# Yury Melnichek

> Yury Melnichek is a seed investor at Bulba Ventures backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bulba Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bulba-ventures)
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/melnichek
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/yurymelnichek
- Website: http://bulba.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/melnichek

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 38% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Computer Vision | 2 | 25% |
| Farming | 1 | 13% |
| Big Data | 1 | 13% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belarus | 2 | 25% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 13% |
| Singapore | 1 | 13% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OneSoil | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 (acq. by Pinterest) | 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 | We create technologies and products for shopping in Augmented Reality, luxury and shoes specifically. Our latest product is Wanna Kicks, first-ever shoes AR Try-On. | $2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2018 |  |
| OneSoil | 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. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 03, 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 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bulba Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bulba-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Palta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haxus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VitaDAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vitadao) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bulba Ventures

VC Fund · Minsk, Belarus

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.

3 contacts available at Bulba Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yury Melnichek | Partner/Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yury-melnichek |
| Andrei Avsievich | Founder & Managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrei-avsievich |
| Anna Pozniak | Communications | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/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.

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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