Runa Capital

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Runa Capital
Company type Limited partnership
Industry Venture Capital
Founded2010;14 years ago (2010)
Founders
Headquarters
Luxembourg
Number of locations
 Luxembourg, London, Berlin, Milan, [1] Paris, [2] San Francisco, Palo Alto  (2023)
Area served
 Europe, North America
Key people
  • Dmitry Chikhachev
  • Ilya Zubarev
  • Andre Bliznyuk
  • Dmitry Galperin
  • Konstantin Vinogradov
  • Michael Fanfant
AUM $427m (June 2022) [3] [4]
Website runacap.com

Runa Capital is an international venture capital firm headquartered in Luxembourg that invests in deep tech, enterprise software, and fintech infractructure early-stage startups. [5] From 2010 through 2022, Runa Capital raised around $500 million in 4 funds and invested in over 100 companies in more than 14 countries of Europe and North America, including Nginx, MariaDB, Zopa, Brainly, drchrono, Smava, and Mambu. [6] [7] [8]

Contents

History

Runa Capital's General Partners (left to right): Michael Fanfant, Ilya Zubarev, Dmitry Galperin, Konstantin Vinogradov, Dmitry Chikachev and Andre Bliznyuk Runa Capital GPs.jpg
Runa Capital's General Partners (left to right): Michael Fanfant, Ilya Zubarev, Dmitry Galperin, Konstantin Vinogradov, Dmitry Chikachev and Andre Bliznyuk

Runa Capital was founded by technological entrepreneurs Serg Bell and Ilya Zubarev (founders of Acronis and Parallels), and their MIPT university friend Dmitry Chikhachev. [9] The idea of the venture firm took shape in 2009 and was formally incorporated in 2010. [10] The partners contributed their own money into the first fund and raised capital from friends and other international investors including Achim Weiss and Andreas Gauger, founders of German hosting provider 1&1, and Edward Nicholson, former CEO of Brunswick-UBS. [11] [6]

In 2011, Andre Bliznyuk joined Runa Capital as a General Partner. [12] [13] [14] In 2022, the firm promoted its principals, Konstantin Vinogradov and Michael Fanfant, to general partners focusing on Europe and the U.S., respectively. [8] In 2023, Serg Bell ceased his involvement in Runa Capital and resigned as a general partner. [15] [16] [3] [4]

Since 2020, Runa Capital operated the so-called Runa Open Source Startup (ROSS) Index, a quarterly ranking of the 20 fastest-growing open-source software startups (in 2023, it also published an annual report on the commercial open-source software trends). [17] [18]

Funds

Investments

Runa Capital invests from $1 million to $10 million, largely in Series A rounds. From 2010 through 2022 it invested in over 100 companies, equally split between North America and Europe: [6] [7]

CompanyDescriptionHQ locationInvestedAcquiredAcquirer
Nginx [25] Open-source web server San Francisco [26] 20112019 F5 [27]
Mambu [28] SaaS banking platform Berlin 2012 [29] ——
Brainly [30] Social learning network Kraków 2014——
Anyroad [31] [32] Experience relationship management platform San Francisco, CA2021——
Lendio [33] Loan marketplace for SMELehi, UT2013——
Pasqal [34] Quantum computer developer Palaiseau 2021——
Smava [35] Consumer loan portal Berlin [36] 2018——
drchrono [37] Electronic health record platform Mountain View, CA [38] 2017——
Zopa [39] Peer-to-peer lending London 2013——
MariaDB [40] Relational database management system Espoo; Redwood City, CA [41] 2015——
Acumatica Cloud ERP Bellevue, WA 20132019 EQT AB [42]
Zype [43] Video content management platformNew York2017——
Reelgood [44] San FranciscoStreaming aggregator2019——
Zipdrug [45] Personalized pharmacy careNew York, NY20192020IngenioRx [46]
Ecwid [47] SaaS-based e-commerce platformEncinitas, CA20112020 Morgan Stanley, PeakSpan Capital [48]
Oxygen [49] Digital bankSan Francisco, CA2019——
Procurify [50] Cloud-based procurement software Vancouver 2016——
StopTheHackerAnti-malware Burlingame, CA 20122014 CloudFlare [51]
OfficeRnD [52] Flex space operating platformSofia2021——
Capptain [53] Mobile analytics Paris 20122014 Microsoft [54]
bunny.netCloud StorageLjubljana, Slovenia2022——

Affiliated funds

In 2012, Runa Capital established the $30 million Quantum Wave Fund (Qwave) focused on startups in the field of quantum technology, which effectively served as a "materials science" arm for Runa Capital. [55] [56] [57] [6] [58] In 2019, Runa Capital became a limited partner in the second fund of crypto-focused venture firm 1confirmation. [59]

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