Russian Direct Investment Fund

Russian Direct Investment Fund is a private equity arm of Vnesheconombank. It seeks to make direct pari passu investments in growth companies. The firm co-invests and the co-investors must have either assets under management exceeding $1 billion (for financial investors) or revenues over $1 billion (for strategic investors). The firm will seek to make investments in projects that possess a Russian operator and seeks to purchase stakes in closely held Russian companies. The firm seeks to invest in infrastructure, modernization sectors with a focus on advanced processing of natural resources; agriculture and food retailing; added-value mining; housing and construction materials; and transport and logistics and innovation sectors with a focus on aerospace; alternative energy; nuclear power; pharmaceuticals and healthcare; telecommunications and information technology. The firm makes its investments in Russia and France. It seeks to co-invest between $50 million and $500 million in projects or companies implying a total equity commitment of at least $100 million to $1 billion alongside outside capital. The firm's own stake shall be limited to no more than 50%; it can, however, own controlling stakes in companies in partnership with a co-investor. The firm will co-invest with private equity and sovereign wealth funds amongst other strategic investors. It may use leverage while investing, with a time horizon to exit of five to seven years via the public listing of the asset or a sale to strategic buyers. Russian Direct Investment Fund was founded in June 2011 and is based in Moscow, Russian Federation.

Kirill Dmitriev

CEO

EK

Ekaterina Kuznetsova

CFO

EK

Ekaterina Kvasova

Director of Corporate Marketing Department

TS

Tagir Sitdekov

First Deputy CEO

MU

Maria Uvarova

Director of Media Relations Department

35 past transactions

Joint Stock Company 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.

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.

Motorica

Series B in 2021
Motorica focuses on research and development in modern technologies in medicine and robotics. We produce functional upper limb gadget-prostheses for everyday life. The company works both with individuals and with public and private prosthetic enterprises. Motorica is a resident of Skolkovo Innovation Center, we cooperate with varios international companies and associations in prostheses field.

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.

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.

OOO 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.

ivi, Inc.

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.

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.

NTechLab

Venture Round in 2020
NTechLab develops and implements artificial intelligence algorithms. The company is composed of experts in machine and deep learning, focused on building software that makes the world a safer and more comfortable place. NTechLab was founded in 2015 by Artem Kuharenko to create algorithms as intelligent as humans and as efficient as machines. NTechLab uses advanced techniques in the field of artificial neural networks and machine learning to develop innovative software products.

Hyperloop One, Inc.

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.

CarPrice

Venture Round in 2020
CarPrice operates an online site for buying cars and offers instant online car valuations and inspection, and paperwork related services. The company is based in Russia.

Dostavista

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.

OOO 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.
Public Joint Stock Company Transneft, together with its subsidiaries, transports oil and oil products in Russia and internationally. The company operates approximately 67,000 kilometers of trunk oil pipelines; 500 pumping stations; and 24 million cubic meters of storage tanks. It also offers services for oil and oil products transportation; and preventive maintenance, diagnostics, emergency response, and repair services for trunk pipelines. The company was formerly known as Oil Transporting Joint Stock Company Transneft. Public Joint Stock Company Transneft was founded in 1993 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Healbe Corporation

Venture Round in 2018
Healbe Corporation develops and manufactures a wearable device and related mobile based software to measure the health statistics. The company develops GoBe that combines accelerometer data with continuous heart rate monitoring to calculate calorie burn and metabolic rate during any activity such as jogging, swimming, cycling, and weight training, and also calculates calorie intake and hydration level through the user’s skin, along with monitoring sleep cycle and controlling stress level. It also develops and operates mobile based application to connect and monitor data with GoBe. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Redwood City, California.
Public Joint Stock Company Globaltruck Management provides full truck load trucking services in Russia and internationally. It offers standard transportation services using full truck load long-haul trucks; and temperature-controlled transportation services. As of June 30, 2017, the company operated a fleet of 1,090 trucks, as well as 1,170 trailers, including 768 tents and 402 refrigerator trailers. It serves retail, fast-moving consumer goods, manufacturing, bulk, e-commerce, and parcel industry sectors. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Moscow, Russia. Public Joint Stock Company Globaltruck Management is a subsidiary of GT Globaltruck Limited.
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).

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.

OOO 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.

Motorica

Series A in 2019
Motorica focuses on research and development in modern technologies in medicine and robotics. We produce functional upper limb gadget-prostheses for everyday life. The company works both with individuals and with public and private prosthetic enterprises. Motorica is a resident of Skolkovo Innovation Center, we cooperate with varios international companies and associations in prostheses field.

ivi, Inc.

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.

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.

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.

Karo Film Management OOO

Venture Round in 2012
Karo Film Management OOO provides motion picture exhibition services. Additionally, the company owns and operates multiplexes. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

Elementaree

Series A in 2020
ELEMENTAREE is making food personal for you every day. They create personal food programs catered to your particular needs and goals whether it’s about losing weight or creating tasty meals for your family or increasing your body muscles. They create unique personalized programs at cost of a standard supermarket. Their know-how in building value chain allows them to customize at mass scale. They offer never repeating variety of every day menu and personalized add-ons catered to your specific needs they are cheaper than relevant supermarket They save up to 10 hours a week of your time connected with organizing food. They make everything fresh and cut out all unnecessary waste in value chain and your fridge +7 (495) 648-65-44

Russian surgical robots

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

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.

Tau Industrial Robotics

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.