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
QuestDB - an open-source time series database. Seed(≈), Series-A.
Odin - a community-driven investment platform. Pre-Seed(≈), Seed.
Alena - a mental well-being companion. Pre-Seed(≈), Seed.
in3d - 3D body scanning with a smartphone. Pre-Seed(≈).
PreWarp - data and machine learning for product decisions. Pre-Seed(≈).
CoMind - a next-generation neurosensing platform. Seed(≈).
Xihelm - robotic harvesting for glasshouse fruit and veg. Seed(≈).
Sugar - data-driven financing for game developers. Pre-Seed(≈).
Sourcery - an advanced code improvement solution. Seed(≈).
Challau - a headset-free metaverse platform. Pre-Seed(≈).
✽✽✽✽✽ - a vector data platform. Pre-Seed(≈).
✽✽✽✽✽ - 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.

Twitter / LinkedIn

Sergey Bartunov

Co-founder & Angel Investor


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. Previously Sergey was a Senior Research Scientist at DeepMind and taught in HSE University.

Personal page / LinkedIn

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.

LinkedIn

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.

Twitter / LinkedIn



Contacts
{sergey, peter}@approx.vc
184 Shepherds Bush Rd, London 🇬🇧