# Top 50 Software Angel Investors in Russian Federation in June 2026

## Maxim Poletaev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Consumer Goods

Maxim Poletaev was born on April 6, 1971, in Yaroslavl.In 1993 he graduated from Yaroslavl State University with a degree in Accounting, Control and Business Analysis. Higher education in finance, proficient in English and German.In 1993–1995 he served as an assistant at the Chair of Economy, Organisation and Planning of Production ofYaroslavl State University.In 1994–1995 he underwent training at savings banks in Germany (Sparkasse, Kassel).In August 1995 he was appointed Head of Analysis and Marketing Division, Severny Bank of Sberbank of Russia. Later he headed the Resources Allocation and Securities Management Division.In March 2000 he was promoted to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Yaroslavl Bank of Sberbank.In September 2002 he was appointed Head of Sberbank’s Baikal Bank.In 2009 he was appointed Vice-President, Director of the Corporate Development Department of Sberbank of Russia.Since October 2009 he has served as Chairman of Moscow Bank of Sberbank.In March 2013 Maxim Poletaev became a Member of the Executive Board of Sberbank of Russia.In June 2013 he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board where he runs the Retail, Corporate, Territorial and Welfare Blocks of Sberbank.

## Rinat Salikhov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Robotics, Food Delivery

Rinat Salikhov

## Igor Ryabenkiy
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Igor Ryabenkiy is the Managing Partner at AltaIR Capital.

Igor is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over twenty years of successful executive and investment experience including Internet startups and IT companies. He has funded, developed, and exited a significant number of investment projects worldwide.

## Sergey Solonin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Education, Video, Mobile

Sergey Solonin is the Chief Executive Officer of Russian FinTech Association.

## Roman Pavlushko
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Travel, E-Commerce, Apps

Angel Investor, CEO & Founder Parkly, ex-CTO Avito (Classified #1 in Russia),

## Alex Nevinskiy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Education, E-Commerce, Manufacturing

Alex is a co-founder of Somersault Ventures. Over his 15+ years in VC, Alex has gone from investing in hard science of fuel cell and biotech that makes everything greener to software that brings tailored automation to most overlooked and backward industries and all things B2C, from PropTech to FinTech to EdTech and more. Most of Alex’s journeyhappened as a partner at I2BF Global Ventures, but along the way, he has also managed to co-found the #1 independent alternative lender in Eastern Europe (acquired by the #1 in all of Europe) and make a name for himself as an angel investor.When not pondering what churn needs to be for valuations to make sense, Alex could be found teaching his 3-year-old daughter where to find unicorns in London. Alex holds an MSc in Finance and Risk from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Biophysics and puts both to good use.

## Egor Gurev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Perm, Permskiy Kray, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Software, Video Games

Started my first IT business in 2009. With the team of talented experts in development, marketing, sales, and business development launched Enaza - a platform for carriers to increase their value-added services by offering games, music, software to the carrier customers. Sold this business to Softline in 2017.Co-founder of Playkey - a cloudgaming platform, that helps people to play computer games on low-end computers and laptops. Acquired great expertise from 2013 on cloud gaming and streaming technologies.Specialties: Marketing, Internet projects, business administration, cloud gaming, games, and digital distribution.

## Danil Filatov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Robotics, Food Delivery

Danil Filatov

## Alexander Borodich
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: B2B, Apps, SaaS

Alexander Borodich is a pioneer in the fields of innovation and blockchain world, Alexander was named "The Most Active Business angel in Russia" by Russian Venture Company, he is Chiefs Dream Officer and managing partner of marketing communication agency Future Action, founder of fifth largest in Europe crowd-investing platformVentureClub.co, founder of Russian cryptocurrency and investor in more than 70 projects.

## Oskar Hartmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive

Oskar Hartmann currently works as an Angel Investor for YAP.  He previously worked at Flaschenpost SE as an Investor. Oskar Hartmann attended WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management.

## Bogdan Iarovoi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Internet, Software

Bogdan Iarovoi is a Managing Partner of SmartHub Investments.

## Sergey Rodionov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Robotics, Food Delivery

Sergey Rodionov

## Alexander Sysoev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Audio, Music

Alexander Sysoev

## Prokofiev Alexander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Payments, Software, Financial Services

Prokofiev Alexander is the founder of KudaGo.

## Esther Dyson
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Medical

Esther Dyson - Founder @ Way to Wellville

## Alexandr Chernyak
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Apps, Restaurants, B2B

Alexandr Chernyak is a Board Member for Allset and a Co-founder of Carprice and Smartprice.

## Anton Anohin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sales, Retail, Grocery

Anton Anohin

## Eugene Timko
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery, Software

Eugene has over 9 years of corporate finance, management consulting and engineering experience.Before Xploration Capital, Eugene held the position of investment director in Finstar Financial Group with strong focus on fintech and InVenture Partners specializing in disruptive technology startups across industries. He also worked in InvestmentBanking department of Morgan Stanley, focused on technology sector.Prior to that Eugene has done fixed income research in BCP Securities.
Eugene has also spent 3 years as a consultant in McKinsey and Company and before that worked as an automotive engineer at Scania AB in Sweden.Eugene holds MBA from Columbia Business School.

## Ivan Dubrovin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Automotive, Information Services

Ivan Dubrovin

## Andrey Tsytsenko
- Type: Angel
- Location: Russia, Ohio, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Grocery, Software, Food Delivery

Andrew Tsytsenko is a CEO/Co-founder – Motify App. He attended Université Paris Dauphine - PSL.

## Maxim Basov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Legal

Maxim Basov

## Mike Peregudov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Audio, Music, Software

Mike Peregudov is a General Partner at s16vc - values-driven founders for founders fund

## Pierre Viberti
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Software

Pierre Viberti

## Mark Ten
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Fashion, Consumer

CEO at Sports.ru, major sports media in Russia, and an angel investor.

## Alexey Romanov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce

Alexey Romanov

## Denis Smetnev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Internet, Software

Denis Smetnev - Co-Founder @ Vimbox

## Stas Korostelev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Fashion, Consumer

Stas Korostelev

## Grigory Firsov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Art, iOS, Education

Grigory Firsov

## Igor Matsanyuk
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Apps, SaaS

Igor Matsanyuk is one of the visionaries behind the global game market. He founded IT-Territory in 2004 to develop online games, which grew to become the largest game holding company in Eastern Europe, becoming Astrum Online Entertainment. In 2009, Astrum Online Entertainment merged with the Mail.ru Group, and Igor became the first vice-presidentand a significant shareholder of the unified company. The unified company was taken public via an IPO in 2010, at which point Igor left to pursue new ventures. Igor is currently one of the world’s most successful internet entrepreneurs.

## Dmitry Gorelik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce

Dmitry Gorelik

## Mikhail Tsyferov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: EdTech, Training, Education

Mikhail Tsyferov

## George Solovev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Medical, mHealth

George Solovev

## Vadim Yahincon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence

Vadim Yahincon

## Jan Krustkaln
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Banking, Artificial Intelligence

Jan Krustkaln

## Andrey Belozerov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, EdTech, FinTech

Andrey Belozerov is an entrepreneur and investor. Expert in the field of digital technologies and digital transformation, co-founder Digital Disrupt investment club, United Nations Development Program expert.

## Petr Zhukov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: iOS, Apps, Mobile

Petr Zhukov - Co-founder and CEO @ Indigo Capital Partners

## Pavel Cherkashin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, iOS

Pavel Cherkashin is the Managing Partner at Mindrock Capital.

## Ilya Galaev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Sensor, Wearables, Mobile Apps

Ilya Galaev is the president of Labor Reserves.

## Maria Kozhevnikova
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Apps, Software, Property Management

Maria Kozhevnikova is a Russian actress and Former Member of the State Duma.

## Alexey Blokhin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: SaaS, Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence

Alexey Blokhin is the partner and entrepreneur of Phystech-Soyuz.

## Victor Koch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Secondary Market, Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Robotics

Victor Koch is a technologist, serial entrepreneur, investor and portoflio manager. Over the past 11 years, Victor has successfully closed more than 80 secondary PE transactions with the following names: Robinhood, Stripe, Toss, Redis, 
Twilio, Xiaomi, iQiyi, PinDuoDuo, Tilray, Livongo, Agora, Bandwidth, Kuaishou Technology, DataRobot, Chime,TransferWise, Oatly, Hims, Wise, Kopi Kenangan, Coursera and etc.He was also one of the early investors in Stripe, Grab, Robinhood, iQiyi, Elastic and other companies.

## Alexei Matveychuk
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet of Things, Information Technology

Alexei Matveychuk

## Alex Turbanov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software

Alex is a co-founder of Somersault Ventures and a seasoned investment professional with over 10 years of experience in private markets, including roles as a TMT banker in Eastern Europe and an Investor in a UAE-based VC firm. In his individual capacity, Alex has done a number of angel investments and managed syndicates investing in later-stagecompanies, where he acted as a board member and a corporate development advisor. Over the years, he gained expertise in such areas as two-sided marketplaces, enterprise SaaS, EdTech, and consumer apps, among others. In his free time, Alex is an avid tennis player, snowboarder, and frequent visitor to rock concerts and festivals. Alex received his MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and has a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematical Economics.

## Maxim Spiridonov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, SaaS, Internet

Maxim Spiridonov is the Serial Entrepreneur and Investor

## Sergei Bulaev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Web Development

Sergei Bulaev

## Levy Raiz
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education, Personal Development

Business executive and entrepreneur. Brings in an extensive cross-industry experience in strategic planning, business development and finance. Served in executive roles in a number of public and private companies. Co-founder of JSCapital, an israeli investment consulting firm. Loves books, swimming and travel.

## Ruslan Fazlyev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Web Development

Ruslan Fazlyev

## Pavel Goltsblat
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Banking, Artificial Intelligence

Founder at Profitrolly

## Leonid Rumyantsev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Payments, Software, Financial Services

Leonid Rumyantsev is the CEO of Platim.

## Batuhan Dasgin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

BatuX is working as a Director at Celestia Foundation. Previously, he was a part of Binance as an investor.

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