About IIDF
IIDF is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of Moscow, Russia. As of Oct 2023, IIDF has invested in 459 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Russia based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Retail. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Jaky Overall, IIDF portfolio has seen 5 IPOs and 8 acquisitions including key companies like GitHub, MoneyHero Group and VisionLabs. A lot of funds co-invest with IIDF, with names like Rusnano Sistema SICAR sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. IIDF has team of 25 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
IIDF's List of Top Investments
IIDF has a portfolio of 459 companies. Their most notable investments are in Jaky and Wasteout.Their portfolio spans across Russia, United States, Germany and 12 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail and 31 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by IIDF:1. GitHub
XGR.Network develops XGRChain and XDaLa for deterministic, auditable on-chain process execution.
Key facts about GitHub
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $354M
- Employee Count: 6,867 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Sprout Capital Partners, TrueBridge and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jun 21, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Platform for finance aggregation and comparison. It provides content, product comparison tools, and financial product marketplaces for personal finance and digital technology solutions for B2B businesses.
Key facts about MoneyHero Group
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Hong Kong (China)
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $135M
- Employee Count: 315 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 26, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. MoneyHero
Online comparison platform for life and non-life insurances. It offers quotes for home insurance, travel insurance, car insurance, domestic helper insurance, and more. It also offers personal loans, tax loans, wealth management account comparisons, and more.
Key facts about MoneyHero
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Hong Kong (China)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $50M
- Employee Count: 28 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Goldman Sachs, Nova Founders Capital and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Dec 20, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. VisionLabs
Provider of facial recognition solutions using computer vision techniques. It provides facial recognition solutions using computer vision techniques. Its product portfolio includes a proprietary facial recognition engine, and a biometric data management system for facial verification and identification. Its features include facial recognition, object detection, augmented reality, and virtual reality. It provides solutions for the security, banking, retail, and transportation sectors.
Key facts about VisionLabs
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $5.5M
- Employee Count: 155 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Sistema Venture Capital, Sberbank and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 17, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. CINEMOOD
Developer of portable projectors with family content platform. The company designs and manufactures portable projectors specifically tailored for family use. These projectors are integrated with a content platform offering curated family-friendly movies and shows. The focus is on providing a convenient and enjoyable entertainment experience for families.
Key facts about CINEMOOD
IIDF's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
IIDF has invested in 459 companies over the last 13 years, with an average of 10 new investments annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Jaky and most recent follow-on round was in Talkbank.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
2018 | 34 | 1 | 35 |
2017 | 38 | 1 | 39 |
IIDF's Investments by Stage
IIDF has made 156 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $210K and 14 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $2.41M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 156 |
Series A | 14 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
IIDF's Investments by Sector
IIDF has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, High Tech and Business Services. Notably, it has invested in 288 Tech companies, 215 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 166 Software companies and at least 165 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 48 |
Consumer | 40 |
Retail | 18 |
High Tech | 13 |
Business Services | 12 |
Others | 146 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
IIDF's Investments by Geography
IIDF has made most investments in Russia (153), followed by United States where it has made 9 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Russia | 153 |
United States | 9 |
Kazakhstan | 2 |
Cyprus | 1 |
Finland | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
IIDF's recent investments
IIDF has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by IIDF:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Oct 25, 2023 | Russia | Seed | 1734 | - | |
Oct 25, 2023 | Kazakhstan | Seed | 7246 | - | |
Oct 25, 2023 | Russia | Seed | 6626 | - | |
Oct 25, 2023 | Russia | Seed | 7829 | - | |
Oct 25, 2023 | United Arab Emirates | Seed | 8653 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in IIDF's Portfolio
5 of IIDF's portfolio companies have become public. MoneyHero Group got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Oct 2023.Here are IIDF's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 13, 2023 | - | - | 3215 | |
- | Apr 29, 2016 | Seed | 4555 | |
- | - | - | 3308 | |
- | - | - | 4820 | |
- | - | - | 2748 |
Acquired companies in IIDF's Portfolio
8 companies from IIDF's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Vinteo in Nov 2024 by MTS Link for $*****.Here are IIDF's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 06, 2024 | Oct 01, 2015 | Seed | 9445 | |
Dec 13, 2021 | - | - | 6931 | |
May 26, 2021 | Jul 24, 2017 | Series A | 5365 | |
Jul 24, 2018 | - | - | 8416 | |
Jun 03, 2018 | - | - | 7152 |
Team profile of IIDF
IIDF has a team of 25 members including 1 Partner and 3 Principals located in Russia. IIDF's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in IIDF:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Moscow | - | ||
Principal | Moscow | - | - | |
Principal | - | - |
Co-investors of IIDF
Over the past 13 years, 49 investors have co-invested in IIDF's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before IIDF: DARZ, Skolkovo and 9 others have invested in rounds before IIDF. There is 1 company where DARZ has invested before IIDF and 1 company where Skolkovo has invested before IIDF.
- Top Co-investors of IIDF: 5 investors entered a company along with IIDF. These include investors like Rusnano Sistema SICAR (1 company).
- Invested after IIDF: A total of 33 investors have invested in IIDF's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Y Combinator (2 companies), HAX (1 company) and RBF Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to IIDF
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DocsInBox service bought the geopromotion platform "Pointer"Rusbase•Oct 11, 2024•DocsinBox, Pntr, IIDF
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IIDF will invest from 5 to 200 million rubles in several start-up IT projects in 2024Rusbase•Feb 20, 2024•IIDF
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IIDF renounced demands against two of the three founders of the closed service "Amplifer"Rusbase•Nov 27, 2023•Amplifier, IIDF
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IIDF invests 35 million rubles in seven startups of its acceleratorRusbase•Oct 25, 2023•IIDF, SalesAI, Style Box, ServiceGuru and 4 others
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E-commerce SaaS publisher PimPay secures more than $3 million from IIDFEast-West Digital News•Jul 23, 2018•PIM Solutions, IIDF
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Leroy Merlin teams up with IIDF to accelerate Russian retail startupsEast-West Digital News•May 07, 2018•LEROY MERLIN, IIDF
