About Foresight Ventures
Foresight Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. It is primarily based out of Moscow, Russia. As of Jul 2023, Foresight Ventures has invested in 12 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Consumer to Enterprise Applications and Blockchain Technology. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Ion Protocol Overall, Foresight Ventures portfolio has seen 5 acquisitions, namely RentJuice. A lot of funds co-invest with Foresight Ventures, with names like Tomorrow Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Foresight Ventures has team of 3 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Foresight Ventures' List of Top Investments
Foresight Ventures has a portfolio of 12 companies. Their most notable investmentis in Ion ProtocolTheir portfolio spans across United States and Russia. They have invested in Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Blockchain Technology and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Foresight Ventures:1. RentJuice
RentJuice is a community of real estate professionals who close more rental deals and offer superior service to their clients. Their technology and marketing services allow real estate agents and brokers to manage and market their inventory, communicate with their clients, and do all their paperwork (including free credit reports for tenant screening) in one simple interface.
Key facts about RentJuice
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $6.92M
- Investors: Draper, Pipeline Capital Partners and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 31, 2011, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. Ion Protocol
Lending protocol offering restaking and lending solutions. It allows users to borrow against any asset backed by Ethereum validators and unlock the value of staked collateral. It redefines DeFi and offers a comprehensive dashboard for tracking cryptocurrencies and markets.
Key facts about Ion Protocol
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2M
- Investors: Bankless Ventures, SevenX Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 14, 2023, $*****
3. Jelastic
PaaS for DevOps hosting, offering cloud solutions and virtualization platforms. It provides a suite of products including hybrid cloud, hybrid infrastructure, application platform, hybrid server, and storage solutions. The company specializes in managed multi-tenant cloud for MSPs, hyperconverged infrastructure based on OpenStack, and an elastic PaaS solution with DevOps integration. It automates application deployment, scaling, and management across various cloud environments. The company also offers a streamlined virtualization platform with high-density virtual machines and containers. Their software-defined storage delivers performance, scalability, and economic efficiency. They cater to ISVs, e-commerce, digital agencies, education, finance, IoT, logistics, entertainment, and systems integrators. The company provides cloud-based solutions, platform as a service, Kubernetes orchestration, database management, and multi-cloud management. They offer support, documentation, and professional services. Their platform simplifies cloud infrastructure management and end-user support, enabling digital transformation and cloud services.
Key facts about Jelastic
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $2.5M
- Employee Count: 20 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Almaz Capital, Maxfield Capital and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 04, 2013, $*****
4. AppStack
Platform offering ad optimization software. It offers mobile and web ad optimization solutions. The platform collects network data to target the right audience and campaigns.
Key facts about AppStack
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Temecula (United States)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $1.5M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Western Technology Investment, Expansion Venture Capital and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 28, 2012, $*****
5. DealAngel
DealAngel is an online portal for hotel-booking. It also enables users to search cheap deals by using its planning and analytical tools to rank hotels relative to each other.
Key facts about DealAngel
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acqui-Hired
- Total Funding till date: $868K
- Investors: Right Side Capital Management, Bright Capital and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 17, 2012, $*****
Foresight Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Foresight Ventures has invested in 12 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Ion Protocol and most recent follow-on round was in DealAngel.Foresight Ventures' Investments by Stage
Foresight Ventures has made 7 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.3M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $2M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 7 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Foresight Ventures' Investments by Sector
Foresight Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Enterprise Applications, Mobile, Blockchain - Industry Applications and Blockchain Technology. Notably, it has invested in 10 Tech companies, 6 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Marketplace.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 2 |
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Mobile | 2 |
Blockchain - Industry Applications | 1 |
Blockchain Technology | 1 |
Others | 6 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Foresight Ventures' Investments by Geography
Foresight Ventures has made most investments in United States (7), followed by Russia where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 7 |
Russia | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Foresight Ventures' recent investments
Foresight Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Foresight Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jul 14, 2023 | United States | Seed | 5633 | [+6] | |
Dec 20, 2013 | United States | Seed | 1910 | [+2] | |
May 2012 | Russia | Seed | 6092 | - | |
Apr 25, 2012 | United States | Series A | 6510 | ||
Apr 01, 2012 | United States | Seed | 9550 |
Acquired companies in Foresight Ventures' Portfolio
5 companies from Foresight Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Jelastic in Oct 2021 by Virtuozzo for $*****.Here are Foresight Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 05, 2021 | Apr 25, 2012 | Series A | 5250 | |
Jun 01, 2015 | Mar 28, 2012 | Seed | 1539 | |
Sep 25, 2013 | - | - | 3795 | |
Aug 06, 2013 | Mar 2011 | Seed | 7351 | |
May 02, 2012 | - | - | 9144 |
Team profile of Foresight Ventures
Foresight Ventures has a team of 3 members including 2 Partners and 1 Principal located in Russia and United States. Foresight Ventures' team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Foresight Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Diego | - | ||
Partner | Russia | - | - | |
Principal | Russia | - | - |
Co-investors of Foresight Ventures
Over the past 15 years, 26 investors have co-invested in Foresight Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Foresight Ventures: Runa Capital, HBS and 1 other have invested in rounds before Foresight Ventures. There is 1 company where Runa Capital has invested before Foresight Ventures and 1 company where HBS has invested before Foresight Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Foresight Ventures: 20 investors entered a company along with Foresight Ventures. These include investors like Tomorrow Ventures (2 companies).
- Invested after Foresight Ventures: A total of 3 investors have invested in Foresight Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Bright Capital (2 companies), Maxfield Capital (1 company) and Techstars (1 company).
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