# Konstantin Bredyuk

> Konstantin Bredyuk is the London-based co-founder and CEO of ApprovalMax. His work spans business process software, product management, financial approval workflows and teaching software business management at HSE University. He led ApprovalMax during its £10 million first external growth investment in 2024 and has advocated financial controls that adapt as businesses grow.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at ApprovalMax
- **Organizations:** ApprovalMax, Comindware, NetCracker, Esri CIS, HSE University
- **Education:** MS, Software Engineering, Higher School of Economics (HSE University)
- **Known for:** Co-founded ApprovalMax with Helmut Heptner and Peter Volynsky., Co-inventor on US patent US8725821B1., Led ApprovalMax during its first external growth investment: £10 million from Yttrium in 2024.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2009** — Consultant at Esri CIS, as recorded by Crunchbase.
- **2009-2011** — Product manager at NetCracker, as recorded in public professional career listings.
- **2011-2015** — Director of product management at Comindware, as recorded in public professional career listings.
- **2014** — Named co-inventor on US8725821B1, granted on 13 May, for synchronising custom objects between Outlook and an external server.
- **2015** — Authored the HSE Software Business Management course specification.
- **2016** — ApprovalMax’s current author biography dates his work building the platform to this year; public company founding dates differ.
- **2017** — Participated with Peter Volynsky and Mikhail Belov in the XDHax budget-checking project, listed on Devpost on 15 October.
- **2021** — Published an article on structured approval chains and automated audits for Data Friendly Space.
- **2024** — ApprovalMax announced him as CEO during the year; the company launched Capture and Pay in June and announced £10 million in growth investment in November.
- **2026** — Explained the move to tiered usage-based pricing; ApprovalMax announced the UK Small Business App of the Year award in August.

## Achievements

- Co-founded ApprovalMax with Helmut Heptner and Peter Volynsky.
- Co-inventor on US patent US8725821B1.
- Led ApprovalMax during its first external growth investment: £10 million from Yttrium in 2024.
- HSE lists him as instructor for Software Business Management in its 2025/2026 course catalogue.
- ApprovalMax was named UK Small Business App of the Year in the Xero Global App Awards 2026 during his tenure as CEO.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — ApprovalMax announced its UK Small Business App of the Year win in the Xero Global App Awards; Bredyuk reiterated his ambition for earlier control of spending.
- **2026-06** — Published his explanation of tiered usage-based pricing, with migration for existing customers beginning at subscription renewals from 3 August 2026.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bredyuk/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21