Top 15 Retail VC Funds & Investors in Russian Federation (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Moscow Seed Fund
VC Fund
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4 | Russian Federation, United States, Israel | Seed, Debt Financing | Software, Information Technology, Advertising | $40k–$380k |
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TealTech Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Russian Federation, United States | Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, E-Commerce, Fashion | $2k–$16M |
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VK (ex. Mail.Ru Group)
VC Fund
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2 | Russian Federation, United States, Cyprus | Seed, Series A, Corporate Round | Social Media, Education, Mobile Apps | $500k–$126M |
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Baring Vostok Capital Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Russian Federation, United States, Poland | Private Equity, Series B | Internet, E-Commerce, Software | $9M–$200M |
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Phystech Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Oil and Gas, Energy | $200k–$16M |
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AddVenture
VC Fund
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1 | Russian Federation, United States, Spain | Series A, Seed | Internet, E-Commerce, Software | $300k–$8M |
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Prosus & Naspers
VC Fund
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1 | United States, India, Germany | Series A, Series C, Series B | E-Commerce, Internet, Education | $5M–$750M |
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WONDERWALL CAPITAL
VC Fund
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1 | Russian Federation, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Rental, Retail, Fashion | $300k–$1.9M |
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Index Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, France | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, E-Commerce, Internet | $1.5M–$102M |
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Softline Venture Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Russian Federation, United States, Belarus | Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $200k–$2M |
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Mindrock Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Russian Federation, Cyprus | Secondary Market, Seed | Internet, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $100k–$14M |
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Embarcadero Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Russian Federation | Series A, Seed, Angel | Apps, Gaming, Mobile | $900k–$33M |
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DV Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Russian Federation | Seed | Retail, Analytics, Marketing | |
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NuVX Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Russian Federation, United States, Malta | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Drones | |
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Impulse VC
VC Fund
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1 | Russian Federation, United States, Germany | Seed, Series A | Advertising, Software, E-Commerce | $450k–$6M |
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The Fund for the Promotion of Venture Investment in Small Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere of Moscow was established by the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy of Moscow.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Advertising
- Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 92
- Round size: Seed $40k–$380k; Debt Financing $80k–$267k
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ubirator — Ubirator is a waste management service for reasonable business.
- ML One — The solutions offered by ML One will allow producing from all sidetracks of a multilateral well and enable precise re-entry into the mainbore and laterals during production. We offer solutions suitable for new wells and existing multilateral wells with casing strings of any size.
- Drone Solutions — Drone Solutions provides a semi-automatic complex for the protection of the object 24/7 from the air.
invests in the advancement of innovative start-ups .
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- Industry: Health Care, E-Commerce, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $2k–$1.2M; Series A $360k–$620k; Venture - Series Unknown $4.7M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 61% lead, 39% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $60M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- FoodMiles — Food Miles is a digital service company that helps local producers and farmers in logistics and delivery of goods.
- Charmstore — Charmstore is a women's clothing brand.
- Poison Drop — Poison Drop operates an online multi-brand store of designer jewelry.
Mail.ru Group was founded by Yuri Milner and is the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. It is one of the largest Internet companies in Russia, and the world's seventh largest Internet business in terms of page views. Mail.ru Group operates two of the three largest Russian language social networking sites(Odnoklassniki.ru and Moi Mir@Mail.Ru), the two largest instant messaging networks in Russia (ICQ and Agent), Russia's leading email service, Russia's second largest Internet portal and Russia's largest online games company.Mail also holds strategic equity stakes of 32.49% in vKontakte, Russia's largest social networking site, and 25.09% in QIWI, formerly OE Investments, one of Russia's leading payment-processing companies. It also holds small minority stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.
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- Industry: Social Media, Education, Mobile Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Cyprus
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3.9M; Series A $1M–$11M; Corporate Round $35M–$126M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Tochka — Tochka provides banking services to SMEs and entrepreneurs.
- Magisto — Magisto online video editor is a fast & powerful video maker. Turn your photos and video clips into video stories with Magisto movie editor. Start free!
- O2O Holdings — Formed by a JV between Sberbank and Mail.ru Group, provides an O2O services platform focusing on key areas of food and transportation.
Baring Vostok Capital Partners Limited is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Russia. It invests on early venture, acquisitions, buy-outs, growth capital, later-stage, mid-market, and medium-sized enterprises that operate in sectors such as natural resource extraction, particularly oil and gas; competitive industrial companiesthat operate in local or export markets; mass media and telecommunications; utilities; construction materials; specialty manufacturing; real estate development; residential real estate development; internet; software; retail; and service management. Baring Vostok Capital Partners was founded in 1994 and is based in Moscow, Russia with additional offices in Limassol, Cyprus and Gernsi, Channel Islands.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Private Equity, Series B
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Series B $9M–$75M; Private Equity $13M–$200M
- Lead/follow: 46% lead, 54% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kodland — We teach children a practical skill that will be useful in the future: computer literacy creation of sites and games, programming. Classes are held online, and instead of boring tests, children create real projects.
- Ozon — leading e-commerce platform in Russia, first russian marketplace
- EVAA Protocol — The first decentralized lending protocol on TON that lets users lend or borrow assets without going to a centralized intermediary.
Early supporters of global distribution in deeptech.
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- Industry: Software, Oil and Gas, Energy
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 39
- Round size: Seed $200k–$2.6M; Series A $1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $48M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Arevo — Arevo enables ultrastrong, lightweight continuous carbon fiber products on demand.
- Perfobur — Perfobur – a next-gen radial drilling technology that provides a new life to old and marginal oil wells. Perfobur gets access to oil rich side pockets by drilling up to 50m long horizontal perforation channels. The only radial drilling technology available in sandstones (50%+ of wells). 100% controlled trajectory of channels solves a majoremergency risk problem of state of the art jet drilling.
- Welldone — WE MAKE DELICIOUS, NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE PLANT-BASED MEAT. AND WE ARE GOING WELL. Plant-based meat producer leveraging strong R&D and sourcing in Russia. We are building brand #1 in country to cater plant-based meat to 140+ mln people and to expand abroad. Targeting to reach price parity with meat in 2022 to address the wider consumeraudience.
AddVenture is a region & stage agnostic venture capital fund with a Russian origin. Our investment range is $1-10M.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Software
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 55
- Round size: Seed $300k–$3.6M; Series A $1M–$8M
- Lead/follow: 55% lead, 45% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $65M in 2016
Portfolio highlights
- Armut — Armut is the leading local services marketplace in Turkey, focusing on home improvement, moving and cleaning.
- Native Commerce — Grow your business with Jiffy SaaS platform which includes app/website, picking, delivery, supply chain & replenishment services
- Native Commerce — A unified e-commerce platform combining CMS, OMS, WMS, Delivery & Logistics to help modern retailers operate, scale & deliver great e-commerce experiences.
ProSus is an agricultural company of pigs that produces and distributes fresh meats and packaged meat products.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Education
- Stage:Series A, Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 52
- Round size: Series A $5M–$240M; Series B $14M–$750M; Series C $18M–$175M
- Lead/follow: 69% lead, 31% follow
Portfolio highlights
- iFood — IFood is an online food delivery portal that develops an innovative system so users can order deliveries on the internet with no hassle.It aims to revolutionize the world of food for a more practical and enjoyable life. In an innovative technology environment and the challenge of strong growth with the delivery partners, restaurants, andcustomers.Eduardo Baer, Felipe Ramos Fioravante, Gabriel Pinto, Guilherme Bonifacio, and Patrick Sigrist founded it on May 15, 2011 and is headquartered in Jundiaí, Brazil as a subsidiary of Movile Internet Móvel.
- Cashify — Buy & Sell Old Mobile Phones, Smartwatches, Laptops, Tablets And Other Gadgets Online, Get Exclusive Monthly Deal, Instant Quote And Free Doorstep Pickup At Cashify
- Dubizzle Group — The Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG) owns and operates bespoke property verticals in emerging markets, primarily in the Middle East and South Asia. The group’s flagship ventures are Bayut.com in the UAE, Zameen.com in Pakistan and Bproperty.com in Bangladesh.They disrupt traditional processes in emerging markets by introducing solutionsthat make property searching faster, easier, and simpler. Their competitive advantage comes from the tremendous value they add to the businesses that work with their portals, and the significant ease we provide to end users.At EMPG, they are not interested in maintaining the status quo. Their property verticals in emerging markets completely redefine the way the property business is done there, and they are especially tuned into the unique requirements of these markets because they are borne of one.
Impact Investments, Private Equity, Venture Capital. Founder, CEO Konstantin Klyuka
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- Industry: Rental, Retail, Fashion
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 9
- Round size: Seed $300k–$1.9M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Ex-bags — Ex-Bags is a seller of consumer goods. They offer products including backpacks, belts, wallets, and mini bags. Ex-bags's mission is to make as many people as possible appreciate the benefits of a luxury resale.
- Bewearcy — Bewearcy aims to make sourcing and listing as easy as possible for sellers. The time dedicated to sourcing, listing, pricing, and processing inventory is a significant hindrance to scaling a resale business. Their platform allows sellers to source clothes to sell without having to actively search for them.
- Whizz — Whizz is a provider of subscription-based rental services intended to offer monthly rental of last-mile vehicles to delivery drivers. The company also provides technical service and support during the entire subscription period enabling users to rent a handheld vehicle without having to worry about maintenance and repair. Whizz's e-bikes aredesigned to make delivery fast and easy.
Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1339
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$15M; Series A $5M–$38M; Series B $11M–$102M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $117M in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Anrok — Anrok automates sales tax compliance across your financial stack, so you can grow your SaaS business in any market.
- Pets Deli — PETS DELI is a leading D2C pet food brand in Germany with a clear focus on subscription based eCommerce, headquartered in Berlin. The company’s vision is to become the ultimate biggest and most customer centric D2C pet food brand in its core markets. PETS DELI’s unique business model is based on multiple diversified and recurring revenuestreams: The company markets its superior product offerings via online subscriptions, their online shop, offline flagship stores as well as selected partners in the most dominant retail chains.
- Acutus Medical — Acutus Medical develops medical technologies to treat complex cardiac arrhythmia. The company's platform displays the heart’s true activation pattern, turning the chaos of a complex arrhythmia into a clear vision for electrophysiologists.Acutus Medical is a privately funded company founded in 2011 and based in Carlsbad, California. Itsproducts are co-developed in the U.S. and Europe with an exceptional team of medical scientists, biomedical engineers, and other professionals.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California.
Softline Venture Partners is a corporate venture fund of Softline Group. Since 2008, Softline Venture Partners have invested about US$20 million in 20 portfolio companies on Russia&CIS market. The amount of investment to one project is from $100 thousand to $1 million. As a stage agnostic investor, the firm works with companies across a widerange of technologies, such as cybersecurity, cloud computing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things и Edge Computing.The possibilities and competencies of Softline Group as a service provider operating in 50 countries with more than 60000 customers and leading IT vendors, allows unique opportunities for the Fund's portfolio companies to scale business model and boost sales through developed Softline’s sales channels across the globe.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Belarus
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $200k–$2M; Venture - Series Unknown $1M–$1.4M
- Lead/follow: 49% lead, 51% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Exodrive — Exodrive is an information services company that provides smart solutions to reduce transport losses. They offer risk management, telematics scoring, claims management, and customer management. The features of Exodrive include transport monitoring, driver application, accident alert, and driver scoring.
- Kickidler — Kickidler is employee monitoring software trusted by 5,000+ companies in 60+ countries. Track employee PC activity, boost productivity by up to 30%, and find growth points. Start your free trial today.
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- Industry: Internet, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Secondary Market, Seed
- Geography: United States, Russian Federation, Cyprus
Investor stats
- Total investments: 37
- Round size: Seed $100k–$6M; Secondary Market $800k–$14M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Q-CTRL — Infrastructure software to power the quantum future
- Planetarians — The Next Generation of Plant-Based Meat Technology combining the power of two worlds - plant based proteins and fermentation.
- Micropolis Robotics — Micropolis was founded to make functional transportation safer, cleaner, and more usable. To achieve that goal, the team created a whole new form of transportation.Micropolis will provide mobility-as-a-service in dense urban environments. We will handle the autonomous control, charging, maintenance, and upgrades for our fleet of vehicles.In2020, Micropolis joined forces with Dubai Police. And in the process, solidified the future in the autonomous rover industry. We are focused on testing on private and public roads as we move towards launching the first fleet.
Embarcadero is a Venture Fund founded by Chamath Palihapitiya.
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- Industry: Apps, Gaming, Mobile
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Series A $900k–$33M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Milk — Milk is a mobile development lab founded by Kevin Rose, Jeff Hodsdon, and Daniel Burka. Milk has announced its first mobile app, Oink, released last fall. The company has since been acquired by Google.
- Impermium — Impermium is a cybersecurity technology startup that protects over 1.5M sites and has processed over 8B total transactions in its 3-year history. The company's advanced risk-evaluation platform improves account management by identifying fraudulent registrations, compromised logins, and risky transactions. It has proven successful at stoppingfraudulent user account registrations in real-time — using a blend of machine learning, statistical anomaly detection, and a proprietary database of malicious actors — for hundreds of transactions per second from many of the largest consumer Internet companies.
- BabyBoom — BABYBOOM.ru is baby and kid's goods online retailer in Russia.
We invest in rapidly growing digital early-stage companies with a vision and the grit to turn this vision into reality. We support the development of these companies strategically and operationally to build the next generation of unicorns and deliver attractive returns to our investors.
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- Industry: Retail, Analytics, Marketing
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Russian Federation
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- wowworks — Wowworks is an ecosystem that enables fully automated FM for every location within your network throughout the entire country.
- Yoloco — Best solution to work with opinion leaders for business and agencies
Company’s strategy is to assemble a diversified portfolio of investments in leading deep tech technology companies.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Drones
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Malta
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Imot.io — Imot.io converts phone calls to text, determines the reasons for appeals, recognizes customer emotions, and alerts employees when they make mistakes. The call database contains information about lead generation and missed sales. It enables one to assess how well staff are able to handle disputes. It enables people to prevent clients from switchingto competitors.
- Neatsy.ai — Access top orthopedic surgeons virtually for you and your family. Expert guidance, virtual consultations, and comprehensive support from injury to full recovery at a reasonable cost.
- Proaction.pro — Proaction testing system was developed based on the experience of domestic HR experts in banking, telecommunications, commercial, construction and other industries.
Fund for technological internet companies
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- Industry: Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 63
- Round size: Seed $450k–$4M; Series A $800k–$6M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Endel — Personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax, and sleep. Backed by neuroscience.
- Abc Doc — Abc Doc is a web-based service that recognizes bureaucratic letters, provides a summary, and suggests next steps.
- Vecna Robotics — Vecna Robotics is the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that provides logistics automation and workflow optimization solutions.
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