The necessary financing can be provided by venture funds - high-risk financial organizations focused on working with such innovative startups. Today we will take a closer look at the top 6 largest Russian venture funds that invest in prospective developments around the world.
Runa Capital
Runa Capital is a global venture capital firm built by serial entrepreneurs that invests in early-stage software startups around the world. Runa is uniquely poised to help founders scale their businesses in both domestic and global markets. The company helps founders evaluate and enter different geographies, create competitive strategies and develop acumen on when, how, and where to scale.The Runa Capital Fund takes a share of 20% to 40% in the projects it invests; invests up to $10 million. Famous Runa startups are Nginx, Jelastic, LinguaLeo. In total, the Fund has already invested in 60 companies in 12 countries.
I2BF Global Ventures
A venture capital fund that finances technology companies in Russia, the US, Asia and Europe in the early stages. I2BF was founded in late 2005 as a division of Arbat Capital management company, and then transformed into a separate fund for investments in alternative energy.To date, I2BF has over $90 million under management.
The Fund typically invests in the equity capital of companies ranging from $0.5 million to $10 million depending on the company's growth dynamics and capital requirements.
GagarinCapital
Gagarin Capital is a venture fund that invests in early stage artificial intelligence companies from around the world. When Gagarin was launched in 2014, it was one of the only firms specializing in AI among Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, and CRV – and the volume of funding in the space grew 6x since then.
Gagarin invests throughout the world, capitalising on a wide network of local expertise and insight that provides competitive advantage in a variety of locales just where it is needed. It invests globally and sources deals through its network of entrepreneurs and scientists in Silicon Valley, Russia, and the CIS.Fort Ross Ventures
FortRoss Ventures invests in early-stage startups with the proven product, technology, and go-to-market at the beginning of their international expansion and exponential revenue growth. The firm provides not only capital but gives access to financial institutions in CEE (infrastructure, customer base, go-to-market) through establishing long-term partnerships (commercial contracts, JVs, other instruments) between the startup and anchor LPs. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Menlo Park, California.Primer Capital
Primer Capital is a venture capital fund focusing on investments in companies engaged in development of promising biotech and medical products for various pharmaceutical sectors. Projects are selected by the Foundation's team and the Expert Council, which includes specialists from medicine, biopharmaceutics and business. Among the current partners of the fund: Skolkovo, North-West Center for Technology Transfer, RVC, IIDF.Among the funded projects: a system for processing data from clinical trials, a drug for the treatment of thrombosis, the development of an innovative method for diagnosing dermatological diseases, a service for selecting personalized antitumor therapy.
TargetGlobal
Target Global is an international VC firm with over $300 million in assets under management and offices in San Francisco, Berlin and Moscow. Target Global focuses primarily on fast-growing digital-enabled B2C and B2 SMB companies in e-Commerce, finTech, travel, software, and mobile. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Berlin, Germany.More than 40 companies have invested in Target Global since 2012, including Delivery Hero, Blue Apron, Dreamlines, Prosper, Juno, VATBox, Blackmoon, DocPlanner, WeFox, Lemoncat, Auto1 and many more.
The company manages the Growth Fund, which invests in companies in the B rounds and later stages (entry size - from $5 million to $30 million per transaction), as well as a seed investment fund with transaction sizes from $200,000 to $500,000
For more than 12 years, the RAUIE has been helping to attract investment in projects, as well as organize joint ventures and establish business ties between entrepreneurs from Russia and Asian countries.
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