Internet Initiatives Development Fund is a Moscow-based venture capital firm and accelerator that supports early-stage technology startups in Russia. It provides financial and mentorship support to pre-seed through Series A companies, with investments typically ranging from several million to a few hundred million rubles, and has backed hundreds of startups. The organization runs an acceleration program across Russia and aims to attract investment and improve transparency and cooperation among entrepreneurs, investors, and state agencies. Its portfolio spans a broad range of tech sectors, including software, fintech, artificial intelligence, big data, cybersecurity, Internet of Things, education technology, healthtech, adtech, SaaS, and other internet-enabled industries.

Russian Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 2008, it focused on investing in internet and technology companies across Russia.

Elbrus Capital Investment Adviser is a venture capital and private equity firm that focuses on early‑stage, middle‑market, and growth‑capital opportunities. It targets small and medium‑sized companies in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, especially those with a strong regional presence beyond Moscow and St. Petersburg. The firm invests between $30 million and $100 million in businesses valued $50 million to $100 million, seeking significant minority or controlling stakes. Its portfolio spans digital services, consumer and business internet, changing consumer patterns, consumer goods and services, outsourcing, logistics, natural‑resource optimization, healthcare, and education. Elbrus Capital typically holds investments for three to seven years and is headquartered in Moscow.

Noventiq is a global solutions and services provider specializing in digital transformation and cybersecurity. It offers three product lines—Software and Cloud, Services, and Hardware—and serves customers across about 60 countries, including Latin America, EMEA, and APAC, with India among them. The company delivers cybersecurity services, future workplace solutions, IT infrastructure and multi-cloud deployment, transformation and management, digital solutions, and Software Asset Management to help enterprises modernize IT, secure operations, and optimize cloud strategies.

Ruvento Ventures is a Singapore-based venture capital and incubation firm that backs technology startups and early-stage ventures. It focuses on AI, machine learning, Internet of Things, robotics, bioengineering, cleantech, hardware and other disruptive technologies, with a global reach and a regional emphasis on Southeast Asia and markets in CIS to bring products to Asia. The firm pursues direct investments and incubation programs, including seed and early-stage rounds, and participates in fund-of-funds opportunities. In its Singapore incubation program it provides staged financing: up to USD 0.04 million in the proof-of-concept stage and up to USD 0.16 million in the commercial stage. Direct investments are up to USD 0.5 million, with potential syndication for the right deals up to USD 3 million. Ruvento Ventures operates from Singapore with additional offices in San Francisco and Shanghai, supporting portfolio companies from concept to market.

Inventure Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in Moscow that backs technology startups across seed to late-stage rounds. It focuses on online financial services, technology, marketing, digital media, mobile, internet software, B2B, e-commerce and telecommunications, and typically invests between 0.5 million and 5 million with target enterprise values of 1 to 50 million. The firm pursues global opportunities, backing companies in Russia, the CIS, the United Kingdom, the United States and other European markets. It generally seeks minority stakes and board representation, aiming for exits in about five years, with possible extension. Portfolio examples include Gett, American Well and Busfor, illustrating a preference for disruptive, scalable tech businesses addressing real market needs. The firm emphasizes partnering with teams that adopt novel business models to tackle genuine challenges and reduce market inefficiencies.

Startup Lab is a Moscow-based venture capital firm and accelerator founded in 2018. It focuses on pre-seed, seed, and early-stage investments, primarily in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe, with a typical early-stage investment ceiling of about 3.5 million rubles. Beyond capital, Startup Lab provides portfolio companies with networks, support to scale sales channels, optimize business models and internal processes, and guidance toward international market entry, including exposure to sectors such as pharma and retail.

AYR Capital is an independent private equity, venture capital and financial advisory firm focused on investments in Europe, Russia and the CIS, with activity in real estate, fast-moving consumer goods, oil and gas, energy, information technology and manufacturing. The firm also provides debt financing for growth opportunities and offers financial advisory services. Founded in 2014 and based in Moscow, AYR Capital pursues growth-oriented opportunities across CIS, Eastern and Western Europe and the United States, combining a disciplined risk management approach with a focus on value creation and strong relationships with investors and portfolio companies.

Sistema Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of AFK Sistema, established in 2016 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia, with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. The firm specializes in investing in growth-stage technological companies and early-stage startups, primarily focusing on sectors such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, cognitive technologies, software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), internet of things, and virtual and augmented reality. Sistema Venture Capital aims to acquire both minority and controlling stakes, typically investing around $10 million in projects, to help establish market leaders within three to five years. The firm emphasizes its commitment to backing innovative internet and technology companies while avoiding investments in ventures where founders have lost control. Its investment strategy is global, targeting markets in the US, UK, Western Europe, Russia, Israel, and other CIS nations. Through its extensive network and expertise, Sistema VC provides support and mentorship to entrepreneurs, connecting them with valuable professionals and prospective partners.

Impulse VC is a Moscow-based venture capital firm established in 2013. It funds and supports early-stage technology companies, focusing on seed to Series A investments in B2B software and SaaS, proptech, adtech, marketing technology, marketplaces, software, and gaming. The firm provides both capital and operational guidance to portfolio companies and conducts activities with international reach across the United States, United Kingdom, and Russia.

Starta Accelerator is a technology startup accelerator headquartered in New York, operating as part of Starta Ventures. It specializes in early-stage programs for European-origin and Eastern European founders seeking to enter the United States market. The accelerator runs a 14-week program complemented by a 3.5-month mentorship track, designed to help participants define product-market fit, gain traction, and integrate into the local startup and investing ecosystem. It provides an investment of about 130,000, including 110,000 in program services and 20,000 in cash, in exchange for 7 percent equity, plus an additional 20,000 of potential follow-on support for high-performing startups. The program emphasizes technology startups with European R&D roots and aims to bridge cultural and business practice gaps to enable startups to scale in the US. Starta Accelerator operates as a subsidiary of Starta Ventures and has a broader network that includes venture funds and education initiatives.

Emery Capital is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2014 and based in Moscow, Russia, that backs early and growth-stage entrepreneurs worldwide, with a focus on fintech, e-commerce, mobility, and frontier technologies.

Winter Capital Partners is an international growth equity and private equity firm founded in 2015 that targets growth-stage companies in consumer technology, financial services, education, and healthcare. The firm focuses on four core verticals—EduTech, FinTech, HealthTech, and RetailTech—and pursues opportunities across global markets, with emphasis on emerging regions in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. It typically takes minority or mixed stakes in its investments and offers portfolio companies strategic support, market insight, and operational guidance drawn from sector expertise. Winter Capital Partners has managed assets exceeding one billion dollars across multiple funds and maintains an active global footprint through investments in fast-growing companies at the intersection of consumer markets and technology-enabled change.

Skolkovo Ventures is a Moscow-based venture capital and private equity firm that provides seed and growth capital to technology companies. It targets startups in the internet of things, fintech, virtual reality and augmented reality, robotics, unmanned technologies, intelligent power engineering, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence and big data, cybersecurity, digital technology in agriculture, additive manufacturing and new materials, and innovative food products. The firm typically invests between RUB 100 million and RUB 200 million per project (approximately USD 1.5–3.0 million). Founded in 2017, Skolkovo Ventures supports early- to growth-stage technology companies in Russia with a focus on scalable, innovative ventures.

Established by Moscow's Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy, this fund promotes venture investment in small enterprises with a focus on scientific and technical spheres.

VEB Ventures is a Moscow-based venture capital firm associated with Vnesheconombank. It was established to invest in high-technology projects linked to Russia’s Skolkovo Foundation and to support the government’s innovation programs. The firm has focused on funding companies in medical technology, biotechnology, and clean technology within Russia, aiming to build innovation infrastructure, facilitate technology transfer, and promote Russian innovations globally.

Sistema Venture Capital is the venture capital arm of AFK Sistema, based in Moscow with an office in London. The firm targets investments in growth-stage technology companies worldwide, focusing on internet and software-enabled businesses and early-stage startups, with preference for companies in cognitive technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, big data, robotics, SaaS and PaaS, marketplaces, Internet of Things, and related platforms, as well as education services, advertising technology and interactive journeys. It seeks to invest around ten million dollars for minority or controlling stakes to help establish market leaders over the next 3-5 years, typically targeting Series A rounds and beyond, and pursues opportunities across the United States, United Kingdom, Western Europe, Russia, Israel and other CIS and international markets.

Primer Capital is a Moscow-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and related medical technologies. The firm backs projects across oncology, cardiology, rheumatology, surgery, medical devices and both branded and generic therapeutics. It pursues opportunities in Russia, Israel, Europe and the United States, with early equity investments typically ranging from 0.2 to 0.5 million dollars and a willingness to co-invest with other funds and investors. Primer Capital leverages a team of experienced professionals and a scientific advisory board to assist in project selection and development, and collaborates with venture funds, business angels, government agencies and medical institutions to support portfolio companies through fundraising and strategic partnerships.

Bright Capital is a venture capital firm with a merchant venturing approach and a global reach. It invests in a broad range of breakthrough and disruptive technologies, including energy, cleantech, efficiency, water, and advanced materials, and also backs the telecom-media-technology sector through its Digital fund. The firm operates across multiple stages, from early to late and growth equity, maintaining a diversified global portfolio.

Klever Internet is a venture capital firm based in Russia that backs internet-enabled companies across a broad spectrum of growth stages, from incubation and seed to late-stage and emerging growth. The firm pursues opportunities across the startup lifecycle and operates as part of Klever Asset Management.

TealTech Capital is a Moscow-based venture capital firm that invests in Russian companies across sectors such as medicine, health, education, retail, robotics and agriculture. The firm was founded in 2016 or 2017 and is described as operating on teal principles, emphasizing transparency and collaboration. It positions itself as a strategic partner that helps projects become independent by applying modern management practices and platform solutions, with a focus on customer orientation toward clients and investors.

Sistema SmartTech is the corporate venture arm of Sistema, based in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 2020, it invests in early-stage Russian technology companies and focuses on high-technology sectors such as digital products and services, transport, IT in medicine, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence, as well as education, logistics, and digital solutions in industry.

S-Group Capital Management was a Moscow-based private investment firm that specialized in late-stage venture, mature and growth capital investments across information technology, clean energy and new energy solutions, material sciences, biotechnology, and tourism and leisure. The firm is no longer investing.

Mint Capital is a Moscow-based private equity firm founded in 2000. The firm has historically pursued early-stage and growth investments in Russia, with sector experience in business services, logistics, distribution and IT services.

PIKvc is a venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage founders and their teams. It aims to build a community, take thoroughly calculated risks, and care for its companies throughout their entire lifecycle.

Fastlane Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 that focuses on developing, launching and promoting internet startups. It combines seed investing with hands-on operational involvement to help portfolio companies grow rapidly, particularly in consumer internet segments such as online retail, travel, relationship, health and recruitment. The firm provides strategic guidance, resources and governance support, aiming to move ventures from concept to launch quickly and toward exit within a few years. It collaborates with international investors to fund its portfolio and helps portfolio companies scale through hands-on execution and network access.

RUSNANO is a Russian company founded in 2007 and based in Moscow that focuses on commercializing nanotechnology developments. It invests in high-tech and nanotechnology projects, seeking to create or modernize production facilities in Russia and to support the development of technologies across sectors such as semiconductors, optics, energy, biomedicine, and advanced materials. The firm pursues direct investments as well as fund-based investments and maintains an international footprint with offices in Menlo Park and Herzliya Pituach and a U.S. subsidiary, enabling collaboration with North American and global partners.

Flashpoint is an international investment group focused on Western technology companies founded by expatriates from Emerging Europe and Israel. It manages six venture funds—a mix of four venture capital funds, a venture debt fund, and a secondary fund—and has assets under management in the hundreds of millions. The firm maintains offices in London, Tel Aviv, Budapest, Warsaw, Riga, Nicosia, and New York. It has invested in more than 50 companies, including Guesty, Chili Piper, and Office RnD, and has completed exits such as Shazam (sold to Apple) and Chess.com (sold to PokerStars founders and General Atlantic). The group targets software and business-to-business technology across Europe and Israel, with a preference for Western technology opportunities originated by expatriates from its focus regions.

Da Vinci Capital is an investment group focused on alternative investments, private equity and structured products. Founded in 2007 by Oleg Jelezko, the firm is based in Guernsey and London and operates in Russia and the CIS with exposure to emerging European markets, and maintains a presence in the United States and Western Europe. It targets mid-market and growth opportunities in financial infrastructure, payment processing, IT services and technology, and consumer and business services, typically investing $5 million to $100 million in companies valued at $100 million to $1 billion. The group seeks minority stakes, with the option for controlling positions in some buyouts, and aims for board representation where possible, planning exits through strategic sales, secondary sales or IPOs. Da Vinci Capital emphasizes a diversified approach through private equity and structured products and maintains offices and a network across Europe and the CIS.

The EBRD is an international financial institution founded in 1990 and headquartered in London that provides project financing and advisory services to support private sector development and transformation in emerging markets. It finances banks, industries, and businesses, supports new ventures and investments in existing companies, and helps privatize and restructure municipal services in publicly owned entities. Through its banking and treasury activities, it offers loans, equity and quasi-equity investments, guarantees, and equity funds for smaller enterprises, along with trade finance and loan syndication. It works with commercial partners to invest in private enterprises across sectors including energy, manufacturing, ICT, infrastructure, agribusiness, and real estate, across Europe, the Middle East and beyond, including a significant footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and the Caucasus. It provides policy reform dialogue and advisory services to support market modernization, governance, and reform. It has invested over €130 billion in more than 5,000 projects.

AltaIR Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that invests in early and growth-stage startups across a range of sectors. The firm focuses on companies with disruptive ideas and strong growth potential, including productivity tools, future of work, software as a service, fintech, insurtech, artificial intelligence, and digital health. Its portfolio features key players in the startup ecosystem, including top incubator graduates and promising teams.

ZGI Capital is a Riga-based private equity and venture capital firm founded in 2005 that pursues seed-to-growth investments in the Baltic and CIS regions. The firm typically takes minority equity stakes and targets investment sizes from about €0.5 million up to €5.7 million, with financing arrangements that may involve bank or leasing partners. Investments are planned over a 3 to 6 year horizon, and exits are usually realized through sales to other investors. The company engages across multiple sectors, including fintech, metalworking, IT, engineering, logistics, manufacturing, and services, with a focus on supporting entrepreneurs lacking start-up capital to scale their businesses.

Acrobator Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, with activity in Kyiv and Tbilisi, that backs early-stage to growth-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on B2B and B2C software, artificial intelligence and machine learning, fintech, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, and related sectors, often seeking to connect Eastern founders with Western markets such as the United States. It emphasizes support through founders networks, data access, and market reach, and pursues opportunities across Western and Eastern Europe, the United States, and CIS regions.

IFU is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, that specializes in providing equity, mezzanine financing, loans, and guarantees to projects in developing countries. Established in 1967, IFU focuses on creating and financing new businesses, joint ventures between Danish companies and local partners, and acquiring existing ventures. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as commercial services, biofuels, renewable energy, and irrigation systems, with a particular emphasis on climate and agribusiness. Investments are targeted at countries with a low gross national income per capita, as defined by specific criteria, and include regions across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. IFU typically invests between DKK 0.5 million and DKK 100 million and often seeks co-investment opportunities with Danish firms. The firm also supports small and medium-sized enterprises and provides advisory services for business investments in developing markets. With a preference for board membership, IFU aims to exit investments within five to seven years, ensuring a positive return for its stakeholders.

Overkill Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Riga, Latvia. Founded in 2017, it concentrates on early-stage business-to-business technology startups and supports them toward product-market fit, with a focus on companies across the Baltics, Nordics, Central and Eastern Europe, and the CIS regions.

RTP Global is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage technology investments, supporting portfolio companies with strategic guidance and a broad global network. Founded in 2000, the firm operates with offices in New York, London, Bangalore, and Dubai, and has invested in companies across Europe, Asia, and North America, including several that later became multi-billion-dollar public companies such as Yandex, EPAM, Delivery Hero, RingCentral, Datadog, and Ozon.

Prostor Capital is a Moscow-based venture capital firm established in 2011 by private investors, with co-founders including Leonid Reiman and Sergey Merkulov. It concentrates on profitable investments in Russian information technology and Internet companies at the stable growth stage (round A and above) with ready products and rapidly growing user bases. The firm targets tech-enabled companies with significant local or international sales potential, particularly in financial and advertising services, cloud technologies, innovative education, and digital medicine. The management team comprises Sergey Merkulov as managing partner, Alexey Solovyov as managing director, and Stanislav Kosorukov as investment director, who oversee strategy, operations, and deal evaluation. Prostor Capital has been recognized among leading Russian venture investors and maintains a portfolio of technology-driven companies.

AddVenture is an international venture capital firm based in Limassol, Cyprus, founded in 2008. It manages multiple funds and invests in technology- and consumer-oriented companies across software, media, TMT, SaaS, mobile, e-commerce, retail, health tech, food tech, marketplaces, and related services. Typical investments range from 0.3 to 5 million.

New Industry Ventures is a Moscow-based venture capital firm established by Gazprom Neft, Gazprombank, Russian Venture Company and VEB Innovations. It invests in technology startups operating in oil and gas, petrochemicals, energy, logistics, new materials and alternative energy. The firm focuses on technologies for exploration, production, processing, transportation and storage of hydrocarbons, as well as energy transmission and industrial infrastructure. It also backs digital products and Industry 4.0 solutions, resource and energy-saving technologies, and innovative projects that advance the Russian oil, gas and energy sectors and related industries.

Mubadala Investment Company is a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi that manages a diversified, global portfolio across industries including technology, aerospace, energy, real estate, healthcare, agribusiness, and financial assets. Created in 2017 from the merger of Abu Dhabi investment entities, it pursues long-term value and economic growth for Abu Dhabi by investing domestically and internationally. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, the company operates with a worldwide presence, maintaining offices in major markets such as Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, New York, and San Francisco, and a joint venture in Hong Kong. It focuses on strategic, value-driven investments spanning multiple sectors and asset classes to support diversification of the emirate’s economy and generate sustainable returns over time.

Singulariteam, founded in 2012 and based in Tel Aviv, is a venture capital firm and angel investor with offices in Moscow, Auckland, Almaty, and Singapore. It provides early-stage and seed funding for technology companies, concentrating on artificial intelligence, robotics, augmented and virtual reality, nanotechnology, and related fields, with fintech as a target area. The firm assesses teams and ideas quickly, emphasizes long-term partnerships, and supports portfolio companies through ongoing involvement and professional guidance. Israel remains a central investment focus.

Integer.pl Group is a leading private postal group in Europe that has rapidly expanded its InPost parcel locker network across numerous countries worldwide. Within three years, the company deployed its locker technology in Australia, Chile, Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala. The service has earned high customer satisfaction, reflected in a Net Promoter Score of 89% as of February 2019, and has received several industry awards, including the World Mail Awards 2013, Retail Innovation of the Year 2013, and Delivery Innovation Excellence UK 2014. Integer.pl Group continues to build a strong global footprint in the logistics sector through its innovative locker solutions.

Cisco Systems is a global technology company that designs, manufactures and sells networking hardware, software and related services. It offers routers, switches, network security products, wireless and mobility solutions, collaboration tools, data center technologies and observability software. Cisco serves businesses, organizations, service providers and individuals to build and manage networks, enable communications and enhance connectivity across industries. The company provides services in addition to its products, including technical assistance and advanced services, and manufacturing is largely outsourced with a large worldwide sales and marketing presence. With about 80,000 employees, Cisco is a leading provider of networking equipment and software, with a broad portfolio that includes security, collaboration (Webex) and enterprise networking solutions.

Founded in Moscow, Russia in 2021, Voskhod Venture Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on investments in deep-tech companies across biotechnology & medicine, food & agricultural technology, microelectronics & optoelectronics, green technologies, robotics, and new mobility sectors.

Biomark Capital is a Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity and venture capital firm focused on life sciences and healthcare. It makes investments across early, mid, and late stages in companies developing therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, molecular diagnostics, and digital health, as well as healthcare information technology. The firm targets opportunities in North America and Asia, with activity in Russia, Taiwan, India, and China. Formerly known as GBP Capital, Biomark Capital operates as a registered investment adviser and provides funding along with strategic support to accelerate growth for its portfolio companies.

Begin Capital is a venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom, that backs early-stage technology companies across Europe and beyond, with a focus on Europe. It invests in seed and Series A rounds, typically writing checks from $0.1 million to $3 million. The firm targets software, SaaS, AI, marketplaces, cybersecurity, retail tech, DaaS, and foodtech, and supports founders as they scale through the pre-seed to Series A stages. By combining a Europe-centric mandate with an international outlook, Begin Capital partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate growth within the European tech ecosystem.

Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Moscow, Typhoon Digital Development is a venture capital firm focusing on pre-seed stage investments. It specializes in digital projects, internet businesses, deep learning, big data, technological solutions for telecom operators, internet traffic management, and search engine optimization.

Questor Technology is an environmental clean technology company headquartered in Calgary, Canada, that designs, manufactures and services high-efficiency waste gas combustion systems. Its proprietary combustion technology helps safely manage methane, hydrogen sulfide, VOCs, hazardous air pollutants and BTEX while supporting energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reductions, regulatory compliance and community acceptance. The company also has heat-to-power generation capabilities and markets its solutions to oil and gas projects as well as landfills, waste-to-energy processes and other industries, including syngas, waste engine exhaust, geothermal and cement plant waste heat. Questor serves clients internationally across the oil and gas sector and beyond, offering systems for waste gas incineration, related burner services and power generation.

Equity Algorithm is a venture capital firm based in Moscow, Russia, founded in 2018. It focuses on investments in environmental, social, and governance-compliant projects, cleantech, technology, and related commercial services. The firm seeks opportunities that promote sustainable growth and innovation, targeting early-stage to growth-stage ventures across industries that benefit from cleaner technologies and responsible governance.

Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation is an economic development agency and investment organization based in Helsinki, Finland, established in 1980. It finances private sector projects in developing countries and, where relevant, via Finnish-linked ventures, with a focus on sectors such as renewable energy, sustainable forestry and agriculture, financial institutions, and digital infrastructure. The organization seeks minority equity and debt solutions, typically investing EUR 1 million to 10 million per project and often taking up to 30 percent of a company's capital. It structures investments as equity, mezzanine financing, investment loans, or combinations thereof, and frequently co-invests with other development finance institutions. It also finances microfinance and infrastructure ventures and supports initiatives that use Finnish technology. The aim is to generate environmental or social benefit and to contribute to sustainable development in developing countries and transition economies, including Russia, with an annual deployment target in the low hundreds of millions of euros across multiple companies.