Altair Capital

The management company AltaIR Capital was founded by Igor Ryabenky in 2005. The company's first venture capital fund, worth $20 million, was created in 2012, the second, for $100 million, in 2014. In 2019, the fund has 110 projects in its portfolio, and among AltaIR Seed Fund investors was Roman Abramovich and Evgeny Shvidler Millhouse Capital.

History

Venture capital fund Altair Capital invests in early and very early stage projects around the world, offering expertise, legal and mentoring support.

When choosing, he prefers strong professional teams. The average amount of investment in the project, as of May 2014 - $100-300 thousand.

Priority areas for investment:

• SaaS in B2B and B2C;
• finance and education;
• projects at the junction of IT and medicine;
• game and entertainment, content projects.

2023

Investing in Emma

On March 22, 2023, it became known that the no-code emma platform with Russian roots during the Seed round of financing raised $6 million for development. Read more here.

Investing $5.2 million in Fiber

Fiber's workflow management platform raised $5.2 million for development as part of the Series A funding round. The company, founded by Belarusians, announced this on January 31, 2023. Read more here.

2022

Investing in the fintech company Unifimoney

In early April 2022, the American investment platform Unifimoney raised $10 million in seed funding to expand its offers and services in the field of alternative financial assets. Read more here.

Investing in a mentor development platform at Together

In mid-January 2022, Together raised $5 million in investments. The round was headed by Igor Ryabenky's AltaIR Capital fund with the participation of TRAC, Garage Capital, Rebel Fund and Funders Club. Read more here.

2021

Investing in US platform to hire Turing programmers

December 20, 2021 it became known about the investment of $87 million in Turing. According to the results of the Series D funding round, the American platform for hiring programmers was estimated at $1.1 billion. Other deal parameters were not disclosed. AltaIR Capital Igor Ryabenky and the AltaClub investor club again invested in the startup, and the WestBridge Capital fund was the main investor. Read more here.

Investing in a money-saving service for UNest studies

On November 17, 2021, UNest announced the raising of $26 million in Series B funding led by the Artemis Foundation, with the participation of Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Franklin Templeton, Altair Capital, Launchpad Capital, OneWay Ventures and Unlock Venture Partners. Read more here.

Investing in AI developer for online shopping Karma

On October 14, 2021 startup Karma , he announced the raising of $25 million as part of a series A funding round led by Target Global and MoreTech Ventures. Also involved in the deal were funds from NFX and Altair Capital. More. here

Investing in the Hints Knowledge Management Service

At the end of October 2021, it became known about the investment of $835 thousand in Hints. Venture capital funds AltaIR Capital and Flashpoint, as well as venture capital club AltaClub and private investors from New York, London and Moscow, have invested in the startup. Read more here.

Investing in the Prodly Application Platform

In October 2021, it became known about investing $10 million in Prodly. The main investor in the Series A funding round was Leta Capital. TMT Investments, Altair Capital, FlyerOne, Shasta Ventures and Norwest Capital also participated in the deal. Read more here.

Investing in Performetry Employee Productivity Service

On September 22, 2021, the company Performetry announced the attraction of $1.2 million in investments from AltaIR Capital and AltaClub, as well as top managers,, Google,, Cisco LinkedIn DropBox DocuSign,,, and. Salesforce Facebook Lyft Uber The transaction parameters are not specified. More. here

Investing in Fiber BPM

In early August 2021, it became known that the investment company AltaIR Capital, the founder of which is Igor Ryabenky, invested in Fiber. According to the results of the seed round, the startup raised $3.1 million. In addition to the fund itself, its founders invested their own funds in Fiber. Read more here.

Investing in British online event service Twine

In mid-June 2021, the British service for online events Twine raised $3.3 million. The investment round was headed by the Moment Ventures fund, which was also attended by the Russian fund AltaIR Capital, Coelius Capital, Mentors Fund, Rosecliff Ventures, AltaClub and Bloom Venture Partners. Moment Ventures founding partner Clint Chao will join Twine's board at the conclusion of the round. Read more here.

Investing in Osome Business Process Automation Service

In June 2021, the funds and Target Global Phystech Ventures AltaIR Capital again invested Osome in the Singapore co-founder company. " The $16 Rocketbank Viktor Lysenko million round was also attended by the fund S16VC the co-founder, courier Payment Systems Anatolia Maryina service partner Dostavista Alexander Shamis, the founder of the Food Party Mikhail Peregudov and the former executive director Goldman Sachs in Oleg Russia Bibergan. More. here

Investing in a service for the legal consolidation of oral agreements e-gree

At the end of May 2021, the service e-gree announced the attraction of $1 million in investments. The fund, Impulse VC AltaIR Capital, Igor Ryabenky members of the AltaClub venture capital club and Australian supermodel and philanthropist Jessica Kahavati have invested in it. This was TAdviser told in e-gree. More. here

Investing in a grocery delivery service GetFaster.io

On May 19, 2021, it became known that the company had attracted GetFaster.io investments in the amount of 1.5 million euros. Most of the funds were invested by Igor Ryabenky's AltaIR Capital fund. Investment funds S16 Angel Fund, Bramos Capital, Brayne and Optimum Strategy Capital also took part in the pre-seed financing round. Read more here.

Investing in digital bank for Lili freelancers

In May 2021, the investment company AltaIR Capital, founded  by Igor Ryabenky, as well as AltaClub investors invested in Lili. A Series B funding round of $55 million was held, led by Group 11. Read more here.

Investing in Legionfarm gamer training service

On May 13, 2021, it became known about the attraction of $6 million by Legionfarm. Participants in the Series A funding round included SVB, Y Combinator, Scrum VC, Kevin Lin, Altair Capital, Ankur Nagpal, etc. Read more here.

Investing in fintech startup Food Rocket

At the end of April 2021, it became known that Food Rocket had attracted investments in the amount of $2 million from Baring Vostok, AltaIR Capital, AngelsDeck Business Angel Club, Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF), founder of a similar British Jiffy service Arthur Shamalov and co-founder of the Food Party (now Yandex.Chef) Philip Bashyan. Read more here.

AltaIR ABO Ventures fund launch to invest in IT companies

Investment company AltaIR Capital, founded by Igor Ryabenky, on March 22, 2021 announced the launch of a new AltaIR ABO Ventures fund. Funds from it will be provided to technology startups focused on working in the global market. Read more here.

Investing in food delivery service Fridge No More

In mid-March 2021, the Russian-founded grocery delivery service in New York, Fridge No More, raised $15.4 million, including from Insight Partners and AltaIR Capital. The company plans to use the funds received to attract additional personnel and expand its activities in New York and the East Coast. Read more here.

Investing in EquityBee startup fintech service

At the end of February 2021, Russian AltaIR Capital invested in fintech a service for, startups EquityBee which raised $20 million in a series A financing round. In addition to AltaIR Capital, Group 11, Oren Zeev Ventures, Battery Ventures and ICON Continuity Fund took part in the round. More. here

Investing in shared home-to-work travel service Hip

In early February 2021, the American startup Hip raised funding in the amount of $12 million to organize joint trips from home to work. The investment round was led by NFX and Magenta Venture Partners with the participation of the Russian fund AltaIR Capital and former executives from Uber, Booking.com and Google. Read more here.

2020

Investing in EdTech startup Tappity

At the end of December 2020, EdTech-startup Tappity, focused on teaching children, received initial funding in the amount of $1.3 million, including from Altair Capital. Tappity Video Library offers real-time entertainment and interactive videos and ensures that the content itself meets current educational standards. here More.

Investing in the Osome fintech project

On November 5, 2020, it became known about the attraction by the startup Osome of investments in the amount of $3 million. XA Network and AltaIR Capital have invested in the fintech project of Rocketbank co-founder Viktor Lysenko. The assessment of the value of Osome and the share of investors at the end of the round were not disclosed. Read more here.

Investing in financial modeling platform for start-ups Finmark

At the end of October 2020, the financial modeling platform for startups Finmark announced the attraction of $5 million in investments. Among those who invested in startup was the venture capital fund AltaIR Capital. More. here

Investing in grocery delivery startup Fridge No More

In early October 2020, a startup with Russian roots, Fridge No More, which is based in Brooklyn, raised $1.5 million. The following were invested in the grocery delivery service: AltaIR Capital, AltaClub, the Bratte fund of Evgeny Nevgen and Sergei Gonchar, Natalya Vodianova, Evgeny Fuksman and several angel investors. Read more here.

Investing in the Snappr visual content marketplace

In early October 2020, Snappr raised $10 million under Series A to further develop the visual content marketplace. Among the investors was the Russian AltaIR Capital. The round was led by Basis Set Ventures with participation from YesVC and Y Combinator. Read more here.

Investing in diabetic app developer Undermyfork

At the end of August 2020, Undermyfork announced the attraction of $400 thousand investments. AltaIR Capital, Runa Capital, as well as investors from the AltaClub community have invested in the medical tech startup. Read more here.

2013

Participation in the Moscow API acceleration program.

2012

Beginning of work with the Business Incubator of Moscow State University.

2010

Start of investment activities in the field of Internet projects. Investments in the LinguaLeo and Eruditor Group language service are services for selecting private specialists.

2005

Establishment of Altair Capital Fund. Until 2010, the fund was engaged in investments outside the IT sphere.