# Kirill Kirykov

> Kirill Kirykov is a General Partner at SID Venture Partners, the first Ukrainian high-tech venture capital firm, and co-founder and CTO of Datrics.ai, a Y Combinator W21 company building low-code AI analytics for enterprises. A mathematician-turned-principal-architect with 13+ years in IT, he spent a decade co-founding and scaling 4IRE Labs in blockchain and fintech before pivoting to venture. He brings rare technical depth to the VC table - fluent in Ethereum, enterprise AI, and production software at scale - making him the partner founders call when the deal hinges on the architecture, not the pitch deck.

- **Role:** General Partner at SID Venture Partners
- **Organizations:** SID Venture Partners, Datrics.ai, 4IRE Labs
- **Nationality:** Ukrainian
- **Education:** Master's in Mathematics and Computer Science, Kharkiv National University
- **Known for:** Co-founded SID Venture Partners, the first Ukrainian high-tech VC firm, with 7 other IT executives, Co-founded Datrics.ai and took it through Y Combinator W21, Scaled 4IRE Labs for over a decade, releasing 100+ applications

## Career timeline

- **2010s** — Co-founded 4IRE Labs, a blockchain and fintech software company; served as CTO for over 10 years
- **2010s** — Worked at Luxoft and Harman as a senior software engineer
- **2010s** — Managed development of the world's first blockchain-based platform for green bond validation and impact reporting
- **2010s** — Developed software for Chrysler and Ferrari; contributed to open-source Ethereum ecosystem via Aragon Foundation
- **2020** — Co-founded Datrics.ai with Volodymyr Sofinskyi and Anton Vaisburd; serves as CTO
- **2021** — Datrics.ai accepted into Y Combinator W21 batch
- **December 2021** — Co-founded SID Venture Partners as one of 8 founding General Partners; first Ukrainian high-tech VC firm
- **2024** — Portfolio company Elai.io acquired by Panopto - SID Venture Partners' first notable exit
- **2025** — SID Venture Partners makes 8 new investments; portfolio reaches 29 companies

## Achievements

- Co-founded SID Venture Partners, the first Ukrainian high-tech VC firm, with 7 other IT executives
- Co-founded Datrics.ai and took it through Y Combinator W21
- Scaled 4IRE Labs for over a decade, releasing 100+ applications
- Managed development of the world's first blockchain-based green bond validation platform
- Contributed to open-source Ethereum ecosystem projects via Aragon Foundation sponsorship
- SID Venture Partners achieved first major exit: Elai.io acquired by Panopto (October 2024)
- Built enterprise AI solutions enabling CFOs to query complex data via natural language
- Developed software for major automotive clients including Chrysler and Ferrari

## Latest updates

- **2025** — SID Venture Partners made 8 new investments in 2025, expanding the portfolio to 29 companies
- **2024-10** — Portfolio company Elai.io acquired by Panopto, marking SID Venture Partners' first notable exit
- **2024** — Datrics.ai expanding its generative AI healthcare coding automation platform

## Links

- Website: https://sid.fund
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kirill-kirykov-96507425
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sidvpfund
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/sidventurepartners/

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Last updated: 2026-05-18