Ihar Mahaniok
Founder at Geek Ventures
About
Ihar Mahaniok is an immigrant engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in building code and machine learning models for startups and conglomerates. Prior to founding Geek Ventures in 2021, he invested in several notable unicorns at pre-seed and seed stages including Instacart, PandaDoc, People.ai, Airbyte, and Jeeves.
Ihar Mahaniok @mahaniok
Congratulations to @gudzius and the whole @spikeapi team with the exit! Our portfolio company Spike has been acquired by Raintree Systems! @geek_ventures was the first investor, kicking off Spike's pre-seed in September 2022. In 2024, when they raised a seed round led by
Jul 16, 2026 Β· β₯ 6
Ihar Mahaniok @mahaniok
yes.. and we find founders like this from time to time. Looking for more. Today, one scarily ambitious founder - @kevingibbon - went public - https://t.co/CIaEMFt7Or https://t.co/lkbDSH6rfI
Jul 15, 2026 Β· β₯ 6 Β· β 2
Ihar Mahaniok @mahaniok
great to see our portfolio company @akta_pro killing pitchbook ;) https://t.co/ve7oRG109i
Jul 13, 2026 Β· β₯ 5