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Roman Prokofyev
Founder at Jooble
Roman Prokofyev is the co-founder of Jooble, an international job search website and aggregator.23 Born in 1985 in Kherson, Ukraine, Prokofyev launched Jooble in 2006 with his business partner Eugene Sobakarov while they were still students at KPI (Kyiv Polytechnic Institute).26
Before founding Jooble, Prokofyev started his entrepreneurial journey in 2003 by creating Teamsoft, a company that developed corporate solutions for pharmaceutical companies.24 Teamsoft became a leader in implementing licenses for pharmaceutical companies in Ukraine within five years.2
Jooble has grown significantly under Prokofyev's leadership:
- It operates in 67 countries and supports 24 languages.13
- The platform receives over 90 million visits per month.6
- It aggregates job postings from more than 140,000 sources worldwide.3
- Jooble employs over 280 professionals and is now a remote-first company.5
Prokofyev is also an active seed and round A investor, having directly invested in 20 IT businesses and serving as a Limited Partner in three venture capital funds in Ukraine and the USA.6