# Ratmir Timashev

> Ratmir Timashev is a Series A investor at Object First backing Information Technology and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Object First](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/object-first)
- Location: Greenwich, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 78%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ratmirtimahsev/
- Website: https://www.veeam.com

Ratmir Timashev is a Series A investor at Object First in Greenwich focused on Information Technology and Software. Ratmir Timashev possesses a rare combination of proven business savvy, forward-looking technical knowledge and market vision. Ratmir brings to bear more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience building, advising and investing in successful technology companies. As Veeam Software’s Co-Founder and Senior Vice President, Marketing and CorporateDevelopment Mr. Timashev is responsible for strategy and process execution on acquisitions and investments to expand Veeam’s total addressable market (TAM) as well as to build and lead the Veeam Global Marketing Organization in executing the marketing plan and strategy.In 1997, he founded Aelita Software, provider of award-winning Windows Server systems management software. In 2004, Aelita was acquired by Quest Software, and after ensuring the successful continuation of Aelita’s products and strategy at Quest, Ratmir founded Veeam Software to provide similar systems management solutions for modern virtualized data center infrastructures. Over the last decade, Ratmir’s vision and drive has seen Veeam to become one of the largest private software companies in the world with revenue booking projected to reach $1 Biillon in 2018 and 3,000 employees worldwide. Veeam has become the leader and the innovative provider of data management and protection by creating a new market category of Availability for the Always-On Enterprise.Ratmir earned a master’s degree in Chemical Physics from the Ohio State University in 1995. He continues to share his knowledge and ideas to fuel innovative IT solutions around the world.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$10M |
| Series A | $8M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 5 | 56% |
| Software | 4 | 44% |
| Security | 2 | 22% |
| Analytics | 2 | 22% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 22% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 44% |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 56% |
| Latvia | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
| Russian Federation | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aiphoria | Next-gen virtual employees for any industry | $40M | Series A | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| Newo.ai | Newo.ai provides a cloud software platform that enables businesses to create and deploy AI Agents capable of handling customer communications across voice, text, and chat channels. The company’s technology focuses on automating tasks such as answering calls, scheduling appointments, managing bookings, and qualifying leads through omnichannelinteractions. Newo.ai’s platform generates AI Agents rapidly by analyzing business data and supports integrations with existing tools like calendars and CRM systems. Its services include tools for inbound and outbound use cases, such as AI receptionists, lead nurturing, and customer service automation, designed to reduce missed opportunities and streamline communication workflows. | $25M | Series A | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Testkube | Testkube is a Kubernetes-native testing framework for testers and developers. It automates the execution of existing testing tools within Kubernetes environments, providing a platform to define, run, and analyze tests. Testkube supports cloud-native applications and uses webhooks to notify users about test activities, including successes andfailures. The framework integrates with various tools and services to support modern software development testing processes. | $8M | Series A | Sep 23, 2025 |  |
| Aiphoria | Next-gen virtual employees for any industry | $34M | Series A | Jul 21, 2025 |  |
| Integrail | Integrail provides non-technical business users with a complete solution to build and deploy AI agents. | $10M | Seed | Feb 12, 2025 |  |
| MONQ Digital Lab | MONQ Digital Lab offers an AIOps platform for log analysis, UX monitoring, and automated incident management. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 20, 2022 |  |
| Acure.io | Acure is an AIOps incident control and automation platform that is both simple and powerful. It is a fully cloud-based solution with a flexible and open architecture. Its software includes simple tools for locating root causes based on topology, time, and context, as well as business impact visualizations that aggregate and process data from anysystem in one place. Acure allows users to create and manage CMDBs using low-code engines, all while visualizing the state of the entire IT operation - running automation from a single system for all purposes, and quickly and cost-effectively adding any application to their performance monitoring watch list. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 12, 2022 |  |
| Revenue Grid | Revenue Grid empowers those who drive revenue by turning data into actionable intelligence. Leveraging our world-leading CRM activity capture technology, we prioritize a data-first approach to revenue intelligence, generating real-time actionable insights from all your customer interactions. Revenue Grid ​​​​​​is highly configurable to meetthe unique needs of your organization, delivering value to all revenue-generating roles. With seamless integration capabilities, our solution fits right into your existing workflows and sales force automation platforms such as Salesforce. From AI-guided selling to accurate forecasting and enhanced pipeline visibility, Revenue Grid is your all-encompassing solution for revenue success. Trusted by companies across industries, including Hilton, Baxter, and Slalom, we have won prominent awards, like a spot in G2’s Top 50 Sales Products for 2023, and ranked highly by leading analyst firms. And with a rich legacy spanning over 15 years, we’re proud partners of global tech leaders like Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP. Whether you're setting strategy as a sales leader or driving its execution in an operational or frontline role, choose Revenue Grid for actionable revenue intelligence that fuels growth. | $20M | Series A | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| 5nine Software | 5nine Software is the global Hyper-V virtualization management and security provider. It offers the first and only agentless security and management solutions for Microsoft Hyper-V. 5nine Software provides innovative, powerful, yet easy-to-use software designed to reduce costs, increase productivity and mitigate security risks. |  |  | Nov 19, 2014 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ICU Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icu) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acrobator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acrobator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aloniq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aloniq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Constructor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/constructor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Nordic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-nordic-ventures-e6ad) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Object First

VC Fund · Beverly, United States

Welcome to Object First! We provide immutable backup storage, optimized specifically for Veeam, via object storage.Started by Veeam founders Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Bronov, we focus on delivering effortless immutability, built into an on-prem appliance that is simple, powerful, and affordable. In a world where the threat of ransomwareincreases by the day, and the volume of unstructured enterprise data continues to grow, our solution ensures data integrity and backup safety.Our product’s S3-compatible storage aims to alleviate constrained IT departments. We are reducing time spent on managing backups, maximizing price/performance ratio, and ensuring that you never pay a ransom again.

5 contacts available at Object First.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Wittman | Chief Marketing Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-wittman |
| Eric Schott | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-schott-d58b |
| Kelly Titterington Wells | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelly-titterington-wells-7659 |
| Pete Hannah | VP of Sales, Western Europe | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pete-hannah-c4b7 |
| Ratmir Timashev | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ratmir-timashev |

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## FAQ

### What does Ratmir Timashev invest in?

Ratmir Timashev invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Security startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 9 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 Ratmir Timashev's check size?

Ratmir Timashev typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$10M at Seed and $8M–$40M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ratmir Timashev participates in.

### When did Ratmir Timashev last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ratmir Timashev closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 9 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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