Bogdan Svyrydov

Investment Director at Horizon Capital
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Experience

    • Investment Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Investment Director
      • Jul 2021 - Present

      Kyiv With over $1.1bn in assets under management, Horizon Capital is one of the leading Growth Equity firms in CEE. My primary focus is on the firm`s growth-stage investments as well as early-stage opportunities under WNISEF’s u.ventures fund (managed by Horizon Capital). Growth-stage tech portfolio of Horizon Capital includes Ajax Systems, airSlate, Creatio, Datagroup, Genesis, Intellias, Jooble, Liki24, MakeUp, Rozetka & EVO, Tinkoff (exited), Ciklum (exited). Early-stage portfolio of… Show more With over $1.1bn in assets under management, Horizon Capital is one of the leading Growth Equity firms in CEE. My primary focus is on the firm`s growth-stage investments as well as early-stage opportunities under WNISEF’s u.ventures fund (managed by Horizon Capital). Growth-stage tech portfolio of Horizon Capital includes Ajax Systems, airSlate, Creatio, Datagroup, Genesis, Intellias, Jooble, Liki24, MakeUp, Rozetka & EVO, Tinkoff (exited), Ciklum (exited). Early-stage portfolio of u.ventures includes 3DLOOK, TurnKey Lender, Petcube, Youteam, Rallyware, DRESSX, Fintech Farm, OneNotary. Show less

    • United States
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Venture Director
      • Jul 2021 - Present

      Kyiv U.Ventures is a venture capital fund established by WNISEF in 2017 to support the best startup talent in Ukraine and Moldova. U.Ventures investments, alongside the rest of WNISEF portfolio, is managed by Horizon Capital, a leading regional growth equity firm with over $1.1 billion in assets under management. Prior investments of U.Ventures include 3DLOOK, Petcube, Turnkey Lender, Rallyware, DressX.

    • Germany
    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Investment Scout
      • Oct 2020 - Present

      Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine Earlybird is one of the leading European VC firms. Some of the current and past portfolio companies of Earlybird Digital East Fund are UiPath, Peak Games, Vivense, Hazelcast, FintechOS. As an investment scout of Digital East Fund of Earlybird Venture Capital, I am looking for highly promising startups in Ukraine and Belarus. Always glad to learn about new startups at seed and Series A stages.

    • Ukraine
    • Fundraising
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Member of the Selection Committee
      • Oct 2021 - Present

      Ukraine The Ukrainian Startup Fund is a state fund that provides grants to Ukrainian early-stage startups with a goal to encourage tech entrepreneurship and innovation in the region.

    • Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director
      • Dec 2020 - Jul 2021

      Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine Technology investment banking division. Selected investment advisory transactions of AVentures Capital: - Buy-side advisory to one of the leading global investment firms which culminated in its investment in Ciklum - Sale of Daxx to Grid Dynamics - Capital raising advisory to Depositphotos which culminated in growth investments from EBRD and TMT Investments - Investment advisory role during a buy-out of a significant minority stake owned by a global strategic investor in one of… Show more Technology investment banking division. Selected investment advisory transactions of AVentures Capital: - Buy-side advisory to one of the leading global investment firms which culminated in its investment in Ciklum - Sale of Daxx to Grid Dynamics - Capital raising advisory to Depositphotos which culminated in growth investments from EBRD and TMT Investments - Investment advisory role during a buy-out of a significant minority stake owned by a global strategic investor in one of the leading e-commerce platforms in Central & Eastern Europe which, in addition, was syndicated with a growth investment - Buy-side advisory to a major PE firm in the CEE region on its investment in one of the leading global document management SaaS companies - Capital raising advisory to one of the major global cybersecurity companies

    • VC & Technology investment banker
      • Feb 2018 - Dec 2020

      Kiev Region, Ukraine • As a member of a three-man team, I have been building a technology investment banking practice of AVentures Capital. • Responsible for origination and execution of investment advisory projects (M&A and growth investments) in Europe • I am also a European scout of some of the leading global tech investment firms

    • United States
    • Security and Investigations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Board Member
      • Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

      San Francisco Bay Area Leading Cloud Cybersecurity and Cloud-to-Cloud Backup solutions provider

    • Ukraine
    • Investment Banking
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Investment Associate
      • Jul 2016 - Dec 2017

      Ukraine Dragon Capital is the leading investment bank in Ukraine and is a local partner of Goldman Sachs • Participated in 10+ M&A, capital raising and financial restructuring projects. • Co-led the largest Ukrainian cross-border M&A within FMCG sector. • Cultivated relationships with potential clients and investors.

Education

  • University of Westminster
    Master of Science, Investment and Risk Finance
    2015 - 2016
  • Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
    Bachelor of Arts, International Economics
    2010 - 2014
  • Genesis IT School
    Practical business course dedicated to building tech companies
    2018 - 2018

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