Where does Illia Polosukhin work?

Illia Polosukhin is Co-Founder of NEAR and General Partner at SID Venture Partners and Board director at Near Foundation.

What check size does Illia Polosukhin write?

Illia Polosukhin typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.

What boards does Illia Polosukhin sit on?

Illia Polosukhin holds tracked board seats at Near Foundation.

Where did Illia Polosukhin go to school?

Illia Polosukhin studied at National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (Master's degree, Applied Math (and Computer Science)); AG #45.

Illia Polosukhin

InvestorFounder

General Partner at SID Venture Partners · Technical Advisor at MetaWeb Ventures · Investor at Near Foundation · Co-Founder at NEAR

Mountain View, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedNEAR

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Christopher DaviesunlockedIllia: together at SID Venture Partners

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Illia: together at National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"

About

Co-founder of NEAR Protocol, a decentralized developer platform; formerly a researcher and engineering manager at Google Research.

Board director at Near Foundation

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Near Foundation's investors · 4

Cerulean VenturesSanta Barbara · since 2020 DragonflyNew York City · $3M – $30M checks · since 2020 MetastableNew York City · $3M – $30M checks · since 2020 SID Venture PartnersKyiv · $200K checks · since 2020

Co-Founder at NEAR

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NEAR's investors · 43

A.Capital VenturesSan Francisco a16z cryptoMenlo Park AccompliceBoston · $5M – $25M checks Advanced BlockchainBerlin Ambush CapitalNew York Amplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checks Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Andromeda Capital Arrington CapitalMiami Arrington XRP CapitalSeattle · $100K – $5M checks AsymmetricMiami · $10K – $1M checks Big Brain HoldingsLos Angeles Black Dragon Ceras Ventures Coinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checks CoinFundNew York · $6M – $10M checks Continue CapitalSan Francisco D1 VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks Digital Currency GroupNew York Digital Finance GroupShanghai DragonflyNew York City · $3M – $30M checks Electric CapitalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checks Fabric VenturesLuxembourg · $300K checks Fundamental Labs$500K – $50M checks GreenfieldNew York HashedSeoul · $1M – $37M checks · since 2022 IDEO CoLab VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks IOSG VenturesHong Kong · $10K – $100K checks Mentha Partners Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks NetZero CapitalLondon Notation CapitalNew York · $400K – $750K checks OnePiece LabsSan Francisco Pantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks Pentos VenturesHong Kong Raptor GroupMiami Beach SerafundVancouver SevenX VenturesSingapore · $1.5M – $25M checks SV AngelSan Francisco SWS Venture CapitalLos Angeles Three Point White Paper Capital Woodstock Fund

Experience

NEAR ProtocolCo-Foundercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Google ResearchEngineering Manager2014 — 2017Mountain View, California
Salford SystemsSoftware Engineer2008 — 2014San Diego, California

Skills & more

OOP24Data Mining18Programming20Predictive Analytics17Big Data17Algorithms14Machine Learning15Software Development12Software Design6Predictive Modeling6Web Development6Design Patterns5

+12 more

PascalTurbo PascalMultithreadingObject Oriented DesignArtificial IntelligenceWeb ServicesArchitectureObject PascalPythonGitC++SQL

Languages Chinese · English · French · Russian · Ukrainian

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence — Udacity

From Illia's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Near FoundationBoard seat

via SID Venture Partners · filed Feb 2020 · $5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Investor

1inch3BoxClayStackClear StreetCompute LabsDatrics Fabric CryptographyFraction AIHyperbolicKurtosisKYVELens ProtocolLudaMyShellNicheOpenGradientPhnyX LabPin AIPondSEDASitehopSyndicate Youlify Zibra

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

Colleagues at SID Venture Partners

Alexey Stoletny

General Partner at SID Venture Partners

Andrey Lazorenko

General Partner at SID Venture Partners

Andriy Lazorenko

General Partner at SID Venture Partners

Anton Vaisburd

General Partner at SID Venture Partners

Christopher Davies

Senior Fund Accountant at Bailador Technology Investments

Daria Yaniieva

Advisor at SID Venture Partners

Dmitry Vartanian

General Partner at SID Venture Partners

Dmytro Vartanian

Managing General Partner at SID Venture Partners

Network6

Aleksander Leonard LarsenScout

Angel

Anton VaisburdScout

General Partner at SID Venture Partners

Anurag ArjunScout

Investor at Dexter Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.

Brian FlynnScout

Managing Partner at FounderPartners

Bruno FavieroScout

General Partner at Alloy Fund

Dmitry VartanianScout

General Partner at SID Venture Partners

Investors connected to Illia in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Illia Polosukhin?: Co-founder of NEAR Protocol, a decentralized developer platform; formerly a researcher and engineering manager at Google Research.
Where does Illia Polosukhin work?: Illia Polosukhin is Co-Founder of NEAR and General Partner at SID Venture Partners and Board director at Near Foundation.
What check size does Illia Polosukhin write?: Illia Polosukhin typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Illia Polosukhin found?: Illia Polosukhin founded NEAR.
What boards does Illia Polosukhin sit on?: Illia Polosukhin holds tracked board seats at Near Foundation.
What companies has Illia Polosukhin invested in?: Investments tracked here include 1inch, 3Box, ClayStack, Clear Street, Compute Labs, Datrics, Fabric Cryptography, Fraction AI, Hyperbolic, Kurtosis, KYVE, Lens Protocol, and 12 more.
Where did Illia Polosukhin go to school?: Illia Polosukhin studied at National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" (Master's degree, Applied Math (and Computer Science)); AG #45.