools, techniques and ready to either customize open source models or develop new algorithms. | $700K | Seed | Aug 20, 2012 | | | Kuznech | We are a team of experienced machine learning engineers with solid understanding of the conceptual framework that underlies machine learning with deep knowledge of methods, tools, techniques and ready to either customize open source models or develop new algorithms. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 01, 2011 | | | Toonbox | Toonbox is an animation studio engaged in the development of animated films. It was founded on May 5, 2008, and is based in Paphos, Cyprus. | $100K | Seed | Aug 28, 2009 | | 7 of 7 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Mindrock Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mindrock-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together - [AltaIR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altair) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Taver Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gagarin-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [HiCenter Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hicenter) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [IMI.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/imi-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Impulse VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impulsevc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Silicon Valley Camp VC Fund 1 contacts available at Silicon Valley Camp. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Pavel Cherkashin | Mentor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pavel-cherkashin | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [DAA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daa-capital-partners) — VC Fund - [Alpana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpana-ventures) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Moscow Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moscow-seed-fund) — VC Fund - [PULSAR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pulsar-venture-capital) — VC Fund - [Softline Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softline-venture-partners) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [All Angel Investors in Russian Federation](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-russian-federation) - [Enterprise Angel Investors in Russian Federation](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-angel-investors-russian-federation) - [Enterprise Investors in Russian Federation](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-investors-russian-federation) - [All Angel Investors in Cyprus](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-cyprus) - [Film Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/film-investors-europe) - [Film Angel Investors in Europe](https://shizune.co/investors/film-angel-investors-europe) ## FAQ ### What does Pavel Cherkashin invest in? Pavel Cherkashin invests primarily in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and iOS startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Pavel Cherkashin's check size? Pavel Cherkashin typically joins rounds of $100k–$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 Pavel Cherkashin participates in. ### When did Pavel Cherkashin last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Pavel Cherkashin closed in Apr 2016. Shizune tracks 7 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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