Daniel Shaposhnikov

Partner

2013 - Current

Phystech Ventures is an early-stage deeptech VC firm with focus on next-gen computing, life sciences, energy & mobility. PV has backed 27 companies from 9 countries, including spin-offs of 8 universities. Phystech Ventures was founded in 2013 to invest in deeptech across the globe and is backed by 30+ institutional and corporate investors, founders of $1B+ technology companies. It specializes in Seed and Series A and tends to be the first institutional investor in the backed companies.

Investor

2020

Developer of zero-emission aviation powertrain designed to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable aviation. The company's powertrain delivers zero-emission missions using a hydrogen fuel-cell system in a limited seat fixed-wing aircraft to utilize existing infrastructure and simplifies regulatory issues along with lower fuel and maintenance costs, enabling aviation companies to reduce the cost and also reduce CO2 emissions.

Investor, Board Member

2019

Autonomous drone-based warehouse inventory management, trusted by FM Logistic, Toyota, Havi, Itella, PepsiCo. Autonomous drone delivery solution, trusted by Oman Post, Asyad.

Mentor

2021

The Alchemist Accelerator is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating the development of early-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises.

Co-founder, Investor, Board member

2017 - 2022

Hypoint is a high-tech company which develops and produces hydrogen fuel cell power systems for drones and air taxi. This is a better alternative to Li-Ion batteries, with a game-changing ability to store up to 10 times more energy at comparable weight and dimensions, drastically increasing light times of up to 12 hours (depending on the type of UAV), but, on average, not less than 2.5 hours for professional drones. Hypoint was acquired by ZeroAvia in Oct 2022 https://www.h2-view.com/story/zeroavia-acquires-fuel-cell-stack-innovator-hypoint/

Co-Founder

2014 - 2021

AT Energy (BM Power) is a Deeptech Hydrogen pioneer of the Easten Europe. Company developed and produced hydrogen fuel cells for unmanned systems, backup and portable applications. Company merged with HyPoint in 2021 and was acquired by ZeroAvia in Oct 2022.

Investor

2018 - 2019

Operator of a semiconductor IP company dedicated to specializing in customizable microprocessor cores and tools based on the RISC-V instruction set. The company manufactures synthesizable microprocessors and provides one-stop workload-specific customization services, architectural exploration and workload characterization, thereby providing clients with flexible and efficient microprocessor cores for designing solutions based on data storage and processing. The company was acquired by Yadro in 2019.

Investor

2013 - 2018

Pioneer in quantum technology solutions. Provider of quantum-safe crypto services designed to protect data for the long-term future. The company offers quantum-safe network encryption, secure quantum key generation, and quantum key distribution, enabling financial clients, enterprises, and government organizations to solve problems by exploiting the potential of quantum physics. The company was acquired by SK Telecom (NYS: SKM) in April 2018.

Investment director

2011 - 2012

Early stage investments with focus on Edtech, CleanTech & IT

Investment manager

2010 - 2011