Evgeny Borisov partner of the investment company Kama Flow
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 6:01 am
January is the time to sum up the past year and make plans for the coming one, including in venture. Throughout 2023, startups, investors, and corporations have been working in new realities: during france telegram database this time, enough data has accumulated to talk about sustainable trends and make forecasts. At the anniversary meeting of the MTS StartUp Hub venture club, we gathered leading Russian investors - and they talked about how they see 2024.
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There will be a lot of funds, deals too (but for mature startups)
Real facts from investors refute the gloomy conclusions about the death of the Russian venture market circulating on social networks: in 2023, deals and exits continue, investors are forming new funds and actively investing in growing companies.
"Last year we conducted an extraordinary number of transactions: we probably invested about 1.5 billion rubles. We went against the trends somehow. I think we will repeat the figures by the end of this year. There will be fewer transactions, about 7-8: we have reoriented ourselves to more mature companies. We are changing the focus a little, but we still believe in DeepTech , B2B , the corporate segment - and have finally begun to believe in import substitution."
Corporate investors are the most active in the market. Softline Venture Partners invested a total of over 1 billion rubles in various formats over the year. MTS structures invested in a number of companies: Phishman (cybersecurity), Primo RPA business process robotization), Infomatika (manufacturer of smart turnstiles and ticketing systems). The Orbita Capital Partners fund, created by Rosatom, carried out three transactions. VimpelCom structures received stakes in Restik and Candy Flip Robots.
The activity of investors is also confirmed by the results on the “other side”: the venture studio Digital Native held two exits in 2024. The trend for syndicated deals is growing: the venture club “Syndicate” implemented 13 deals.
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There will be a lot of funds, deals too (but for mature startups)
Real facts from investors refute the gloomy conclusions about the death of the Russian venture market circulating on social networks: in 2023, deals and exits continue, investors are forming new funds and actively investing in growing companies.
"Last year we conducted an extraordinary number of transactions: we probably invested about 1.5 billion rubles. We went against the trends somehow. I think we will repeat the figures by the end of this year. There will be fewer transactions, about 7-8: we have reoriented ourselves to more mature companies. We are changing the focus a little, but we still believe in DeepTech , B2B , the corporate segment - and have finally begun to believe in import substitution."
Corporate investors are the most active in the market. Softline Venture Partners invested a total of over 1 billion rubles in various formats over the year. MTS structures invested in a number of companies: Phishman (cybersecurity), Primo RPA business process robotization), Infomatika (manufacturer of smart turnstiles and ticketing systems). The Orbita Capital Partners fund, created by Rosatom, carried out three transactions. VimpelCom structures received stakes in Restik and Candy Flip Robots.
The activity of investors is also confirmed by the results on the “other side”: the venture studio Digital Native held two exits in 2024. The trend for syndicated deals is growing: the venture club “Syndicate” implemented 13 deals.