Andrey Kolodyuk
Founder of FREE Ukraine Foundation
Andrey Kolodyuk
Founder of FREE Ukraine Foundation
Brussels, Brussels Region
Overview
Work Experience
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
2014 - Current
UVCA (Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association) shapes the future direction of the private equity industry by promoting investment opportunities in Ukraine, representing interests of private equity investors to policymakers and improving investment and business climate in Ukraine. http://uvca.eu/en Grown in just 4 years to 57 members and organizes Ukraine House Davos and Ukraine Tech pavilion at Consumer Electronics Show in las Vegas annually.
Founder and managing partner
2001
Founded in 2001 AVentures Capital is a leading Venture Capital fund focused on global companies that leverage R&D in Ukraine and CEE. The fund invest in early and growth stage companies in the following IT categories: software, cybersecurity, e-commerce, cloud services, mobile technology, IoT and others. AVentures Capital currently has over 11 companies in its portfolio, including Spin.ai ,nuPSYS, Petcube, Rallyware, Bookimed,Viseven and others. AVentures Capital co-invested with Almaz Capital,Blueprint Equity,Blu Venture investors, Hive, Y Combinator, Vegas fund and other widely recognized funds https://www.crunchbase.com/person/andrey-kolodyuk
Young Global Leader
2008
In 2017 I initiated the Ukraine Davos nights and Ukraine House Davos held during WEF annually in January. Forum of Young Global Leaders is a unique, multi-stakeholder community of more than 750 exceptional young global leaders who share a commitment to shape the global future. Together, they form a powerful international community that can dramatically impact the global future. Leaders works in close cooperation with the World Economic Forum to integrate young global leaders into deep interaction with other stakeholders of global society.
Investor
2019
Viseven is a Global Martech Services provider for Pharma and Life Sciences with more 10 years of experience in the industry. Viseven provides custom solutions and pharma marketing services actively used by TOP 50 Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical companies in more than 30 countries around the globe. Our products enable pharma digital marketing services enterprises of different sizes and digital maturity levels. From modular content and customer journey management to aligning tech with strategic goals – Viseven is your go-to marketing technology services provider
Investor
2017
Aventures Capital has become the first institutional investor and has lead the round into Spinbackup with $500,000 investment. Spinbackup, Inc. was founded in 2014 and offers market solutions in the field of cybersecurity. Currently, we protect G Suite and MS Office 365 organizations, and we are going to support other leading cloud providers in the near future. A large number of Spinbackup customers are small and medium-sized companies, as well as educational institutions such as the University of Tokyo, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, Sensys Gatso, and others. Learn more: https://spinbackup.com/
Investor
2014
Petcube, the company that keeps people connected with their pets, offers a free mobile app for iOS and Android devices as well as a Petcube Camera -- an interactive pet monitor. The Petcube Camera is the first product that allows pet owners to watch, talk and play with their pet from their smartphone, no matter where they are. Petcube was funded on Kickstarter and became one of the most successful crowdfunding pet products in history. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA with offices in Kyiv, Ukraine and Shenzhen, China. For more information visit www.petcube.com.
Investor
2017
AVentures Capital, a leading early stage venture fund backing teams with R&D in Ukraine and CEE, has announced a USD 500K lead investment into Bookimed. Bookimed is an independent search service for medical solutions around the world. Bookimed organizes diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation and aesthetic procedures in 260 clinics from 26 countries. The service helps to choose the best treatment for a person considering given criteria. We support our patients at every step of their way from requesting Bookimed to returning home. More details: https://bookimed.com/
Investor
2017
AVentures Capital, a leading international early stage venture fund focused on growing businesses in Ukraine and CEE, has announced an investment into TeamFusion. TeamFusion is a fast-growing B2B startup that delivers industry leading engagement and training solution to organizations using Microsoft Office 365. The company is one of only eleven organizations in the United States that is showcased by Microsoft as a top strategic software partner for their Office 365 ecosystem. The company has its primary office in Los Angeles, USA with R&D and Content Development teams located in Ukraine. “We are happy to support a company with an R&D office in Ukraine. The key factor for our decision to invest was the team, its founders, and the startup’s global focus. With our investment we hope to boost company’s development in Ukraine and worldwide”.
Co-Founder
2022
We are Free Ukraine Foundation, non-profit organization, founded by three Ukrainians and three Belgians . We focus our assistance mainly on the people and organizations that have remained in Ukraine and continue their efforts to protect their country. Our foundation executes targeted program to help to specific person, child, family or organization. You can be sure that by helping us, you are giving someone who needs your help right now the chance to survive. See how you can join us for a greater impact https://www.freeukraine.foundation Our objective point is to mobilize world community to maintain peace not only in Ukraine, but in the whole world, in the hearts and minds of all people.
Investor
2013
nuPSYS (www.nupsys.com) is a new generation of Network Automation and Monitoring software. Designed exclusively for the Cisco environment, it is the first network management solution to offer a 3D multi-touch control center monitoring application with a best-in-class friendly graphical user interface. Using automatic network discovery and topology management, nuPSYS is the only network management solution to incorporate all levels of network monitoring – Layer 1, Layer 2 and Layer 3. nuPSYS utilizes deep inspection processes, allowing you to quickly visualize network problems and detect issues in your network infrastructure before they become costly.