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Top 20 Travel Startup Investors in Russian Federation in November 2024

Last updated: Nov 2024 A list of 20 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Travel startups based in Russian federation. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Travel companies from Russian federation. We update this investor list every month.

Top 20 Travel Startup Investors in Russian Federation in November 2024

Investor	Travel Russian Federation investments
Chamath Palihapitiya	2
Michael van Swaaij	2
Mark Gerson	2
Oskar Hartmann	2
Ventech	1
Baring Vostok Capital Partners	1
Pavel Glushenkov	1
Almaz Capital	1
Jose Marin	1
Impulse VC	1
Frontier Ventures	1
Jose Marin	1
PULSAR	1
Mangrove Capital Partners	1
Roman Pavlushko	1
Jeremie Berrebi	1
Bas Godska	1
Christoph Janz	1
MCI Capital SA	1
Cem Sertoglu	1

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Chamath Palihapitiya is the Founder and Managing Partner of Social Capital. He previously worked at BMO Nesbitt Burns as an Associate of the Interest Rate Derivatives Group. Chamath Palihapitiya attended the University of Waterloo.

Investment focus

Software, Enterprise Software, Mobile
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

Proterra — Building innovative battery technologies to power a better, more sustainable world.
Berkshire Grey — AI-Enabled Enterprise RoboticsAutomate your most expensive processes to fulfill customer orders and stock your shelves at a fraction of the cost and time. Trusted By Top Global Brands Trusted by Top Global Brands "Berkshire Grey took a very different approach to automation than we had seen from other suppliers. BG invested the time necessary to
Sunlight Financial — Sunlight Financial is a premier, technology-enabled point-of-sale finance company. Sunlight partners with contractors nationwide to provide homeowners with financing for the installation of residential solar systems and other home improvements. Sunlight’s best-in-class technology and deep credit expertise simplify and streamline consumer finance,ensuring a fast and frictionless process for both contractors and homeowners.

Michael van Swaaij is an Advisor, and ex-Chairman Skype and attributed with the launch of eBay & AOL in Europe

Investment focus

SaaS, Travel, FinTech
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Russian Federation, Israel

Portfolio highlights

HipClub — Our first project was conceived HipWay.ru in April 2009, when we, its creators, not for the first time confronted with the problem of organizing your own holiday, we decided to create a project that will be useful for those looking for a fun and unconventional holiday. And thus, in contrast to the large number of already existing at the time oftravel social networks, forums and so on, we will set a goal that will be exactly hipway.ru shop travel, with the possibility of booking and payment online. A year later, in April 2010, appeared hipway.ru - the first project that brings together all the most interesting and unusual travel in one convenient directory, with the possibility of booking and payment online.Immediately after starting hipway.ru ranked sites day rambler.ru, it is absolutely without our knowledge - the unprecedented influx of visitors we have learned from that page hipway.ru opened a few seconds and broke off from the phone calls. Project immediately had to switch to a new server and organizers inspire and start looking for investors. Up to this point the project was funded entirely by private funds.In parallel with the search for an investor we planned to start a second project - hipclub - private club offers a great vacation c exclusive discounts. We gave the project to the development of our IT-team and continued to search for funding.In mid-2010 we were lucky - we got a great project investors - Javier Pérez-Tenessa, founder of eDreams, Michael van Swaaij, former CEO Skype and eBay top manager and several other equally wonderful "business angels". These people are now helping us not only financially, but also valuable advice.In October 2010, we launched hipclub, who became the first Internet cafe, specializing in tourism and leisure. In a short time hipclub not only got wide coverage on the Internet , but also got great reviews from its customers that we are particularly pleased, as it was initially the main task of both projects is to create a travel company with the best customer service.
Scramble — Investing made easy with Scramble - P2P lending platform offering secured loans to vetted European brands. Start your investment journey effortlessly, ensuring a smooth and secure path to build your investment portfolio.
Ovo Automotive — OVO Automotive is providing Cloud based App Delivery Platform for Connected Cars, driving open innovation for in-vehicle interactions, experiences and services.Auto makers, Google and Apple are locked in a battle to control the last unconquered screen - the in-vehicle dashboard - for direct interaction with captive audience and monetizing newconnected vehicle services. OVO Automotive provides a novel platform for delivery of apps to the in-vehicle screen, which enables customer interaction independent of automakers, Apple and Google. Our platform enables fleet owners, car dealers, smart mobility service players and connected car service providers to interact with their customers directly on the go, thus improving customer experience and creating new revenue streams. Our automotive grade cloud platform enables the delivery of any connected car app directly to any in-vehicle interactive touchscreen dashboard in a secure and transparent way, providing drivers and passengers a rich connected vehicle experience.

Mark Gerson is a co-founder of GLG. He is the Chairman of United Hatzalah, the network of first responders that treat victims of pre-hospital trauma in Israel, and the co-founder and Chairman of the Africa Mission Healthcare Foundation, which supports the work of medical missionaries performing clinical care throughout Africa. In addition, Mr.Gerson is a co-founder and co-Chairman of Thuzio, Chairman of Axial Markets and author of The Neoconservative Vision: From the Cold War to the Culture Wars (Madison Books: 1996) and In the Classroom: Dispatches from an Inner-City School That Works (Free Press: 1997).He graduated summa cum laude from Williams College and received his JD from Yale Law School.

Investment focus

Enterprise Software, Travel, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Series A
United States, Russian Federation, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
Umi Kitchen — Umi Kitchen offers an application that enables its users to order homemade food from local chefs. The meals are delivered with reheating instructions and an ingredient list.Umi Kitchen enables its customers to rate and review services of the chefs. The company provides chefs with marketing, packaging, and delivery services.Umi Kitchen wasfounded by Khalil Tawil, Derek Gottfrid, and Hallie Meyer in March 2015. It is based in New York.
Greats — GREATS designs classically inspired sneakers for men and women using luxury high quality materials and construction. Free exchanges and returns.

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.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Automotive
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, Russian Federation, India

Portfolio highlights

Tiggy — 15 minute grocery delivery on a mission to forever change the way we buy everyday essentials. Now live in Vancouver
Lumaly — Lumaly is a browser extension that automatically tries out and uses all available voucher codes in the cart when shopping online.
June Homes — June Homes is a network of fully furnished bedrooms in prime spots available on flexible month-to-month terms in major American cities.

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Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
France, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Treon — The foundation for massive IoT
Farmitoo — Farmitoo is an online purchase of farm equipment directly from manufacturers.
Firecell — Firecell enables industrial companies to deploy and operate their own Open RAN 5G Private Network solutions.

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.

Investment focus

Internet, Software, E-Commerce
Funding Round, Private Equity, Series B
Russian Federation, United States, Poland

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.
Mindbox — Innovative platform for collecting, analyzing, and managing customer data from various sources, boosting marketing efficiency and increasing revenue.
Jiffy Grocery — Grow your business with Jiffy SaaS platform which includes app/website, picking, delivery, supply chain & replenishment services

Pavel has over 10 years of investment banking and private equity experience.Prior to joining InVenture Partners, Pavel held the position of Vice President at the leading private equity fund in Russia and supervised portfolio companies in sectors such as telecommunications, real estate, retail and information technologies since 2010.Before thatPavel served as a Chief Financial Officer at Tsargrad, a Russian regional developer, in 2007-2010.Before Tsargrad Pavel worked at MDM bank and participated in the IPO of Irkut Corporation.

Investment focus

Travel, Tourism, Internet
Seed
Russian Federation, United States

Portfolio highlights

CrowdSystems — CrowdSystems serves leading Retailers and Manufacturers delivering solutions to increase returns on trade and communication activities. Through innovative IT solutions in mobile, online and analytics specialists turn insights into strategy execution which results in enhanced revenue and profitability. Our people are experts with a senior levelexperience at working within and for Global Brands. CrowdSystems' IT platform allows to collect in real time retail visibility and brand insights directly from consumers disrupting traditional ways for conducting Retail Audit and Consumer Research studies.
Level Travel — Level Travel service for online booking of tours with round the clock customer support.
Second pilot — Second pilot is a service that offers drivers information about road conditions.

Almaz Capital is an international venture capital firm investing in early stage, capital efficient technology companies. A unique bridge fund headquartered in Silicon Valley, Almaz Capital connects Eastern European/former Soviet engineering and entrepreneurial talent to the U.S. market and helps build global businesses. The firm invests inhigh-growth sectors such as artificial intelligence and blockchain applications, data engineering, cybersecurity, industrial IoT, networking architecture and infrastructure. Its investors include Cisco, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. Founded in 2008, Almaz Capital has invested in over 30 portfolio companies and has had nine exits to date.

Investment focus

Software, Mobile, Internet
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
United States, Russian Federation, Latvia

Portfolio highlights

Yazen — Yazen is a digital obesity clinic that offers weight loss through modern pharmaceutical treatment.
PLATMA — PLATMA is a workspace for developing low/no-code solutions with ready-made constructors that reduce the need for large resources and decrease time to market
ZEDEDA — ZEDEDA provides a simple and scalable cloud-based orchestration solution that delivers visibility, control and security for distributed edge computing.

Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.

Fund for technological internet companies

Investment focus

Advertising, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Russian Federation, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Abc Doc — Abc Doc is a web-based service that recognizes bureaucratic letters, provides a summary, and suggests next steps.
GuestReady — Premium Airbnb Management Service for your vacation rental. Maximise your revenues and become a Superhost with GuestReady's 5* property management service.
Vecna Robotics — Vecna Robotics is the leading autonomous mobile robot (AMR) company that provides logistics automation and workflow optimization solutions.

Leading early stage venture capital fund in the Silicon Valley. We invest in ground-breaking global Internet and blockchain companies with network effects. Click to submit a deck or learn more.

Investment focus

Internet, Marketplace, Software
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Russian Federation, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Ema — Ema is developing next-generation AI technologies to help every employee in the workplace be their most creative and productive. Ema is a seamless, accurate, and secure Enterprise Generative AI system that simplifies complex tasks using enterprise tools.
Overalls — Overalls is an insurance platform company.
Bild — Bild enables faster and more confident design reviews so engineering teams can deliver products to market faster and with more confidence. Get access today!

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Brazil, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.

Pulsar Venture Capital, a business acceleration program, offers financing and mentorship to clean tech, robotics, and electronics startups.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Russian Federation, United States, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

Oyl — Oyl is a Bitcoin wallet designed to enable seamless trading of Ordinals, BRC-20 & Runes all within the wallet.
Q Platform — Q Platform is a First globally connected fintech- multi-banking platform in Russia and CIS.Its platform for banks provides access to the whole ecosystem of fintech solutions available on the market with detailed analysis; allowing quick integration and management. The platform for Fintechs allows to enter new markets and works with new audiencesin different countries using interbank distribution model.The company was founded in 2017 and based in Moscow, Russia
Beauty Tech — Beauty Tech is an application with a variety of consumer DNA tests, as well as personalized cosmetics, dietary supplements and nutrition kit

Mangrove Capital Partners is a contrarian investment firm helping innovative entrepreneurs start and grow.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Anome — Anome is a Web3 UGC game platform, dedicated to creating a more open, fair, transparent, and free Web3 game world through user creation, sharing, and games.
greenworkx — Green jobs are the future of work. We have numerous training and job opportunities that connect talent with like-minded green employers. From the retrofit industry to renewable energy, we're on a mission to make the world greener with your help, one job at a time.
K Health — We pair clinicians with advanced AI to provide data-driven, personalized care around the clock. Chat with your medical team today.

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

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Travel, Apps
Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed
Russian Federation, United States

Portfolio highlights

Luxxy — Luxxy is the leader in the resale luxury consignment niche on the Russian market. We are a dedicated community of more than 250 thousand users and 140,000 products from individual sellers with good price offers compared to the average prices on the market.We have built an easy-to-use APP with many filters and detailed descriptions of productsthat offer convenience to our community. Our own team of experts guarantees the authenticity of the items purchased. At the same time, a customer has the ability to return the product if it does not match the description on the website which makes expensive purchases online easy and secure. We sell pieces from designers such as Chanel, Hermès, and Louis Vuitton; jewelry and watches from Cartier, Rolex, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Our consignors earn 70-90% of the sale price. The apparel industry accounts for about 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and it consumes more energy than aviation and shipping combined. Help us to make the world greener together with LUXXY.
B2BTRADE — B2BTRADE is an online trading platform for organizing wholesale sales and purchases
Parkly — Find, book, and save on parking with convenient garages and lots. Find parking near work, home and airports.

Jeremie Berrebi is the CEO and Founder of MeetB. He previously worked at Fresh Planet as a Co-Founder. Jeremie Berrebi attended Yeshiva Netivot Olam.

Investment focus

Mobile, SaaS, Software
Seed, Angel
United States, France, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Aniways — Aniways has an SDK for adding "intelligence and interaction" to mobile communication services, giving any chat/IM/social networking service an amazing way to monetize their traffic. Aniways allows users to easily add dynamic, expressive and fun emoticons to their conversations.
Optix — Optix is the only coworking space automation software that enables you to automate, optimize, grow and engage your community.
Immediately — Immediately is mobile sales enablement, designed for the always-on workforce.Sales can no longer be a 9-5 job; over 70% of lost deals are due to slow reaction time. Immediately brings the full sales workflow into one mobile app designed to enable capturing opportunities and closing deals in real time. From getting intelligence on leads, tosending instrumented emails, to making and logging phone calls and updating opportunity status. Immediately is the sales rep’s best weapon. We plug into Google Apps and Salesforce to integrate seamlessly with existing workflows.We believe the future of sales is not CRM, but a beautiful data-driven, highly automated, and platform-agnostic integrated sales experience. Creating it is our passion. Our customer is the closer - and we believe that in sales, everyone should be a closer.

General Partner & Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund. Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm. Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000. Assisted 100+ companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant. Personal angel investmentportfolio, overall company value nearing $3BN, follow-ons raised (>$150 MN) from Accel, Iconiq, Insight Ventures, EBRD, Techstars, Acrobator Ventures. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe."Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019): CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media. CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Moscow School of Management MBA (3 years).Portfolio: miro.com; harver.com; travelata.ru (co-founder); Chocofamily Holding: chocotravel.kz, chocolife.me, aviata.kz, chocomart.kz (exit), lensmark.kz, rahmet.kz, chocofood.kz, iDoctor.kz, HRbot; Newzmate.com (partial exit to Piano.io); storyterrace.com, getobjectiv.com; Crossss (sold to Leadhit); clockster.com; linkpizza.com; zakaz.ua; urbandine.nl; 6nomads.com, instreamatic.ai., omdena.com, aura-aware.com, awesomic.com, memoryOS.com, VC investments: leapfunder.com; respeecher.com; letsenhance.io; studyfree.org.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
United States, The Netherlands, Kazakhstan

Portfolio highlights

Awesomic — Get matched with the best-fit designer on a fixed budget with no stress. Place a design task and see the first results on the next business day. Start today!
SuperWorld — The Virtual World mapped on top of the real world to create, discover and monetize content.
knopka — knopka - is an advanced automated nurse calling system that ensures help is provided on time. One-hour installation. Completely wireless. Compatible with cardiac monitors, fitness trackers, and smartwatches.

Christoph has invested in more than 20 SaaS startups and lives and breathes SaaS, everything from “A as in AI-enhanced B2B software” to “Z as in Zendesk”. Christoph co-founded Point Nine Capital in 2011. Before that, he co-founded two Internet startups (DealPilot.com in 1997 and Pageflakes in 2005). In 2008 he became an angel investor anddiscovered Zendesk, Clio, FreeAgent – and his love for SaaS.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Analytics
Seed, Series A, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

SaaStock — SaaStock was founded by Alexa Theuma on a simple belief: When the SaaS community comes together, the result is collective improvement.That’s why SaaStock events connect key players in the world of SaaS, by serving as a platform for learning, networking, demos, and investments. The premier 3-day SaaStock conference occurs annually in Dublin,Ireland. It attracts 3000+ attendees, all in the business of growing and scaling B2B SaaS companies.The conference includes satellite events such as: 1. SaaS.City - A series of SaaS management bootcamps. 2. InvestStock - An investor-only, content and networking event. 3. Startup Programme - An opportunity for startups to showcase products, connect with investors, and accelerate their growth. 4. Global Pitch Competition - A hunt to find the year’s “Best SaaS Startup” with a $25,000 grand prize.SaaStock also hosts 1-day, SaaStock On Tour events in locations including Paris, London, Sydney, Helsinki, Berlin, and New York.
NexHealth — Join thousands of doctors, hundreds of developers, and millions of patients using NexHealth for EHR-integrated real-time online scheduling, patient communications, digital paperwork, and more.
Server Density — A behind-the-stack view of our product releases, recommended practices, and company updates.

MCI Capital is a leading Digital Private Equity investor in CEE, based in Warsaw, Poland. MCI Capital seeks to invest in digital disruption, transformation and infrastructure within EU, with focus on CEE. Preferred sectors are SaaS, E-commerce, Marketplace, Fintech, Insurtech, Foodtech, Traveltech and Digital Infrastructure. MCI typically investsEUR 25-100 M in a single project, either in Buyout or Expansion stage. Historically, MCI Capital has also been involved in funds dedicated to Private Debt, Growth and Venture Capital areas – these funds do not conduct any new investments, instead they focus on building the value of assets and de-investing.MCI Capital is managed by the executive management team. The company is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since February 2001 and is also a member of the Polish Private Equity Association.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Mobile
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Poland, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

IdoSell — IdoSell Shop is a complex service available in SaaS model directed to professional online shops and wholesale stores.
Gett — Gett is a technology platform focused on corporate Ground Transportation Management (GTM), where spend is estimated to exceed $100 billion globally. https://gett.com/why We are the GTM category leader, serving over a quarter of the Fortune 500 companies.Gett’s cloud-based software organizes thousands of transportation providers(corporate fleet, ride-hailing, taxi, and limos) into one single platform. The technology helps save businesses time and money by managing all their ground transportation spend, and optimizes the entire employee experience from booking and riding to invoicing and analytics.We are building the first ground transportation grid available to customers worldwide, similar to telephony and internet grids, with aspirations to become the standard in corporate ground transportation, just as Zoom became the standard in corporate communication.Founded in 2010 and headquartered in London, Gett has raised more than $750M in funding to date, including more than $300M from the Volkswagen Group. They employ over 800 employees globally.
ANSWEAR.com —

Cem Sertoglu is an internet and technology venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He is currently a partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, a European venture investment firm focusing on technology and health technology companies.He is also a managing partner at Young Turk Ventures, an internet-focused investment firm. From 2008 to 2009, Sertogluwas a partner at iLab Ventures, the venture capital arm of AccessTurkey Capital Group that is focused on early-stage through late-stage growth equity investments, primarily in on-line consumer services companies and technology-driven business services companies in Turkey.Prior to these, Sertoglu founded SelectMinds, a provider of cloud-based, social talent sourcing apps that allow companies to use social networks such as Facebook to recruit employees. He served as its CEO from 1999 to 2005. The company was bought by Oracle in 2012.Sertoglu's investment highlights include: GittiGidiyor, the first major Turkish internet exit to eBay in 2011; YemekSepeti, the leading online meal delivery marketplace in Turkey; Grupanya, Turkey’s leading daily deal business; and Wikimart.ru, a leading Russian e-commerce platform. Other investments include: HipWay, CivicSolar, Lofty, Lime&Tonic, Gezlong and Vivense Home & Living.Sertoglu attended the University of Texas at Austin and received his bachelor's degree in Economics in 1993. He also attended Robert College from 1982 to 1989. He publishes a blog on Venture Capital and technology, titled SortiPreneur.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, CRM
Seed, Series A, Series D
United States, Turkey, Germany

Portfolio highlights

HipWay — Hipway is an online travel company maintaining two websites - hiplcub.ru and hipway.ru. Hipclub.ru - is a private online travel club running 10-15 flash sale deals per week. The deals include hotel stays and hotel+flight packages. Hipway.ru - is a travel package specialist offering wide range of hotel+flight packages of Russian touroperators. Hipway recieved angel funding from superangels such as Michael van Swaaij and Chamath Palihapitya in 2010.
idemama — Idemama is an online platform that provides its users with web and graphic design services. It is based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Lime&Tonic — Consumer demand for unique ways to spend scarce leisure time is increasing. Hospitality merchants (particularly restaurants) struggle to attract and retain consumers. Delivery of services is not personalized due to exceedingly high labor costs. Via mobile, L&T curates online marketplace focusing on discovery (vs. search) of the bestculinary experiences and unique activities. $2.0 trillion leisure sector with a nice focus on the $160bn fine dining and $227bn activities segments.Proven success with leading merchants including Mandarin Oriental, Intercontinental, Four Seasons, Park Hyatt. Over 1,600 experiences created since company launch.www.limeandtonic.com

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