# Softline Venture Partners

> Softline Venture Partners is a VC fund backing Software. See 41 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moscow, Russian Federation
- Total investments: 41
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 49%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3226428/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/softline_vp
- Website: http://softlinevp.com/vp/en
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Softline-Venture-Partners/16476739

Softline Venture Partners is a corporate venture fund of Softline Group. Since 2008, Softline Venture Partners have invested about US$20 million in 20 portfolio companies on Russia&CIS market. The amount of investment to one project is from $100 thousand to $1 million. As a stage agnostic investor, the firm works with companies across a widerange of technologies, such as cybersecurity, cloud computing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things и Edge Computing.The possibilities and competencies of Softline Group as a service provider operating in 50 countries with more than 60000 customers and leading IT vendors, allows unique opportunities for the Fund's portfolio companies to scale business model and boost sales through developed Softline’s sales channels across the globe.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$2M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $1M–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 17 | 41% |
| Information Technology | 13 | 32% |
| Internet | 8 | 20% |
| SaaS | 4 | 10% |
| Information Services | 4 | 10% |

74 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 28 | 68% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 7% |
| Series A | 2 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russian Federation | 26 | 63% |
| United States | 7 | 17% |
| Belarus | 2 | 5% |
| Singapore | 2 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dmitry Polyakov | Deputy CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmitry-polyakov |
| Elena Volotovskaya | Chief Investment Officer & Head | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elena-alekseeva |
| Eugene Kuprash | Communications director, acceleration programs manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugene-kuprash |
| Igor Borovikov | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/igor-borovikov |
| Viktor Iordanskiy | General Counsel | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viktor-iordanskiy |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kickidler | Kickidler is an employee monitoring software allows you to view your staff’s work online. | $1M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 13, 2023 |  |
| Workclass | Workclass is a social hiring platform for front line staff. | $3M | Seed | Dec 24, 2022 |  |
| Workclass | Workclass is a social hiring platform for front line staff. | $3M |  | Dec 23, 2022 |  |
| Exodrive | Exodrive is an information services company that provides smart solutions to reduce transport losses. They offer risk management, telematics scoring, claims management, and customer management. The features of Exodrive include transport monitoring, driver application, accident alert, and driver scoring. | $2M | Seed | Aug 10, 2022 |  |
| Exodrive | Exodrive is an information services company that provides smart solutions to reduce transport losses. They offer risk management, telematics scoring, claims management, and customer management. The features of Exodrive include transport monitoring, driver application, accident alert, and driver scoring. | $2M | Seed | Aug 10, 2022 |  |
| inspace | inspace – enterprise SaaS, the first employee-centric UX for finding or booking office workstations. This makes it the first platform to precisely understand office utilization. And save up to 50% on rent. We provide our clients with a toolkit to adapt to our rapidly changing modern world and make the process of returning to the office convenientand efficient. Along with benefits for employees, inspace is providing facility staff with the key information to manage the office and a toolkit to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the space. |  | Seed | Jan 10, 2022 |  |
| Parkly | Find, book, and save on parking with convenient garages and lots. Find parking near work, home and airports. | $700K | Seed | Dec 15, 2021 |  |
| T-1 Group | T-1 Group is a provider of B2B and B2C telematics solutions and navigation technologies. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 05, 2021 |  |
| NFWare | At NFWare, we develop super-fast virtualized IP routing solutions for Service Providers, Operators and Data Centers.Groundbreaking virtualisation technology and proven multi-core packet-processing algorithms allow NFWare products to create high-performance infrastructure with the flexibility and agility of software and carrier-grade capabilitiesonly normally seen on hardware.We’re helping companies build the world’s next generation of networks. | $1.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 13, 2021 |  |
| Educate Online | Educate Online is an all-in-one platform that connects international students to UK, US and Canadian schools that teach online. Worldwide schooling platform for children from 4 to 18 years old, which is helping children study in the UK, Canadian and British schools remotely and at the same time receive diplomas equivalent to full-time diplomas andthen enter the world's top universities. The cost of obtaining such a high school diploma in Educate Online is $ 5-10K, which is 20-30 times lower than the cost of full-time education in a US / UK / Canadian school. Our mission is to provide quality school education to children in any part of the world and make it accessible to every child, regardless of social status and location. Educate Online has a partner network of more than 90 universities worldwide, where students can enroll with a guarantee. | $850K | Seed | Dec 12, 2020 |  |

10 of 41 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Softline Venture Partners invest in?

Softline Venture Partners invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 41 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 Softline Venture Partners's check size?

Softline Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $200k–$2M at Seed and $1M–$1.4M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Softline Venture Partners participates in.

### How do I contact Softline Venture Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Softline Venture Partners?

The team at Softline Venture Partners includes Dmitry Polyakov (Deputy CEO), Elena Volotovskaya (Chief Investment Officer & Head) and Eugene Kuprash (Communications director, acceleration programs manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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