# Andrew Yudnikov

> Andrew Yudnikov is the founder of Ivideon, a cloud video surveillance and analytics company he co-founded in 2010 after a career spanning Wella, Procter & Gamble, and Bank Derzhava. A banker rather than a software engineer, he declined to treat a young technical team as ordinary borrowers, joined them instead, helped finance the company through apartment sales and angel backing, and developed it from a freemium service into an international video technology business.

- **Role:** Founder at Ivideon
- **Organizations:** Ivideon, Bank Derzhava, Procter & Gamble, Wella
- **Education:** MBA, Graduate School of International Business, RANEPA
- **Known for:** Co-founded Ivideon in 2010 and helped move a technical prototype into a commercial cloud video service., Helped raise a reported $15 million across angel, Impulse VC, Rusnano Sistema SICAR and Skolkovo Ventures financing by 2018., Developed Ivideon from a consumer and small-business freemium service into a platform serving corporate and international customers.

## Career timeline

- **2003** — After Procter & Gamble acquired Wella, Yudnikov was invited into a management role in Moscow during the integration.
- **2003-2006** — Worked within Procter & Gamble and completed an MBA at the Graduate School of International Business at RANEPA.
- **After 2006** — Joined Bank Derzhava as a board member, working on sales and the implementation of IT and CRM systems.
- **2009** — Met software developer Vladimir Eremeev and became interested in the team’s prototype for internet-based video surveillance.
- **2010** — Co-founded Ivideon with Eremeev, contributing investment relationships and strategic management.
- **2011** — Ivideon launched its service for mass-market users, initially using a free offer because advertising money was scarce.
- **2010-2014** — Ivideon raised a reported $3 million from angel investors.
- **2015** — Impulse VC invested $4 million in Ivideon.
- **2017** — Ivideon reached operating profitability, according to Yudnikov’s 2018 account.
- **2018** — Rusnano Sistema SICAR and Skolkovo Ventures invested $8 million; the plan included doubling the 45-person development team and expanding abroad.
- **2021** — Presented Ivideon’s shift from surveillance toward cloud video analytics for retail and other businesses.
- **2022** — Discussed Retail Analytics Box and predictive analytics as a future step beyond descriptive dashboards.
- **2026** — Appeared in a long-form founder interview about Ivideon’s revenue growth, four CEO transitions, fundraising and international expansion.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Ivideon in 2010 and helped move a technical prototype into a commercial cloud video service.
- Helped raise a reported $15 million across angel, Impulse VC, Rusnano Sistema SICAR and Skolkovo Ventures financing by 2018.
- Developed Ivideon from a consumer and small-business freemium service into a platform serving corporate and international customers.
- Built investment and industry relationships while the company expanded its product from remote viewing and archives into video analytics.
- Regularly moderated industry discussions at Securika Moscow and identified English-language technical support as necessary for international scaling.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Appeared in a 70-minute founder interview about growing Ivideon to 2 billion rubles in revenue, raising $15 million, changing CEOs four times, exporting the business and using AI.
- **2022-12** — Presented Ivideon’s history and continuing video-surveillance strategy at the company’s year-end partner meeting.
- **2022-12** — Discussed Retail Analytics Box and said predictive analytics should eventually give operators recommendations rather than only descriptive reports.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ivideon.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-yudnikov-5b016931
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ivideon
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/z8lUtsJ0i5E
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ivideon

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Last updated: 2026-09-27