Softline Venture Partners

Softline Venture Partners is a corporate venture fund established in 2008 as part of Softline Group, focusing on seed-to-early-stage investments in software technology companies within the Russian and CIS markets. The fund has invested approximately $20 million in 20 portfolio companies, with individual project investments ranging from $100,000 to $1 million. As a stage-agnostic investor, Softline Venture Partners engages with businesses across various technology sectors, including cybersecurity, cloud computing, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and Edge Computing. The extensive reach and capabilities of Softline Group, which operates in 50 countries and serves over 60,000 customers, provide unique opportunities for its portfolio companies to scale their business models and enhance sales through established sales channels worldwide.

Viktor Iordanskiy

General Counsel

Andrey Kosmach

Associate

Dmitry Polyakov

Deputy Head of Venture Partners

Elena Volotovskaya

Chief Investment Officer and Head of Venture Partners

Past deals in CIS

T-1 Group

Venture Round in 2021
T-1 Group is a provider of B2B and B2C telematics solutions and navigation technologies.

HintEd.me

Seed Round in 2020
HintEd LLC is a digital platform based in Dolgoprudny, Russia, that specializes in creating interactive manuals for complex software applications. The company's low-code tool enables businesses to integrate in-application walkthroughs, hints, tooltips, and popups into their IT solutions, facilitating user navigation through various tasks. HintEd's platform is particularly beneficial for training new employees on internal software systems such as CRMs and ERPs, expediting the adoption of new digital tools, and providing self-service technical support. By streamlining the training and onboarding processes, HintEd effectively helps organizations reduce their training, onboarding, and support costs, making it a valuable resource for both internal teams and SaaS companies looking to enhance user experiences.

ProctorEdu

Seed Round in 2019
ProctorEdu is a technology company based in Moscow, Russia, that specializes in providing solutions for online and distance learning programs. The company offers a comprehensive software system designed for remote supervision of students during online exams, ensuring the integrity and credibility of the assessment process. Its services include identity verification, synchronous or asynchronous monitoring, and the recording of audio and video during exams. ProctorEdu's solutions are integrated with various learning management systems, enabling educational institutions and businesses to conduct controlled remote examinations effectively. The company operates primarily in Russia and India, addressing the critical need for reliable verification in online testing environments.

Soica

Seed Round in 2018
Soica provides a solution that includes a set of products to digitize documents, recognition and extraction of data from paper and digitized media. The company is based in Moscow, Russia.

JagaJam

Seed Round in 2018
JagaJam is the first Russian automated social media brand pages statistics and analytics service. With its help you can evaluate the efficiency of your social marketing activities. JagaJam service was launched in May 2012. At that moment the service could analyze brand page statistics in Facebook, “VKontakte” and Twitter. JagaJam appearance influenced the further SMM-service market development in Russia and elsewhere in the CIS.Today JagaJam experts permanently organize and take part in various social media analytics conferences, workshops and webinars. JagaJam employees serve as social marketing and SMM-analytics lecturers in specialized training centres.

Finvale

Seed Round in 2017
The company was founded in 2016. As the assets of the company transferred the rights to a unique design by ITI Group in the field of technology trade in the financial markets for different products and investor groups, as well as in the field of risk management and security.

ActivePlatform

Seed Round in 2016
ActivePlatform company is a cloud brokering solution vendor started in 2014 in Belarus. The core product of the company is ActivePlatform − full-service automated cloud brokering solution for cloud service providers and internal IT hubs that makes it easier to manage and control the cloud delivery profitability.

PhishMan

Seed Round in 2016
PhishMan is a Moscow-based company that specializes in developing advanced phishing protection systems aimed at safeguarding users from internet fraud. The company offers high-tech software solutions designed to counter phishing threats through innovative training methods. PhishMan's software simulates fraudulent email activities, allowing organizations to assess user responses and awareness of potential threats. When recipients interact with these simulated phishing emails, the company provides tailored training programs to enhance employee understanding of cybersecurity risks. With a team of specialists holding extensive experience and recognized international certifications in information security, PhishMan focuses on delivering effective tools that empower organizations to strengthen their defenses against phishing attacks.

Business Family

Venture Round in 2014
Business Family is a business community that unites more than 390 thousand businessmen and businessmen of large Russian and Western companies, holding regular meetings at premium sites of the country.

Stakhanovets

Seed Round in 2014
Stakhanovets OOO develops monitoring software to monitors employee computer activity and analyses the collected data. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

Online Patent

Seed Round in 2014
Online Patent, LLC operates an online platform to register for region based or global trademarks and patents. The company is based in Russia. As of December 10, 2019, Online Patent, LLC operates as a subsidiary of n'RIS.

Assistent.by

Seed Round in 2013
Assistent is a team of professionals in the field of Internet projects. Every day we are working on awesome services that make life big and small companies easier. We have created an online accounting "Assist me." Now our goal - to build a complete "cloud" system for business. We focus and develop effective cloud solutions for small and medium businesses. We understand your problem and never argue. Our team - our pride. We spare no resources for training. We are interested in our employees to develop and lead the company forward. In order to create the best products in the market, we need a better team. We will support not only your ideas, we'll help you become a true professional.

REG.RU

Seed Round in 2013
REG.RU is the largest accredited domain name registrar in Russia, established in 2006. The company offers a comprehensive range of services, including domain registration in over 220 national and international zones, hosting solutions, email services, and virtual private servers. REG.RU also specializes in the leasing of physical servers, registration of expiring and premium domains, and provides site templates, among other web tools. With a portfolio exceeding 1.9 million domains, REG.RU ranks among the top three hosting providers in Russia. In 2012, it became an ICANN-accredited registrar and operates offices in 30 cities across Russia and the CIS. The company provides customer support in both Russian and English, ensuring accessibility for a diverse clientele.

Client24

Seed Round in 2013
Client24 provides customer loyalty management services. The company automatically sends congratulations with holidays, birthdays and reminders about sales and interesting events for client of SMEs. Client24 is based in the Russian Federation.

BubbleGab

Seed Round in 2013
Limited Liability Company BubbleGab operates a SaaS platform that allows user to create personal pages with content obtained from their profiles in social networks and blogs. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

ActiveCloud

Series A in 2013
ActiveCloud – a leading provider of cloud services for small and medium businesses. The company provides dozens of IT-solutions: from website and e-mail hosting to scalable cloud infrastructure (IaaS), virtual desktops, business applications (SaaS), IT-consulting and security services. ActiveCloud solutions used by more than 35 000 customers in Russia and 6 CIS countries.

Appstarter

Seed Round in 2013
AppStarter is the place where mobile developers are able to demonstrate the apps they've built. We make it easy for you to showcase their work, learn about new mobile technologies and find other mobile developers to work with and collaborate with.

iTMan

Seed Round in 2013
iTMan is a Moscow-based company that develops an internet-based platform for the accounting and management of IT assets. Its solutions cater to a wide range of clients, including large enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses. The iTMan product family includes iTMan24, a software-as-a-service solution, iTMan Desktop, an on-premise offering, and iTMan Inventory. The platform provides comprehensive features such as software inventory management, equipment records, license tracking, contract management, and monitoring of software usage time. Additionally, it supports remote management, software delivery and installation, as well as the handling of service inquiries and service level agreement (SLA) monitoring.

EZLogin

Seed Round in 2012
EZLogin provides an identity and access management as a service platform. Its platform features integration with active directory, multi-factor authentication, cross-platform access, reporting system, and single administration point. The company also provides service management, billing, and provisioning capabilities, as well as online support. Its platform is used for business management applications. The company was founded in 2011 is based in Moscow, Russia.

Contextbroker

Seed Round in 2012
Contextbroker

Apps4All

Venture Round in 2012
Apps4all is a one of a kind Russian mobile development ecosystem. The main goal is to support Russian and CIS developers in their striving for making high-quality and profitable apps for all modern mobile platforms and help them with integration into rapidly developing world of mobile devices. Users, companies, developers are forming our community, that wants to know more about mobile application economics. We provide: Informational web-site Apps4All.ru; Annual conferences for mobile developers - Forum.Apps4All; Mobile development master-classes; Catalogue of CIS developers and their apps; Tender-based system of mobile app development; Russian and global app market analytic reports; Mobile app market researches; Mobile app contests; Start-up and new app expert evaluation; Market support and promotion for apps. Being a portfolio-company of one of the biggest software retailers in Russia and CIS, Apps4all has a possibility to realize the most bold and ambitious projects, backed up with the expertise, experience and financial support of IT professionals with a 20-years plus expertise in the field.

Copiny

Seed Round in 2012
Copiny is a software company based in Bryansk, Russia, founded in 2010. It specializes in developing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. The primary focus of Copiny is to create personalized customer communities tailored for large and medium-sized businesses. Through its innovative platform, Copiny aims to enhance customer engagement and support, enabling companies to foster stronger relationships with their clients.

Medkeeper.ru

Seed Round in 2012
Medkeeper is a cloud-based information system for clinics. MedKeeper allows to increase the capacity of the medical institution by shifting the routine load to the information system.

Tekmi

Seed Round in 2011
Tekmi is provider of Unified Communications. Tekmi integrate in one interface all communications: - Virtual PBX and VoIP - virtual phone numbers, IVR, call forwarding and recording, and more - Messenging - e-mail, chat, fax, voicemail - Video and audio conferencing - Data sharing, calendar and other collaboration services. Tekmi works via internet on all platforms (Windows, Linux, MacOS), mobile devices (Android, iPhone, iPad), SIP phones and web interface.

Magazinga

Seed Round in 2011
Magazinga offers a platform that aggregates products and allows to sell them on popular websites and social networks. The startup has started with launching marketplace on Russian social media sites (Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki) as well as on Facebook based on products of such online retailers as Ozon.ru and Colibri.ru and is taking steps to put this products aggregator on 100,000 other Russian sites by the end of 2012. The company is strongly supported by Softline Group, a Moscow-based IT software supplier with 0.5 billion yearly revenue. The company has global vision and has claimed launch of similar marketplaces in Ukraine, Vietnam, Thailand and several other countries in 2012.

ActiveCloud

Series A in 2010
ActiveCloud – a leading provider of cloud services for small and medium businesses. The company provides dozens of IT-solutions: from website and e-mail hosting to scalable cloud infrastructure (IaaS), virtual desktops, business applications (SaaS), IT-consulting and security services. ActiveCloud solutions used by more than 35 000 customers in Russia and 6 CIS countries.

Mirapolis

Series A in 2010
Mirapolis is a Russian developer, specializing in the creation and implementation of solutions for the management and improve the efficiency of human capital, systems for integrated automation of HR-processes, as well as software for automating training centers, e-learning management, testing and evaluation of personnel, development of control systems knowledge. Mirapolis company implements the latest functional and technological solutions in its software products. High standards of quality of service and customer orientation, a large staff of consultants allow customers of Mirapolis to receive the most qualified assistance and support in the shortest possible time. Mirapolis is part of the Softline Group of companies.

Daripodarki

Seed Round in 2008
Daripodarki operates gift certificate online store. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Moscow, Russia. Daripodarki operates as a subsidiary of ZAO Softline International. As of October 15, 2014, Daripodarki operates as a subsidiary of Edenred SA.