Top 10 Sustainability VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Russian Federation in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 10 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Sustainability startups based in Russian federation. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sustainability companies from Russian federation. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Sustainability VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Russian Federation in January 2025

Investor	Sustainability Russian Federation investments
Phystech Ventures	6
Moscow Seed Fund	3
TealTech Capital	2
JOINT JOURNEY	2
Innovestor	1
Will Group	1
New Industry Ventures	1
Steel Storage Shelves	1
VTB Bank	1
PULSAR	1

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Early supporters of global distribution in deeptech.

Investment focus

Software, Oil and Gas, Energy
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Advertising, Information Technology
Seed, Debt Financing, Funding Round
Russian Federation, United States, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Vestem — Vestem is a biotechnology company that develops new bioveterinary cell therapies for regenerative therapy and next-generation pharmaceuticals for the treatment of pets.
Picvario — DAM systems allow centralizing, systematizing, searching, and sharing all types of digital files (images, video, audio, etc.). Picvario platform is a reliable storage of the files. Flexible management. API Integration
Qummy — Qummy produces and freezes dishes for restaurants using its patented Smart Ice technology, which preserves the dish's nutritional and organoleptic features.

invests in the advancement of innovative start-ups .

Investment focus

Health Care, E-Commerce, Fashion
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Russian Federation, United States

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.

Active investment firm that calling founders with a great product vision across diverse industries

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Russian Federation, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Renova — AI-driven no-code platform for insurance industry.
Whizz — My Device is a subscription-based rental service provider for devices like electric scooters, bicycles, home sports equipment, etc.
inspace — inspace is an AI-powered workplace platform redefining how offices function, driving a 30% boost in productivity and reducing operational costs by up to 80%. It leverages AI-driven automation, real-time data insights, and effortless workplace experiences.inspace makes workspaces smarter with a seamless experience designed for the modernworkforce. The platform prioritizes the employee experience from start to finish—whether it’s simplifying desk booking, room booking, visitor management, or space management. It provides visibility into who is in the office and when, improves collaboration, and enhances overall employee productivity. With AI predicting workplace needs, inspace has created the ultimate software solution for the evolving work landscape, enabling employees to choose their ideal work setting while providing employers with the necessary data to streamline workspaces, reduce costs, and improve the hybrid work experience for team members.Additionally, its data insights empower you to make smarter workplace decisions and optimize your entire office portfolio. With a cloud-based, hardware-free solution, your company can be up and running in just a week. Seamless integration with your favorite tools makes inspace the must-have solution for every modern office.

Innovestor is an active Finnish investment manager, focusing on venture capital, real estate, and energy storage. We also offer corporate venturing services.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Finland, Denmark, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

AISPECO — AISPECO systems for aerial inspection, surveying, mapping. Tailored for airplanes, helicopters and drones. Multiple camera and LiDAR options.
Clair Scientific — CLAIR Z1 is a versatile microscope based on our patented bio imaging platform that is suitable for life science and nano science research
Polku Therapeutics — Polku Therapeutics | Disease-Modifying Therapies for Neurodegeneration

Will Group is a branding company

Investment focus

Recruiting, Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Japan, United States, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Conoc — Conoc specializes in the cloud-based business management system, cloud storage, and portal management for the construction business.
Lbose — Lbose is an internet based company.
LAPRAS — LAPRASis an Artificial Intelligence company.

New Industry Ventures was established by Gazprom Neft, Gazprombank, Russian Venture Company (RVC) and VEB Innovations. The Fund focuses on investments in technology companies specializing in the development of new materials, technologies, products and services for the oil and gas industry, petrochemical and energy industry, including alternativeenergy sources.New Industry was set up to spur the promotion of high-tech products in the Russian market and support innovative companies and start-ups that are important for the development of the oil and gas industry, the fuel and energy sector and the Russian industry. The priorities of the Fund are the development of technologies for the exploration, production, processing, transportation, distribution, use of hydrocarbons, energy transmission and storage, implementation of innovative solutions in the construction of industrial infrastructure, management of large-scale projects, etc. The investments also focus on resource and energy saving technologies, digital products, including 4.0. industry technology.

Investment focus

Software Engineering, Energy, Medical
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Russian Federation, China

Portfolio highlights

Skyeer — Skyeer provides cloud-based analytical software for construction and mining industries using ariel survey data in 2D and 3d formats.
Bioantibody — Bioantibody is a high-tech biotechnology firm specializing in the research and development of antigens, antibodies, and downstream detection reagents for diagnosis and therapy.
NVI Solutions — An IT company specializing in the development and implementation of software products based on artificial intelligence for industrial customers, as well as adapting them to specific production tasks and implementing them at real production facilities in Russia and abroad.Today, the company's solutions are used by leading production sites,banks, oil producing companies, large IT integrators.

We invest in technology-intensive startups reimagining HR and Education. We are interested in co-investing with VC firms focusing on early stage startups.

Investment focus

Human Resources, Recruiting, Staffing Agency
Series A, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation

Portfolio highlights

VCV — VCV is an AI-powered recruiting bot that searches for candidates, calls them with questions using voice recognition, and then invites them to record a video interview. VCV can save recruiters over 20 hours of work with recruiting bots working 24/7 to find, chat, and interview.
VCV.RU — VCV is the first video interviewing service in Russia. It is an innovative system especially developed according to local features of hiring process that allows recruiting managers to conduct interviews while saving time and increasing company’s efficiency.
SmartUp.io — SmartUp is the ultimate platform for peer-to-peer knowledge creation, sharing and exchange.Conceived and developed by a seasoned team of founders and investors behind Founders Forum, Spotify, Siri, lastminute.com and others, SmartUp now hosts more than 150,000 members and is used around the world by startup founders, companies, innovators,business schools and curious entrepreneurs.SmartUp’s intuitive learning system provides communities engaging and fun ways to contribute and consume bite-sized pieces of knowledge and insight. Its powerful platform unlocks your community’s real knowledge to help every member unleash their potential.

VTB Bank, its subsidiary banks and financial organizations comprise a leading Russian financial group offering a wide range of financial and banking services and products in Russia, the CIS and select countries in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. VTB Group has more than 30 banks and financial companies in more than 20 countries. As of 31October 2015, the Group was the second largest financial group in Russia by assets (RUB 12.62 trillion) and by customer accounts (RUB 7.32 trillion).