Philipp Grushko

GS Capital Partners LP invests in a broad array of businesses located in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The fund's preferred transactions include LBOs, recapitalizations and growth investments and stressed/distressed. The fund invests as well in venture technology based on the recommendations of the GS PIA Technology Investing Group. Investments can range from $2 million for venture investments up to $400 million. The average investment for the fund reaches $20 million. It is believed Goldman Sachs and its employees have an agreement to co-invest $300 million alongside the fund via various vehicles, such as Stone Street and Bridge Street families of funds. It seems commitments to such vehicles are accounted for in the fund size. The fund is fully invested.

Acronis AG engages in the acquisition, holding, management, and disposal of participating interests in firms, particularly in the data protection and cybersecurity sectors. It also provides management and financing services to its subsidiaries. The company was founded by Serguei Beloussov, Max Tsypliaev, Yakov Zubarev and Stanislav Protassov and is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Ezwim was founded on a simple but powerful idea: organizations should have complete control over their mobile and fixed communications assets and costs, with the ability to administer their telecom infrastructure over the web from any browser. Since 2001, they have helped many individuals, small businesses and global companies do exactly that with their telecom management cloud services for enterprises and operators. Their Telecom Management Suite offers a complete portfolio of telecom management applications, and helps companies reduce their telecom costs and increase process efficiencies by running every part of their enterprise telecommunications in the cloud. Ezwim is a privately held company with headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

SpinCircuit, Inc. develops collaborative product commerce services. It allows engineers, component suppliers, and product manufacturers to share design information. The company was founded by Mahesh Rao on January 24, 2000 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Parallels, Inc. provides hosting and cloud services enablement and cross-platform solutions. The firm’s products include remote application server, desktop for mac business edition, desktop for mac pro edition, mac management for SCCM, desktop for mac, toolbox for mac & windows and parallels access. The company was founded by Aleksey Kandikov, Ilya Zubarev, Juri Tsibrovski, Oleg Melnikov and Serguei Beloussov in 1999 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Elvis Telecom is an internet service provider. The company is based in Moscow, Russian Federation and ultimately controlled by the Government of Norway. The Russian company was founded by Alexander Galitsky.

Horizon Capital Advisors LLC (Horizon Capital advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by Natalie A. Jaresko. The firm is headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The United Nations Association of the United States of America operates as a membership organization. It inspires, informs and mobilizes the American people to support the ideals and vital work of the United Nations. The firm provides services through its national network of Chapters, youth engagement, advocacy efforts, education, programs and public events. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Alfa-Bank JSC engages in the provision of banking services. Its products include corporate and retail lending, deposits, payment and account services, foreign exchange operations, cash handling services, custody services, investment banking and provide other ancillary services to corporate and retail customers. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Almaz Capital Management Ltd. (Almaz Capital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Alexander Galitsky and Peter Loukianoff. The firm is headquartered in Portola Valley, California.

AVentures Capital (AVentures) is an independent Ukraine-based venture capital firm which was founded in 2000 by Andrey Kolodyuk, Vladimir Kolodyuk and Vladimir Dobrovolski. Based in Kiev, the firm manages the AVentures Capital venture fund, an early-stage venture capital fund, aiming to partner with strong teams of passionate entrepreneurs from the Ukraine and Russia to build great technology and innovative businesses. They aim to bridge gaps in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, in particular the spaces between entrepreneurial talent and the lack of venture financing in the region; disruptive technologies developed locally and global markets with unmet demand and successful western business models and under-served local markets.

StarWind Software, Inc. provides software solutions. It offers starwind leasing and Paas services. Its products include starwind virtual SAN, starwind VTL, hyperconverged and appliance. The company was founded by Anton Kolomyeytsev and Art Berman in 2003 and is headquartered in Middleton, MA.

Acumatica, Inc. develops cloud accounting software and enterprise resource planning solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Its product includes acumatica cloud ERP, extension catalog, and acumatica xRP. The firm offers services to retail and ecommerce, wholesale distribution, manufacturing, and software and technology. The company was founded by Mikhail Chtchelkonogov, Serguei Beloussov, and John S. Howell, Jr. in 2008 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA.

Runa Capital Management Ltd. (Runa Capital Management) is venture capital subsidiary of Runa Capital Sarl founded in 2010 by Serguei Beloussov, Alexander Galitsky and Dmitry Chikhachev. The firm is headquartered in Luxembourg City, LU.

Softline Group provides information technology solutions and services. It offers information technology infrastructure, cloud solutions, information security, software solutions, hardware solutions, data centers, business solutions, SAP solutions, technical support and outsourcing, software asset management (SAM), and enterprise mobility. The company was founded by Igor Borovikov in 1993 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russian Federation.

Jelastic, Inc. provides software web applications. The firm enables hosting companies to deliver a hosting platform to developers, system integrators, custom developers, design agencies, php and java developers, game and app designers, web developers and designers, and businesses of all sizes. The company was founded in 2011 by Ruslan Synytsky, Constantin Alexandrov, and Alexey Skutin and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Divan.TV provides streaming of TV-channels, movies and music. It develops and provides OTT middleware and pay TV channels. The firm operates as an interactive television company. It is a multiscreen OTT service that targets Ukrainian and Russian-speaking users around the globe. The company was founded by Andrey Kolodyuk in 2009 and is headquartered in Kiev, Ukraine.

Acronis, Inc. provides backup and recovery solutions. The company is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Petcube, Inc. develops a home gadget for pet owners. It offers Petcube that allows users to watch, talk, and play laser games with their cats and dogs through a mobile application. The firm's products include Petcube Bites, Petcube Play, Petcube care, Petcube Play Mount, Petcube App, and Petcube eGift Cards. The company was founded by Yaroslav Azhnyuk, Andrey Klen, and Alex Neskin in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ICU Group operates as an independent asset management, private equity, and investment advisory firm. Its services include investment management, merger and acquisitions, equity capital, debt capital, and debt restructuring. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Kiev, Ukraine.

Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP (Cairngorm Capital Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2014 by Andrew David Steel. The firm is headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

MSU Business Incubator engages in helping business projects to reach the final product, attracts investment, and provides expert mentoring and support. The company was founded by Darya Komarkova and Kirill Klokov in 2010 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

HP Tech Ventures (HP Tech Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of HP, Inc. founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Part of ABH Holdings SA, Alfa Bank is a commercial bank that provides banking services. The company is based in New York, NY.

ELVIS-PLUS JSC is a Russian company that provides technical support search services. The private company is based in Zelenograd, Russian Federation. The company uses Yandex.metric and Google Analytics web analytics services to analyze user activity on their site. The collected data is processed to evaluate the use of the site, draw up reports, and provide other services. The company was founded in 1991 by Alexander Galitsky. Yuriy Vitalyevish Ivashkov has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

Softline Group Ltd is a digital transformation and cybersecurity market leader with 30 years of experience. Softline Group is based in London, UK, and has subsidiaries in Latvia. The British company offers cloud solutions, cybersecurity, domestic software and hardware production, and digital solutions in cooperation with their partners. The private company serves over 106,000 organizations from all industries with 5,000+ vendors. The company was founded in 1993 by Igor Borovikov, and Sergey Chernovolenko has been the CEO of the company since 2018.