# Petr Lukyanov

> Petr Lukyanov is a seed investor at Phystech Ventures (Moscow) backing Oil and Gas and Energy. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Phystech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phystech-ventures)
- Location: Moscow, Russian Federation
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Dec 2016
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petrlukyanov

Petr Lukyanov is a seed investor at Phystech Ventures in Moscow focused on Oil and Gas and Energy. Petr co-founded Phystech Ventures in 2013 and has managed the closing of all the funds, strategy and operations. Petr personally led 13 deals that have generated 5 exits to date (0 write-os) including Coda Devices (Thorlabs), Syntacore (USM Group), Geonaft (Zyfra). In 2010-2013 Petr was the leading Investment Director in energy tech at the SkolkovoFoundation, prior to that he served as Investment Director at Singapore-based deeptech VC Ruvento Venture Partners.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oil and Gas | 3 | 60% |
| Energy | 2 | 40% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Fuel Cell | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russian Federation | 3 | 60% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Geosteering Technologies Inc. | GTI software saves hundreds thousands dollars per well for oil operators by optimization the cost of geosteering services and equipment (logging-while-drilling tools) used for drilling of horizontal wells. GTI is hardware agnostic and works with all types of LWD tools from simple and cheap resistivity/gamma-ray tools (used in vertical wells)to advanced 360° tools from major service companies, that cost up to $5m per well. GTI makes geosteering transparent and easy to access for oil company staff. | $2M | Series B | Dec 13, 2016 |  |
| Coda Devices | CODA Devices provide fast, accurate, proven drug identification technology to local, state, and federal Law Enforcement, Legal systems, and crime labs to manage arrests, improve investigations while mitigating the risk of false arrests and early suspect releases. Currently, systems are deployed across five continents and in 45 US states andterritories, including a major federal agency that is now using CODA Devices’ drug analysis system to aid in prescription pill abuse operations.Based on proven Raman spectroscopy technology CODA Devices’ system identifies pills (including scraped / unmarked / crushed), or unknown illicit substances in seconds, without destroying evidence. With a library of almost 4,000 narcotics, precursors, synthetic drugs, and prescription pills, CODA Devices can identify the vast majority of illicit substances, cutting agents, and precursors found on the street. In addition, the identification of the strength of cutting agents and precursors helps give valuable real time intelligence to narcotic investigations. No other technology can provide these advantages. |  | Seed | Jan 15, 2016 |  |
| Perfobur | Perfobur – a next-gen radial drilling technology that provides a new life to old and marginal oil wells. Perfobur gets access to oil rich side pockets by drilling up to 50m long horizontal perforation channels. The only radial drilling technology available in sandstones (50%+ of wells). 100% controlled trajectory of channels solves a majoremergency risk problem of state of the art jet drilling. | $400K | Seed | Jun 30, 2015 |  |
| Geosteering Technologies Inc. | GTI software saves hundreds thousands dollars per well for oil operators by optimization the cost of geosteering services and equipment (logging-while-drilling tools) used for drilling of horizontal wells. GTI is hardware agnostic and works with all types of LWD tools from simple and cheap resistivity/gamma-ray tools (used in vertical wells)to advanced 360° tools from major service companies, that cost up to $5m per well. GTI makes geosteering transparent and easy to access for oil company staff. | $220K | Seed | May 05, 2015 |  |
| AT Energy | AT Energy produces hydrogen fuel cells for unmanned systems, backup and portable applications. AT Energy flagman product DronN 500W, a fuel cell for drones, allows 8-11 hours of flight for small and medium drones compared to only 1-2 hours of batteries with the same weight. AT Energy represents best fuel cell performance, lifetime at usability onthe UAV market. New MetOx catalysts allow using technical H2 (>100ppm CO) as a fuel that is 3-10x cheaper than clean H2 (< 5ppm) used by state of the art fuel cells and reduces the total cost of ownership up to 50%. | $2M | Seed | Oct 28, 2014 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AYR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ayr-financial) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Phystech Ventures

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Phystech Ventures was founded in 2013 to invest in deeptech across the globe. It specializes in seed and series A and tends to be the first institutional investor in the backed companies. PV has backed 31companies from 9 countries, including spin-offs of 8 universities.

5 contacts available at Phystech Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Saad Bargach | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saad-bargach |
| Daniel Shaposhnikov | Partner, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-shaposhnikov |
| Ivan Protopopov | Partner, Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ivan-protopopov-8f9e |
| Lee Dolman | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lee-dolman |
| Petr Lukyanov | Managing Partner, Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/petr-lukyanov |

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## FAQ

### What does Petr Lukyanov invest in?

Petr Lukyanov invests primarily in Oil and Gas, Energy and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Russian Federation. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Petr Lukyanov last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Petr Lukyanov closed in Dec 2016. Shizune tracks 5 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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