# Yuri Gurski

> Yuri Gurski is a seed investor at Palta backing Artificial Intelligence and Women's. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Palta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haxus)
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuri-gurski-33830320/

Yuri Gurski is a seed investor at Palta focused on Artificial Intelligence and Women's. Yuri Gurski has been building international IT and media businesses for more than 15 years as an executive, entrepreneur, investor, and startup mentor. Yuri is acclaimed for his extraordinary number of business exits: the firms that Yuri funded and advised have been acquired by Google, Facebook, Farfetch, Playtech.Yuri is a Co-founder & CEOat Palta, a health & well-being technology company led by entrepreneurs on a mission to create a global positive impact. Across its consumer-centric health products, Palta already has more than 300 million users in apps like Flo, Simple, Zing, and others. It has also set an ambitious goal to empower more than 1 billion health-aware people with innovative health and wellness products. Headquartered in London with offices also in Vilnius, Limassol, and Warsaw, Palta has over 800 employees across its product companies. In 2021, Palta raised $100 million in a Series B funding round led by Per Brillioth at VNV Global, with the participation of Target Global and other existing and new investors. Yuri Gurski is a distinguished MBA alumnus of Kozminski University (in Warsaw/Poland). Yuri has received numerous awards, including Belarus Entrepreneur of the Year (2010 and 2011); Startup Mentor of the Year (2014), and Best Belarusian Entrepreneur Under 40 (2016).

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $840k–$5.5M |
| Series A | $7.5M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 36% |
| Women's | 2 | 18% |
| Software | 2 | 18% |
| Wellness | 2 | 18% |
| Health Care | 2 | 18% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 55% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 27% |
| Poland | 1 | 9% |
| Belarus | 1 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rainbow Weather | Rainbow Weather uses artificial intelligence to give accurate and rapid weather forecasts. According to the firm, it provides weather predictions based on a variety of data sources (ranging from satellites and meteorological stations to user reports and shared barometer data). Their initial product is a smartphone app for iOS and Android that giveshyperlocal forecasts, informing users of impending rain and snowfalls, storms and hurricanes, and their motions on the map. | $5.5M | Seed | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| Trellis Health | Designed by scientists, technologists, and parents in collaboration with leading clinicians, Trellis bridges critical gaps in women’s healthcare with intuitive tools that simplify health management over time. Through personalized recommendations, tailored insights, and seamless tracking, Trellis enables women to make informed decisions about theirhealth - without carrying the mental load of connecting the dots. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Apr 17, 2025 |  |
| Flo Health | Flo Health is a developer of Flo, a fast-growing AI-driven women’s health product that supports girls and women at every stage of their reproductive cycle (start of menstruation, cycle prediction, preparation for conception, pregnancy, early motherhood, and menopause).Flo prioritizes safety and keeps a sharp focus on being the most trusteddigital source for women's health information. It intensively uses Data Science and AI to deliver the most personalized content and services available. Flo is currently available in 20 languages on iOS and Android. 60% of users are located in the US and Europe.At the end of 2019, Flo became the most popular app in the Health&Fitness category on the AppStore. | $7.5M | Series A | May 08, 2019 |  |
| Flo Health | Flo Health is a developer of Flo, a fast-growing AI-driven women’s health product that supports girls and women at every stage of their reproductive cycle (start of menstruation, cycle prediction, preparation for conception, pregnancy, early motherhood, and menopause).Flo prioritizes safety and keeps a sharp focus on being the most trusteddigital source for women's health information. It intensively uses Data Science and AI to deliver the most personalized content and services available. Flo is currently available in 20 languages on iOS and Android. 60% of users are located in the US and Europe.At the end of 2019, Flo became the most popular app in the Health&Fitness category on the AppStore. | $12M | Series A | Oct 11, 2018 |  |
| Cherry Labs | Founded by serial entrepreneurs with multiple exits to Facebook, Google and Apple, Cherry Labs works on making our homes the safer. Cherry employs over 20 engineers, AI scientists and product designers in Cupertino, Berlin, Moscow and Shenzhen. | $840K |  | Oct 24, 2017 |  |
| Cherry Labs | Founded by serial entrepreneurs with multiple exits to Facebook, Google and Apple, Cherry Labs works on making our homes the safer. Cherry employs over 20 engineers, AI scientists and product designers in Cupertino, Berlin, Moscow and Shenzhen. | $840K | Seed | Oct 24, 2017 |  |
| AIMatter | AIMATTER specializes in building next-gen apps with proprietary advanced image processing technologies. Its SDK is able to run deep learning models in real time directly on smartphones. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| AIMatter | AIMATTER specializes in building next-gen apps with proprietary advanced image processing technologies. Its SDK is able to run deep learning models in real time directly on smartphones. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| Flo Health | Flo Health is a developer of Flo, a fast-growing AI-driven women’s health product that supports girls and women at every stage of their reproductive cycle (start of menstruation, cycle prediction, preparation for conception, pregnancy, early motherhood, and menopause).Flo prioritizes safety and keeps a sharp focus on being the most trusteddigital source for women's health information. It intensively uses Data Science and AI to deliver the most personalized content and services available. Flo is currently available in 20 languages on iOS and Android. 60% of users are located in the US and Europe.At the end of 2019, Flo became the most popular app in the Health&Fitness category on the AppStore. | $1M | Seed | Dec 12, 2016 |  |
| Masquerade | Masquerade allows users to record video selfie animations, change the way you look and send it to friends via your favorite messengers and social networks. | $1M | Seed |  |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Flint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flint-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Elysium Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elysium-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Social Discovery Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-discovery-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Palta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haxus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Impulse VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impulsevc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Palta

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Palta is a health and well-being technology company led by entrepreneurs. Palta creates and develops products for the preventive healthcare of its users. Through its consumer mobile apps such as Flo, Simple, Zing, and others.

5 contacts available at Palta.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexander Chekan | Chief of Staff | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-chekan |
| Alexey Gubarev | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleksey-gubarev |
| Yuri Gurski | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yuri-gurski |
| Alex Frolov | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-frolov-2 |
| Dmitry Gurski | Partner & Board Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dmitry-gurski |

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## FAQ

### What does Yuri Gurski invest in?

Yuri Gurski invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Women's and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yuri Gurski's check size?

Yuri Gurski typically joins rounds of $840k–$5.5M at Seed and $7.5M–$12M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yuri Gurski participates in.

### When did Yuri Gurski last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yuri Gurski closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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