Almaz Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in tech startups serving global markets.

Almaz Capital

Almaz Capital was founded in 2008 to invest in early stage startups in the CIS (commonwealth of independent states) and CEE (central and eastern Europe) region with the backing of Cisco Systems and the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Almaz Capital set out to invest and build a bridge between investee companies from the newly independent countries of the former Soviet Union to resources and connections in Silicon Valley. With that intention the firm opened its first offices in Silicon Valley and Moscow. During that period Almaz supported many startups with origins in Russia, such as QIK (acquired by Skype), Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) or Parallels (acquired by Corel).

In March 2014, after Crimea was annexed by Russia, Almaz Capital stopped investing in companies with any ties to Russia. In 2017 Almaz moved its European operations to Berlin and focus shifted from the countries of the CIS to the CEE region (central and eastern Europe). Following the crackdowns in Minsk in 2020 Almaz stopped investing in Belarus, another former Soviet state.

We are helping our Ukraine-based startups survive the war ravaging their country. Not only are we one of the largest investors in Ukraine over the last 5 years, but we are also a long-time supporter actively involved at the governance level at the UVCA (Ukrainian Venture Capital Association). Almaz Capital invested over $50m in over 15 companies with Ukrainian founders or teams including Adjoy, Arcycle, Content Analytics, DMarket, Hover, Jelastic, Mobalytics, Maketime, Petcube, Speedsize, Starwind, and 3Dlook . Startup teams have shown amazing resiliency and despite the war Ukraine remains one of our favorite investment destinations.

MakeTime

Nival

Parallels

Acumatica

Sensity Systems

Jelastic

Xometry

Yandex

Cinarra Systems

Content Analytics

DMarket

Fasten

Congratulations to Said Ouissal and the entire ZEDEDA team on raising a materially oversubscribed round from a very exciting group of new investors. 

ZEDEDA was the first investment in Almaz Capital's Fund 3 and continues to outperform our expectations 🚀

Congratulations to our portfolio company refurbed, this is a huge achievement in a tricky fundraising environment! Speaks volume about the awesomeness of this company and Peter Windischhofer, Kilian Kaminski, Jürgen Riedl and the entire team behind! 🚀

The fashion world is all about staying ahead of the curve, and we've got the solution to enhance warehouse operations! 
🔥 The Challenge: The fashion industry's dynamic nature demands constant innovation, especially in warehouse operations. From ever-changing product lineups to the need for lightning-fast processing of delicate items, we've been facing it all. Plus, those monotonous tasks? They've been weighing down our operators.

💡 A Solution: justInduct! Say hello to the future of warehouse operations! With justInduct, our associates are taking charge alongside robotized induct stations. Imagine individual throughput rates of up to 650 items per hour, with a scanning success rate reaching an impressive 99.8%!

🔄 How it Works: Our robotic system steps in to handle the repetitive induct tasks, freeing up our operators to focus on driving forward industrialized technology. We're streamlining processes, boosting efficiency, and embracing the power of automation without sacrificing quality or precision.

Discover the magic of justInduct and unlock the potential of seamless, high-speed, and precise warehouse operations!

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With edge devices and data exploding, Gartner predicts 75% of data will be off-site by 2025. ZEDEDA answers this complexity with its pioneering edge orchestration tool, cutting costs while boosting security and visibility. ZEDEDA Edge Access, the initial suite offering, allows immediate secure remote access for IT administrators. It's set to redefine edge management, enabling secure third-party access and potential revenue streams. ZEDEDA's strategic ties with giants like VMware and Emerson continue propelling its exponential growth.

Great to see Applied Digital Corporation has partnered with ZEDEDA to deliver on-demand GPU resources by the hour to execute and scale AI, ML, and HPC workloads.

Infrastructure at scale.

Congratulations to our portfolio company refurbed and its founders Peter Windischhofer Kilian Kaminski and Jürgen Riedl 🚀 

We always encourage our friends and fellow VCs to take a look at Refurbed, it is a great company on a very important mission! Constantly hiring!

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