# Yuri Arcurs

> Yuri Arcurs is a venture - series unknown investor backing News and Mobile. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Nov 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Denmark, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Nov 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yuriarcurs
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/yuriarcurs
- Website: http://arcurs.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/yuriarcurs

Yuri Arcurs is a venture - series unknown investor in Denmark focused on News and Mobile. Yuri Arcurs is the world’s top selling microstock photographer and sells over 1,1million individual licenses per year. The list of clients that have bought and used his pictures, include Time Magazine, MTV, Sony, MSN.com, Microsoft, Samsung, Hewlett Packard, Tyra Banks Show, Late Night Show and many more. Extremely dedicated when it comes to digital quality Yuri just recently became officially sponsored by Hasselbald and will by Jan, 2008 produce exclusively with the Hasselblad Digital Medium Format Camera, H3D-II-39 at 39 Mega Pixel. (awaiting the new 67MP) Only a handful of photographers world wide are sponsored by Hasselblad. Yuri Arcurs has been profiled and interviewed for books, magazines, blogs, newspapers and lately the famous PDN magazine. He has also appeared in "photoshop creative" and "digital photographer". He has been titled “the world’s best microstock photographer” at www.photopreneur.com and was granted “Celebrity status” at www.microstockdiaries.com. Back in 2005 a Google of “Yuri Arcurs” gave zero search results, today, three years after you get more the 100000 hits (us google). Besides stock photography, Yuri writes photography tutorials and guides, does a videoblog and is a public speaker. Yuri only works with projects related to charity and completely stopped doing commercial jobs. Yuri is a bachelor in psychology, a former member of the Danish “special recognisance unit” (special forces), a 100km marathon runner, a personal trainer and as a staff member said… “a irritatingly close to pathological perfectionist”.

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile | 1 | 100% |
| Journalism | 1 | 100% |
| Photography | 1 | 100% |
| Crowdsourcing | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scoopshot | Scoopshot connects mobile photographers and news media worldwide. We're building a worldwide ecosystem for crowdsourcing news photos. Users download our free app, snap newsworthy photos, and send them for sale on the Scoopshot Store, worldwide. | $1.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 16, 2013 | http://www.scoopshot.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Yuri Arcurs invest in?

Yuri Arcurs invests primarily in News, Mobile and Journalism startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Yuri Arcurs last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yuri Arcurs closed in Jul 2013. Shizune tracks 1 investment in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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