# Startup Lab

> Startup Lab is a VC fund in Moscow backing E-Commerce and Software. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moscow, Russian Federation
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-lab-vc
- Website: https://fund.startup-lab.ru/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startuplabrus/

Startup Lab is a VC fund in Moscow focused on E-Commerce and Software. Startup Lab Russia is a pre-seed/early seed venture capital fund. Startup Lab Russia invests in projects in the early stages and helps them grow, build a network of contacts, scale sales channels, optimize the business model and internal processes with leading experts, and then enter international markets.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Startup Lab. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Startup Lab. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/startup-lab-russia?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$6.4M |
| Pre-Seed | $45k–$400k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 35% |
| Software | 4 | 24% |
| Food Delivery | 4 | 24% |
| Retail | 3 | 18% |
| Grocery | 3 | 18% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 59% |
| Seed | 5 | 29% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russian Federation | 6 | 35% |
| United States | 5 | 29% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Norway | 1 | 6% |
| Germany | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrey Krivenko | Co-Owner & Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrey-krivenko-ae04 |
| Elena Khobotova | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elena-khobotova |
| Fedor Yakovlev | General Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fedor-yakovlev |
| Nikolay Popovich | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nikolay-popovich |
| Savva Popov | Investment analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/savva-popov |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agoprene | Agoprene is a materialtech company. They develops furniture foam from plant fibers to reduce petrochemical usage in the furniture industry. Their foam is completely free of petrochemicals. Their contact mode is by mail and physical address. | $1M | Seed | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| Bairro Direct | Bairro developed a mobile application that allows fast delivery of supermarket products, food, and essential goods in the heart of the Portuguese capital, available between 10 am to 12 pm, ensuring that the user experience is always of high quality, regardless of the type of product desired or delivery time. | $2.6M | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Boomerangme | Boomerangme.biz is a Loyalty platform for SMBs, designed for agencies. We digitize all the printed promotions and provide free push notification channels to businesses. That helps to increase retention, revenue, and customer base for SMBs. White-label and reseller solutions help to get additional recurring revenue and increase lifetime value tomarketing agencies. | $400K | Pre-Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| Agently.com | Automate your real estate marketing to win more listings and close more deals. | $400K | Seed | Oct 15, 2021 |  |
| Tiggy | 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver | $6.4M | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Hotellab | Hotellab provides data analytics to hotel industry by developing price analytics software using AI for efficient revenue management. | $200K | Seed | Jun 08, 2021 |  |
| Hotellab | Hotellab provides data analytics to hotel industry by developing price analytics software using AI for efficient revenue management. | $300K | Pre-Seed | Jun 08, 2021 |  |
| GigAnt | GigAnt is a recruiting service company. It provides a unique opportunity to attract staff for SHORT SHIFTS on-demand. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2020 |  |
| Paycon | Retailers are looking for solutions that will help increase the average check, speed up the process of customer service during peak hours. And also reduce staff costs. We created the solution, which decides these problems. | $45K | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2019 |  |
| Paycon | Retailers are looking for solutions that will help increase the average check, speed up the process of customer service during peak hours. And also reduce staff costs. We created the solution, which decides these problems. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2019 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Iskra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iskra-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [A.Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Banana Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banana-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flyer One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flyer-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fores Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fores-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Startup Lab invest in?

Startup Lab invests primarily in E-Commerce, Software and Food Delivery startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 17 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 Startup Lab's check size?

Startup Lab typically joins rounds of $200k–$6.4M at Seed and $45k–$400k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Startup Lab participates in.

### How do I contact Startup Lab?

Public channels for Startup Lab include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Startup Lab?

The team at Startup Lab includes Andrey Krivenko (Co-Owner & Founder), Elena Khobotova (General Partner) and Fedor Yakovlev (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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