# Top 50 Software Angel Investors in Russian Federation in May 2026

## Maxim Poletaev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Consumer Goods

Maxim Poletaev was born on April 6, 1971, in Yaroslavl.In 1993 he graduated from Yaroslavl State University with a degree in Accounting, Control and Business Analysis. Higher education in finance, proficient in English and German.In 1993–1995 he served as an assistant at the Chair of Economy, Organisation and Planning of Production ofYaroslavl State University.In 1994–1995 he underwent training at savings banks in Germany (Sparkasse, Kassel).In August 1995 he was appointed Head of Analysis and Marketing Division, Severny Bank of Sberbank of Russia. Later he headed the Resources Allocation and Securities Management Division.In March 2000 he was promoted to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Yaroslavl Bank of Sberbank.In September 2002 he was appointed Head of Sberbank’s Baikal Bank.In 2009 he was appointed Vice-President, Director of the Corporate Development Department of Sberbank of Russia.Since October 2009 he has served as Chairman of Moscow Bank of Sberbank.In March 2013 Maxim Poletaev became a Member of the Executive Board of Sberbank of Russia.In June 2013 he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board where he runs the Retail, Corporate, Territorial and Welfare Blocks of Sberbank.

## Rinat Salikhov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Robotics, Food Delivery

Rinat Salikhov

## Sergey Solonin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Education, Video, Health Care

Sergey Solonin is the Chief Executive Officer of Russian FinTech Association.

## Igor Ryabenkiy
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Igor Ryabenkiy is the Managing Partner at AltaIR Capital.
Igor is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with over twenty years of successful executive and investment experience including Internet startups and IT companies. He has funded, developed, and exited a significant number of investment projects worldwide.

## Alexander Borodich
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: B2B, Apps, SaaS

Alexander Borodich is a pioneer in the fields of innovation and blockchain world, Alexander was named "The Most Active Business angel in Russia" by Russian Venture Company, he is Chiefs Dream Officer and managing partner of marketing communication agency Future Action, founder of fifth largest in Europe crowd-investing platformVentureClub.co, founder of Russian cryptocurrency and investor in more than 70 projects.

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

Prokofiev Alexander is the founder of KudaGo.

## Bogdan Iarovoi
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Angel
- Focus: Internet, SaaS, Software

Bogdan Iarovoi is a Managing Partner of SmartHub Investments.

## Alex Nevinskiy
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Manufacturing, E-Commerce, Education

Alex is a co-founder of Somersault Ventures. Over his 15+ years in VC, Alex has gone from investing in hard science of fuel cell and biotech that makes everything greener to software that brings tailored automation to most overlooked and backward industries and all things B2C, from PropTech to FinTech to EdTech and more. Most of Alex’s journeyhappened as a partner at I2BF Global Ventures, but along the way, he has also managed to co-found the #1 independent alternative lender in Eastern Europe (acquired by the #1 in all of Europe) and make a name for himself as an angel investor.When not pondering what churn needs to be for valuations to make sense, Alex could be found teaching his 3-year-old daughter where to find unicorns in London. Alex holds an MSc in Finance and Risk from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Biophysics and puts both to good use.

## Egor Gurev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Perm, Permskiy Kray, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Software, Video Games

Started my first IT business in 2009. With the team of talented experts in development, marketing, sales, and business development launched Enaza - a platform for carriers to increase their value-added services by offering games, music, software to the carrier customers. Sold this business to Softline in 2017.Co-founder of Playkey - a cloudgaming platform, that helps people to play computer games on low-end computers and laptops. Acquired great expertise from 2013 on cloud gaming and streaming technologies.Specialties: Marketing, Internet projects, business administration, cloud gaming, games, and digital distribution.

## Esther Dyson
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Medical, Software

Esther Dyson - Founder @ Way to Wellville

## Danil Filatov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Robotics, Food Delivery

Danil Filatov

## Alexander Sysoev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A

Alexander Sysoev

## Sergey Rodionov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cooking, Robotics, Food Delivery

Sergey Rodionov

## Roman Pavlushko
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Travel, Apps

Angel Investor, CEO & Founder Parkly, ex-CTO Avito (Classified #1 in Russia),

## Bas Godska
- Type: Angel
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Machine Learning

General Partner & Founder Acrobator Ventures, Tech Investment Fund.
Founder Acrobator.com, growth hack and marketing advisory firm.
Digital Dutchman, entrepreneur-turned-investor. eCommerce expert, growth hacker and marketeer since 2000.
Assisted 100+ companies worldwide as CMO, MD, board advisor, consultant.
Personal angel investmentportfolio, overall company value nearing $3BN, follow-ons raised (>$150 MN) from Accel, Iconiq, Insight Ventures, EBRD, Techstars, Acrobator Ventures. Ranked #1 Foreign Angel Investor in Russia (EWDN); Top 10 Angel Investor (Firrma.ru/SLON), Crunchbase: #1 Dutch (2019) & Top 50 EU angel investor. Techcrunch / Crunchbase: "Bas Godska is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe."Roles Europe/Russia/CIS (2003-2019):
CMO lastminute.com ; Country Manager Sportingbet ; CMO Europe Ebookers.com / Orbitz.com ; MD Gogol Media.
CMO / dep. CEO Ozon.ru ; VP Marketing Gloria Jeans ; CMO Lamoda.ru (Rocket Internet) ; CMO Digital KupiVIP.ru ; eCommerce Director a.i. Enter | Svyaznoi ; MD myThings.com ; Guest Lecturer Digital Marketing at Moscow School of Management MBA (3 years).Portfolio:
miro.com; harver.com; travelata.ru (co-founder); Chocofamily Holding: chocotravel.kz, chocolife.me, aviata.kz, chocomart.kz (exit), lensmark.kz, rahmet.kz, chocofood.kz, iDoctor.kz, HRbot;
Newzmate.com (partial exit to Piano.io); storyterrace.com, getobjectiv.com; Crossss (sold to Leadhit); clockster.com; linkpizza.com; zakaz.ua; urbandine.nl; 6nomads.com, instreamatic.ai., omdena.com, aura-aware.com, awesomic.com, memoryOS.com,
VC investments: leapfunder.com; respeecher.com; letsenhance.io; studyfree.org.

## Mikhail Chuchkevich
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series D
- Focus: Energy, Security, Software

Mikhail has over 15 years of strategic planning, business development, private equity and venture investment experience.Mikhail is the co-founder of Bright Capital. Prior to 2010, when Bright Capital started to function, Mikhail worked at Rusnano (Russian leading venture investor with over 10 bln USD capital base) as a Managing Director,Project Office Director and Executive Advisor to CEO and various positions in private equity and advisory assignments in CIS, UK and the Middle East.Mikhail holds a PhD in management.

## Denis Smetnev
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Internet, Software

Denis Smetnev - Co-Founder @ Vimbox

## Alex Turbanov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Classifieds, Information Technology

Alex is a co-founder of Somersault Ventures and a seasoned investment professional with over 10 years of experience in private markets, including roles as a TMT banker in Eastern Europe and an Investor in a UAE-based VC firm. In his individual capacity, Alex has done a number of angel investments and managed syndicates investing in later-stagecompanies, where he acted as a board member and a corporate development advisor. Over the years, he gained expertise in such areas as two-sided marketplaces, enterprise SaaS, EdTech, and consumer apps, among others. In his free time, Alex is an avid tennis player, snowboarder, and frequent visitor to rock concerts and festivals. Alex received his MBA from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and has a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematical Economics.

## 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.

## Oskar Hartmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Grocery, Food Delivery

Oskar Hartmann - (born May 14, 1982) is an entrepreneur, super business angel, international investor and philanthropist.
He is the founder and partner of Hartmann Holdings, Fastlane Ventures, Simile Ventures Partners and HR CAPITAL LARIX. He himself has been the founder and CEO of 10 companies and an investor in over 100 Internet companies inthe US, Europe, India, Japan, Russia and the Middle East. Since 2012, he has also supported and helped create 25 non-profit projects to promote entrepreneurship around the world.
In Germany, he was one of the first investors in automotive marketplace AUTO1 Group, beverage delivery service FLASCHENPOST,, grocery delivery service FLINK, and after Everoad was acquired by SENNDER, he also invested in this logistics marketplace. In India, notable holdings include CARS24, SPINNY, SLICE, NINJACART and SALARYBOOK. In America, Hartmann Holdings specializes in real estate technology, with his biggest investment in JUNE HOMES. In Russia, CarPrice is the market leader and real estate platform AKTIVO is a driver of innovation in the industry. Other important holdings include SellAnyCar.com in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, OniGO in Japan, Tiggy in Canada and MYNE in Germany. He conducts his philanthropic work through the World Entrepreneurship Leadership Foundation with projects such as PRO WOMAN, EQUIUM, PREACTUM, FONDRE Scholarship and MENTORI.
In total, Hartmann's ever-growing portfolio of venture capital investments now includes more than seventy companies. Fourteen companies in which Hartmann was a founder, investor, and business angel have exceeded one billion dollars in capitalization. Unfortunately, many other companies no longer exist. This is also part of entrepreneurship. Oskar Hartmann is a member of the supervisory board of the development group Samolet, the Moscow Stock Exchange, and the RYBAKOV Foundation.
In 2015, Hartmann was named the winner in the "Master of Investment" category of the international Entrepreneur of the Year competition by Ernst & Young in Russia. Hartmann is an ambassador and participant in annual entrepreneurial competitions, in particular the "Breakthrough of the Year" competition, and a member of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year community.

## Pavel Cherkashin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Altos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, iOS

Pavel Cherkashin is the Managing Partner at Mindrock Capital.

## Alexei Matveychuk
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, Internet of Things, Information Technology

Alexei Matveychuk

## Igor Matsanyuk
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: B2B, Video Chat, Social Media Marketing

Igor Matsanyuk is one of the visionaries behind the global game market. He founded IT-Territory in 2004 to develop online games, which grew to become the largest game holding company in Eastern Europe, becoming Astrum Online Entertainment. In 2009, Astrum Online Entertainment merged with the Mail.ru Group, and Igor became the first vice-presidentand a significant shareholder of the unified company. The unified company was taken public via an IPO in 2010, at which point Igor left to pursue new ventures. Igor is currently one of the world’s most successful internet entrepreneurs.

## Denis Tsypulev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Education

Denis Tsypulev

## Mark Ten
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Fashion, Consumer

CEO at Sports.ru, major sports media in Russia, and an angel investor.

## Sergei Bulaev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Web Development

Sergei Bulaev

## Ruslan Fazlyev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Software, Mobile Apps, Web Development

Ruslan Fazlyev

## Anton Volkov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: EdTech, Training, Education

Anton Volkov

## Eugene Timko
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Construction, Delivery

Eugene has over 9 years of corporate finance, management consulting and engineering experience.Before Xploration Capital, Eugene held the position of investment director in Finstar Financial Group with strong focus on fintech and InVenture Partners specializing in disruptive technology startups across industries. He also worked in InvestmentBanking department of Morgan Stanley, focused on technology sector.Prior to that Eugene has done fixed income research in BCP Securities.
Eugene has also spent 3 years as a consultant in McKinsey and Company and before that worked as an automotive engineer at Scania AB in Sweden.Eugene holds MBA from Columbia Business School.

## Ivan Dubrovin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Automotive, Information Services

Ivan Dubrovin

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

Batuhan Dasgin

## Pavel Glushenkov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Travel, Tourism, Internet

Pavel has over 10 years of investment banking and private equity experience.Prior to joining InVenture Partners, Pavel held the position of Vice President at the leading private equity fund in Russia and supervised portfolio companies in sectors such as telecommunications, real estate, retail and information technologies since 2010.Before thatPavel served as a Chief Financial Officer at Tsargrad, a Russian regional developer, in 2007-2010.Before Tsargrad Pavel worked at MDM bank and participated in the IPO of Irkut Corporation.

## Igor Kaloshin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, PaaS, Internet

CEO of Angelsdeck Global Ventures, a network of clubs focusing on building an international ecosystem for the venture deal syndication. Ex Intel.

## Vladimir Starostin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

IT-Businessman

## George Solovev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Medical, mHealth

George Solovev

## Alexandr Chernyak
- Type: Angel
- Location: Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Restaurants, Apps, B2B

Alexandr Chernyak is a Board Member for Allset and a Co-founder of Carprice and Smartprice.

## Anton Anohin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Sales, Retail, Grocery

Anton Anohin

## Dmitry Gorelik
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce

Dmitry Gorelik

## Stas Korostelev
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: EdTech, Fashion, Consumer

Stas Korostelev

## Andrey Tsytsenko
- Type: Angel
- Location: Russia, Ohio, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Grocery, Software, Food Delivery

Andrew Tsytsenko is a CEO/Co-founder – Motify App. He attended Université Paris Dauphine - PSL.

## Mike Peregudov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Audio, Music, Software

Mike Peregudov is a General Partner at s16vc - values-driven founders for founders fund

## Vadim Yahincon
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence

Vadim Yahincon

## Kirill Belov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Art, Digital Media, Productivity Tools

Angel investor in IT and hardware startups
Managing partner at Impulse VC (impulsevc.com)

## Maxim Basov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Health Diagnostics

Maxim Basov

## Alexey Romanov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, E-Commerce

Alexey Romanov

## Jan Krustkaln
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Banking, Artificial Intelligence

Jan Krustkaln

## Mikhail Tsyferov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: EdTech, Training, Education

Mikhail Tsyferov

## Andrey Belozerov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, EdTech, FinTech

Andrey Belozerov (born 17 November 1980) is a Russian manager, entrepreneur and investor with a portfolio including SpaceX, Momentus, Pitchme and others. Expert in the field of digital technologies and digital transformation, co-founder Digital Disrupt investment club, United Nations Development Program expert.

## Grigory Firsov
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Art, iOS, Education

Grigory Firsov - Co-Founder, Executive Partner @ Impulse VC

## Katya Kovalenko
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Mobile, FinTech

Katya Kovalenko

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