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 Central Asia

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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