Runa Capital Company Research Report

Company Overview

Name: Runa Capital

Mission: To empower founders to change the world by investing in early-stage software startups globally.

Founding Year: 2010

Founders: Dmitry Chikhachev, Ilya Zubarev, and Serg Bell.

Key People:

Ilya Zubarev (Chairman)

Serg Bell

Dmitry Chikhachev

Andre Bliznyuk (General Partner)

Konstantin Vinogradov (General Partner)

Michael Fanfant (General Partner)

Headquarters: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, with key locations in Silicon Valley, London, Berlin, Paris.

Number of Employees: No information is available.

Revenue: No information is available.

Known For: A global venture capital firm investing in deep tech, enterprise software, and fintech infrastructure.

Products and Focus

Investment Focus

Products:

Investments range from $1-10M per company across 14 countries.

Investment Areas:

Deep Tech: AI/ML, open source, future of computing.

Enterprise Software: Driven by data and API availability.

Fintech Infrastructure: Digital solutions for financial services.

Investment Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B.

Recent Developments

Significant Milestones and News

2024: Successfully closed the fourth fund with $116 million raised to support B2B software and deep tech products.

Recent key investments include companies in Europe and the US focused on next-gen CDN, finance infrastructure, and computing technologies.

Notable Investments

November 2024: Investment in "Open-Source CRM".

August 2024: Investment in "The Open-Source AIOps Platform".

July 2024: Software investment enabling seamless customer engagement.

Company Impact and Operations

Entrepreneurial Experience: Managed by executives with vast startup experience, crucial for identifying solutions for founders' pain points.

Transatlantic Network: Investments across 15 countries, helping founders scale businesses both domestically and globally.

Product and Operational Expertise: Provides critical support for recruiting, fundraising, sales growth, and organizational structure.

Notable Portfolio Companies

Pasqal: Developer of quantum computers using Rydberg atoms, founded in 2019. Recently raised €100M in Series B round.

Brainly: A social learning network for students operating in 35 countries, notable for raising $80M in a Series D round in 2020.

Mambu: A cloud-based banking platform with several funding rounds, reaching a valuation of €4.9B in 2021.

Twenty: Building an open-source CRM alternative to Salesforce, raised $5M in 2024.

Keep: An open-source alert management and AIOps platform, raised $2.7M in 2024.

Revi: Provides a platform for customer engagement in local businesses, secured $14.5M in Series A funding in July 2024.

Summary

Runa Capital stands out as a venture capital firm deeply invested in transformative technologies, flexible investment strategies, and broad international reach. Their operations emphasize scaling startups with strong entrepreneurial backing and strategic guidance, profoundly impacting sectors like deep tech, fintech, and enterprise software. With over $550 million raised and strategic investments into fast-growing companies, Runa Capital continues to drive innovation and support the future leaders in these domains.