Runa Capital

Runa Capital is an international venture capital firm headquartered in Luxembourg[3] that invests in deep tech (AI, machine learning, middleware, open source, etc), cloud business software, fintech, edutech and digital health startups in early stages.[4] From 2010 through 2022 Runa Capital raised 3 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.[5][6]

Runa Capital
TypeLimited partnership
IndustryVenture Capital
Founded2010 (2010)
Founders
Headquarters
Luxembourg
Number of locations
Luxembourg, London, Berlin, San Francisco, Palo Alto (2022)
Area served
Europe, North America
Key people
  • Serg Bell
  • Dmitry Chikhachev
  • Ilya Zubarev
  • Andre Bliznyuk
  • Dmitry Galperin
  • Konstantin Vinogradov
  • Michael Fanfant
AUM$427m (June 2022)[1][2]
Websiterunacap.com

History
Runa Capital partners (left to right): Dmitry Galperin, Dmitry Chikhachev, Andre Bliznyuk, Serg Bell, Ilya Zubarev

Runa Capital was founded by technological entrepreneurs Serg Bell and Ilya Zubarev (founders of Acronis and Parallels), and their MIPT university friend Dmitry Chikhachev.[7] The idea of the venture firm took shape in 2009 and was formally incorporated in 2010.[8] 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.[9][5]

In 2011, Andre Bliznyuk joined Runa Capital as a General partner.[10][11][12] In 2022, the firm promoted its principials Konstantin Vinogradov and Michael Fanfant to general partners focusing on Europe and the U.S., respectively.[3] As of June 2022, the firm had over 427 million dollars under management in 3 funds.[1][2]

Funds
  • Runa Capital I, firm's first namesake fund was launched in 2010, reached its final size of $135 million by 2012[13] and was focused on investments from seed to Series B stage.[14] The initial idea was to fund globally oriented Eastern European startups in the fields of cloud computing, machine learning, virtualization, mobile and internet apps, but later the partners expanded their investment area to Europe and USA.[15][12]
  • Runa Capital II was launched in 2014 and reached $135 million by 2016 with large commitments from the first fund's backers.[15] The second fund aimed at Series A and B rounds.[14][16] The firm's new office was opened in California in 2015.[17]
  • Runa Capital III exceeded the target sum of $135 and reached $157 million in May 2020. The third fund followed the focus on deep tech with additional interest towards quantum computing startups.[15][5][1]
  • Runa Capital Opportunity Fund I was launched in May 2022 and raised $69 million by Autumn 2022.[18]

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:[5][6]

CompanyDescriptionHQ locationInvestedAcquiredAcquirer
Nginx[19] Open-source web server San Francisco[20] 2011 2019 F5[21]
Mambu[22] SaaS banking platform Berlin 2012[23] — —
Brainly[24] Social learning network Krakow 2014 — —
Anyroad[25][26] Experience relationship management platform San Francisco, CA 2021 — —
Lendio[27] Loan marketplace for SME Lehi, UT 2013 — —
Pasqal[28] Quantum computer developer Palaiseau 2021 — —
Smava[29] Consumer loan portal Berlin[30] 2018 — —
drchrono[31] Electronic health record platform Mountain View, CA[32] 2017 — —
Zopa[33] Peer-to-peer lending London 2013 — —
MariaDB[34] Relational database management system Espoo; Redwood City, CA[35] 2015 — —
Acumatica Cloud ERP Bellevue, WA 2013 2019 EQT Partners[36]
Zype[37] Video content management platform New York 2017 — —
Reelgood[38] San Francisco Streaming aggregator 2019 — —
Zipdrug[39] Personalized pharmacy care New York, NY 2019 2020 IngenioRx[40]
Ecwid[41] SaaS-based e-commerce platform Encinitas, CA 2011 2020 Morgan Stanley, PeakSpan Capital[42]
Oxygen[43] Digital bank San Francisco, CA 2019 — —
Procurify[44] Cloud-based procurement software Vancouver 2016 — —
StopTheHacker Anti-malware Burlingame, CA 2012 2014 CloudFlare[45]
OfficeRnD[46] Flex space operating platform Sofia 2021 — —
Capptain[47] Mobile analytics Paris 2012 2014 Microsoft[48]
bunny.net Cloud Storage Ljubljana, Slovenia 2022 — —

Affiliated funds

Quantum Wave (QWave) headquartered in Boston is a $30 million early-stage fund focused on companies working in the field of quantum technology.[49] Serg Bell is QWave's venture partner.[50] According to TechCrunch, QWave effectively served as a "materials science" arm for Runa Capital. Its notable investments include Swiss quantum cryptography startup ID Quantique that was acquired by SK Telecom in 2018.[5][51]

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