# Top 25 Artificial intelligence Startup Investors in Ukraine in October 2023

## Ukrainian Startup Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kyiv, Kyyiv, Ukraine
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

USF originally set up to promote the development of the local startup ecosystem and today is the largest local angel investor with already 130 funded startups and the most extensive startups database and stakeholders (over 3,000 applications).

## Acrobator Ventures | Acrobator.vc
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

Pre/seed VC bridging East and West investing in data-heavy B2B(2C) solutions

## Sergey Tokarev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Machine Learning

Tech entrepreneur | Reface investor | Сo-founder at Pawa ML venture studio | Founding Partner at tech company Roosh and Roosh Ventures.Sergey has founded over 30 IT companies, and as a founder, he still gives strategic oversight to many of them. He gradually changes the local IT landscape by creating opportunities for the younger generation oftech students. Sergey has initiated the "STEM is FEM" educational project. Its goal is to help people pursue an education and career in STEM and catalyze gender equality and diversity in this field.

## Ragnar Sass
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Ragnar Sass has strongest skill is to find the best people and keep them rocking in speed of 200 km/h. He has organized 20+ Hack-a-thons Garage48 in Eastern Europe + West & East-Africa. He advise other founders and share experience where it could help.

## Jevgeni Kabanov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tartu, Tartumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Apps, FinTech

Jevgeni 'JK' Kabanov is the CPO & Head of New Verticals at Bọlt.

## TQ Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Internet

Led by Schuster Tanger, Andrew Marks, and Scooter Braun, TQ Ventures is a leading venture capital firm based in New York City and Los Angeles.

## SMRK VC Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

SMRK VC Fund is an investment firm that funds seed and early stage companies. Their projects are Allset, Preply, Competera and AJAX Systems.

SMRK is a Ukraine-based company that was founded in 2013 by Oleksandr Kosovan and Andriy Dovzhenko.

## ff Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

ff Venture Capital (ffVC) is a technology venture capital firm investing in some of the strongest growth areas to date, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, drones, enterprise cloud software, and crowdfunding. The firm identifies and invests in technology and technology-enabled companies at its inception acrossgeographies and emerging industries. With three partners and an acceleration team of 20+ investment and operations professionals, ffVC actively participates with founders to develop products, target markets, and accelerate growth. Since 2008, ffVC has invested in over 100 companies and has helped to create companies with an aggregate market value exceeding $6 billion.

## ICU Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kyiv, Kyyiv, Ukraine
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Computer Vision, Information Technology

ICU Ventures is a venture investment branch of ICU, an independent asset management, private equity and investment advisory firm specialising in the emerging markets of CEE. Our main focus are early stage technology companies with Eastern European roots. This means it's preferable for us that either Founders or Engineering & Softwaredevelopment are from/located in Eastern Europe. We provide companies not only with a necessary capital but also with strategic support and a network of contacts in order to expand them internationally. Apart from gaming and gambling ICU is interested in investing across all the sectors.

## Renaldas Zioma
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Information Technology

Renaldas Zioma

## Martin Henk
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Martin Henk is the Co-founder of Pipedrive.

## SID Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain

First Ukrainian high-technology venture capital firm established by IT experts for IT geeks, investing in early-stage tech companies

## Adventures Lab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kyiv, Kyyiv, Ukraine
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Legal, Real Estate, Document Preparation

Investment in Early, Growth and Late stage projects

## Andreessen Horowitz
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California, investing in bold founders, innovators, and entrepreneurs building the future through technology.

## Augie K Fabela II
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Apps, Software, Video Chat

Augie K Fabela II is the Co-Founder and CEO at Fastforward.ai.

## Sebastien Borget
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Sebastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of Pixowl. Passionate for blockchain technology, gaming and education, he is a very active speaker and evangelist who spent the past 8 years focused exclusively on mobile gaming, creating successful games that were downloaded millions of times.

## Ryszard Szopa
- Type: Angel
- Location: Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Machine Learning

Ric Szopa is the Director of Engineering, Site Lead for Poland at Affirm. He attended University of Warsaw.

## Guillaume Fournier
- Type: Angel
- Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: EdTech, Wellness, Health Care

Guillaume Fournier is the Partner at Credo Ventures.

## All Turtles
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, B2B, 3D Technology

We make products that matter

## Chris Adelsbach
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Chris Adelsbach - Founding Partner @ Outrun Ventures

## QPDigital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kyiv, Kyyiv, Ukraine
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS

Venture Capital Firm 2.0 focused on Deep Tech, It-logistics and Digital Healthcare industries.

## Maksym Demianiuk
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Maksym Demianiuk is a former adviser to the head of the Ministry of Digital Affairs

## Vlad Ionescu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Vlad Ionescu is Chief Marketing Officer at Tokinomo - Robotic Shelf Advertising. Attended at University of Bucharest.

## GEO Pay
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

GEO Pay is a service that integrates peer-to-peer payments with operations for depositing and withdrawing fiat dollars and exchanging them for crypto assets.

## Martin Tajur
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Recruiting

Martin Tajur is the co-founder of Pipedrive.

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