About ABRT
ABRT is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. It is primarily based out of Lausanne, Switzerland. As of May 2015, ABRT has invested in 11 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in Russia based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Zesty Overall, ABRT portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 5 acquisitions including key companies like Acronis, KUPIVIP.RU and StarWind Software. A lot of funds co-invest with ABRT, with names like Mangrove Capital Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. ABRT has team of 3 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Series A, Seed & 1 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
ABRT's List of Top Investments
ABRT has a portfolio of 11 companies. Their most notable investments are in HomeMe and KUPIVIP.RU.Their portfolio spans across Russia, United States, Switzerland and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure and 5 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by ABRT:1. Acronis
Provider of cyber protection solutions, including backup, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity. The company delivers endpoint detection and response, data loss prevention, and security posture management. It offers solutions for service providers, businesses, and home users. The business provides support through customer service, product documentation, and a knowledge base.
Key facts about Acronis
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: Schaffhausen (Switzerland)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $658M
- Employee Count: 1,898 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Sprout Capital Partners, Harvest Growth Capital and 27 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Jul 28, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. KUPIVIP.RU
KupiVIP is an online retailer of fashion products. The product catalog includes apparel, footwear, and fashion accessories such as bags, jewelry, sunglasses & belts for men, women & kids. It also stocks beauty cosmetics, home improvement items, and sports accessories. Products of brands like Pepe Jeans, Crystalite Bohemia, Aston Martin, and more are available. Its app is also available for iOS and Android phones.
Key facts about KUPIVIP.RU
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Moscow (Russia)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $136M
- Employee Count: 104 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Mangrove Capital Partners, Intel Education Accelerator and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Oct 25, 2012, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Hyper converged infrastructure provider. It is a software-based hypervisor-centric virtual machine storage. It creates a storage pool that is built for the virtualization workload by mirroring inexpensive internal storage between hypervisor hosts.
Key facts about StarWind Software
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Beverly (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $5.25M
- Employee Count: 1 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Almaz Capital, AVentures Capital and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 15, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. RevenueGrid
AI based sales engagement platform. The platform allows sales teams to engage and nurture leads with emails and auto creates leads from inbox, auto-replies, threads, and meeting attendees. Its features include custom notifications, engagement analytics, multichannel sequences, and sales tools integration. It uses AI to analyze data and provide actionable insights, helping to improve sales performance.
Key facts about RevenueGrid
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Atlanta (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $21.5M
- Employee Count: 143 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: ICU, Moon Fortress and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 02, 2021, $*****
5. Zesty
Zesty is a online Healthcare appointment booking service for UK market. Customers can get access to Dentists, Private Doctors, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Podiatrists and other Healthcare appointments through their platform. Practitioners can integrate with existing Practise management software or use the site's booking tool. Also offers booking integration with own website.
Key facts about Zesty
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $9.2M
- Employee Count: 6 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Qualcomm Ventures, Mangrove Capital Partners and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 10, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
ABRT's Investments by Stage
ABRT has made 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $3.08M, 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.5M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $8M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 6 |
Seed | 2 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
ABRT's Investments by Sector
ABRT has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Retail, Enterprise Infrastructure and Gaming. Notably, it has invested in 11 Tech companies, 8 Consumer (B2C) companies, 5 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Enterprise (B2B).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 5 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Retail | 3 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Gaming | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
ABRT's Investments by Geography
ABRT has made most investments in Russia (6), followed by United States where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Russia | 6 |
United States | 2 |
United Kingdom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
ABRT's recent investments
ABRT has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by ABRT:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 10, 2015 | United Kingdom | Series A | 5271 | [+4] | |
Apr 15, 2014 | United States | Series B | 8038 | [+1] | |
Apr 10, 2014 | United Kingdom | Seed | 2408 | ||
May 21, 2012 | Russia | Series A | 2420 | ||
Mar 20, 2012 | Russia | Series B | 7918 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in ABRT's Portfolio
1 of ABRT's portfolio company became public - KupiBonus.Here are ABRT's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Jul 01, 2010 | Seed | 8896 |
Acquired companies in ABRT's Portfolio
5 companies from ABRT's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was StarWind Software in May 2025 by DataCore for $*****.Here are ABRT's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 21, 2025 | Feb 03, 2009 | Series A | 6697 | |
Aug 07, 2024 | - | - | 2879 | |
May 31, 2021 | Mar 26, 2009 | Series B | 5477 | |
May 19, 2020 | Apr 10, 2014 | Seed | 3011 | |
Dec 21, 2012 | 2009 | Series A | 7526 |
Team profile of ABRT
ABRT has a team of 3 members located in United States. ABRT's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of ABRT
Over the past 20 years, 30 investors have co-invested in ABRT's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before ABRT: Mangrove Capital Partners, FJ Labs and 2 others have invested in rounds before ABRT. There is 1 company where Mangrove Capital Partners has invested before ABRT and 1 company where FJ Labs has invested before ABRT.
- Top Co-investors of ABRT: 7 investors entered a company along with ABRT. These include investors like Mangrove Capital Partners (6 companies).
- Invested after ABRT: A total of 19 investors have invested in ABRT's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include MCI Capital (2 companies), Accel (1 company) and Ryan Direct Group (1 company).
