Airo

Airo is a Russian service of household services (dry cleaning, cleaning rooms, cleaning curtains, repairing shoes). The order can be placed on the website, in the case of dry cleaning, washing and repairing shoes, the goods are taken and returned by the courier. The company cooperates with the self-employed - it hires and trains them. By the end of January 2021, the service operates in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Airo LLC was formed in 2014. It was established by Anton Drachev, Aleksei Shorokhov, Sergey Panarin and Dmitry Glushakov. Shorokhov and Glushakov left the company's capital in 2019. As of January 26, Anton Drachev owns 37.2% of the legal entity. Sergey Panarin - 7.6%. Alexander Popov, who entered the capital of the company in April 2019, owns 30.6%. Another 23% belongs to the Cypriot limited liability company Devapps Limited. Oleg Ermolaev owns 0.91% of the legal entity. Entrepreneur Alexander Vakhtin owns 0.45%.

Performance indicators

According to the Kontur. Focus database, the revenue of Airo LLC in 2019 amounted to 118.2 million rubles, and a net loss of 38.3 million rubles.

History

2025

The arrest in Azerbaijan of co-founder Anton Drachev

On July 1, 2025, Azerbaijani security forces detained a group of Russians suspected of transiting drugs from Iran, trafficking in illegal substances and cybercrimes. Among those arrested was Anton Drachev, co-founder of the online home services service Airo. Read more here

T-Bank venture fund invested in Airo

Venture capital fund T-investments for individuals "Venture Investments 1" and the management company "ST Capital" closed the deal to acquire shares in the Russian technology company "Airo," which owns the online service of consumer services Airo. This was T-Bank announced on May 30, 2025.

As part of the transaction, the Venture Investments 1 fund received 12.5% in the authorized capital of Airo LLC, and ST Capital - 4.17%. This is the first transaction of the new fund under the management of T-Capital since its launch in February 2025.

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Venture Capital Fund "Venture Investments 1" operates in the format of a closed mutual investment fund. Qualified investors with a starting capital of ₽500 thousand or more can purchase ZPIF units. Investors bought shares in February 2025.

The fund is in an investment period that will last up to 3 years. Among the priority areas are fast-growing industries, such as the development of platform solutions, software, FoodTech, sports and medical technologies, e-commerce.

Nikita Ilyinsky, director of private equity at T-Bank, noted that the fund adheres to a strategy of investing in fast-growing technology companies with revenues of ₽300 million per year. The first investment shows a good revenue growth rate of 34%.

The deal has been closed in less than 3 months since the fund launched. The fund's management is open to other business projects with an effective model supported by results to provide customers with an interesting return through venture capital investments.

Founder and CEO of Airo Anton Drachev said that the attracted funding will allow Airo to significantly strengthen the IT team, launch new types of services and increase the pace of attracting customers. In the next 4-5 years, the company intends to increase revenue by more than 10 times.

2021: Attracting 60 million rubles of investments from MTS

On January 27, 2021, MTS announced the investment of 60 million rubles in Airo. Under the terms of the agreement, the operator's venture capital fund will receive 10% in the startup. Taking this into account, it turns out that Airo is valued at 600 million rubles.

According to TAdviser in MTS, Airo intends to spend the funds raised on marketing projects, updating existing services and testing new services.

MTS invested in Airo dry cleaning and cleaning order service

MTS linked its interest in the consumer services market with the fact that the company believes in its development. Earlier, the operator acquired 13.7% of the Russian service for finding performers of domestic robots YouDo for $12 million.

Previously, Airo conducted two investment transactions - with the participation of a business angel and a venture capital fund. Who invested in the startup and how much is not reported.