Sergei Kovalenko
Founder of Braavo Capital
Sergei Kovalenko
Founder of Braavo Capital
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder & CEO
2002 - Current
Vention is the premier global leader in software engineering, synonymous with technology designed for scale and the common denominator behind the world’s most successful tech-empowered enterprises, industry innovators, and startups. Headquartered in New York with 20+ offices, Vention provides access to 3,000+ engineers worldwide and equips technology leaders with the top engineering talent from the world’s most respected tech hubs. Our teams sync with clients’ in-house engineers to advise and execute their product vision to accelerate their roadmap, innovate faster and more efficiently, and ultimately scale their operations to new heights. At Vention we understand and know the challenges (pitfalls) for fast-growing companies and how to overcome them. Our value proposition is this: technology and product evaluation, concept-to-market product development, rising and management IT teams. Our company provides software development services, IT consulting and outsourcing. We work with emerging and established companies, helping them bring great products to market in less time and at lower cost. Co-founded company from the day 1st and helped to grow on 50% - 80% per year. Turned a small startup into profitable and stable company.
Vention offers custom software and application development, modernization, migration, QA & testing services.
Co-Founder
2014
Investor and Advisor
2013
Seed stage venture fund based in NYC. Scout Ventures invests at the seed stage, complementing portfolio companies by taking an active role in business development, marketing, recruiting, and product innovation.
Early-stage venture capital firm making the world a better, safer place by investing in frontier and dual-use technologies
Investor, Evaluation Committee
2011
Angel Investment Fund, investing in New York metropolitan area early stage technology businesses with strong growth potential. We focus primarily on Software, IT, Internet, Tech-Enabled Services, Business Services, Digital Media, Mobile, Healthcare IT, among others. ARC Angel Fund is a member-led Angel Fund. An Angel Fund is, in essence, a hybrid model between an Angel Group and a Venture Fund. The members of ARC Angel Fund range from experienced Angel Investors and Partners in VC Funds, to executives of successful companies. Our members bring their own expertise to the table and can actively participate as much as they like in the Fund's investment decisions.
ARC Angel Fund is a member-led angel fund, investing in early-stage and seed investment companies with high growth potential.
Limited Partner
2012
DreamIt goal is simple: Help great people with great ideas build great companies. The DreamIt founders designed DreamIt to be the startup accelerator program they wish existed when they started and sold their first companies. New startups today need only a little funding, but they need more help and support than ever before. They need a community of fellow entrepreneurs to share ideas and inspiration, technologists to join their team, Mentors and coaches who have struggled on their way to a big success, legal and accounting services that don't cost precious cash, and opportunities to meet and pitch angel investors and venture capitalists.
Venture fund focused on real estate tech, proptech & construction tech startups.
Investor, mentor
2013
New Jersey’s premier Technology Accelerator, TechLaunch was created to drive the commercialization of innovative technology within the State and formed in collaboration with the NJ Economic Development Authority (EDA) (njeda.com), Montclair State University (montclair.edu), Casabona Ventures LLC (CasabonaVentures.com), Jumpstart NJ Angel Network (jumpstartnj.com), and successful entrepreneurs.
TechLaunch provides seed-stage technology companies with funding, mentorship, business training and exposure to qualified investors.
Investor
2013
Jumpstart NJ Angel Network is a private, member led angel investment group that was established in 2002 with the active support of the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA). Its forty plus members meet monthly to review opportunities to invest in early-stage technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. Since Jumpstart first started investing in 2004, member investments have totaled over $33 million in fifty three companies. Jumpstart invests in the Mid-Atlantic region but more than half of the investment has been in NJ. Jumpstart angels invest primarily in early-stage companies in all areas of technology from apps to behavioral health modification to Clean Tech. Our members have deep knowledge and experience in many areas and invest not only their dollars but their expertise in helping young companies grow.
Jumpstart NJ Angel Network invests in early-stage tech ventures, fostering entrepreneur-investor relationships.
Senior Software Engineer
2004 - 2006
Product Manager
2002 - 2004
Senior Software Developer
2000 - 2002