APPROX.VC

A collective of angel investors. We combine venture capital, machine learning research & engineering expertise to make a few high-conviction investments a year. We focus on the data and machine learning stack and frontier tech in the US and UK. We do not provide investment advice, syndication, fundraising, and other services.

Focus

We tend to invest in startups that build the data stack and transform industries via frontier technologies.

Portfolio

An open-source time series database
Seed(≈), Series-A
A community-driven investment platform
Pre-Seed(≈), Seed
A mental well-being companion
Pre-Seed(≈), Seed
3D body scanning with a smartphone
Pre-Seed(≈)
Wholesale analytics and reporting
Pre-Seed(≈)
A next-generation neurosensing platform
Seed(≈)
Robotic harvesting for glasshouse fruit and veg
Seed(≈)
Data-driven financing for game developers.
Seed(≈)
A headset-free metaverse platform
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A vector data platform
Pre-Seed(≈)
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A sync layer for local-first apps.
Pre-Seed(≈)

(≈) - when a partnership with Approx has started.

Investors

Peter Zhegin Co-founder & Angel Investor

Until recently, Peter was an Investment Manager, and a Venture Partner at 7percent Ventures (a fund behind Oculus, Magic Pony Technology, etc.). Peter also led strategic projects at Ozon, an online retailer that was listed on NASDAQ in 2020 at $6.2B valuation.

Sergey Bartunov Co-founder & Angel Investor

Sergey is a Principal Research Scientist at Isomorphic Labs. Previously Sergey was the Director of AI at Charm Therapeutics, a biotech startup backed by F-Prime Capital, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, and other leading investors, a Research Scientist at DeepMind and taught in HSE University.

Evgeny Gokhberg Angel Investor

Evgeny is a Managing Partner at Re7 Capital. Prior to founding Re7, Evgeny spent a decade in the investment management industry and was an early employee at Everledger, a digital transparency startup backed by Tencent, Fidelity Investments, and others.

Sergei Nozdrenkov Angel Investor

Sergei is a former Google X engineer (5+ years at Alphabet) tackling the biodiversity crisis of insects (e.g. helping the bees). Now building a startup: marine biodiversity data platform — toolbox for ecologists helping to forecast coral bleaching events, predict algae blooms, etc.

Contacts

{sergey, peter}@approx.vc

184 Shepherds Bush Rd, London 🇬🇧