Baring Vostok Capital Partners

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 companies that 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.

Abgaryan, Vagan Leonidovich

Partner

Dzhuni Astor

Investment Manager

Jean Michel Broun

Partner

Philippe DELPAL

Industry Partner, Financial Services

Ivashentseva Elena

Senior Partner

Dmitry Kamensky

Partner

Gabbas Kazhimuratov

Partner and CFO

Loginov, Maxim

Partner

Konstantin Povstyanoy

Partner

Igor Samsonov Ph.D

Partner, Leveraged Finance

Julian Timms

Director

Nikolay Zubtsov

Investment Professional

61 past transactions

Kodland

Series A in 2022
Online digital skills school for kids 6-17 years old.

Mindbox.cloud

Private Equity Round in 2021
The platform works in real-time and enables brands to run complex omnichannel campaigns, personalized promotions, web and mobile personalization using a single comprehensive tool.

Jiffy Grocery

Series A in 2021
Jiffy is an online supermarket with an ultrafast delivery service founded in 2020 and based in London. Jiffy's mission is to transform customers’ online grocery shopping experience to make it faster and more convenient to get the products they need when they need them. Its on-demand delivery service offers a wide selection of fresh produce, meals, and household essentials sourced from popular brands and local suppliers at retail prices. The company uses a network of smart fulfillment centers, known as cloud stores, which are dedicated to serving the needs and are tailored to the tastes of local communities.

EBAC Online

Series A in 2021
EBAC Cursos Online is a fast-growing edutech company in Brazil. The company provides more than 50 courses in design, coding, marketing, data science to more than 15 thousand paying students. Students choose EBAC for the high relevance of courses and close collaboration with industry leaders.

Getcourse.ru

Venture Round in 2021
Getcourse.ru is a cloud-based sales and training platform for seminars, training, courses, face-to-face, and online classes. The company is developing trainings, establishes a foundation, accepts payments via its payment module, and manages processes quickly and easily. The platform uses different content formats to increase student engagement: audio, video, text, PDF instructions, infographics, etc. It has its own Payment module that allows accepting payments from students without requiring them to connect to third-party services. There are no additional settings or integrations required; everything needs to accept payments is already available on the platform.

Level Travel

Venture Round in 2021
Level Travel service for online booking of tours with round the clock customer support.

ElectroNeek

Series A in 2021
ElectroNeek is an Intelligent Automation platform empowering MSPs (Managed Service Providers) and their clients with cutting-edge technology that seamlessly automates business processes (end-to-end). This MSP-oriented platform offers a wide range of exciting low-code automation tools, based on RPA, IDP, AI, and GPT4 (Conversational and Generative) technologies. ElectroNeek is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and was founded in 2019.

ivi

Series D in 2021
Ivi is a Russia-based video-on-demand platform that brings the traditional television experience online with a free video player that is secure, scalable, portable (accessible by any internet connected computer), and flexible for both broadcasters and viewers. Ivi creates opportunities for desktop and independent content producers to create live streaming channels. ivi also provides mainstream broadcasters with new audiences and revenue opportunities.

Muver

Seed Round in 2021
Muver is the mobile app for rideshare and delivery drivers who use it along with big services on the US market (Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub and Instacart ) to automate their work and reduce needless idling. We help drivers make up to 30% more money and work smoothly not being distracted by manual apps switching on their devices while driving.

Food Rocket

Seed Round in 2021
Food Rocket is a rapid grocery delivery startup that provides fast grocery delivery, promising door-to-door delivery within 15 minutes of the order’s placement. Its business model is based on AI-enabled technologies to manage warehouse stocks, forecast demand and optimize delivery time by predicting the closest store that offers the fastest delivery time and the lowest costs of putting together and delivering the order. The startup is competing with the biggest players on the market – DoorDash, GoPuff, Amazon Fresh, InstaCart. Founded in 2021, Food Rocket aims to shift the consumers’ buying habits from advance, bulk purchasing to daily shopping. Its founder’s expertise is manifested by successful cases of on-demand grocery delivery in other countries. Likewise, the team has collectively founded multiple companies across digital marketing and food retail, employing over 250 people in the past.

Jiffy Grocery

Seed Round in 2021
Jiffy is an online supermarket with an ultrafast delivery service founded in 2020 and based in London. Jiffy's mission is to transform customers’ online grocery shopping experience to make it faster and more convenient to get the products they need when they need them. Its on-demand delivery service offers a wide selection of fresh produce, meals, and household essentials sourced from popular brands and local suppliers at retail prices. The company uses a network of smart fulfillment centers, known as cloud stores, which are dedicated to serving the needs and are tailored to the tastes of local communities.

SkyEng

Venture Round in 2020
Skyeng - an interactive online school learning English, which helps people set themselves the specific life goals, achieve them in the learning process. We are aiming to make learning convenient and efficient, interesting and fascinating to our students. In order to realize all our ideas, we put together a bright team in which each participant makes an important contribution to the development of the school.

Sravni.ru

Secondary Market in 2020
Sravni.ru mission - to help people make the right choices and achieve financial goals. Sravni.ru services and advice to help choose the financial and insurance products, such as deposits, loans, credit cards or pick up the hull and CTP. And also achieve major life goals such as buying an apartment or investment in the future.

Synergetic

Private Equity Round in 2020
Synergetic is a manufacturer of ecological detergents and cosmetics.

Ozon

Convertible Note in 2020
OZON is a leading e-commerce platform and one of the largest and fast-growing internet companies in Russia. Its online marketplace offers one of the largest product selections in Russian e-commerce, with more than 130 million products across 20+ categories. Thanks to Ozon’s extensive fulfillment and delivery network, more than 50% of the Russian population is covered by Ozon delivery or has a pick-up point within walking distance. The Ozon marketplace connects more than 150,000 sellers and more than 31 million customers in Russia. Marketplace sellers account for more than ¾ of turnover on Ozon by Gross Merchandise Value (GMV). The Ozon Global service supports international sellers in launching their sales in Russia (Ozon currently has more than 12,000 international sellers on its platform) and offers a variety of tools to help them grow their business. In addition to its core e-commerce business, Ozon is continuously expanding its services ecosystem, which includes fintech services through Ozon Bank, the Ozon Fresh express delivery service, and online travel and ticket booking through Ozon Travel. Ozon’s cutting-edge technology is developed by an in-house tech lab that employs nearly 4,000 IT specialists. Overall, the company employs approximately 35,000 people in its offices and logistics hubs across Russia. Ozon was ranked as the 3rd most valuable Russian internet company by Forbes Russia in 2021. In 2020, Ozon raised $1.27 billion in its IPO on the NASDAQ, which was described by Bloomberg News as the “best Russia IPO debut since 2011.”

CarPrice.ru

Venture Round in 2020
CarPrice Ltd Moscow-based technological start-up launched in 2014. CarPrice develops technology, infrastructure and services for used cars transactions between private sellers and professional buyers. The major part of the business is an online auction. For private sellers CarPrice is a transparent, convenient and safe way to sell the car. For professional buyers CarPrice is a stable and reliable buying channel. To sell his car, the seller comes to a CarPrice representative, the car goes through legal check and standardized technical inspection. Technical report and legal data are then uploaded to CarPrice online auction platform available for authorized buyers only. Buyers bid for the cars, maximum bid wins. The winning bid is offered to the seller as purchasing price. The seller can accept or reject the offer. All the services are free for the seller. Buyers pay for the access to the platform and CarPrice fees for each transaction. CarPrice also offers logistics, warehousing, corporate services and financial solutions for used cars market players in Russia. In 2013 Oskar Hartmann approached a group of investors with an idea to adopt for Russia a business model which successfully deployed in UK and Germany. In 2014 CarPrice online auction was launched. The company's Round B was adjudged as "Deal of the Year" by Venture Awards Russia 2015 (investors included Baring Vostok Capital Partners & Almaz Capital). In 2015 CarPrice was named one of the 100 most talked-about startups in Europe by the American magazine Wired. In 2016 CarPrice Japan opens. In June 2017 Mitsui acquired a 25% stake in CarPrice Japan. March 2018, Tech Tour Growth 50 experts ranked CarPrice among the most promising European growth companies. In 2020 CarPrice was one of the first in the market who launched distant buying. In 2022 CarPrice entered Forbes' top 30 digital companies in Russia as #22. In 2023 CarPrice gets #13 position in the rating. As of the end of 2023 CarPrice operates more than 100 buying offices in 55 cities in Russia and 5 logistic hubs.

Voximplant

Series B in 2019
Voximplant Cloud can be scaled according to your needs. You can be sure that everything is functioning properly (even if the load suddenly increases when your app goes viral). It's their responsibility to take care of maintenance, updates, and uptime, and they take that responsibility very seriously.

Monopoly.Online

Series A in 2019
Digital freight network for shippers, carriers, and drivers with a wide range of services within one ecosystem. We help carriers with hassle-free load orders and shippers with easy-going quick payments, fuel as well as other services (from parking to tire services). All could be managed via our virtual Monopoly.Wallet.

Ozon Holdings

Secondary Market in 2019
Ozon Ltd. is a prominent e-commerce platform based in Moscow, Russia, and is recognized as one of the country's earliest online retailers. Initially founded as an online bookstore in 1998, Ozon has evolved into a comprehensive marketplace offering over 6.2 million products across 24 categories, including clothing, electronics, household goods, beauty products, and more. The company facilitates more than 150,000 daily deliveries and has developed extensive fulfillment capabilities with around 200,000 square meters of warehouse space, over 2,500 couriers, and more than 11,000 pick-up points. Ozon's marketplace supports various businesses, from small enterprises to large brands, enabling them to reach a broader audience. Additionally, Ozon has invested in technology to enhance its services, employing over 1,000 IT specialists. The company also introduced financial services to support merchants and offers customer incentives through cashback programs. With a significant share of the Russian market and a commitment to improving the shopping experience, Ozon aims to make online purchasing more convenient and affordable for consumers.

Tealsy

Series A in 2019
Tealsy is a Moscow-based startup that brings together e-shoppers, retail networks, and suppliers by providing a single online platform where they can meet one another to trade food products.

ivi

Series C in 2019
Ivi is a Russia-based video-on-demand platform that brings the traditional television experience online with a free video player that is secure, scalable, portable (accessible by any internet connected computer), and flexible for both broadcasters and viewers. Ivi creates opportunities for desktop and independent content producers to create live streaming channels. ivi also provides mainstream broadcasters with new audiences and revenue opportunities.

Ozon Holdings

Debt Financing in 2019
Ozon Ltd. is a prominent e-commerce platform based in Moscow, Russia, and is recognized as one of the country's earliest online retailers. Initially founded as an online bookstore in 1998, Ozon has evolved into a comprehensive marketplace offering over 6.2 million products across 24 categories, including clothing, electronics, household goods, beauty products, and more. The company facilitates more than 150,000 daily deliveries and has developed extensive fulfillment capabilities with around 200,000 square meters of warehouse space, over 2,500 couriers, and more than 11,000 pick-up points. Ozon's marketplace supports various businesses, from small enterprises to large brands, enabling them to reach a broader audience. Additionally, Ozon has invested in technology to enhance its services, employing over 1,000 IT specialists. The company also introduced financial services to support merchants and offers customer incentives through cashback programs. With a significant share of the Russian market and a commitment to improving the shopping experience, Ozon aims to make online purchasing more convenient and affordable for consumers.

DOC+

Series B in 2018
DOC+ mission is to make high quality medical service affordable. We started as a pure doctor-house-calls service and transformed into the 1st mobile clinic on the Russian market, providing on-demand doctor house calls, teleconsultations, EHR (electronic health record), medical concierge cervice and more. DOC+ reached 30k customers in 1.5 years and continue rapid growth. DOC+ has in its DNA a desire to transform healthcare in Russia. To accomplish it, DOC+ launched an in-home doctor service in August of 2015. Since that, DOC+ has proved the validity of its approach. Developing, DOC+ has smoothly transformed into a mobile clinic in its client's pocket, allowing users to: • Order an in-home visit with one tap of a button • Instantly buy and get delivered prescribed medicine and pills (to be launched in Q2’17) • Get an instant consultation either through a chat or by phone • Get a video-consultation (launch in Q1’17) • Keep electronic health records and get instant specialist comments on issues from blood test results to prescriptions • Get an access to your personal doctor, a database of DOC+ verified medical partners with considerable discounts, privileged service and free teleconsultations through unique DOC+Care subscription (monthly / annually) DOC+’s main goal is to offer every medical service that can be done at patient’s home or distantly via telecommunication in a highly personalised way. Our vision is to help DOC+ large customer base get access to the most advanced healthcare technologies, increasing doctor’s utilisation and optimising costs at the same time. We'll do it through further development of telemedical solutions, AI/ML based diagnostics and assistance and personalization.

Gett

Series E in 2018
Gett Ltd. is a technology-based company that specializes in providing on-demand taxi and ground transportation services for businesses through its SaaS platform. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Ware, United Kingdom, Gett enables clients to book corporate transportation services via a mobile application available on iOS and Android. The platform integrates various transportation providers, allowing businesses to manage their ground transportation expenses efficiently. With operations in key markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, and Russia, Gett aims to simplify the corporate travel experience by offering features like automatic invoicing and detailed analytics, which can lead to significant cost savings. The company has also established a strategic partnership with The Volkswagen Group to enhance its service offerings.

Mokka

Funding Round in 2018
Revo Technologies is a leading fintech company in Russia and Central Europe. Revo specializes in onmni-channel store financing solutions for leading merchants in the region, making it easy and convenient for millions of shoppers to buy now pay later.

Ozon Holdings

Venture Round in 2018
Ozon Ltd. is a prominent e-commerce platform based in Moscow, Russia, and is recognized as one of the country's earliest online retailers. Initially founded as an online bookstore in 1998, Ozon has evolved into a comprehensive marketplace offering over 6.2 million products across 24 categories, including clothing, electronics, household goods, beauty products, and more. The company facilitates more than 150,000 daily deliveries and has developed extensive fulfillment capabilities with around 200,000 square meters of warehouse space, over 2,500 couriers, and more than 11,000 pick-up points. Ozon's marketplace supports various businesses, from small enterprises to large brands, enabling them to reach a broader audience. Additionally, Ozon has invested in technology to enhance its services, employing over 1,000 IT specialists. The company also introduced financial services to support merchants and offers customer incentives through cashback programs. With a significant share of the Russian market and a commitment to improving the shopping experience, Ozon aims to make online purchasing more convenient and affordable for consumers.

SkyEng

Private Equity Round in 2018
Skyeng - an interactive online school learning English, which helps people set themselves the specific life goals, achieve them in the learning process. We are aiming to make learning convenient and efficient, interesting and fascinating to our students. In order to realize all our ideas, we put together a bright team in which each participant makes an important contribution to the development of the school.

Busfor

Venture Round in 2017
Busfor streamlines the bus transportation industry by developing technological solutions that connect bus operators and carriers with online and offline customers. Having acquired and managing inventory from over 7,000 operators, Busfor provides passengers with a convenient way to search, compare and purchase tickets at the Busfor website, mobile app or through more than 600 partners.

DOC+

Series A in 2017
DOC+ mission is to make high quality medical service affordable. We started as a pure doctor-house-calls service and transformed into the 1st mobile clinic on the Russian market, providing on-demand doctor house calls, teleconsultations, EHR (electronic health record), medical concierge cervice and more. DOC+ reached 30k customers in 1.5 years and continue rapid growth. DOC+ has in its DNA a desire to transform healthcare in Russia. To accomplish it, DOC+ launched an in-home doctor service in August of 2015. Since that, DOC+ has proved the validity of its approach. Developing, DOC+ has smoothly transformed into a mobile clinic in its client's pocket, allowing users to: • Order an in-home visit with one tap of a button • Instantly buy and get delivered prescribed medicine and pills (to be launched in Q2’17) • Get an instant consultation either through a chat or by phone • Get a video-consultation (launch in Q1’17) • Keep electronic health records and get instant specialist comments on issues from blood test results to prescriptions • Get an access to your personal doctor, a database of DOC+ verified medical partners with considerable discounts, privileged service and free teleconsultations through unique DOC+Care subscription (monthly / annually) DOC+’s main goal is to offer every medical service that can be done at patient’s home or distantly via telecommunication in a highly personalised way. Our vision is to help DOC+ large customer base get access to the most advanced healthcare technologies, increasing doctor’s utilisation and optimising costs at the same time. We'll do it through further development of telemedical solutions, AI/ML based diagnostics and assistance and personalization.

Mokka

Series B in 2017
Revo Technologies is a leading fintech company in Russia and Central Europe. Revo specializes in onmni-channel store financing solutions for leading merchants in the region, making it easy and convenient for millions of shoppers to buy now pay later.

Sorsdata

Venture Round in 2017
Sorsdata OOO offers consumer marketing and analytics. It combines proprietary data with analytics capabilities to work with Russian merchants to improve their customer communication, loyalty, and store performance.

Busfor

Series B in 2016
Busfor streamlines the bus transportation industry by developing technological solutions that connect bus operators and carriers with online and offline customers. Having acquired and managing inventory from over 7,000 operators, Busfor provides passengers with a convenient way to search, compare and purchase tickets at the Busfor website, mobile app or through more than 600 partners.

BlaBlaCar

Private Equity Round in 2016
BlaBlaCar is the world’s leading long-distance carpooling community, connecting people looking to travel long distances with drivers going the same way. They travel together and share the costs of the journey. The platform is engineered to create a secure, trust-based community with declared identities and full member profiles. Members can even specify how chatty they are from “Bla” to “BlaBlaBla”, hence the name BlaBlaCar. BlaBlaCar is creating a global people-powered network with a trusted community of drivers and passengers. Backed by Accel Partners, Insight Ventures, Index Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, Baring Vostok and ISAI, it operates in 22 countries across Europe, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil and India. The site and free mobile apps provide a range of features to create a secure, trust-based community and easy connections between drivers and passengers. BlaBlaCar is based in Paris with offices across a dozen of countries.

DOC+

Series A in 2016
DOC+ mission is to make high quality medical service affordable. We started as a pure doctor-house-calls service and transformed into the 1st mobile clinic on the Russian market, providing on-demand doctor house calls, teleconsultations, EHR (electronic health record), medical concierge cervice and more. DOC+ reached 30k customers in 1.5 years and continue rapid growth. DOC+ has in its DNA a desire to transform healthcare in Russia. To accomplish it, DOC+ launched an in-home doctor service in August of 2015. Since that, DOC+ has proved the validity of its approach. Developing, DOC+ has smoothly transformed into a mobile clinic in its client's pocket, allowing users to: • Order an in-home visit with one tap of a button • Instantly buy and get delivered prescribed medicine and pills (to be launched in Q2’17) • Get an instant consultation either through a chat or by phone • Get a video-consultation (launch in Q1’17) • Keep electronic health records and get instant specialist comments on issues from blood test results to prescriptions • Get an access to your personal doctor, a database of DOC+ verified medical partners with considerable discounts, privileged service and free teleconsultations through unique DOC+Care subscription (monthly / annually) DOC+’s main goal is to offer every medical service that can be done at patient’s home or distantly via telecommunication in a highly personalised way. Our vision is to help DOC+ large customer base get access to the most advanced healthcare technologies, increasing doctor’s utilisation and optimising costs at the same time. We'll do it through further development of telemedical solutions, AI/ML based diagnostics and assistance and personalization.

Profi.ru

Acquisition in 2016
Profi.ru is an online marketplace that allows users to find freelancers and professionals in categories such as tutors, doctors, beauty masters, artists and musicians, handymen, personal trainers, and driving instructors.

2GIS

Series B in 2015
2GIS is an international technology company that develops services for a comfortable life in the city. 2GIS’s mission is to help people to live in the city. One of the ten most expensive companies of the Russian Internet according to Forbes (2018). The main product of the company is the city information service 2GIS that brings together map, navigator and business directory and has over 42 million monthly active users. The service covers more than 350 cities in 9 countries. 2GIS is available for free on 2gis.com and in the mobile applications for iOS, Android.

CarPrice.ru

Series B in 2015
CarPrice Ltd Moscow-based technological start-up launched in 2014. CarPrice develops technology, infrastructure and services for used cars transactions between private sellers and professional buyers. The major part of the business is an online auction. For private sellers CarPrice is a transparent, convenient and safe way to sell the car. For professional buyers CarPrice is a stable and reliable buying channel. To sell his car, the seller comes to a CarPrice representative, the car goes through legal check and standardized technical inspection. Technical report and legal data are then uploaded to CarPrice online auction platform available for authorized buyers only. Buyers bid for the cars, maximum bid wins. The winning bid is offered to the seller as purchasing price. The seller can accept or reject the offer. All the services are free for the seller. Buyers pay for the access to the platform and CarPrice fees for each transaction. CarPrice also offers logistics, warehousing, corporate services and financial solutions for used cars market players in Russia. In 2013 Oskar Hartmann approached a group of investors with an idea to adopt for Russia a business model which successfully deployed in UK and Germany. In 2014 CarPrice online auction was launched. The company's Round B was adjudged as "Deal of the Year" by Venture Awards Russia 2015 (investors included Baring Vostok Capital Partners & Almaz Capital). In 2015 CarPrice was named one of the 100 most talked-about startups in Europe by the American magazine Wired. In 2016 CarPrice Japan opens. In June 2017 Mitsui acquired a 25% stake in CarPrice Japan. March 2018, Tech Tour Growth 50 experts ranked CarPrice among the most promising European growth companies. In 2020 CarPrice was one of the first in the market who launched distant buying. In 2022 CarPrice entered Forbes' top 30 digital companies in Russia as #22. In 2023 CarPrice gets #13 position in the rating. As of the end of 2023 CarPrice operates more than 100 buying offices in 55 cities in Russia and 5 logistic hubs.

Profi.ru

Venture Round in 2015
Profi.ru is an online marketplace that allows users to find freelancers and professionals in categories such as tutors, doctors, beauty masters, artists and musicians, handymen, personal trainers, and driving instructors.

Gett

Series D in 2014
Gett Ltd. is a technology-based company that specializes in providing on-demand taxi and ground transportation services for businesses through its SaaS platform. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Ware, United Kingdom, Gett enables clients to book corporate transportation services via a mobile application available on iOS and Android. The platform integrates various transportation providers, allowing businesses to manage their ground transportation expenses efficiently. With operations in key markets such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, and Russia, Gett aims to simplify the corporate travel experience by offering features like automatic invoicing and detailed analytics, which can lead to significant cost savings. The company has also established a strategic partnership with The Volkswagen Group to enhance its service offerings.

Mamsy

Venture Round in 2014
Mamsy is the largest daily deals site for moms, babies and kids which provides offers with discounts up to 70%. The company's mission is to make the Russian market of children's goods more competitive, and to make high quality products available to customers all over Russia.

Kolesa

Venture Round in 2014
Kolesa is an online automotive and real estate classifieds projects in Kazakhstan.

ivi

Venture Round in 2012
Ivi is a Russia-based video-on-demand platform that brings the traditional television experience online with a free video player that is secure, scalable, portable (accessible by any internet connected computer), and flexible for both broadcasters and viewers. Ivi creates opportunities for desktop and independent content producers to create live streaming channels. ivi also provides mainstream broadcasters with new audiences and revenue opportunities.

Tinkoff

Series C in 2012
Tinkoff is an online financial ecosystem centred around the needs of its customers. The Tinkoff ecosystem offers a full range of financial services for individuals and businesses. With a focus on lifestyle banking, the Tinkoff ecosystem enables customers to assess and plan personal spending, invest their savings, earn loyalty programme bonuses, book trips, buy movie tickets, make restaurant reservations and much more. All Tinkoff services are accessible via our mobile applications and on the Tinkoff.ru website. The Tinkoff ecosystem is branchless: its proprietary network of smart couriers can deliver the Company’s products anywhere in Russia in the shortest time span possible, and customer service is handled online and by call centres (both office and cloud-based). Tinkoff is delivering AI Banking strategy and makes active use of AI and machine learning technologies to streamline communications. AI voice assistant deals with 40% customers inquiries in chats with no employee involvement and resolves clients’ questions in call center for 40 seconds average. All Tinkoff products and most of its IT systems have been developed in-house. Some 80% of the bank's HQ staff are IT specialists. The Bank was named «The Most Innovative Digital Bank in Central and Eastern Europe» (Global Finance, 2021), «World’s Best Consumer Digital Bank» (Global Finance, 2018, 2020), Best Digital Bank in Russia (The Banker , 2020 г.), Best Digital Bank in Central and Eastern Europe (Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2021). In 2020 Forbes included Tinkoff at top-3 the Best Russian Employers. The bank's parent company – TCS Group Holding PLC – has been listed on the London Stock Exchange. 3Q 2021 IFRS net income of TCS Group Holding PLC amounted to RUB 16.5 bn. The ROE was 42.6%.

Avito

Series B in 2012
Avito is a classified advertisements platform that allows users to buy and sell used cars, clothes, real estate, and other accessories. The Buyers and sellers use its line of business for the exchange of products and services such as coins, collectibles, computers, memorabilia, stamps, and toys, as well as concert and sporting tickets. Jonas Nordlanderr and Filip Engelbert founded Avito in 2007. Its headquarters is in Moscow in the Russian Federation.

Novomet

Venture Round in 2011
Novomet is expanding and refurbishing of production of high-capacity oil production equipment with the use of parts and components with nanostructured protective coatings and development of a global service network Novomet submersible pumps are the ones of the most reliable and energy efficient in the global market, especially for oil production at difficult fields and at shelf. Novomet shares in Russian and international markets of submersible extractive equipment are 25% and 3% respectively. The Company’s policy is aimed to creation and mass fabrication of equipment for complicated operational conditions. The technological innovation of the project lies in using nanostructured protective and functional coatings based on tungsten carbide with the use of titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, chrome and molybdenum developed by the Group of Companies of Novomet and its partners. Within the project, the service network is under development that offers to the clients worldwide a full range of services for maintenance of electric centrifugal pumps—from selecting the most suitable units for wells

1C Company

Private Equity Round in 2011
Founded in 1991 1C Company specializes in distribution, publishing, and development of mass-market software for the automation of various business processes. 1C has become the leading publisher and distributor of computer games in Eastern and Central Europe. At present more than 10 000 dealers from 600 cities of 25 countries cooperate with 1C. About 7500 teams constitute the 1C:Franchising partner network, which is the main channel of value-adding for 1C products. Service-partners provide regular information and tech support for 1C software customers. The network of authorized training centers is also operating. There are 280 1C:Multimedia software retail shops of the franchising chain, specialized in sales of home products. 1C is the official distributor of such world-famous vendors as Microsoft, Novell, Borland, Symantec, ABBYY, Kaspersky Lab, ProMT, Eset Software and over 100 other software vendors. 1C offers more than 10 000 titles of software for office and home use.

ER-Telecom Holding

Private Equity Round in 2010
ER-Telecom provides telecom services to businesses and individuals in Russia. The company provides triple-play services, including broadband Internet access, cable and HD-television (TV), and landline communication. Its services include for individuals include home Internet, cable television, and home phone; and services for businesses include high-speed Internet access, video surveillance, video conferencing, videoconferencing, technological data transfer—telephony, and cable TV.

Yandex

Venture Round in 2009
Yandex is a technological company. They develop products and services by machine learning that include transportation services, navigation products, and mobile applications for consumers. They help consumers and businesses navigate online and offline. Their services use machine learning including in the search results, serving online advertisements, and performing translations.

Enforta

Series C in 2008
Enforta uses a variety of technologies (including WiMAX) to offer Russians internet, telephone, VPN and custom telecom/IT solutions. The company serves more than 7000 clients in 18 cities of Russia. Complete service packages including both voice and data services start at $20 per month. In December of 2003 Enforta acquired ZAO Prestige Internet and in 2005 they acquired OOO Evgenia. Later in 2005 the company launched its first wireless broadband services. The name "Enforta" is derived from the Latin word "forte" (strong) and the English word "enforce" (to strengthen), which makes sense since the company is trying to "strengthen" customer communications.

Ozon Holdings

Series B in 2007
Ozon Ltd. is a prominent e-commerce platform based in Moscow, Russia, and is recognized as one of the country's earliest online retailers. Initially founded as an online bookstore in 1998, Ozon has evolved into a comprehensive marketplace offering over 6.2 million products across 24 categories, including clothing, electronics, household goods, beauty products, and more. The company facilitates more than 150,000 daily deliveries and has developed extensive fulfillment capabilities with around 200,000 square meters of warehouse space, over 2,500 couriers, and more than 11,000 pick-up points. Ozon's marketplace supports various businesses, from small enterprises to large brands, enabling them to reach a broader audience. Additionally, Ozon has invested in technology to enhance its services, employing over 1,000 IT specialists. The company also introduced financial services to support merchants and offers customer incentives through cashback programs. With a significant share of the Russian market and a commitment to improving the shopping experience, Ozon aims to make online purchasing more convenient and affordable for consumers.

Center of Financial Technologies

Private Equity Round in 2006
Center of Financial Technologies, Inc. operates platform and develops software solutions for the finance sector and other industries. The company designs, develops, and replicates high-tech solutions for credit and financial organizations, including a range of processing services and trainings for bank employees.

Enforta

Series B in 2005
Enforta uses a variety of technologies (including WiMAX) to offer Russians internet, telephone, VPN and custom telecom/IT solutions. The company serves more than 7000 clients in 18 cities of Russia. Complete service packages including both voice and data services start at $20 per month. In December of 2003 Enforta acquired ZAO Prestige Internet and in 2005 they acquired OOO Evgenia. Later in 2005 the company launched its first wireless broadband services. The name "Enforta" is derived from the Latin word "forte" (strong) and the English word "enforce" (to strengthen), which makes sense since the company is trying to "strengthen" customer communications.

Infinet Wireless

Private Equity Round in 2005
InfiNet Wireless is in a unique position, being one of the largest privately owned Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) development and manufacturing companies in the world. Since its foundation, InfiNet Wireless has maintained consistent, organic growth primarily through its technology innovation and its ability to deliver complete customer satisfaction - no matter what. By listening to its customers over the past 20 years and using their feedback and expertise in their research and product development, they have created a range of fixed wireless connectivity solutions that are a perfect fit - and therefore a natural choice - for global communication providers, corporations and governments who require uncompromised connectivity.

Gallery Media Group

Private Equity Round in 2005
Gallery Media Group one of the largest outdoor advertising operators in Russia. In the company's management there are more than 50 000 own advertising surfaces in 90 cities of Russia. The operator provides services for the production and placement of outdoor advertising on the streets of Moscow.

CTC MEDIA

Private Equity Round in 2002
CTC Media is the leading independent broadcasting company in Russia. The Group owns and operates the CTC, Domashny and Peretz television channels in Russia, as well Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Moldova, and has more than 150 million people within signal reach. The international pay-TV version of the CTC channel is available in North America, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. CTC Media also has its own TV content production facilities through its subsidiary Story First Production and a number of digital media assets in Russia.

Golden Telecom

Post in 2001
Golden Telecom is an internet services provider company.

Yandex

Series A in 2000
Yandex is a technological company. They develop products and services by machine learning that include transportation services, navigation products, and mobile applications for consumers. They help consumers and businesses navigate online and offline. Their services use machine learning including in the search results, serving online advertisements, and performing translations.

Ozon

Series A in 2000
OZON is a leading e-commerce platform and one of the largest and fast-growing internet companies in Russia. Its online marketplace offers one of the largest product selections in Russian e-commerce, with more than 130 million products across 20+ categories. Thanks to Ozon’s extensive fulfillment and delivery network, more than 50% of the Russian population is covered by Ozon delivery or has a pick-up point within walking distance. The Ozon marketplace connects more than 150,000 sellers and more than 31 million customers in Russia. Marketplace sellers account for more than ¾ of turnover on Ozon by Gross Merchandise Value (GMV). The Ozon Global service supports international sellers in launching their sales in Russia (Ozon currently has more than 12,000 international sellers on its platform) and offers a variety of tools to help them grow their business. In addition to its core e-commerce business, Ozon is continuously expanding its services ecosystem, which includes fintech services through Ozon Bank, the Ozon Fresh express delivery service, and online travel and ticket booking through Ozon Travel. Ozon’s cutting-edge technology is developed by an in-house tech lab that employs nearly 4,000 IT specialists. Overall, the company employs approximately 35,000 people in its offices and logistics hubs across Russia. Ozon was ranked as the 3rd most valuable Russian internet company by Forbes Russia in 2021. In 2020, Ozon raised $1.27 billion in its IPO on the NASDAQ, which was described by Bloomberg News as the “best Russia IPO debut since 2011.”

VEON

Private Equity Round in 1994
VEON is a Nasdaq-listed digital operator headquartered in Dubai that provides converged connectivity and digital services to nearly 160 million customers. Operating across six countries that are home to more than 7% of the world’s population, VEON is transforming lives through technology-driven services that empower individuals and drive economic growth. For more information visit: www.veon.com
TONIK provides retail financial products, including deposits, loans, current accounts, payments, and cards on a highly secure digital banking platform.
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