Runa predominantly invests in early stage startups at the Series A stage and also completes Seed and Series B investments. Our initial check typically ranges from $1M to $5M, and we continue investing in our portfolio companies as they scale. We offer flexible round structures, frequently leading rounds as well as co-investing with other firms.
We support founders who are building disrupting companies across three areas: B2B SaaS, deep tech (ie., middleware, open source platforms, machine learning, and cloud infrastructure), and software for regulated industries (ie., fintech, edutech, and digital health)
Entrepreneurial experience
Runa is managed by successful serial entrepreneurs and seasoned executives with vast startup experience. Our founding partners have built several global software companies, including Acronis, Parallels and Acumatica.
This entrepreneurial experience enables us to better understand founders’ pain points and identify the best solutions.
This entrepreneurial experience enables us to better understand founders’ pain points and identify the best solutions.
Transatlantic network
Our investments span over 13 countries in North America and Europe. This robust transcontinental network allows founders to develop strategic relationships around the globe.
Runa is uniquely poised to help founders scale their businesses in both domestic and global markets. We pride ourselves on helping founders evaluate and enter different geographies, create competitive strategies and develop acumen on when, how, and where to scale.
Runa is uniquely poised to help founders scale their businesses in both domestic and global markets. We pride ourselves on helping founders evaluate and enter different geographies, create competitive strategies and develop acumen on when, how, and where to scale.
Product and operational expertise
Strong expertise in technologies allows us to identify the best deep tech deals and to scale our portfolio companies. Our partners have built a few tech startups with $100M+ revenues and know how it works.
Partly because of this, Runa is a partner of choice for such open source champions as the most popular web server Nginx and a fast-growing database MariaDB.
Our operational experience allows us to provide insight and support for critical tasks such as recruiting, fundraising, growing sales, and instituting formal organizational structures to support a scaling business.
Partly because of this, Runa is a partner of choice for such open source champions as the most popular web server Nginx and a fast-growing database MariaDB.
Our operational experience allows us to provide insight and support for critical tasks such as recruiting, fundraising, growing sales, and instituting formal organizational structures to support a scaling business.
Serg Bell and Ilya Zubarev founded Parallels, a large web hosting automation and virtualization company
1999
Serg Bell and Ilya Zubarev founded Acronis, a global cyber protection company that later became a unicorn after a $147M round by Goldman Sachs in 2019
2003
Dmitry Chikhachev, Serg Bell, and Ilya Zubarev launched the $135M fund, Runa I
2010
30+
Runa expanded its portfolio to include over 30 impressive companies, such as Nginx, Mambu, and Zopa
2012
Runa opens its Palo Alto office. Our US-based partner Andre Bliznyuk leads the expansion
2014
Our second $135M fund was raised with an eye towards both North American and European investments
2014
60+
Runa’s investments spanned more than 60 companies, including Brainly, MariaDB, and Smava
2016
Partner Dmitry Galperin led our German expansion with a new office in Berlin
2018
Runa launched its third fund at over $150M for new startups!
2019
5 GPs
Konstantin Vinogradov and Michael Fanfant become General Partners in London and Palo Alto, respectively
2022
EU HQ
Runa returns its HQ to Europe and chooses Luxembourg as its global base
2022
