I2BF Global Ventures

I2BF Global Ventures is an international management company founded in 2005 and specializing in venture capital investments. The strategy of I2BF Global Ventures is to find and invest in small technology companies. Today, the I2BF manages $400 million, the venture portfolio has more than 20 companies. I2BF offices are located in Moscow, New York and Astana.

History

2022

Investing in BeyondTrucks

At the end of August 2022, it became known about the investment of $4 million BeyondTrucks. The I2BF Global Ventures fund Ilya Golubovich (son of the former financial director of Yukos Alexei Golubovich) took part in the financing round of the American startup. Read more here.

Investing in Metatheory

On May 16, 2022, Web3-company Metatheory, founded by Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, raised $24 million in Series A funding. Read more here.

Investing in the EXO Freight platform

On May 19, 2022, EXO Freight, located in Royal Oak, Michigan, announced the raising of $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Left Lane Capital with the participation of Detroit Venture Partners and a fund with Russian roots I2BF Global Ventures, which has previously invested in this project. The startup intends to spend the funds received on the further development of its digital freight market, intended for the freight market. Read more here.

Investing in Tribevest's collective investing platform

At the end of January 2022, Tribevest raised $3 million in investments as part of the sowing round. The company invested the fund I2BF Global Ventures Ilya Golubovich (son of the former financial director of Yukos Alexei Golubovich), Mucker Capital, Gaingels, Vibe Capital and singer and songwriter Ryan Leslie. Read more here.

Investing in PostEra's AI drug development platform

In early January 2022, PostEra raised $24 million in the Series A investment round. The round was led by Clermont Group with the participation of Breyer Capital, Lifeforce Capital, Russian I2BF Global Ventures fund Ilya Golubovich, as well as existing investors including Metaplanet, HOF Capital, Ace & Company, Pioneer Fund and entrepreneur R. Martin Chavez. Read more here.

2021

Investing in the platform for helping to enter foreign universities StudyFree

In mid-December 2021 StudyFree , it announced the attraction of $3 million from I2BF Global Ventures, TMT Investments TechStars and other investors. Also, the round of financing was attended by CEO PandaDoc Mikita Mikado and ex-product Google director Andrei Doronichev. The parameters of the investment transaction, including the estimated value of the startup, were not disclosed. More. here

Investing in an American SaaS platform for car dealers

On November 16, 2021, Carketa, a developer of SaaS applications for car dealers, announced the closure of $6 million in seed funding from Origin Ventures and Crosslink Capital with additional funding from Hack VC, Lancaster and Ilya Golubovich's I2BF Global Ventures. Read more here.

Investing in the developer of the world's largest database of cars and spare parts for them Partly

In mid-October 2021 startup Partly , he raised 3.7 billion New Zealand dollars in the investment round of series A. Round headed the Blackbird Ventures fund, also invested in Partly were CEO Rocket Lab Peter Beck, co-founder and CEO of the Figma platform Dylan Field, co-founder and chief operating officer of Vision Akshay Kothari, vice president of business operations at Service Titan Connor Theylmann, as well as the Russian fund I2BF Global Ventures and K5 Ventures from. USA More. here

Investing in Lendflow SME Lending Platform

In mid-October 2021, Lendflow announced an investment in the Series A funding round. Round headed the Underscore VC fund, Uncorrelated Ventures, Y Combinator, 2048 Ventures, Knoll Ventures, Hack VC and Navitas Capital and the Russian-founded I2BF Global Ventures. The total volume of attracted investments since the founding of Lendflow in 2019 exceeded $13 million. Read more here. Read more here.

Investing in the CostCertified interactive construction estimate service

In early October 2021, the developer of the platform for creating interactive construction estimates CostCertified raised $8.45 million as part of an initial round of funding. The round was headed by the FUSE fund, and Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Russian fund Ilya Golubovich (son of former Yukos CFO Alexei Golubovich) I2BF Global Ventures, as well as EquipmentShare CEO and co-founder Willie Schlax, PlanGrid co-founder Ryan Sutton-Gee, SquareFoot co-founder and CEO Jonathan Wasserstrum, also invested in the company. Read more here.

Investing in EXO Freight's cloud-based trucking platform

In early October 2021, the developer of the cloud platform for cargo transportation EXO Freight announced the attraction of investments from 1984 Ventures, Lancaster, as well as the I2BF Global Ventures fund, founded by Ilya Golubovich (son of the former financial director of Yukos Alexei Golubovich). EXO Freight plans to spend the funds raised to achieve the goal of defragmenting the transportation market, especially for shippers carrying goods on open-deck trucks. Read more here.

Investing in Shopmonkey repair service

In mid-July 2021, the developer of cloud software for auto repair services Shopmonkey raised $75 million as part of the series C investment round. The round was headed by existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures, and Headline, a fund with Russian roots I2BF Global Ventures and ICONIQ Growth, also invested in Shopmonkey. Read more here.

Investing in the American legal and financial consulting service Enter Harness Wealth

At the end of June 2021, the Russian-founded I2BF Global Ventures invested in the American legal and financial consulting service Enter Harness Wealth, which helps new millionaires and billionaires wisely use the funds received. Read more here.

Investing in ElectroNeek

ElectroNeek, a player in the Russian robotic automation market, announced on June 1, 2021 that it would raise $20 million. The investment round was led by Baring Vostok with the participation of Yellow Rockets.vc, Dragon Capital, I2BF, Angelsdeck, Softline Ventures, business angels Sergei Dashkov, Anton Litvyakov and other investors. Taking into account the investment, the value estimate of ElectroNeek exceeded $100 million. Read more here.

Investing in Inbox Health Healthcare Software Developer

In early April 2021, Inbox Health announced the raising of $15 million as part of the Series A financing round. The investment round was led by Commerce Ventures, new and existing investors also invested in Inbox Health, including venture capital companies Vertical Venture Partners, Healthy Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Fairview Capital, CT Innovations and the Russian fund I2BF Global Ventures Ilya Golubovich (son of former Yukos CFO Alexei Golubovich), and WePay founder and former CEO Bill Clerico. Read more here.

Investing in Newtrul's logistics marketplace

In early February 2021, the Newtrul logistics marketplace from Chicago raised $2.25 million as part of the seed round. The funding round was headed by the Autotech Ventures fund, and the I2BF Global Ventures fund Ilya Golubovich (son of the former financial director of Yukos Alexei Golubovich) also took part in it. Read more here.

2020: Investing in ElectroNeek's routine task automation service

March 26, 2020 it became known about the attraction by ElectroNeek of investments in the amount of $2.5 million. The main investor following the results of the sowing round was the 645 Ventures fund. The Russian investment fund I2BF, the YellowRockets accelerator, business angels Sergei Dashkov and Anton Litvyakov also participated in the deal. Read more here.

2019: Investment for ElectroNeek Robotics

On June 11, 2019, it became known that the Russian office automation startup electroNeek Robotics announced the attraction of a round of investments in the amount of $0.5 million. Investors in this round included Softline Venture Partners, I2BF Global Ventures and YellowRockets.vc. Read more here.