# Sergei Balakirev

> Sergei Balakirev is a startup investor at Xploration Capital. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Xploration Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xploration-capital)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergeibalakirev/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sergbalakirev

Sergei Balakirev is a startup investor at Xploration Capital. Sergei Balakirev - Investment Manager @ Xploration Capital

## About Xploration Capital

VC Fund · Moscow, Russian Federation

ploration backs ambitious founders building next-generation platforms, digital ecosystems and SaaS companies worldwide.We go at great length to study markets, gain consumer and competitive insights and market intelligence. This enables us to identify hidden opportunities and be a knowledgeable, and valuable partner to early stage companiesWeare hands on, where founders need us the most and we support our best portfolio companies in subsequent rounds, making us a meaningful partner and a long term partnerXploration Capital is founded by a group of dreamers, idealists and in some way misfits. With more than 50 years of combined experience in investing, consutling and fudraising for entrepreneurs and companies from early stages to IPO, we decided to embark on an Xploratory journey into the future.We deeply care about how life is going to look like for next generations, as Lincoln once said, “The best way to predict your future, is to create it”, so we decided to make our lives mission in helping those who want to change the world - succeed.We have invested, exited and advised on more than US$5 billion worth of transactions, helping some of the most iconic companies launch, sacale and exit

5 contacts available at Xploration Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Igor Kim | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/igor-kim |
| Sergei Balakirev | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sergei-balakirev |
| Anton Inshutin | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anton-inshutin |
| Bayaskhalan Alexeev | Senior Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bayaskhalan-alexeev |
| Eugene Timko | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugene-timko |

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