VEB Ventures

VEB Ventures fund was established by Vnesheconombank at the end of 2011 to invest in high technology projects of the Skolkovo Foundation. Key strategic goals of the Fund include support of the Russian government´s innovation programs, creation of innovation infrastructure in Russia, facilitation of advanced technologies transfer to Russia, and promotion of Russian innovations on the global market.

Veronika Fidler

Senior MD

Maxim Naumov

Senior Investment Director

Ivan Persiyanov

Senior Investment Director

Dmitry Politov

Senior Investment Director

Georgy Shestakov

Senior Investment Director

Artem Zakharchenko

Senior Investment Director

Past deals in CIS

Zyfra

Venture Round in 2021
Zyfra is a company that specializes in developing artificial intelligence software tailored for the industrial and healthcare sectors. Founded in 2017 and based in Moscow, Russia, Zyfra offers a range of products, including AIS dispatcher, a monitoring solution for industrial machinery and personnel. The company's expertise extends to predictive analytics, remote monitoring, and equipment diagnostics, particularly for the energy sector. Zyfra also serves various industries such as transport, food, metals and mining, oil and gas, and discrete manufacturing, focusing on enhancing industrial digitalization and optimizing technological processes through its innovations in the Industrial Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.

Deliver

Venture Round in 2020
Deliver develops a web-based platform which helps to calculate the price and order the transport of goods by various modes.

BestFitMe

Series B in 2019
BestFitMe is an Artificial intelligence and computer vision for psychological profiling of candidates and employee.

Go Lama Go

Seed Round in 2019
Golama express delivery service from Moscow hypermarkets. Let's bring products today and from 90 minutes!They work for you, not for the store. They are interested to bring you only the freshest, the best, so that you are satisfied and take advantage of our service again. Our employees choose the product for your order for yourself. Each product is evaluated by several quality steps: expiration dates, package integrity, visual appeal, freshness, ripeness, aroma, compliance with a specified weight, etc.

New Cloud Technologies

Venture Round in 2018
New Cloud Technologies provides communicate and collaborate by developing complex cloud for online mass storage and document.

ExoAtlet

Series B in 2018
ExoAtlet, based in Moscow, specializes in designing and developing medical exoskeletons aimed at the rehabilitation and social adaptation of individuals with lower limb paralysis. The company's primary product, ExoAtlet® I, is specifically designed to aid patients with locomotive impairments resulting from accidents, surgeries, or illnesses affecting the locomotor or nervous systems. These exoskeletons facilitate the restoration of impaired locomotive functions and help compensate for lost mobility, thereby enhancing the physical and social rehabilitation of patients with musculoskeletal disorders.

Kompo

Seed Round in 2018
Kompo sells products for the meat and dairy industries including clippers, vacuum syringes, precision dosing devices, and more.

SmartSeeds

Venture Round in 2017
SmartSeeds LLC owns and operates an online platform for automating delivery of agricultural cargoes which unites the principal market consumers. The company connects the agroindustrial holdings, exporters, and processors of agricultural products with the base carriers of the Russia. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Russia.

Travel.ru

Series D in 2013
Travel.ru was established in 1998. Today, we always have interesting and relevant news, base, which provides detailed information about the 6500 Russian and foreign travel agencies, opportunities for those who love to travel. More than 400 agencies are our customers and partners, and so we provide daily information on a wide variety of tours, from education to the exotic and adventure. On Travel.ru can simultaneously find a hotel anywhere in the world (of course, in Moscow and St. Petersburg), shuttle service, book and pay online airline and railway tickets, as well as find out the flight schedule, the presence of "hot" passes, prices and so on. We are working with airlines, airports, hotels, mobile operators, which allowed us to create a comprehensive and flexible information system. The site is unique and the largest Russian-language library with information about the countries, their culture and their stories, stories about trips and many others. Category "Photogallery" allows everyone to learn about the country in detail and first-hand. Especially because many of the stories out there - exclusive. Today Travel.ru - one of the most popular tourist resources in the Russian Internet. Independent companies are regularly conducted research our audience. In high season Travel.ru visit to 80,000 people a day.

GlobalLab

Series A in 2013
GlobalLab LLC operates a web-based collaborative learning platform designed to facilitate education through student-led investigations. Founded in 2011 and based in Moscow, the platform supports a variety of science courses, including biology, geography, and social studies, while connecting classrooms globally. It enables students to explore their local environments and submit their findings for review and discussion, fostering collaboration among students, teachers, and professional scientists. The platform is versatile, suitable for both school curricula and extracurricular activities, allowing educators to select investigations that align with their students' learning objectives. Overall, GlobalLab aims to enhance the educational experience by promoting interactive and inquiry-based learning.