Day One Ventures

Investment firm Day One Ventures was founded in 2018 by a former PR director. Acronis Maria Drokova The company, based in, San Francisco invests in the project in such areas as,,,,,, artificial intelligence financial technology blockchain added virtual reality self-driving technology in, etc. health care

History

2022

Investing in Friendly Apps

In late May 2022, startup Friendly Apps announced it was raising its first investment. The $3 million funding round was attended by BoxGroup, Weekend Fund, Shrug Capital, Betaworks Ventures, SRB Ventures, 305 Ventures and CoreVentures. The startup also invested the Day One Ventures fund, founded by Maria Drokova, an ex-speaker of the Nashi youth movement, who kissed Vladimir Putin on the cheek in Seliger in 2009. Read more here.

Exit from the capital of the e-scooter rental service when it is sold for $100 million

On May 11, 2022, it became known that the startup Reby was acquired by the Canadian private equity firm House of Lithium for $100 million. This transaction was marked for the fund with the Russian roots of Day One Ventures by the exit from Reby's capital. The fund previously participated in a $17.9 million funding round. Read more here.

Investing in data analytics platform developer YvesBlue

On May 5, 2022, YvesBlue announced that it had raised $5 million in investments. Illuminate Financial led the round, which also included Aflac Ventures, Tribeca Early Stage Partners, SixThirty, a fund with Russian roots Day One Ventures and Walter Ventures. Read more here.

Investing in an American Enterprise Risk Management Platform

On February 24, 2022, AnyRoad, an enterprise risk management platform, announced the closure of the Series B funding round and an investment of $47 million. The funding came from funds managed by BlackRock with contributions from Runa Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Kaiser Permanente. Existing investors Rally Ventures, Precursor Ventures and Day One Ventures, as well as new investors Commonfund and Corner Ventures, joined the round with a re-subscription. Read more here.

2021

Investing in Hofy Remote Work Platform

London-based Hofy announced on October 19, 2021, it was raising $15.2 million in funding and officially launched its home office platform. The round featured Stride.VC, Kindred Capital, Activum SG Ventures, TrueSight Ventures, 20 VC and Day One Ventures, as well as Ed Lando and Azeem Azhar. Read more here.

Investing in a startup for Zuma realtors and tenants

The American, startup Zuma developing an application AI with for realtors and tenants, announced on November 19, 2021, to raise initial funding in the amount of $6.7 million and withdraw from the beta testing phase. The $6.7 million round was led Andreessen Horowitz with input from Y Combinator Range Ventures, Liquid 2, Day One Ventures, Soma Capital and a group of private investors, including Apartment List co-founder Chris Erickson, former Y Combinator chief operating officer Casar Younis and Lambda School founder Austen Allred. The latest round of funding gives Zuma a total of about $7.2 million raised at the time of November 19. More. here

Investing in quantum computer developer QuEra Computing

In mid-November 2021, quantum computer developer QuEra Computing raised $17 million from Rakuten, a California-based fund with Russian roots Day One Ventures and Frontiers Capital. Business angels Sergey Belousov and Paul Maritz also took part in the investment round. Read more here.

Investing in "the world's first open search engine You.com"

In November 2021, it became known about investing $20 million in You.com. The funding round was led by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Day One Ventures Fund, Breyer Capital Funds and Sound Ventures also participated in the deal. The You.com plans to spend the investments on developing its own platform and increasing the user audience. Read more here.

Investing in the Ukrainian service for virtual parties Party.Space

In mid-October 2021, it became known about investing $1 million in Party.Space. TA Ventures, Day One Capital and Hjalmar Windbladh funds have invested in the Ukrainian startup as part of the seed round. Read more here.

Investing in Owner Restaurant Ordering Platform

At the end of August 2021, information appeared that the Day One Ventures fund invested in the ordering platform from Owner restaurants. Read more here.

Investing in DoNotPay Legal Services Chatbot

At the end of July 2021, the American chatbot of legal services DoNotPay raised $10 million in investments, increasing its estimate to $210 million. Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, Tribe Capital, Felicis Ventures, as well as the Day One Ventures fund, founded by Maria Drokova, ex-speaker of the Nashi youth movement, who kissed Vladimir Putin on the cheek in Seliger in 2009, invested in the startup. Read more here.

Investing in Remote Platform

In mid-July 2021, startup Remote which provides tools to manage the recruitment process, payroll, benefits and other services for technical and other specialists working in remote countries, whether contractors or full-time employees, raised $150 million. Remote startup valuation rose to $1 billion, according to Remote CEO and co-founder Job van der Voort. More. here

Investing in food tech startup Simulate

In early June 2021, food tech startup Simulate raised $50 million in a funding round led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian's venture capital firm Seven Seven Six. Investors Chris Sacca and Crystal Sacca, Nomo Ventures, McCain Foods, Imaginary Ventures and the foundation founded by Russian Maria Drokova also invested in the startup. Day One Ventures Simulate's estimate for the investment round rose to $250 million. More. here

Investing in career advice service Pathrise

At the end of May 2021, the American career consulting service for technical specialists Pathrise received funding in the amount of $9 million. The series A round was headed by Learn Capital, Western Technology Investment and the Day One Ventures fund founded by former PR director Acronis Maria Drokova also invested in the service. Read more here.

Investing in Haystack Collaboration Platform

In late March 2021, the Day One Ventures fund founded by the former PR director of Acronis invested in the Haystack platform for collaboration. In addition to this fund, investors were Greycroft, Coatue Management and several business angels. The service platform will serve as a single center where employees can "find important announcements, gain new knowledge and communicate with colleagues." Read more here.

Investing in a unybrands company buying up sellers on Amazon

In mid-February 2021, it became known that the Day One Ventures venture fund, founded by former PR director of Acronis Maria Drokova, invested in unybrands, which specializes in buying, creating and promoting online brands Amazon and DTC. The company closed a $25 million round of seed funding. Read more here.

2020

Investing in Ava's Deaf Care Service

In mid-December 2020, startup Ava specializing in providing information perception services to people with hearing problems, attracted an investment of $4.5 million, and also announced two new products. Day One Ventures invested in Ava. More. here

Create a second fund

At the end of November 2020, Day One Ventures announced the creation of a second fund. Its volume will be $52.55 million. Most of this amount was provided by IT entrepreneurs, as well as the founders and leaders of the first fund, created in late 2017.

The volume of that fund was $20 million. He invested in startups from $100 to $500 thousand. The fund, which was announced at the end of November 2020, will provide financial support in the amount of $500,000 to $5 million.

Maria Drokova, founder of Day One Ventures

According to the founder of Day One Ventures Maria Drokova, the second fund will continue to work in the same areas as the first. It will look at customer-focused startups to help grow them. It is expected that the full development of the funds of the new fund will take from 2 to 2.5 years.

Startups that have attracted investment from Day One Ventures include Superhuman, Snafu Records, DoNotPay, Yumi, Delphia, Winnie, Atoms and more. The fund had three "exits" through mergers and acquisitions: the firms Acquired.io, Feastly and lvl5 were sold.

The foundation pays special attention to minority projects. Thus, 33% of the capital was received by "colored" founders. In addition, 25 female founders of startups received investments. By the end of November 2020, companies with Day One Ventures investments are represented in more than 20 countries, Drokova said.

According to her, it is no more difficult for women to engage in venture financing than men, but this question is often asked to her.^[1]

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