# Andre Bliznyuk

> Andre Bliznyuk is a General Partner at Runa Capital, where he leads North American investments in software for regulated industries: fintech, edtech, and digital health. Before VC, he spent a decade in capital markets at Goldman Sachs and UBS, running 20+ IPOs. He has backed Brainly, Mambu, Lendio, Smava, and Zopa, with exits at Cloudflare, Goldman Sachs, and Colt Telecom.

- **Role:** General Partner at Runa Capital
- **Organizations:** Runa Capital, Goldman Sachs (former), UBS Investment Bank (former), Sistema (former)
- **Education:** M.A. in Cross-Cultural Communications (plus graduate coursework in Economics and Management), Lomonosov Moscow State University
- **Known for:** Managed 20+ IPOs and fundraising rounds totaling billions of dollars (incl. Mail.ru, Comstar, Sistema on the LSE), Led Runa Capital investments in Brainly, Mambu, Lendio, Smava, and Zopa, Exits: Final (acquired by Goldman Sachs), StopTheHacker (Cloudflare), Zipdrug (IngenioRx), Thinkgrid (Colt Telecom), SchoolMint

## Career timeline

- **2006-2009** — Investment banker at UBS Investment Bank; led Russia/CIS equity capital markets
- **2010-2011** — Investment banker at Goldman Sachs
- **2011** — Joined Runa Capital as Partner
- **2014** — Led Brainly Series A
- **Ongoing** — General Partner at Runa Capital, leading North America investments

## Achievements

- Managed 20+ IPOs and fundraising rounds totaling billions of dollars (incl. Mail.ru, Comstar, Sistema on the LSE)
- Led Runa Capital investments in Brainly, Mambu, Lendio, Smava, and Zopa
- Exits: Final (acquired by Goldman Sachs), StopTheHacker (Cloudflare), Zipdrug (IngenioRx), Thinkgrid (Colt Telecom), SchoolMint
- Board memberships: Clearly, Reelgood, Kreditech, Rogue Games, SchoolMint

## Latest updates

- **2022-09** — Runa Capital closed its third fund at $157M for digital transformation and deep tech.

## Links

- Website: https://runacap.com/people/andre-bliznyuk/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrebliznyuk/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/AndreBliznyuk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andre.bliznyuk

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