United Capital Partners

United Capital Partners is a private equity firm specializing in investments in the growth stage, middle market, and emerging growth. The firm may also consider recapitalization and/or partial sale to financial or strategic buyers. It seeks to invest in small and medium sized enterprises in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The firm focuses on exiting investments via an IPO on a recognized international or domestic stock exchange in three to five years. United Capital Partners is based in Moscow, Russian Federation.
AB

Alexander Bogdashin

Investment Director

SD

Svetlana Dmitrieva

Director of Private Equity

YK

Yuri Kachuro

Partner, Executive Director and Head of Legal Department

IL

Irina Lanina

MD

Victoria Lazareva

Co-Managing Partner

VL

Victoria Lazareva-Cunningham

Co-Managing Partner, MD and Partner

AM

Andrey Marchenko

Director

Alexander Mishuris

Partner

IV

Iiya Viktorovich Scherbovich

President and Managing Partner

Ilya Sherbovich

President and Managing Partner

AS

Alexander Shmelev

Partner

Mikhail Trofimov

Partner

JZ

Julia Zhdanova

Director - Investment

Past deals in Russia

Youdo Web Technologies Limited develops and offers a marketplace software that allows consumers find and hire local professionals for home repairs. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Pension Fund Nasledie

Acquisition in 2013
Pension Fund Nasledie is one of the pension funds in Russia with pension assets close to 60 billion rubles.

Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant

Private Equity Round in 2014
Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant is the Russian producer of Special High Grade (SHG) zinc and SHG zinc-based alloys.

Sum&Substance

Seed Round in 2017
Sumsub is an AI-based solution that automates identity verification and anti-fraud, providing bank-grade KYC, KYB, KYT compliance, AML screening, and customer data storage to protect and enable regulated businesses online. 97% hit rate and strong legal expertise put Sumsub among the leading players of the market. The company was founded in 2015 with the headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

Digital Fortress

Series A in 2014
Digital Fortress is a technology and colocation data center company. Its facilities offer high power density, redundant power, cooling, and connectivity that scales from single cabinets to large secure private cages. the company offers other services such as cloud and operational management. It also provides clients with conditioned, Uninterruptible power via UPS units that feature dual independent circuits for full redundancy, Digital Fortress’s infrastructure is designed to support over 250 watts per square foot and can deliver power in both single and three-phase AC configurations. Digital Fortress is founded by Timothy Doherty in 2012 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Monocrystal

Private Equity Round in 2010
Monocrystal Company is the leader in the world market of synthetic sapphires used in light emitting diodes, smartphones, tablet PCs and smart watches, for glasses of cameras, sensors of fingerprints as well as displays. Monocrystal is the largest manufacturer of the world market of sapphires for LEDs. Currently, the Company takes 50% of the world market of sapphires for light emitting diodes. 95% of its products are exported to 25 countries. Each second diode in the world is manufactured using the Monocrystal’s raw materials. Four of 10 world leaders in the field of LED production use sapphire wafers manufactured by Monocrystal. Eight of 10 largest world companies processing sapphire use sapphire ingots manufactured by Monocrystal.

OOO Stroygazconsulting

Acquisition in 2014
STROYGAZKONSALTING, OOO, through its subsidiaries, engages in the construction of oil, gas, and condensate fields. It also constructs compressor stations, trunk pipelines, motor roads, bridges, railroads, metro, surface facilities, office buildings, sports facilities, apartment houses, hostels, and hotels in Russia. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in St. Petersburg, Russia. STROYGAZKONSALTING, OOO operates as a subsidiary of Gazprombank (Joint-stock Company).

Realtime Group

Seed Round in 2016
The RealTime Group, Inc. provides product development, design, and testing services for embedded, real-time, and mission-critical control systems in regulated industries. Its services include project management, FMEA/fault tree analysis/safety analysis, software design, electronics design, independent verification and validation, reliability assessment, process validation/software validation, risk analysis, systems analysis, hardware design, software testing, industrial and human factors design, manufacturing support, and QSR implementation services. The company serves medical/biotech, government/aerospace, industrial/automotive sectors. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Plano, Texas.

VoxelCloud Inc.

Series A in 2017
VoxelCloud Inc. develops cloud computing and artificial intelligence solutions to transform how medical practitioners work with and interpret medical images and clinical data. The company’s technology transforms clinical workflows; and delivers accurate, accessible, and timely insights. It offers solutions for clinical demands, such as lung cancer, diabetic retinopathy, coronary heart disease, and liver disease. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

OOO Getfaster

Series A in 2017
OOO Getfaster, an online hypermarket, retails food, drinks, household chemicals, and home products. The company offers groceries, water, drinks, ready made meals, and baby food. It also offers stationery, including folders, writing accessories, office tools, coloring books; cosmetics and cleaning products, including hair care products, wet wipes, deodorant, razor, and cleaning liquid; kitchen crockery, including kitchenware, utensils, frying pans, teapot, cookware, drinking glasses, and cutlery; and pet supplies, including toys, food bowls, and animal food. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

Getshop.TV

Seed Round in 2016
Getshop.TV operates an online platform that enables viewers to buy directly from the TV screen.

VoxelCloud Inc.

Series A in 2017
VoxelCloud Inc. develops cloud computing and artificial intelligence solutions to transform how medical practitioners work with and interpret medical images and clinical data. The company’s technology transforms clinical workflows; and delivers accurate, accessible, and timely insights. It offers solutions for clinical demands, such as lung cancer, diabetic retinopathy, coronary heart disease, and liver disease. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Uralmash NGO Holding

Acquisition in 2010
Uralmash designs and produces all types of modern drilling rigs, a wide range of oil and gas modular and complete equipment.

InCity

Private Equity Round in 2007
InCity is a vertically integrated Russian fashion retailer that designs, produces and sells women’s and kids clothes as well as lingerie at affordable prices, through its own chain of stores operating under INCITY, INCITY KIDS and DESEO brands.

Inter RAO

Post in 2015
Inter RAO is a energy export and import operator in Russia. We supply electricity to Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Ukraine and South Ossetia. In 2014, we exported 14 bn kWh and imported 3.5 bn kWh of electric power.

Vkontakte

Secondary Market in 2013
VK.com is a social network with over 80 million monthly active users. It is heavily focused on mobile apps for all platforms. VK, formerly known as Vkontakte.ru, originated in Russia in 2006 and now dominates the post-soviet social networking space.
Youdo Web Technologies Limited develops and offers a marketplace software that allows consumers find and hire local professionals for home repairs. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Severalmaz

Acquisition in 2008
Severalmaz has core industrial divisions engaged in extraction, transportation and processing of raw materials, geological prospecting, as well as auxiliary workshops.