# PIKvc

> PIKvc is a VC fund backing Software, Web3 and Coffee. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026

PIKvc is a VC fund focused on Software and Web3.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for PIKvc. Shizune tracks 1 team members at PIKvc. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/pikvc-focuses-on-supporting-early-stage-founders-and-their-teams?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $780k–$2.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Web3 | 1 | 20% |
| Coffee | 1 | 20% |
| Drones | 1 | 20% |
| eSports | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russian Federation | 2 | 40% |
| Sweden | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ilya Balandin | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ilya-balandin |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fibbee | Fibbee is a robot barista that can prepare a wide variety of customized coffee drinks. | $820K | Seed | Aug 04, 2020 |  |
| Fibbee | Fibbee is a robot barista that can prepare a wide variety of customized coffee drinks. | $780K | Seed | Dec 28, 2019 |  |
| Challengermode | Challengermode is a Swedish technology company founded in 2014, with the mission to make esports truly accessible for gamers. Today we're building a platform that provides the fundamental online esports infrastructure for all relevant stakeholders within the ecosystem. With 2.5billion people world-wide playing computer games and hundreds ofmillions of people watching professional esports tournaments monthly, Challengermode's platform – which has hosted millions of competitions – is becoming the place for regular gamers to congregate, practice or compete in esports. Our best-in-class tech automates complex tournament infrastructure through game integrations and allows gamers to easily play in competitions, tournaments, and leagues across any device or console while enabling community building and monetization at scale for organizers of all kinds. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 24, 2018 |  |
| TraceAir | TraceAir is a construction site development acceleration platform providing software and services to land developers home builders and contractors.Their software helps measure, verify, and quantify the progress of construction during the site work stage, significantly reducing budget and timeline uncertainty for developers, contractors, and otherparties involved in a project. With the power of drones, it is times faster, cheaper, and more convenient than traditional methods. It provides valuable insights, not just images or raw data. | $2.5M | Seed | May 21, 2018 |  |
| Directual | Directual is a low-code platform intended to help tackle all of the development needs. The company provides a platform that allows running complex event-based business scenarios in order to see outcomes, builds the minimum viable product, scales them to full-fledged products, and creates Web3 apps, enabling users to develop sophisticated apps. |  | Seed | Mar 19, 2018 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ENGEO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/engeo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Independent Construction Co](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/independent-construction-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sistema_VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sistema-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does PIKvc invest in?

PIKvc invests primarily in Software, Web3 and Coffee startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown 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.

### What is PIKvc's check size?

PIKvc typically joins rounds of $780k–$2.5M 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 PIKvc participates in.

### How do I contact PIKvc?

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### Who are the partners at PIKvc?

The team at PIKvc includes Ilya Balandin (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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