Business angels are individual investors who provide capital to startups that are still in early stages of their development (at so-called Pre-Seed and Seed stages). Angels often work with companies that are of little interest to large venture capital funds or commercial banks. The activities of business angels resemble those of venture capital investors, however, venture capitalists usually invest funds provided by Limited Partners (silent participants in the VC funds), not their own personal capital.
More about angel investors and where to look for them.
Table: Ranking of angel investors who have been actively financing Ukrainian startups over the last five years for 2021.
| ANGEL INVESTOR | ALL KNOWN INVESTMENTS IN UKRAINIAN STARTUPS* | SEED OR PRE-SEED INVESTMENT FUND | SOCIAL MEDIA AND BLOGS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Soroka Ukraine | As Individual Investor: 2Event.com (2020 Pre Seed Round) With Startup.Network: LumpidAmore (2017 Seed) InCafe (2016 Seed) | Startup.Network (CEO / Founder) Silicon Valley Syndicate Club (Head) Network.VC (Managing Partner) | Facebook Crunchbase AngelList |
| Andrew Kryvorchuk Kyiv, Ukraine | As Individual Investor: Softcube (2016 Seed) With Adventures Lab: StreamHERO (2020 Pre-Seed) Reface (2020 Seed) | Adventures Lab – VC Fund (Founder/ Managing Partner) | Facebook Crunchbase AngelList |
| Andrew Sorohan San Francisco Bay Area, United States | With u.ventures: 3DLOOK (2018 Seed) YouTeam (2018 Seed) Renetti (2018 Seed) Rallyware (2017 Seed) Anycars (2017 Venture Round) Petcube (2016 Seed) Etachki (2016 Venture Round) | u.ventures (Venture Lead) | Facebook AngelList |
| Andriy Zinchuk Kyiv, Ukraine | With Demium Startups: Recoshelf (2020 Seed, 2019 Pre-Seed) Electronic KYC (2020 Round) With Krypton Capital: Neuromation (2018 Undisclosed) Remme (2018 Undisclosed) Hacken (2017 Undisclosed) Younk (2017-18 Undisclosed) OSA Decentralised (2017-18 Undisclosed) Cryptovest (2017-18 Undisclosed) | Ukrainian Startup Fund (Startup Expert) AZ Ventures (Managing Director) | LinkedIn Crunchbase |
| Bas Godska Amsterdam, Netherlands | With Acrobator Ventures: Respeecher (2020 Pre Seed, 2019 Pre Seed) Let’s Enhance (2020 Pre Seed) | Acrobator Ventures (Founder/ General Partner) | Facebook AngelList |
| Eveline Buchatskiy Boston, United States | As Individual Investor: YayPay (2016 Seed) | TA Ventures (Managing Partner) One Way Ventures (Co-founder/ Managing Partner till 2019) | Facebook Crunchbase AngelList |
| Hrish Lotlikar West Hollywood, United States | With EastLabs: PromoRepublic (2014 Seed Round) Sportamba (2014 Seed Round) | Startup Labs (Director) | Facebook Crunchbase |
| Michael Puzrakov Lviv, Ukraine | As Individual Investor: Influ2 (2020 Seed) 3DLOOK (2019 Seed) Kray Technologies (2019 Convertible Note) YouTeam (2018 Pre Seed) | Lviv Tech Angels (President, Founder Member) | Facebook Crunchbase |
| Mike Merkulov United Kingdom | As Individual Investor: RetargetApp (2019 Seed) Pufetto (2018 Venture Round) Renetti (2018 Seed) 3DLOOK (2017 Convertible Note) SolarGaps (2017 Seed Round) | Individual/Angel | Facebook Crunchbase |
| Murat Abdrakhmanov Kazakhstan | As Individual Investor: 3DLook (2020 Seed) Skyworker (2020 Pre Seed) PromoRepublic (2020 Seed) DMarket (2020 Venture Round) Influ2 (2020 Seed) Education Online (2020 Round) Genesis (2016 Round) | Individual/Angel | Facebook Blog |
| Nataliia Berezovska Kyiv, Ukraine | With Detonate Ventures: Influ2 (2020 Seed) ResumeYard (2017 Seed) | UAngel (Chairperson of the Board) Detonate Ventures (CEO and Managing Partner) | LinkedIn Twitter* Crunchbase AngelList |
| Nick Bilogorskiy San Francisco, United States | As Individual Investor: AxDraft (2019 Seed) Capitan (2017 Venture Round) Ecoisme (2016 Convertible Note) Rallyware (2016 Venture Round) Reply (2016 Seed) With 408 Ventures: YayPay (2017 Venture) Eclypsium (2017 Seed) PromoRepublic (2017 Seed) Time for Machine (2016 Venture Round) Augmented Pixels (2016 Venture Round) People.ai (2016 Seed) Very Good Security (2016 Seed) | 408 Ventures (Founder, Managing partner) Alchemist Accelerator (Mentor) | Facebook Crunchbase AngelList |
| Oleksandr Kosovan Kyiv, Ukraine | As Individual Investor: Flawless App (2018 Seed) Quple (formerly Madberry) (2016 Venture Round) With SMRK VC Fund: Carbominer (2020 Seed) Esper Bionics (2020 Seed) Love&Live (2020, twice in 2019 Seed) Seadora (2019 Seed) Competera (2019 Seed, 2017 Seed) Superorder (2018 Seed) Preply (2018 Seed, 2016 Seed) Allset (2016 Seed) | SMRK VC Fund (Co-founder) | Facebook Forbes Crunchbase |
| Oleksii Vitchenko Ukraine, Europe | As Individual Investor: Signalayer (2018 Round) Petcube (2016 Seed) Preply (2016 Seed) LifeTracker (2016 Seed) Rallyware (2016 Seed) Reply (2016 Seed) With Digital Future: Let’s Enhance (2018 Seed) YouTeam (2018 Pre Seed) PromoRepublic (2017 Seed, 2016 Seed) Attendify (2016 Seed) Rallyware (2016 Venture Round) Softcube (2016 Seed) | Digital Future VC firm (Founding Partner) | Facebook Blog* Crunchbase AngelList |
| Ruslan Savchyshyn Ternopil, Ukraine | As Individual Investor: Kray Technologies (2019 Convertible Note, 2017 Seed) Softcube (2016 Seed) 2Event.com (2016 Angel Round) Competera (2016 Seed Round) | Individual/Angel | Facebook Blog YouTube Crunchbase AngelList |
| Semyon Dukach Boston, United States | As Individual Investor: PromoRepublic (2020 Seed) Petcube (2019 Convertible Note) Rallyware (2017 Venture Round) YayPay (2016 Seed) With One Way Venture: Influ2 (2020 Seed) | One Way Ventures – Seed Stage VC fund (Managing Partner) | Facebook Blog Snob * Medium Youtube* Crunchbase AngelList |
| Serhii Dovhopolyi Ukraine | As Individual Investor: Photofact (2019 Round) Leadbox (2019 Round) Do Agency (2017 Round) | Individual/Angel InVenture (Technical director) FeelGoodLabs Business Accelerator (CEO and owner) | Facebook Blog AngelList |
| Viktoriya Tigipko Kyiv, Ukraine | As Individual Investor: Etachki (2016 Venture Round) With TA Ventures: Liki24 (2020 Venture Round) Mate academy (2019 Seed) RetargetApp (2019 Seed) Anycars (2017 Venture Round) | TA Ventures (Venture Rounds) IClub (Seed) (Founder and managing director) | Facebook Crunchbase AngelList |
| Yevgen Sysoyev Kyiv, Ukraine United States | As Individual Investor: Influ2 (2017 Round) People.ai (2016 Seed) With AVentures: Influ2 (2020 Seed) Viseven (2019 Venture Round) Ciklum (2019 Venture Round) Core Value (2018 Venture Round) Bookimed Limited (2017 Seed) TeamFusion (2017 Seed) Spin Technology (2017 Seed) Solargaps (2017 Seed) BeLive Studios (2017 Convertible Note) Solargaps (2017 Seed, 2016 Seed) Petcube (2016 Seed) | AVentures Capital (Managing Partner) | Facebook Crunchbase AngelList |
*Currently inactive.
Data for March 15, 2021