When was Impulse VC founded?

Impulse VC was founded in 2013.

Where is Impulse VC's headquarters located?

Impulse VC's headquarters is located in Moscow (Russia).

How many companies has Impulse VC invested in?

Impulse VC has invested in 56 companies, including Vecna Robotics & GuestReady.

Which companies has Impulse VC invested in lately?

Vecna Robotics & Vecna Robotics are the latest investments by Impulse VC.

How many exits has Impulse VC been involved in?

Impulse VC's portfolio has seen 2 IPOs and 7 acquisitions.

Impulse VC - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

Impulse VC, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2013, is based in Moscow, Russia. With a presence in 8 countries, it has supported around 56 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, High Tech. As of Apr 2026, Impulse VC has witnessed 9 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in its portfolio include Vecna Robotics, GuestReady and LoopMe. The program is backed by a team of 4 people who primarily support Seed startups based in United States. Its latest investment was a $40M Series C round in Vecna Robotics on Jun 20, 2024, which also saw participation from Tiger Global Management and Proficio Capital Partners.

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2013

Location

Moscow, Russia

Portfolio Companies

Vecna Robotics, GuestReady & 54 more

Sectors of Investment

Enterprise Applications, High Tech & 17 more

Stages of Investment

Seed, Series A & 1 more

Locations of Investment

Russia, United States & 6 more

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Impulse VC has a portfolio of 56 companies. Their most notable investments are in Buzzoole and Adludio.Their portfolio spans across Russia, United States, United Kingdom and 5 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 16 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Impulse VC:

1. Vecna Robotics

Provider of autonomous mobile robots and orchestration software for material handling. The company offers robotic solutions for case picking, putaway, cross docking, and line-side delivery. It also provides software to monitor fleets, resolve issues, and manage workflows. The company serves industries including warehousing, manufacturing, retail, and automotive.

Key facts about Vecna Robotics

Founded Year: 1998
Location: Waltham (United States)
Stage: Series C
Total Funding till date: $193M
Employee Count: 106 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Tiger Global Management, Blackhorn Ventures and 10 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 13, 2024, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. GuestReady

SaaS-driven vacation rental management service provider. The company provides listing management, price optimization, guest management & communication, digital check-in, housekeeping management, mobile dashboard services, and more.

Key facts about GuestReady

Founded Year: 2016
Location: London (United Kingdom)
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $19.5M
Employee Count: 321 as on Jan 13, 2026
Investors: Love Capital, 808 Ventures and 15 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 06, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. LoopMe

AI powered ad optimization platform. Its full-screen video and rich media ad formats deliver mobile advertising to consumers on smartphones and tablets. It leverages big data and artificial intelligence to target audiences and optimizes ad campaigns for the advertisers and publishers. It allows users to manage the advertising campaigns enabling sharing and adding social endorsement and feedback. The platform integrates with ad exchanges and direct publishers.

Key facts about LoopMe

Founded Year: 2012
Location: London (United Kingdom)
Last Known Valuation: $*****
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $58.2M
Employee Count: 59 as on Jan 31, 2022
Investors: BGF, OpenOcean and 10 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 03, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

4. Readymag

Cloud based website builder tool. It offers tools to build websites without coding. The platform provides a drag and drop interface and templates to customize the websites. It also provides custom domain names, Google analytics, password protection solutions, and web fonts. It offers subscription packages.

Key facts about Readymag

Founded Year: 2012
Location: Sacramento (United States)
Stage: Funding Raised
Employee Count: 11 - 50 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: Mindrock Capital and Impulse VC

5. Improvado

Platform offering data management solution. It automates data management. It offers data visualization and data transformation tools to perform transformation according to business needs. It enables users to build attribution models to track the revenue stream.

Key facts about Improvado

Founded Year: 2015
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $33M
Employee Count: 84 as on Jul 01, 2024
Investors: FCVC, Bullpen Capital and 29 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 12, 2022, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

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Impulse VC has invested in 56 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Vecna Robotics and most recent follow-on round was in Vecna Robotics.

Here are Impulse VC's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	0	0	0
2025	0	0	0
2024	0	2	2
2023	0	0	0
2022	2	0	2
2021	1	0	1
2020	1	1	2
2019	2	1	3
2018	3	2	5
2017	7	0	7

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Impulse VC has made 18 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.65M, 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.58M and 2 investments in Series C stage with an average round size of $70M.

Here are Impulse VC's investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	18
Series A	5
Series C	2

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Impulse VC has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, Vertical SaaS and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 43 Tech companies, 38 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 29 Software companies and at least 21 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are Impulse VC's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	18
Consumer	8
High Tech	7
Vertical SaaS	7
Retail	5
Others	27

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Impulse VC has made most investments in United States (11), followed by Russia where it has made 7 investments.

Here are Impulse VC's investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	11
Russia	7
United Kingdom	4
Finland	1
Italy	1
Others	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Impulse VC has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by Impulse VC:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Jun 20, 2024	Vecna Robotics	United States	Series C	6438	Tiger Global Management [+1]
Jun 20, 2024	Vecna Robotics	United States	Conventional Debt	3142	Proficio Capital Partners [+1]
Jan 26, 2022	Vecna Robotics	United States	Series C	4696	Tiger Global Management [+7]
Jan 26, 2022	Vecna	United States	Series C	5577	Tiger Global Management [+7]
Jun 02, 2021	e-gree	United States	Seed	2119	Altair Capital [+1]

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2 of Impulse VC's portfolio companies have become public.

Here are Impulse VC's portfolio companies that went public:

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Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Appodeal	-	Apr 26, 2018	Series A	2931
N-Tech Labs	-	May 12, 2017	Seed	6459

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7 companies from Impulse VC's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Zadaa in Mar 2025 by Bought.

Here are Impulse VC's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Zadaa	Mar 28, 2025	2020	Series A	4255
Homeshift	Nov 03, 2023	-	-	6295
TripleMint	May 03, 2022	-	-	2691
LoopMe	Jan 14, 2022	Mar 07, 2017	Series A	7720
JungleJobs	Nov 16, 2017	Aug 2015	Seed	6841

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Impulse VC has a team of 4 members. Impulse VC's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

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Over the past 13 years, 114 investors have co-invested in Impulse VC's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Impulse VC: Drive Capital, Techstars and 50 others have invested in rounds before Impulse VC. There are 2 companies where Drive Capital has invested before Impulse VC and 2 companies where Techstars has invested before Impulse VC.
Top Co-investors of Impulse VC: 36 investors entered a company along with Impulse VC. These include investors like Tiger Global Management (2 companies).
Invested after Impulse VC: A total of 26 investors have invested in Impulse VC's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include VentureSouq (1 company) and Aria (1 company).