Top 5 Finance VC Funds &amp; Investors in Russian Federation (May 2026)

Prostor Capital – a Russian venture fund focused on profitable investments in dynamically growing companies of IT & Internet markets. The Fund was incorporated in 2011 by a group of private investors. A famous Russian investor and enterpreneaur Leonid Reiman and one of the leading top-managers of IT industry Sergey Merkulov are among itsco-founders and co-investors.Fund’s investment focus – the stable growth stage (round А and above) projects having ready technological product and fast-growing clients-and-users base. These are Russian IT and Internet companies with a big local or international sales market potential, interested in external investments for the achievement of a new development level. The priority is given to the companies with a technological component in the sphere of new financial and advertising services, cloud technologies, projects in the sphere of innovational education and digital medicine. Awarded as one the TOP 20 best Russian venture investment funds (source: Hopes&Fears).TOP 5 of the most active venture funds in the Russian market (source: the research of Firrma.ru with the support of JSC «RVC» and PwC). Currently Prostor Capital’s investment portfolio includes 14 companies: Dnevnik.ru, Umisoft, Softrust, Platiza, Credit Cards Online, Federal Finance, CPA Exchange, Evrika Group, Dulton Media, Infratel, Smart CheckOut, Penxy, Carfin, AdMoment.Prostor Capital ManagementSergey Merkulov, a Managing Partner, one of the leading Top-managers in IT-industry with over 20 years of managerial experience. He is responsible for the Fund strategy, cooperation with investors, as well as a number of sectorial segments are under his management. Alexey Solovyov, a Managing Director of the Fund. He is responsible for the Fund’s overall management, organisation and functioning coordination of the Managing Company and the Investment Committee; a BOD member of several portfolio companies. Stanislav Kosorukov, an Investment Director, managing the investment analytical practice, responsible for the search and evaluation of projects’ perspective, investment deals’ structuring and portfolio companies’ operational activity control.

Investment focus

Industry: Finance, Apps, Sales
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: Russian Federation, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 5
Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow

Portfolio highlights

Platiza — Online microfinance service that provides short-term payday loans. After online identification and scoring process funds can be trasferred to customer's debit card, Visa Qiwi Wallet or any e-commerce partner account for purchase settlement purposes. Funds are being posted within 5-10 minutes in case of positive decision.
Federal Finance — The online service of internet users identification. Provider of identification services to companies.
Federal Finance — The online service of internet users identification. Provider of identification services to companies.

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Venture capital investments

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Stage:Series A, Seed
Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Investor stats

Total investments: 84
Round size: Seed $1M–$8M; Series A $1.2M–$18M
Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

Cyolo — Zero trust depends on securing high-risk access. Cyolo extends modern controls to remote workers and third parties, OT and legacy apps, in just minutes.
Circles - Online Group Support — Participate in online video meetings guided by an expert facilitator and gain tools for reflection that will help you feel less alone.
Oneday — Join a community of founders on OneDay. Gain access to business ideas, successful mentors and even startup funding.

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Pulsar Venture Capital, a business acceleration program, offers financing and mentorship to clean tech, robotics, and electronics startups.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Internet, Information Technology
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Russian Federation, United States, Ireland

Investor stats

Total investments: 52
Round size: Seed $54k–$230k; Pre-Seed $54k–$136k
Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

ZEVS — ZEVS platform consists of three elements: • Mobile App ZEVS for EV (station map, session booking, payment, available in the App Store and Google Play); • Web interface: monitoring and managing charging stations network ZOI; • ZEVS CS – IT-system core: unites stations into a manageable network.In summary, it provides a service cycle for EVcharging from App user registering and billing to receiving funds for charging sessions to the station owner’s account, monitoring and customer support.
Videoforce — VideoForce is a best video chat app for your business. Make your sales and conversion higher
Beauty Tech — Beauty Tech is an application with a variety of consumer DNA tests, as well as personalized cosmetics, dietary supplements and nutrition kit

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Capital + Hiring + Infrastructure

Investment focus

Industry: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Stage:Series A, Seed, Secondary Market
Geography: United States, India, Russian Federation

Investor stats

Total investments: 51
Round size: Seed $110k–$11M; Series A $2M–$40M
Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2021

Portfolio highlights

Betr — At betr, It provides tools to support responsible play and give you control over your gambling. It encourage you to use these tools to keep the experience fun and within your personal limits.
Qase — Qase is a modern test management platform for manual & automated QA testing & reporting that helps your team deliver a higher quality product, faster.
Betterhalf — Best matrimony app in India with AI matchmaking. Get compatible life partner from lakhs of genuine, Govt ID and selfie verified profiles of brides & grooms. Download Betterhalf marriage app now!

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