Almaz Capital

Almaz Capital, established in 2008, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Portola Valley, California. It specializes in early-stage, capital-efficient technology investments, bridging the gap between Eastern European/former Soviet engineering talent and the U.S. market. The firm focuses on high-growth sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, data engineering, cybersecurity, and industrial IoT. Almaz Capital has invested in over 30 portfolio companies and facilitated nine exits to date, with notable investors including Cisco, EBRD, and IFC.

Geoffrey Baehr

General Partner

Pavel Bogdanov

General Partner

Alexander Galitsky

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Aniruddha Nazaré

General Partner

Aniruddha Nazre

General Partner

Charles E. Ryan

General Partner

Yoav Samet

General Partner

Yoav Samet

General Partner

Daniil Stolyarov

Partner

Past deals in Belarus

OneSoil

Series A in 2021
OneSoil is a precision farming platform that focuses on enhancing agricultural productivity through innovative technology. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Minsk, Belarus, the company utilizes satellite imagery and machine learning to provide detailed soil analysis and field monitoring tools. Its mobile application and platform offer farmers and agricultural companies insights that help improve profitability and sustainability. The OneSoil platform includes features such as Precision Insights tools and a Business to Business API, which leverage extensive data from field trials and proprietary ground truth information. Serving primarily the United States and Europe, OneSoil aims to assist farmers in effectively planning operations, increasing productivity, and optimizing resource usage.

Yandex

Venture Round in 2009
Yandex is a Russian internet and technology company, operating the largest search engine in Russia and the most visited website in the country. It develops and provides a range of internet-based services and products, including transportation services, navigation products, and mobile applications, all powered by machine learning. Yandex's services span search and portal, e-commerce, mobility, delivery, entertainment, classifieds, and media, generating revenue primarily from its search and portal segment in Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
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