Dnipro
Venture capitalPalo Alto · Seed–Series A · 26 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Dnipro invests in early-stage global founders advancing artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. On the AI side, the firm backs technologies that enhance automation, improve decision-making, and build intelligent systems across industries. In cybersecurity, it supports solutions that safeguard data, secure networks, and defend against evolving threats. Operating from the heart of Silicon Valley, Dnipro pairs funding with hands-on support and a broad advisor network to help exceptional entrepreneurs scale.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 26 people
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Founder mafia
2 people who came through Dnipro went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 33 of 45 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×21SaaS ×17Enterprise Software ×14Cybersecurity ×6Developer Tools ×5Fintech ×5Healthtech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3
HQs:United States×19Ukraine×3Canada×1Estonia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 28 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×152 founders×53 founders×74+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 36 founders with education data
Carnegie Mellon University ×3National Technical University of Ukraine 'Kyiv Polytechnic Institute' ×3Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ×3Stanford University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2UC Irvine ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2University of Southern California ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 35 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×15Business & Management ×8Humanities ×5Engineering ×3Finance & Accounting ×3Life Sciences ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×3Design & Architecture ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 38 founders with career history
UC San Diego ×2Unilever ×2Yale University ×2Yale University School of Medicine ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
10 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 39 with degree data)
Investments · 45 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 32018 · 15 dated
AppLovin operates a mobile advertising platform that helps businesses scale their products and marketing.
AdTechGamingMarketing TechPalo Alto, US
Adam Foroughi(Executive Officer, Director)inVictoria Valenzuela(Director Nominee; Chief Administrative & Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary)inEduardo Vivas(Director)Maggie Jin(Executive Officer)
BoardHerald Chen(Director)
Co-investorsAUTHENTIC VENTURESFlex Capital PartnersNimble PartnersSpider CapitalStreamlined VenturesWebb Investment Network+1 more
Uber operates a multi-sided platform providing ride-sharing, food delivery, freight logistics, and business fleet management services across various global markets.
Logistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Travis Kalanick(Co-founder & CEO)Garrett Camp(Co-founder)Gautam Gupta(Executive Officer)inJeffrey Holden(Executive Officer)David Plouffe(Executive Officer)inEmil Michael(Executive Officer)in
Co-investors137 Ventures408 VenturesA*ACME CapitalAcross Capital PartnersAglae Ventures+67 more
Atlas Grid provides data contextualization and access services.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Oleg Kostour(Founder)inAram Aghababyan(Founder)inAnton Krutiansky(Founder)in
Co-investorsGarage CapitalSterling RoadY Combinator
AttackIQ provides automated red team exercise software that scales security testing across organizations without increasing headcount.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareLos Altos, US
Rajesh Sharma(Executive Officer, Director)inBrett Galloway(Executive Officer, Director)inDanielle Murcray(Executive Officer)in
BoardKevin Dillon(Director)inShardul Shah(Director)inBrian Byun(Director)in
Co-investors408 VenturesBeyond CapitalIndex VenturesKeshif VenturesTitanium VenturesVoyager Capital+4 more
BeeSafe AI operates a fraud prevention platform that identifies mule accounts and fraudulent infrastructure by engaging directly with scammers in real-time.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US
Daniel Spokoyny(Founder & CEO)inAriana Mirian(Founder)inNikolai Vogler(Founder)in
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesY Combinator
Buildcheck provides a web application that scans architectural and construction drawings and specifications to detect errors, omissions, and inconsistencies before they become field problems.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Co-investorsXfund
Cequence provides a security platform for protecting applications and APIs from automated attacks, bots, and fraud, including API discovery, testing, posture management, WAF, and DDoS protection.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Ameya Talwalkar(President, CEO & Co-Founder)inShreyans Mehta(Chief Technology Officer & Founder)in
Co-investorsCerity Partners VenturesIcon VenturesKPN VenturesMenlo VenturesMonta Vista CapitalProsperity7 Ventures+4 more
Strategic alignment for globally distributed teams
Co-investorsNewtopia VC
Crosscheck helps organizations prepare for regulatory and supply chain certifications (ISCC, GMP+, FSC, EUDR, etc.) by aggregating supplier and company documentation, using AI for compliance analysis, and coordinating with certification experts.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US
Bohdan Dreihaupt(Co-Founder)inNikita Fordui(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsTechstarsAcrobator Ventures
Deskree builds knowledge infrastructure that enables AI systems to understand entire software systems and their dependencies, rather than viewing isolated code segments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsToronto, CA
Co-investorsFlair VenturesFlyer One VenturesTachles VCForum VenturesLOI Venture
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Eclypsium provides hardware and firmware security solutions for enterprises to identify and address vulnerabilities in chips, low-level code, and digital supply chains.
CybersecurityDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwarePortland, US
Yuriy Bulygin(Co-founder)inAlex Bazhaniuk(Co-founder)inAlex B(Founder)John Ewert(Executive Officer)in
BoardAlex Doll(Director)inTimothy Porter(Director)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAV8 VenturesaVentureBasecamp FundGlobal Brain+13 more
Field Complete is an ERP platform for home services contractors that handles scheduling, dispatch, job management, estimates, invoicing, and integrated payments and card processing.
Construction TechFintechSaaSAtlanta, US
Roman Rusev(Executive Officer, Director)inSergey Glushchak(Founder)inTimofey Tyslyuk(Director)
Co-investorsChampion Hill VenturesNotation CapitalSID Venture PartnersWonder Ventures
Flowstep builds an AI-powered design tool that converts text descriptions into editable UI, using its "Imagination Algorithm." It is aimed at product teams looking to align and ship designs faster.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSTallinn, EE
Svyatoslav Polishchuk(Founder)in
Co-investorsSupernode GlobalTera VenturesIron Wolf CapitalSpecialist VC
Principle is a simulation engine that models a user's business environment to test decisions such as market entries, competitor moves, acquisitions, or regulatory shifts against a range of plausible future scenarios.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Anton Polishko(Founder)in
HealthHelper provides AI-powered automation combined with white-labeled coordinators that integrate with a practice's EHR to handle patient outreach, care scheduling, care gap closure, and care management.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Josh Kahane(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)inJake Kahane(Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder)inVlad Lipunov(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)
Thea is a skincare guidance service that provides honest, expert-backed product recommendations and a supportive community to help people navigate skincare decisions.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDigital HealthWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsCartan Capital
InStock develops software-driven goods-to-person robotics and automation systems for eCommerce fulfillment operations.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSaaSSan Carlos, US
Yegor Anchyshkin(Executive Officer, Director)inVictor Smetaniuk(Director)
Co-investorsCommerce VenturesLux CapitalOne Way VenturesCybernetix Venturesu.ventures
Lamar Health provides workflow automation software for specialty pharmacies and infusion organizations, enabling teams to manage prior authorization processes and patient access workflows.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSan Francisco, US
Eesha Sharma(Founder)in
Co-investorsHealthy VenturesY Combinator
LetsEnhance is an AI-powered image upscaler and enhancement tool that increases photo resolution up to 16x and corrects color, sharpness, and lighting without artificial-looking processing.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerSaaSKyiv, UA
Sofi Shvets(Founder)in
Co-investorsSID Venture PartnersTechstarsAcrobator VenturesChamaeleon
Meridian is a CRM and data platform for venture capital and investment firms that centralizes deal history, automates workflow logging, and enriches records with a bundled database of 26 million company records and verified contacts.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Alex Sen(Founder & CEO)inAlex Zagoro(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investors645 VenturesAndreessen Horowitz
Neolens builds technology tools to help mechanics maintain foreign-made military equipment, developed through customer discovery with defense stakeholders.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechEnterprise Software
James(Co-founder)inOstap Korkuna(Co-founder)in
Olive uses AI to convert large, unstructured medical records into a date-ordered chronology with summaries and tables, flagging relevant pre-injury medical events and cross-referencing medical bills to detect missing records.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS
People.ai builds AI-powered insights for revenue teams to analyze deal pipelines and provide actionable answers about sales performance based on a company's own deal history.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Oleg Rogynskyy(Founder/CEO)in
Co-investorsAkkadian VenturesFrontline VenturesGVA CapitalMaropost VenturesNotable CapitalSand Hill Angels+7 more
PeopleForce is an HRMS platform that enables companies to manage employee goals, performance reviews, recruitment, leave requests, and development plans through customizable workflows and automated processes.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaS
Andrew Cetinic(Founder)in
Co-investorsChicago VenturesRLC VenturesSturgeon Capitalu.ventures
Phases provides AI-powered oversight for clinical trials, using automated agents to detect operational issues, maintain data standards, and ensure regulatory compliance without manual intervention.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHealthtechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
James Wall(Co-founder & CEO)inAnton Zaliznyi(Co-founder & Chief AI Officer)inJonathan van Wersch(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y Combinator
Raven.io provides code security analysis that detects deployment issues and supports "shift left" development practices to improve production security posture.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsPalo Alto, US
Roi Abitboul(Co-Founder & CEO)inGuy Franco(Co-Founder & CTO)inOmer Yair(Co-Founder & Chief Research)inRoiinGuyinOmerin
Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersUpWest
Respeecher develops proprietary deep learning technology to create high-quality synthetic speech for filmmakers, game developers, advertisers, podcasters, and content creators.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyGamingMedia & EntertainmentSaaSKyiv, UA
Oleksandr Serduik(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Grant Reaber(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAlex Serdiuk(Founder)in
BoardJohn Frankel(Director)in
Co-investorsBADideas.fundCathexis VenturesFf Venture CapitalHartmann CapitalICU VenturesSID Venture Partners+3 more
Resquared is an AI outbound sales platform that helps businesses reach local brick-and-mortar establishments using a database of 14M+ verified local businesses, AI-powered personalized outreach, and built-in email delivery.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechPropTechSaaSPhiladelphia, US
Griffin Morris(Founder)inTyler Carlson(Founder)in
Co-investorsMerus CapitalY Combinator
Revalia Bio uses AI to convert donated human organs and tissues into multi-modal biological datasets and decision-ready insights for drug and device development.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechNew Haven, US
Greg Tietjen(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inJenna DiRito(Co-Founder)inKourosh Saeb-Parsy(Co-Founder)inHelen Hughes(Co-Founder & Chief People Officer)Peter Buniak(Co-Founder & Advisor)inJenna DiRito, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmerica's Frontier FundBoxOne VenturesConnecticut InnovationsSierra VenturesEntrepreneur First
VGS is a payment tokenization and credential management platform that secures sensitive payment data for Fortune 500 companies, merchants, fintechs, and banks.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Marshall Jones(CTO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investors408 VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBrighter CapitalGMO VenturePartnersGraph VenturesNyca+6 more
ZeroAvia develops hydrogen-electric powertrain technology for aircraft, aiming to enable zero-emission aviation.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechMobility & TransportationHollister, US
Valery Miftakhov(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Sergey Kiselev(Director)inJames McMicking(Chief Strategy Officer)in
BoardGeoff Eisenberg(Director)inMatt Eggers(Director)inChristine Ourmieres-Widener(Director)
Co-investorsAP VenturesBreakthrough Energy VenturesEcosystem Integrity FundHorizons VenturesScottish National Investment BankSGH Capital+8 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
A20LabAppLovinCardamonCequenceJamixLiki24Olive LegalPrincipleRevaliaTheaПройти интервью
Exits · 2
2 IPOsApplovin (Exit)NASDAQ: APPUberNYSE: UBER
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Uber · techcrunch.com · Sep 9, 2026
Meridian · finance.yahoo.com · Aug 20, 2026
ZeroAvia x-tech-robotics · flightglobal.com · Aug 20, 2026
Cequence Security · manilatimes.net · Aug 6, 2026
People.ai · trysignalbase.com · Jul 17, 2026
Applovin (Exit) · applovin.com · Jul 17, 2026
Raven · finsmes.com · Jul 7, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Dnipro made?
- Dnipro has 45 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Dnipro invest at?
- Dnipro invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Dnipro focus on?
- Dnipro focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity.
- Where is Dnipro located?
- Dnipro is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Who does Dnipro co-invest with?
- Dnipro most often shares deals with Y Combinator, SID Venture Partners, Techstars, among 114 tracked co-investors.
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