ZAS Ventures

We help Ukrainian-founded early-stage startups to scale across US

Pitch Us!

ZAS Ventures is a venture capital firm run by experienced operators-turned-investors. Having been in the founders' shoes, we've created a VC that empowers entrepreneurs to achieve their greatest potential.

We provide unparalleled support through personalized mentorship, critical connections, and assistance with future fundraising efforts. We reduce the margin for error for startups and accelerate their path to success.

Helping early-stage startups grow

“We believe in teams that proven their vitality during the wartime so we focus on giving them leverage on US market

Andrew Zinchuk,
  Founding Partner

$50K-$500K Tickets

Our investments are covered with SAFE agreement to keep companies investor friendly

Eastern Europe Focus

We know how to help Eastern European founders succeed in the North American market

Industry-agnostic

We unleash creativity and growth across industries to help founders break new ground

Follow-on capacity

We retain fund capacity for future investments to support later stage fundraising

Helping early-stage startups grow

“We believe in teams that proven their vitality during the wartime so we focus on giving them leverage on US market

Andrew Zinchuk,
  Founding Partner

$50K-$500K Tickets

Our investments are covered with SAFE agreement to keep companies investor friendly

Eastern Europe Focus

We know how to help Eastern European founders succeed in the North American market

Industry-agnostic

We unleash creativity and growth across industries to help founders break new ground

Follow-on capacity

We retain fund capacity for future investments to support later stage fundraising

Helping early-stage startups grow

“We believe in teams that proven their vitality during the wartime so we focus on giving them leverage on US market

Andrew Zinchuk,
  Founding Partner

$50K-$500K Tickets

Our investments are covered with SAFE agreement to keep companies investor friendly

Eastern Europe Focus

We know how to help Eastern European founders succeed in the North American market

Industry-agnostic

We unleash creativity and growth across industries to help founders break new ground

Follow-on capacity

We retain fund capacity for future investments to support later stage fundraising

Unlock Your Startup's Potential with ZAS Ventures

At ZAS Ventures, we believe in nurturing tomorrow's success stories from the very beginning. We invite visionary entrepreneurs to take a proactive step towards realizing their dreams.

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Zeely – our recent investment

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Zeely – our recent investment

With Zeely, entrepreneurs can build web stores in seconds and promote them with just a few clicks from a phone

Go to Zeely.app →

Zeely – our recent investment

With Zeely, entrepreneurs can build web stores in seconds and promote them with just a few clicks from a phone

Go to Zeely.app →

Investment Approach

Our strategy is to help founders with four key elements on their way to building the next unicorns from the Eastern European region

Develop strategy

Upgrading strategy with ZAS Ventures team and advisors to define a path to grow traction & raise next round in up to 12 months

Coach product founders and engage advisors

Providing founders with a hight touch “coaching discipline”, and connecting to pre-selected startup advisors and industry leaders

Grow traction and prepare   to raise

Arranging go-to-market strategy delivery support and oversight from renowned expert. Providing ongoing operational guidance to ensure early momentum

Get support with raising next round

Leveraging established relationships with later stage funds to ensure a continuous funding path and providing investment in the next round

ZAS Ventures Team

Andriy Zinchuk
Founder & Bizdev Leader
Before ZAS co-founded A7 Group, BeFunders, Slash Games & Ventures Space. Managed global incubator’s chapter in Ukraine & Israely VC fund. Advised at TechStars, Antler, Seedstars & USF.
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Artem Volkhonskyi
Tech & Operations Leader
Partner & CDO in SAGA Development, co-founder at Proptech CVC. Previously Head of Incubation at Demium Kyiv, CDO at NovaPoshta (launched 5 products with 3.6M users), UMH where launched first Forbes Digital Magazine in the world.
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Dave Matli
Venture Partner
20+ years directing new product & brand launches in the US. CMO/CPO for fintech, healthtech, adtech & construction tech SaaS startups. Consultant to global enterprises.
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Andrew Call
Venture Partner
Talent acquisition for Human Interest. Previously at Facebook, Uber and Houzz. Helping build all-star teams and a strong and impactful company culture.
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Maksymilian Kusmierek
Venture Partner
CFO at Foonka, Managing Director at EOOD. Previously founder and CEO of WellServed.
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Mark Kreynovich
Investor
Co-founder of Mission For Ukraine (M4U) - an on-the-ground team providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees. Previously worked in strategy and finance at quip. Graduate of Cornell University.
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Andriy Zinchuk
Founder & Bizdev Leader
Before ZAS co-founded A7 Group, BeFunders, Slash Games & Ventures Space. Managed global incubator’s chapter in Ukraine & Israely VC fund. Advised at TechStars, Antler, Seedstars & USF.
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Artem Volkhonskyi
Tech & Operations Leader
Partner & CDO in SAGA Development, co-founder at Proptech CVC. Previously Head of Incubation at Demium Kyiv, CDO at NovaPoshta (launched 5 products with 3.6M users), UMH where launched first Forbes Digital Magazine in the world.
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Dave Matli
Venture Partner
20+ years directing new product & brand launches in the US. CMO/CPO for fintech, healthtech, adtech & construction tech SaaS startups. Consultant to global enterprises.
Linkedin →
Andrew Call
Venture Partner
Talent acquisition for Human Interest. Previously at Facebook, Uber and Houzz. Helping build all-star teams and a strong and impactful company culture.
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Maksymilian Kusmierek
Venture Partner
CFO at Foonka, Managing Director at EOOD. Previously founder and CEO of WellServed.
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Mark Kreynovich
Investor
Co-founder of Mission For Ukraine (M4U) - an on-the-ground team providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees. Previously worked in strategy and finance at quip. Graduate of Cornell University.
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Andriy Zinchuk
Founder & Bizdev Leader
Before ZAS co-founded A7 Group, BeFunders, Slash Games & Ventures Space. Managed global incubator’s chapter in Ukraine & Israely VC fund. Advised at TechStars, Antler, Seedstars & USF.
Linkedin →
Artem Volkhonskyi
Tech & Operations Leader
Partner & CDO in SAGA Development, co-founder at Proptech CVC. Previously Head of Incubation at Demium Kyiv, CDO at NovaPoshta (launched 5 products with 3.6M users), UMH where launched first Forbes Digital Magazine in the world.
Linkedin →
Dave Matli
Venture Partner
20+ years directing new product & brand launches in the US. CMO/CPO for fintech, healthtech, adtech & construction tech SaaS startups. Consultant to global enterprises.
Linkedin →
Andrew Call
Venture Partner
Talent acquisition for Human Interest. Previously at Facebook, Uber and Houzz. Helping build all-star teams and a strong and impactful company culture.
Linkedin →
Maksymilian Kusmierek
Venture Partner
CFO at Foonka, Managing Director at EOOD. Previously founder and CEO of WellServed.
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Mark Kreynovich
Investor
Co-founder of Mission For Ukraine (M4U) - an on-the-ground team providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees. Previously worked in strategy and finance at quip. Graduate of Cornell University.
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Startup Advisors

Deniz Pecel
Google
Googler who founded startups in the past and currently advises various startups across many industries. He is well connected in the Bay Area with 14 years of Google experience with domain expertise in Networking/SDN, Telco, Data Analytics, SRE, Machine Learning and Cloud.
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Anya Rasulova
Shopify
Business operator with 12+ years of work experience in Silicon Valley. She built her career in some of the top Tech companies (Google/Shopify/eBay/PayPal) across functions of Corporate Strategy, BizOps, Business Development, and Monetization, building out teams from scratch.
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Dmytro Sholomko
Google
Dmytro has held senior positions at Google in Ukraine and Eastern Europe since May 2011. Before joining Google, Dmytro ran his own consulting company, UBL, which specializes in providing information and consulting support to the largest Ukrainian companies.
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Esther Katz
b2bsocial
Seasoned CMO and strategist focused on emerging tech. 15+ years of work experience in bringing tech companies to market. 90M raised for startups in AI and blockchain.
Runs b2bsocial: a content agency for tech and software development companies.
Lives and works in the US.
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Michael Lyubinin
Meta
Data and software engineering leader with over 25 years of industry experience in building better data systems. Recognized as a champion for data privacy initiatives, Michael has also played a pivotal role as a mentor, guiding others in their professional journeys.
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Yevhenii Arapov
Amazon
Finance leader with 10+ years of diverse global experience in E-commerce, Cloud infrastructure and FMCG. For the last 4 years he has been working at Amazon. Yevhenii co-led the launch and growth of Amazon marketplace and Prime program in Sweden.
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Iryna Svyshcho
Amazon
Product Lead, Global Expansion, Amazon Freight at Amazon
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Yuriy Zaremba
eBay
Yuriy is a user experience leader with 10+ years of experience launching well-known products at Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and eBay. He has also mentored 100's of product professionals, lectures at Universities across the world, and is an influential voice in the product design community.
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Thorsten Koch
Google
Has been with Google for 14 years, he holds domain expertise around technical sales, partner management and team development in the SaaS, IaaS and PaaS industry. Thorsten is investing into startups in the US, EMEAa and India.
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Gennadiy Nissenbaum
Google
Co-founder and currator of the largest internal community StartupX which brings together Googlers who are interested in startups, Venture Capital and innovation.
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Max Makarenko
Google
Max spent 12 years working in Google with advertising agencies, YouTube and Google Marketing Platform business development in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Before that, he ran several big digital agencies both independent and within advertising holdings.
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Aakash Mandhar
Immutable
Seasoned technology leader with 17+ years of experience building high performing teams and SaaS offerings that serve millions of simultaneous users. In his current role as Head of Studio Engineering at Immutable, he is working on building games that bring true digital ownership to the world.
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Maxim Prasolov
Neu.ro
Serial Entrepreneur, Visionary, Author, and Researcher at UC Berkeley. Founder of startups Neu.ro, Synthesis.AI, Zov.ai, lives and works in San Francisco, California.
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George Elfond
Rallyware
Globally-minded entrepreneur with a wide range of experiences in general management, strategy, business development, sales, marketing, customer success, and early-stage investments.
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Maciej Szczepaniak
Seed9.io
Operator with 12+ years of work experience spanning markets in EMEA and the Americas. Together with former colleagues from Google, he co-founded Seed9, an angel investing group focused on in early-stage tech investing in Africa and Latin America.
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Roy Vella

Resourceful Stanford JD/MBA, US/UK citizen with proven problem-solving skills and global execution delivering high-growth, digitally-driven teams. Known as a solid leader, strong revenue driver and the one to get it done by creating and amplifying go-to-market efforts.
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Oscar Ramos
SOSV
GP @ SOSV. Experienced manager with strong technical background, innovative business vision and entrepreneurial experience. Worked for multinationals and innovative startups. 10+ years operational experience in Mainland China. Extensive network in TMT Industry across Europe and Asia Confirmed, Waiting on short bio blurb
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Our partners

UNIT.CITY

UNIT.City is the largest innovation park in Europe located in Kyiv with three accelerators & NEST startup bootcamp

USF

Ukrainian Startup Fund is a $15 million state-sponsored fund providing equity-free pre-seed and seed grants.

EO Incubator

EO Incubator is Ukraine's first mentor-driven seed-stage incubator program

Founder Institute

Founder Institute is an American business incubator with E. European chapter covering Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia & Moldova

1991

1991 is Ukraine’s first non- commercial incubator targeting startups working with open data

UVCA

UVCA promotes investment opportunities and conducts market research for improving Ukraine's investment climate

Decile Partners

Decile Partners is a full-service back office for managing venture capital firms and SPVs.

YEP Incubator

YEP supports startup founders at various levels of development and boosts entrepreneurial education in universities.

Startup Tool Kit

We have gathered dozens of materials from top-performing practitioners to assist you on your founding journey. We firmly believe that learning from these resources can save you years, quite literally

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Startup Tool Kit

We have gathered dozens of materials from top-performing practitioners to assist you on your founding journey. We firmly believe that learning from these resources can save you years, quite literally

Explore STK →

Startup Tool Kit

We have gathered dozens of materials from top-performing practitioners to assist you on your founding journey. We firmly believe that learning from these resources can save you years, quite literally

Explore STK →

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