# Top 15 Payments Startup Investors in Russian Federation in May 2026

## Life.SREDA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Mobile, Financial Services

Life.SREDA is one of the first and leading Fintech-focused VC funds with the vision of building and connecting fintech-ecosystems across the World

## Prokofiev Alexander
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Payments, Software, Financial Services

Prokofiev Alexander is the founder of KudaGo.

## Pulsar Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, Information Technology

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

## Almaz Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Portola Valley, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Internet

Almaz Capital is an international venture capital firm investing in early stage, capital efficient technology companies. A unique bridge fund headquartered in Silicon Valley, Almaz Capital connects Eastern European/former Soviet engineering and entrepreneurial talent to the U.S. market and helps build global businesses. The firm invests inhigh-growth sectors such as artificial intelligence and blockchain applications, data engineering, cybersecurity, industrial IoT, networking architecture and infrastructure. Its investors include Cisco, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. Founded in 2008, Almaz Capital has invested in over 30 portfolio companies and has had nine exits to date.

## Inventure Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile, Apps

Inventure Partners is an innovative investment fund focused on funding disruptive technology startups. The fund looks for teams with a novel approach to business models, and companies that are able to solve real problems and remove inefficiencies in the market. Inventure Partners backs a wide range of ventures across the technology industry, andthe fund’s portfolio currently includes on-demand service Gett (GetTaxi), leader in US telehealth American Well, long-distance bus tickets platform Busfor, and others.

## Shima Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting cutting-edge blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

## ESN Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Mobile, Credit Cards, Apps

ESN GROUP offers a wide range of services from market-entry assistance, business support in the West African market as well as facilitating trade and investment promotion focused on particular sectors. And also the key intermediary agency for companies, organizations and entrepreneurs doing business or seeking to do business in Ghana/WestAfrica.Are you interested in doing business with Ghana/West Africa? Maybe export products, expand your business, find a trade partner or learn and share innovative expertise? Ghana/West Africa offers endless trade possibilities and is the ideal gateway to West Africa. ESN Group is the partner to turn your international entrepreneurial vision into reality. We can facilitate trade missions that suit your company’s needs to explore the opportunities in your sector.

## Batuhan Dasgin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Database, Web Hosting, Data Storage

Batuhan Dasgin

## Axia8 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency

Axia8 Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in both digital asset and equity.

## Leonid Rumyantsev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Payments, Software, Financial Services

Leonid Rumyantsev is the CEO of Platim.

## Mr. Block
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sports, Database, Software

Mr.Block is a blockchain community that creates a connection between international projects and another country. It believes that this is crucial to growing a healthy market for blockchain and cryptocurrency.

## Red Building Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Taipei, T'ai-pei, Taiwan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Financial Services

Red Building Capital invests in early-stage tech startups which contribute to migration from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, such as Blockchain, Cyber Security.

## PARSIQ
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ham, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Comprehensive tools for analyzing, detecting, and preventing cryptocurrency fraud.

## The Spartan Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

We advise, invest and build with the best entrepreneurs in Web3.

## Moscow Seed Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Advertising

The Fund for the Promotion of Venture Investment in Small Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere of Moscow was established by the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy of Moscow.

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