# 908

> 908 is a Ukrainian-rooted software product company and hands-on angel investor. Founded by Andrey Horsev and Aleksey Ivankin, it used service income to finance its own products and later backed other early-stage teams. Its history includes Audiko, Klumba, an investment in Poster, and the development of Pipe.bot and Opendatabot.

- **Founded:** 2000
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Andrey Horsev (Co-founder; CEO listed on 908.vc), Aleksey Ivankin (Co-founder; CFO listed on 908.vc; Opendatabot co-founder)
- **Products:** Angel investment and product development, Audiko, Opendatabot, Pipe.bot, Klumba
- **Notable:** Audiko became an early revenue-generating product that supported further experiments., Opened a California office and announced an investment in JustShareIt in 2012., Invested in restaurant software startup Poster in 2013.

## Products & services

- **Angel investment and product development** — Capital and hands-on technical support for early-stage products, with an in-house Ukrainian development operation.
- **Audiko** — Consumer ringtone creation and discovery service; an early internally developed product.
- **Opendatabot** — Access to Ukrainian state data through search, notifications, applications and business API integrations.
- **Pipe.bot** — Visual chatbot creation using mind maps; supports multiple messaging platforms and external integrations.
- **Klumba** — Historical investment in a Ukrainian parenting site and commerce community; later involved in a shareholder dispute.
- **Poster investment** — Early investment in a restaurant point-of-sale software company; a portfolio investment rather than a 908-owned product.

## Achievements

- Audiko became an early revenue-generating product that supported further experiments.
- Opened a California office and announced an investment in JustShareIt in 2012.
- Invested in restaurant software startup Poster in 2013.
- Launched Opendatabot in April 2016.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Opendatabot continued publishing public-data analysis, including an October 26 report titled “5,889 companies of one owner.” This is a product update, not a 908 funding announcement.
- **2025-01** — Aleksey Ivankin discussed Opendatabot’s web focus, paid data services and operation through disruptions to state registries in a January 13 interview.

## Links

- Website: https://908.vc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/908-inc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/908.ua

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Last updated: 2026-10-27