Yury Melnichek
Partner/Co-Founder @ Bulba Ventures
Zürich, Switzerland
Yury Melnichek is a seed investor at Bulba Ventures in Zürich focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Belarusian tech entrepreneur and investor. Founded MAPS.ME (sold to Mail.Ru Group, November 2014) and AIMATTER (sold to Google, August 2017). In 2018 Yuri, together with his partner Andrey Avsievich, launched Bulba Ventures, Belarus-based startup investment company. Bulba Ventures will focus on Belarusian and ready-to relocate to Minsk startupswith a strong competitive edge and technical excellence in machine learning.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 63%
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Industries Yury Melnichek invests in
Stages Yury Melnichek invests in
Countries Yury Melnichek invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$2M
- Series A
- $2.2M–$6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 3 (38%)
- Software 2 (25%)
- Computer Vision 2 (25%)
- Farming 1 (13%)
- Big Data 1 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (38%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (25%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
Country
- Belarus 2 (25%)
- Lithuania 1 (13%)
- Singapore 1 (13%)
- Switzerland 1 (13%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| OneSoil helps agricultural professionals monitor their fields and help them increase their yields. OneSoil builds mobile and web apps that use satellite imagery for agricultural analytics and provides field insights for farmers and agricultural consultants. | $1.2M / Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| GERO is an AI Drug Discovery company created to solve chronic diseases. To date, Gero has raised approximately $19 million in total capital through a combination of equity rounds and SAFEs. | $6M / Series A / Oct 18, 2023 | ||
| GERO is an AI Drug Discovery company created to solve chronic diseases. To date, Gero has raised approximately $19 million in total capital through a combination of equity rounds and SAFEs. | $2.2M / Series A / Aug 04, 2020 | ||
| GERO is an AI Drug Discovery company created to solve chronic diseases. To date, Gero has raised approximately $19 million in total capital through a combination of equity rounds and SAFEs. | Seed / May 05, 2019 | ||
| VOCHI is an app for creative video editing, utilizing computer-vision-based technology. It uses neural networks to enable the addition of effects to individual objects in a video on a mobile device in real-time and without quality loss. | Pre-Seed / Apr 04, 2019 | ||
| WANNA is an augmented reality platform designed to provide try-on services before making online purchases. They create technologies and products for shopping in augmented reality, luxury, and shoes specifically. WANNA's latest product is Wanna Kicks, the first-ever AR try-on shoes. | $2M / Seed / Jan 01, 2018 | ||
| OneSoil helps agricultural professionals monitor their fields and help them increase their yields. OneSoil builds mobile and web apps that use satellite imagery for agricultural analytics and provides field insights for farmers and agricultural consultants. | $500K / Pre-Seed / Nov 03, 2017 | ||
| 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. | $2M / Seed / Jan 01, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About Bulba Ventures
Bulba Ventures is a Belarus-based startup investment company that empowers machine learning startups. The company focuses on Belarusian and ready-to relocate to Minsk startups with a strong competitive edge and technical excellence in machine learning.It was founded in 2018 by Belarusian tech entrepreneur Yuri Melnichek and his partner AndreiAvsievich.
Bulba Ventures Contacts
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Yury Melnichek
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Andrei Avsievich
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Anna Pozniak
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FAQ
What does Yury Melnichek invest in?
Yury Melnichek invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Computer Vision startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Belarus. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Yury Melnichek invest in?
Yury Melnichek typically joins rounds of $2M–$2M at Seed and $2.2M–$6M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Yury Melnichek's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Yury Melnichek took part in.
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When did Yury Melnichek last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Yury Melnichek closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 8 investments 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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