# Russell Perry

> Russell Perry is a seed investor at kompany (Vienna) backing Information Technology and B2B. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [kompany](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kompany)
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruperry/?originalSubdomain=at
- Website: https://x.com/rep1rep
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kompanycom

Russell Perry is a seed investor at kompany in Vienna focused on Information Technology and B2B. Russell co-founded kompany together with his long-time friends and business partners. He drives the direction of the business and loves finding business opportunities others might have overlooked. Prior to a short exec stint where he returned to the telco world in South Africa, Russell was the start-up CEO of the largest people-search engine withmore than 50 million monthly uniques, operating in 13 countries in 11 languages. He expanded the company from a garage operation to a profitable business within six months and oversaw the sale to a publishing company for EUR 15 million, generating up to a 5x return for private and the Austrian venture fund gamma capital partners within 18 months. For nearly six years Russell was a member of the senior management team at the online gaming company bwin. He led product management betting with more than EUR 2.5 billion in wagers, established strategic and media partnerships in 25 countries and was instrumental in establishing bwin as the dominant player in mobile gaming.Russell's mobile and telecommunications roots go back to 1998 when he joined Austria's third mobile operator ONE (which first became Orange Austria and then Hutchison 3 Austria) as head of product management data. There he oversaw several European firsts, such as mobile banking, SMS content services, SMS payment for vending machines and the first real-time multi-user gaming platform. Russell then joined Telefonica Movile's 3G Mobile AG in Zurich as Director of Products & Services where he defined and led the launch portfolio of the 3G green field mobile operator. Russell was born in New York City but lived in Austria for half of his childhood. He holds a BA in International Studies from Maryville College, a Master's in European Integration, and a dual MSc/MAS graduate degree in Telematics Management. Russell has enjoyed teaching several post-graduate courses on telecommunication and business modeling at his Alma Mater, Danube University Krems and other universities.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 67% |
| B2B | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| GovTech | 1 | 33% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Angel | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sproof | Sproof is an online document signing solution that allows users to sign documents with a digital signature. The company is based in Puch Bei Hallein, Austria. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 12, 2023 |  |
| kompany | kompany is the RegTech platform for Global Business Verification and Business KYC providing the audit-proof, primary source, and time-stamped company information from 150+ jurisdictions in real-time. It is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and has offices in Singapore and the UK. Since being founded in 2012, kompany has attracted a unique pool oftop developers, regulatory experts, and product managers from around the world. It is a government licensed clearing house and official distributor for commercial and business registers in multiple countries worldwide. |  | Seed |  |  |
| kompany | kompany is the RegTech platform for Global Business Verification and Business KYC providing the audit-proof, primary source, and time-stamped company information from 150+ jurisdictions in real-time. It is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and has offices in Singapore and the UK. Since being founded in 2012, kompany has attracted a unique pool oftop developers, regulatory experts, and product managers from around the world. It is a government licensed clearing house and official distributor for commercial and business registers in multiple countries worldwide. |  | Angel |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## About kompany

VC Fund · Vienna, Austria

kompany is the RegTech platform for Global Business Verification and Business KYC providing the audit-proof, primary source, and time-stamped company information from 150+ jurisdictions in real-time. It is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and has offices in Singapore and the UK. Since being founded in 2012, kompany has attracted a unique pool oftop developers, regulatory experts, and product managers from around the world. It is a government licensed clearing house and official distributor for commercial and business registers in multiple countries worldwide.

5 contacts available at kompany.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russell Perry | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/russell-perry |
| Andrew Bunce | Head of Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-bunce-2 |
| Claudia Prkna | Customer Service Specialist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claudia-prkna |
| Julia Prkna | Customer Service & Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julia-prkna |
| Neira Dzabija | Customer Service & Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neira-dzabija |

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## FAQ

### What does Russell Perry invest in?

Russell Perry invests primarily in Information Technology, B2B and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Austria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Russell Perry last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Russell Perry closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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