SAILING
DOWNWIND WITH
BRIGHT PEOPLE
Investments, acceleration and GR for early stage tech startups
WE ARE LOOKING FOR TECHNOLOGY-BASED STARTUPS
seed and pre-A stages
with the plan of scaling in global markets
with MVP and growing sales
with clear sales strategy
OUR FOCUS
AI / ML
BIG DATA
RETAIL / E-COMMERCE
ED TECH / HR TECH
WE DO NOT INVEST:
startups with CAPEX costs over 20% of the attracted round
non-scalable business models
cryptocurrency startups
LTV / CAC < 3
SYNDICATED ROUNDS
The number of syndicated rounds is growing rapidly from year to year. Now syndicated rounds have become a common practice in the VC market and in our fund in particular.
ready to participate in syndicated rounds and be a syndicator
we syndicate rounds up to $1M
we select serial vc-investors with smart money for a syndicate
portfolio
MEMBER OF INVESTMENT COMMUNITIES
TEAM AND ADVISORS
Sergey Bruev
5 years experience as managing partner in Lighthouse Legal with focus on government contracts, R&D subsidies and grants. Member of expert and public boards at various federal agencies and ministries. Master of laws (UC Berkeley), VC & equity courses (UC Berkeley & 500 Startups). Founder and Head of the Board at "Young lawyers of Russia" (NGO).
Ekaterina Kulakova
10 years of experience as the corporate lawyer. Ex-head of corporate (legal) department at CJSC «Capital Financial Corporation». Ex-head of corporate department at LLC «RusAlyans Stroy». Has strong experience in Russian and international business and corporate law, due diligence. Graduated from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University)
Anastasia Ilina
Specializes at preliminary expertise and scouting of tech startups (pre-seed and seed stages). Training program VC Analyst at Eurasian Venture Academy(EVA Academy) (2018), Corporate Tracker IIDF School (2020). Graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with a degree in international marketing (2021).
Dmitry Kokh
CEO & Founder at Angry Citizen Ltd. Founder in Intelligent Social Systems Ltd (Russian Software Company). Ex-head of the «Zworykin project» at the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs.
Mikhail Zlomnov
10 years of experience in sales and business development management in large Russian and international companies, in the fields of oil and gas and IT. 5 years of experience in the investment industry as a private investor and venture partner. Graduated from Samara State Economic University, specialization in Economics and Management. Vice President of the Business Club.
Vyacheslav Demchenko
10 years of experience in Foundation for assistance to small innovative enterprises (FASIE) as the head of the program to support young innovators and the head of the grant programs for high-tech small enterprises. 1 year of experience in the Federal corporation for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises as a manager for supporting fast-growing high-tech innovative companies. Chairman of the innovation committee of the New People party. Head of the staff of the Youth Public Chamber of Russia. Member of the International Association of Journalists in Brussels.
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