# Ruslan Kogan

> Ruslan Kogan is a Series A investor at Kogan (Melbourne) backing E-Commerce and Apps. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kogan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kogan-technologies)
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruslankogan
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/ruslankogan
- Website: http://www.kogan.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kogan

Ruslan Kogan is a serial entrepreneur, having created and run many successful businesses. He is one of the pioneers of online retail in Australia, and his Internet ventures have expanded to include a global footprint. His companies have operations in Australia, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, with much more international expansion planned. Histremendous success made him Australia's wealthiest self-made person under the age of 30. The technology manufacturer and online retailer he created, Kogan.com, has gone on to become the biggest online retailer in Australia, valued at over $400 million.Ruslan Kogan is a regular guest contributor to TechCrunch, Forbes, Gizmodo, and other outlets.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $593k–$3.5M |
| Series A | $3.5M–$64M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| Apps | 1 | 14% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Sensor | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 57% |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 4 | 57% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mr Yum | Mr Yum is a mobile ordering platform that provides a visual menu and tool for table ordering, pickup, and delivery. Its platform can make increase order sizes and also has marketing and customer analytic tools. These include a loyalty platform called Boomerang, which lets venues create gift vouchers, free item codes, and dollars or percentages. MrYum has 1,500 venues on its platform, including shopping centers, movie theaters, and airports in addition to restaurants, and 13 million users.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Collingwood, Australia. | $63.6M | Series A | Nov 29, 2021 |  |
| Flux | Flux turns your finances into a game where you can win weekly prizes. Boost your savings, credit score and money knowledge - for free. | $593.3K | Seed | Oct 18, 2021 |  |
| FiberSense | FiberSense provides vibration detection and range sensor technology services. They provide comprehensive strike detection for critical infrastructure, leading to more resilient and reliable utilities. | $11M | Series A | May 25, 2021 |  |
| ArchiPro | ArchiPro is an online platform connecting people with products, professionals, project inspiration and education for their building project. Currently operating in New Zealand market only. The platform now showcases a directory of 20,000 building and interior products, 5,000 completed architectural projects and 1200 design and tradeprofessionals. The site connects architects, designers, builders and product suppliers with clients, using technology to help build their brands, while homeowners use ArchiPro to brainstorm ideas, research and hire professionals, find products and manage their projects.Our strong traction over 4-year history has resonated with thousands of Kiwi homeowners where the site now receives well over 1m annual websites visits, we has grown our database to 180,000 registered users and followers while successfully subscribing over 1200 companies and professionals to our services. The scalability of the platform has allowed the business to grow annualised revenue of $3m. ArchiPro's current 6% NZ penetration of the identified addressable market of 22,000 companies and professionals in NZ illustrates the significant room for additional growth in New Zealand before factoring in the growth opportunity that exists in much larger offshore markets, such as Australia, America, Uk, etc... | $4.7M |  | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| ArchiPro | ArchiPro is an online platform connecting people with products, professionals, project inspiration and education for their building project. Currently operating in New Zealand market only. The platform now showcases a directory of 20,000 building and interior products, 5,000 completed architectural projects and 1200 design and tradeprofessionals. The site connects architects, designers, builders and product suppliers with clients, using technology to help build their brands, while homeowners use ArchiPro to brainstorm ideas, research and hire professionals, find products and manage their projects.Our strong traction over 4-year history has resonated with thousands of Kiwi homeowners where the site now receives well over 1m annual websites visits, we has grown our database to 180,000 registered users and followers while successfully subscribing over 1200 companies and professionals to our services. The scalability of the platform has allowed the business to grow annualised revenue of $3m. ArchiPro's current 6% NZ penetration of the identified addressable market of 22,000 companies and professionals in NZ illustrates the significant room for additional growth in New Zealand before factoring in the growth opportunity that exists in much larger offshore markets, such as Australia, America, Uk, etc... | $4.7M | Series A | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Landchecker | Landchecker is a cutting-edge technology company designed by property professionals, for property professionals and the general public. | $3.5M | Series A | Jul 08, 2019 |  |
| Vervoe | Vervoe's mission is to make hiring about merit, not background.We help employers make hiring decisions based on how well candidates can actually do the job instead of how good they look on paper. Vervoe replaces the traditional hiring process with skills assessments and gives every candidate an opportunity to showcase their talent by doingjob-related tasks. Then, machine learning models to automatically rank candidates based on how well they perform.Over 8,000 companies have used Vervoe to hire top performers in 10% of the time. Our customers don't spend time doing résumé or phone screening. Instead, they deploy skills assessments at the top of the hiring funnel and only meet the most suitable candidates after their skills have already been validated. | $3.5M | Seed | May 22, 2018 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colinton Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colinton-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Commerce Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commerce-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flying Fox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-fox) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kogan

VC Fund · South Melbourne, Australia

Kogan.com operates as an online retailer of consumer electronics products for hotel, motel, and accommodation projects in Australia.It offers LCD and LED televisions, computer monitors, photo frames, Blu-ray and DVD players, and set top boxes; TV mounts, cabinets, and accessories; gaming products, including video game consoles and videogames; and home appliances, including kitchen and cooking products, heating and cooling products, personal care products, cleaning and laundry products, and accessories as well as hardware, tools, and decorative products.The company also offers digital cameras, lenses, and memory cards as well as accessories such as bags and covers, batteries, camera flashes, lens filters, lens hoods, and tripods; and audio equipment, including digital radios, head phones, iPods, MP3 players, and speakers. In addition, it offers tablets, laptops, and home networking products; and phones, gadgets and toys, electrical appliances, and personal video recorders.Kogan was founded in 2006 by Ruslan Kogan and it delivers products to customers in Australia, United Kingdom, Belgium, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, and United States.

2 contacts available at Kogan.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ruslan Kogan | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruslan-kogan |
| Goran Stefkovski | Director of Technology; Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goran-stefkovski |

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## FAQ

### What does Ruslan Kogan invest in?

Ruslan Kogan invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ruslan Kogan's check size?

Ruslan Kogan typically joins rounds of $593k–$3.5M at Seed and $3.5M–$64M 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 Ruslan Kogan participates in.

### When did Ruslan Kogan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ruslan Kogan closed in Nov 2021. 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?

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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