Russian Direct Investment Fund

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is a government-backed investment vehicle established to stimulate foreign direct investment in Russia's emerging economy. With a capital base of $10 billion, RDIF focuses on making equity investments primarily within the Russian market. The fund targets various sectors, including agriculture, construction, logistics, aerospace, power, and pharmaceuticals, aiming to foster growth and development across these industries. By attracting foreign investments, RDIF seeks to enhance the overall economic landscape of Russia while providing opportunities for international investors.

Kirill Dmitriev

Chief Executive Officer

Ekaterina Kuznetsova

Chief Financial Officer

Ekaterina Kvasova

Director of Corporate Marketing Department

Tagir Alievich Sitdekov

First Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Maria Uvarova

Director of Media Relations Department

34 past transactions

IXcellerate

Series C in 2022
IXcellerate is an unparalleled Carrier Neutral Data Centre in Moscow, which is comparable to the quality of data centres in America and Western Europe. IXcellerate offers pure-play co-location designed to meet the standards of financial institutions, MNCs, international carriers and major content operators. IXcellerate provides clients with a bespoke solution aimed towards solving their unique requirements. Located within the MKAD of Central Moscow, IXcellerate Datacenter can provide basic co-location or private and secure cages. As a carrier-neutral facility, affordable and resilient connectivity will be available within Moscow, Russia and the entire World.

Borzo

Series C in 2021
Dostavista is a global crowdsourced same-day delivery service. It was founded in 2012, in Moscow, Russia by a serial entrepreneur Mike Aleksandrovskiy. Having raised a little over $5m, today the service operates in 11 countries across the globe, including India (http://www.wefast.in), Korea (https://quickers.co.kr/), Brazil (https://www.clickentregas.com/) , Mexico https://dostavista.mx/), Indonesia (https://mrspeedy.co/), Turkey (https://hemengetir.com.tr/), Vietnam (https://mrspeedy.vn/), Thailand (https://mrspeedy.in.th/), Philippines (https://mrspeedy.ph/), Malaysia (https://mrspeedy.my/) Dostavista takes the pain away from the usually tedious or chaotic delivery routine, making it possible to deliver a package within hours of purchase. For each country it offers a special formula that consists of various delivery types, payment options and tariffs. The most ubiquitous set of options includes delivery by foot, bike and car. Vans and large trucks are available in some countries as well. Common for all markets is the convenience of hassle free ordering from desktop, mobile or via api, as well as real time order monitoring. Dostavista uses “Uber-like” model: in order to start working, prospective couriers need to install the app and create an account. After verification and attestation, they can start delivering parcels around the city. Couriers can choose to work just a few hours a day on the way to university, or they can work full time and have orders assigned to them automatically by company’s smart robot. Dostavista develops proprietary algorithms that evaluate several dozen features in real-time and pick the best courier for the job. Special attention is paid to the quality of service and theft prevention. Delivery is verified by scanning of QR code, recipient signature and photo of the parcel. Smart contracts manage the release of payments and fees. Orders can also be insured. Over 200k shops use Dostavista worldwide, including big chains such as Krispy Kreme(in Russia and Turkey) and Euroset - Russia's largest electronic retail chain. Scale and experience from numerous markets with different mentalities help Dostavista achieve its goal of making delivery invisible.

ivi

Series D in 2021
ivi.ru Media Ltd. operates an online video and cinema platform in Russia, offering a wide range of content including movies, television series, shows, cartoons, and music videos. Founded in 2007 and based in Moscow, the platform allows users to access traditional television experiences online through a secure and flexible video player. It supports both desktop and independent content producers in creating live streaming channels, while also providing mainstream broadcasters with opportunities to reach new audiences and generate additional revenue. The platform is designed to be accessible from any internet-connected device, enhancing its usability for viewers.

Tau Group

Series A in 2021
TAU brings unparalleled performance, sustainability and reliability to the core of each electric motor. Focused on applications for e-mobility, automotive, energy and agriculture, TAU makes coatings more durable, resistant and light, optimizes underlying production processes for environmental friendliness, pairs artificial intelligence with peace-of-mind operating simplicity and incubates technologies in electrification and smart sensors.

Didi Woya

Series A in 2021
Didi Woya develop self-driving technology and related businesses.

Motorica

Series B in 2021
Motorica is a Russian company established in 2013 that specializes in the manufacture of upper limb prosthetics designed to restore grip functionality for individuals with complex partial injuries. The company emphasizes research and development in the fields of medicine and robotics, producing functional prosthetic devices intended for everyday use. Motorica collaborates with both individual clients and various public and private prosthetic enterprises. As a resident of the Skolkovo Innovation Center, Motorica engages in partnerships with international companies and associations in the prosthetics sector to enhance its product offerings and technological advancements.

Motorika

Venture Round in 2021
Motorika’s mission is to create robot-assisted solutions to meet the therapeutic needs of patients suffering from a variety of neurological conditions, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, as well as orthopedic and post-surgery dysfunction. Since its inception, the company has established itself as a leader in the development and marketing of innovative, high-end robotic rehabilitation products for upper and lower extremities.

NtechLab

Venture Round in 2020
NTechLab, founded in 2015 by Artem Kuharenko, specializes in developing and implementing artificial intelligence algorithms, particularly in the areas of facial and vehicle recognition. The company leverages advanced techniques in artificial neural networks and machine learning to create innovative software products aimed at enhancing safety and comfort in various environments. Its AI-driven video analytics platform enables efficient identification of individuals from captured images or videos against large databases, significantly improving the accuracy of recognition processes. By focusing on creating intelligent algorithms that blend human-like recognition capabilities with machine efficiency, NTechLab supports businesses and law enforcement in their efforts to ensure public safety and streamline identification procedures.

Elementaree

Series A in 2020
Elementaree, founded in 2014 and based in Moscow, Russia, specializes in distributing ingredients and recipe books tailored for food preparation. The company focuses on creating personalized food programs that cater to individual dietary needs and goals, such as weight loss or family meal planning. Elementaree offers a unique variety of daily menus and personalized add-ons at competitive prices compared to standard supermarkets. Their approach emphasizes efficiency, saving customers up to 10 hours a week in meal organization, while ensuring freshness and minimizing waste in the food supply chain. By providing both instructions and ingredients, Elementaree enables users to explore new meals at home while maintaining a focus on their specific nutritional requirements.

CarPrice

Venture Round in 2020
CarPrice is an online platform based in Russia that specializes in the auction of second-hand cars. It offers sellers instant online valuations and connects them with a network of over 4,000 dealers who participate in competitive bidding. The auction process typically lasts around 30 minutes, allowing dealers to determine the best price for vehicles. CarPrice has rapidly established itself as a leading player in the Russian used car market, ranking among the top three sellers within its first year of operation. The company operates from more than 20 locations, including major cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg. Despite a challenging economic environment that saw a significant decline in new car sales, CarPrice has continued to grow, aiming to increase its monthly auction volume from 4,000 to 10,000. The platform's services not only streamline the selling process but also help buyers access fair market prices for used vehicles.
American Surgical Technologies is a professional organization for surgical technologists.The Association of Surgical Technologists was established in 1969 by members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN).

Fasol

Series C in 2019
Fasol is a chain of grocery stores in the "at home" format. Shops of a modern format, located within walking distance from home, are a franchise project of Metro Cash & Carry, which currently unites more than 1,500 independent business stores across Russia under a single brand. We value our customers, so we save not only your money but also time. The convenient location of product categories will save you time for the main thing. Everything is fast, simple, and most importantly near the house.

ivi

Series C in 2019
ivi.ru Media Ltd. operates an online video and cinema platform in Russia, offering a wide range of content including movies, television series, shows, cartoons, and music videos. Founded in 2007 and based in Moscow, the platform allows users to access traditional television experiences online through a secure and flexible video player. It supports both desktop and independent content producers in creating live streaming channels, while also providing mainstream broadcasters with opportunities to reach new audiences and generate additional revenue. The platform is designed to be accessible from any internet-connected device, enhancing its usability for viewers.

Motorica

Series A in 2019
Motorica is a Russian company established in 2013 that specializes in the manufacture of upper limb prosthetics designed to restore grip functionality for individuals with complex partial injuries. The company emphasizes research and development in the fields of medicine and robotics, producing functional prosthetic devices intended for everyday use. Motorica collaborates with both individual clients and various public and private prosthetic enterprises. As a resident of the Skolkovo Innovation Center, Motorica engages in partnerships with international companies and associations in the prosthetics sector to enhance its product offerings and technological advancements.

Deliver

Series B in 2018
Deliver develops a web-based platform which helps to calculate the price and order the transport of goods by various modes.

Dakaitaowa

Seed Round in 2018
Dakaitaowa.com operates a platform that offers chinese electronics custom ports, warehouse and transport infrastructure programs and payment systems. Dakaitaowa.com is based in Moscow, Russia.

Russian surgical robots

Series A in 2018
Russian surgical robots develops surgery robotic for health care.

Doctis

Venture Round in 2018
Doctis is a multifunctional healthcare online platform. It operates an online medical centre that allows patients to comprehensively evaluate and track their health. It partners with the state and private clinics and experts to provide services based on user's personal medical data, utilising a single online medical data storage system, which includes medical records of all family members.

Transneft

Venture Round in 2018
Public Joint Stock Company Transneft, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Moscow, is a leading pipeline company in Russia, specializing in the transportation of oil and oil products both domestically and internationally. The company manages an extensive network of approximately 67,000 kilometers of trunk oil pipelines, supported by 500 pumping stations and 24 million cubic meters of storage capacity. Transneft's operations include not only the transportation of petroleum but also services such as preventive maintenance, diagnostics, emergency response, and repairs for trunk pipelines. The company aims to modernize and develop national trunk pipeline transport to meet the growing demands of the oil market and export routes, with a significant portion of its revenue generated within the Russian Federation, as well as operations extending to China and other countries.

Virgin Hyperloop

Venture Round in 2017
Virgin Hyperloop is a developer of a transportation technology used to deliver fast, direct, and sustainable transportation at scale. Its technology is a first-generation vehicle system that makes trains go as fast as 760 miles per hour and utilizes a vacuum tube designed for transportation of people and cargo that enables companies to have direct movement of freight and people to travel quicker from origin to destination. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Globaltruck

Post in 2017
Globaltruck Management is a transportation company based in Moscow, Russia, specializing in full truck load trucking services both domestically and internationally. Founded in 2016, the company operates a fleet of 1,090 trucks and 1,170 trailers, including temperature-controlled options for perishable goods. Globaltruck provides freight transportation along various routes and also offers freight forwarding services. It caters to a diverse range of sectors, including retail, fast-moving consumer goods, manufacturing, bulk, e-commerce, and parcel industries. With an average age of just 2.6 years for its haulers, Globaltruck is recognized as one of the youngest companies in the trucking industry. The company is a subsidiary of GT Globaltruck Limited.

Zhaogang

Series F in 2017
Zhaogang.com is a website that is specialized in steel trading information services for buyers and suppliers. Zhaogang.com obtained ten millions of dollars in angel funding at the end of 2011. It was launched in 2012.

InfoWatch

Venture Round in 2017
InfoWatch is an software company developing technologies for protection of sensitive and regulated information against a wide range of data loss risks and other major internal threats.

Geropharm

Venture Round in 2016
GEROPHARM LLC develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medicines for customers in the Russian Federation and internationally. It offers products in the areas of psychoneurology, ophthalmology, endocrinology, and gynecology. The company also provides protein drugs (recombinant human insulin); and drug development services ranging from discovery to clinical programs and marketing authorization. GEROPHARM LLC was founded in 2001 and is based in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Cotton Way

Venture Round in 2014
Cotton Way is the leader of the Russian market of services for leasing and professional processing of textiles. The long experience of our company in the processing of textiles, the largest network of industrial laundries and dry cleaners, modern European equipment, effective detergents and highly qualified personnel guarantee the unsurpassed quality of the services provided. The company offers a comprehensive service, which includes the purchase of property, its processing and delivery directly to the customer. The possibility of renting the necessary textiles allows the client to concentrate on the main type of activity.

Cotton Way

Venture Round in 2014
Cotton Way is the leader of the Russian market of services for leasing and professional processing of textiles. The long experience of our company in the processing of textiles, the largest network of industrial laundries and dry cleaners, modern European equipment, effective detergents and highly qualified personnel guarantee the unsurpassed quality of the services provided. The company offers a comprehensive service, which includes the purchase of property, its processing and delivery directly to the customer. The possibility of renting the necessary textiles allows the client to concentrate on the main type of activity.

Alrosa

Post in 2013
Alrosa engaged in the exploration, mining, manufacture and sales of diamonds. Its operations include five Integrated Mining and Processing Complexes: Mirny, Udachny, Aikhal, Anabar and Nyurba located in the Sakha Republic; sorting divisions and diamond cutting and polishing division. The Company is a member of variable diamonds associations.

RFP Group

Private Equity Round in 2013
RFP Group produces, processes, trades, and sells wood products in Far East of the Russian Federation. The company offers sawnwood for use in the manufacture of buildings, finishing materials, packaging, etc.; roundwood; and veneer for use in the production of high-strength water-resistant structural plywood, plywood used in the inner casing of containers, bases for floor coverings, and laminated structural beams.

Rostelecom

Post in 2013
Rostelecom is a nationwide telecommunications enterprise and the largest universal communications operator in Russia, serving more than 100 million subscribers in 80 regions. Rostelecom offers cutting-edge fixed and mobile telephony, broadband access, pay television and cloud solutions to consumers and businesses.

MAYKOR

Private Equity Round in 2013
MAYKOR is the largest group of companies in the Russian service and outsourcing market, and a specialized provider of integrated maintenance services for IT equipment, building utility systems and business applications. MAYKOR’s mission is to provide effective infrastructure maintenance and development services for large and medium-sized businesses country-wide. The MAYKOR Group unites such companies as NST, CRT Service, Expertek and BetterFly Services that have been on the IT market for more than 13 years. With our own nationwide network of 83 branches and 400 local offices, MAYKOR is an one-stop-shop service provider. The company employs more than 3000 certified engineers. The MAYKOR's customer base is comprised of more than 950 businesses, including the largest geographically distributed companies from all industries. MAYKOR has a unique competence center, advanced specialized training programs for technical personnel, a developed logistics infrastructure, an automated service tracking and control system, as well as an ISO-compliant quality management system.

Voltyre-Prom

Private Equity Round in 2013
Joint Stock Company Voltyre-Prom manufactures and sells rubber tires and tubes for agricultural and industrial machinery. The company offers agricultural, passenger, industrial, light truck, and radial tubeless tires. It sells its products online, as well as through a network of dealers in Russia and internationally. The company was founded in 1964 and is based in Volzhsky, Russia. As of July 31, 2019, Joint Stock Company Voltyre-Prom operates as a subsidiary of Titan Luxembourg SARL.

KARO Film

Venture Round in 2012
KARO Film Management OOO is a prominent provider of motion picture exhibition services in Russia, operating a network of 31 modern cinemas with a total of 235 screens. Founded in 1997 and based in Moscow, the company manages multiplexes across several key cities, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, and Surgut. Through its extensive operations, KARO Film enhances the cinematic experience for audiences in these regions.

Enel OGK-5

Private Equity Round in 2012
Enel OGK-5 is one of the leading Russian wholesale producers of power and heat. The company was established in 2004 within the framework of the reforms in the Russian power industry aimed at creation of an effective competitive market and attraction of private investment into the sector. Enel OGK-5 was the first of the six wholesale power generation companies to be registered and access equity capital markets. Today, Enel OGK-5 is a dynamically developing company which is headquartered in Moscow and has four production branches around Russia: in the Ural region - Reftinskaya GRES, Sredneuralskaya GRES, in the northern Caucasus - Nevinnomysskaya GRES, and in Central Russia - Konakovskaya GRES. The aggregate installed capacity of the company is 9 677 MW for power and 2 382 GCal/h for heat. The company provides power and heat to both industrial enterprises and household consumers via local power distribution networks.