Novosibirsk State University (NSU)

Partner, Member of the Advisory Board at SOLventures

Developer of an online car aggregator platform #1 in Russia designed to offer assistance in buying cars. The company's platform provides information and insights about vehicles from authorized dealers and allows users to compare and book similar vehicles, enabling car buyers to make informed decisions while purchasing a car.

Autospot.ru

Board Member

Multiplatform English language e-learning services by Puzzle English is used by millions of people in Russia and the CIS countries. Unique techniques and high-quality diverse content allow users to achieve rapid progress in the mastering of the language avoiding routine training. The products of Puzzle English such as Videoslovar (Videovocabulary) and Serialy(Serials) are convenient and modern alternative to classes with a tutor. Puzzle English saves time and money for their users, while providing high quality teaching and learning. Unique product Uchitel (Teacher) allows beginners to consistently and smoothly move in language learning by taking the intermediate tests and final exams. Puzzle English is one of the leading online education site in Russia. There are plans to develop new services and methods of learning, strengthening its leading position in Russia and get an access to foreign markets for online education.

Puzzle English

Chairman of the Advisory Board

Onevest is a leading startup investing platform in USA connecting early stage startups with accredited investors and giving investors a first look at some of the most promising and qualified startups. Onevest also scientifically matches entrepreneurs with core founding team members who have complementary skills, as well as shared goals and values, to create skilled and balanced startup teams.

Onevest’s community is comprised of more than 90,000 entrepreneurs online complemented by in-person networking events across more than 35 cities. Some of the top startup accelerators including Techstars, and universities such as Harvard, Cornell, and the University of Michigan rely on Onevest to bring together the best founding teams and to help those teams access capital.

Onevest

Member of Advisory Board

Board Observer

Puzzle English is the English language service based on a freemium model (basic functions are free, advanced functions are on subscription basis ). One of technologies of the service is English-language serials with built-in mechanisms of on-line language learning. This unique technology allows subscribers to learn the language while watching your favorite serials in the original language, working with text, the pronunciation of single words and phrases, introducing new words in the diary, as well as using some social mechanisms. Company has own learning technology named 'Puzzle' based on work of users with phrases.

Member of the Advisory Board

SOLventures is a venture capital firm with focus on internet and hi-tech companies on a scaling phase. SOL invests in foodtech, online platforms, e-commerce, edtech.

SOLventures

Partner, Member of the Advisory Board

DrinkAdvisor is a your guide to the best bars and the best drinks in the world. This is the world's first interactive information service to help you find the best bars and clubs in the world quickly and easily. This is a particularly useful resource for adventure-seekers, lovers of travel and those in search of new experiences.

DrinkAdvisor

Investor

OJSC PAVA is one of the market leaders in Russian wheat grain processing sector. It is among three largest flour milling companies in Russia, accounting for a 3% share in the overall national production of flour. PAVA has own agricultural operations with more than 100,000 ha under control. 

Since 2005 shares of the company traded on the MICEX.

OJSC PAVA

Independent Director

Has organized and completed (august 2011) M&A deal with PE Fund.

Mega Foods company was founded in 1998 and currently is one of the leaders of the Russian catering market. The company organizes high-quality food in administrative and office buildings and factories. Currently the company operates about 60 foodservice, providing daily services to 21,000 employees of major international and Russian companies, administrative offices and factories.

Mega Foods

Investor Relations Director

Delivery Club has beeng acquired by Mail.ru Group in 2016 by $100 million.

Delivery Club is on-line service of ordering and delivery food from restaurant. Company working with more then 1600+ delivery services in Russia based in 18 cities (on October 2013). Starting at Sept 2009, Delivery Club growing up very fast and looking forward to the federal market.

In August 2011 company raised round (A) capital investment from AddVenture, in September 2012 - investment round (B) was done. In October 2013 Phenomen Ventures joined to Delivery Club on investment round (C).

Exited on round (C) with more than x15 cash on cash multiple.

Delivery Club

Investor, Partner

JSC "Maksimovskiy"- high-tech enterprise for growing and processing of meat pigs. Power plants are located in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The company's strategy involves capacity expansion and construction of a vertically integrated holding.

Maksimovskiy

Independent Diector

Anti-crisis work at the Board of large exchange-traded company.

OAO RTM was established in 2006. It focuses on the development and management of residential and commercial real estate properties in Russia’s largest cities. 

The RTM Group includes the following key companies: 
- ОАО RTM (the parent company of the RTM Group). The shares of OAO RTM are traded on the RTS Classic Market and on MICEX as well as on the European OTC market as GDRs. 
- ZAO RTM Development (a development company) managing the assets and controlling the RTM Group subsidiaries among which are ООО RTM Management (managing existing shopping complexes) and over 30 project subsidiaries.

Board member

Has organized investment into 50% equity of Transaq from FINAM, worked at the Board.

Screen Market Systems is a developer of trading software and platforms. Transaq offers multi-platform solutions for individual traders in Russia and other countries, and is popular among the clients of low cost brokers.

Screen Market Systems

Finam Capital is a private equity firm, focused on growth capital and buy-outs in the Russian TMT sector. The strategy of Finam Capital is to identify and finance fast-growing companies in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector in Russia, then help them to unlock value and generate competitive long-term returns on invested capital.

Finam Capital Partners

Managing Director

Finam Group is a leading Russian brokerage and asset management firm with appreciable private equity activity.
As Deputy General Director I was responsible for investment transactions of the Group. Provides direct investments. Also involved in fund raising from foreign institutional investors to Finam Technology Fund II (GP).

FINAM

Deputy General Director

O2TV, the first television network for Russian youth, launched operations in July 2004. In the summer of 2006, the company began expanding its production infrastructure and transmission network, and started developing a long-term growth strategy. In July 2006 the group launched a simultaneous webcast of its network signal on the O2TV Web site. In September 2007, the O2TV network began receiving data on TNS Gallup Media audience analyses in key cities. The group aims to be included in TNS Gallup Media’s TV Index by the end of 2008.

O2TV

Private Placement &amp; Private Equity activity at well known investment company. Organized and headed the new Department - Equity Capital Markets (ECM).

Metropol

Managing Director, ECM

Russian Extreme is a growing sports/entertainment TV channel with a unique audience. It became the first TV channel in Russia completely devoted to extreme sports. Stars of Russian show business and world famous extreme sports stars take part in Russian Extreme programs.

Extreme TV

Has organized buy-out and cash-in investment from Finam in 2004; worked on the Board together with directors from Norum (co-investor); Exit to 1C in 2008.

Buka is the #3 game & multimedia products publisher in Russia. Buka has strong and wide distribution network covering all cyrillic segment of the former USSR. Merged with 1C in 2008.

Buka Entertainment

Finding and purchasing Megavattbank (Finam Bank), deal structuring and restructuring of business processes the bank, the bank's integration into the business of Finam Group.

Finam Bank

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Finam Group is a leading Russian brokerage and asset management firm with appreciable private equity activity.
As Deputy General Director, I was responsible for investment transactions of the Group and Private Equity deals (PE). I was head of Corporate Finance Department, focusing on such transactions as:
IPO Pava (MICEX), IPO Finam Technology Fund I (ZPIF FINAM IT) (MICEX), Uralelectro (M &amp; A AFK Systema), Megavatt Bank (acquisition for Finam Group), Russian Extreme TV (PE), BUKA (PE), Delta Telecom (PE), Transaq (PE), Badoo.com (PE), etc.

Sergey Oparin