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iDealMachine Venture Partners
iDealMachine Venture Partners is a private equity firm based in St. Petersburg, Russia. It focuses on venture capital investments. The firm has a team of 5,...
iDealMachine Venture Partners
iDealMachine Venture Partners is a private equity firm based in St. Petersburg, Russia. It focuses on venture capital investments. The firm has a team of 5, including 3 investment professionals.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2012
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Russia
City
St. Petersburg
Corporate office
St. Petersburg, Russia
Principals
Artyom Yamanov
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at iDealMachine?
Artyom Yamanov, co-founder and managing partner, leads the investment committee. The firm operates with a small partnership group that combines technical screening and portfolio management responsibilities. Day-to-day sourcing leans heavily on the studio team embedded inside partner universities.
How does iDealMachine source proprietary deal flow?
The firm's venture studio arm co-founds startups around intellectual property transferred from technical universities in Russia and Belarus. This gives iDealMachine a first-look position on research with commercial potential — sensor systems, machine vision, automation — before external founders or funds can access the same IP.
Is iDealMachine structured as a family office or a traditional venture firm?
It operates as a hybrid venture studio and seed-stage fund, not a family office. The capital comes from partners and small institutional commitments rather than a single family fortune. The fund's unusual structure — where it both creates and invests in companies — differentiates it from both standard limited-partner funds and family-directed investment vehicles.
What investment stages does iDealMachine target?
iDealMachine concentrates on pre-seed and seed rounds, often as the first institutional check into companies it has co-founded through its studio program. It typically exits or reduces involvement by Series A, when later-stage funds step in. The firm does not run a growth-equity practice.
Which sectors does iDealMachine focus on?
The firm invests in B2B software, industrial hardware, and applied AI. Specific areas of historical activity include sensor systems, machine vision, process automation, semiconductor design software, and industrial IoT. It does not participate in consumer internet, fintech, or B2C marketplaces.
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