the garage Syndicate
companies
32
Raised
$21M
global mid-stage venture capital firm
participants
600
GARAGE GIVES ITS INVESTORS ACCESS TO THE FASTEST GROWING STARTUPS AT THE BEST PRICES, ASSURING THAT OUR ANGEL INVESTORS ACCESS VC-LEVEL DEALS
focusing on company with:
Healthcare
Rounds A & B
revenue growth rate X2+
USA & CANADA
We believe that many of the world’s leading e-commerce & marketplace platforms have ample runway to become much larger in scale and breadth of services.
AI & Data Analytics
E-comm & marketplace
We see analytics industry not as a goal but as a means to bring value everywhere. Its impact grows annually, we view investing in AI and analytics as a significant opportunity for investors to profit from progress.
We focus on healthcare services since this is the fastest growing segment with no oppressive incumbents, where investors can take advantage of high exit multiples.
TOP portfolio companies
Bloom.CAPITAL, Soul Ventures etc.
USA I 2021
Kraken is the first U.S. crypto firm to receive a state-chartered banking license, as well as one of the first exchanges to offer spot trading with margin, regulated derivatives and index services.
Investment rationale
KrakenKraken is the first U.S. crypto firm to receive a state-chartered banking license,
As well as one of the first exchanges to offer spot trading with margin,
Regulate derivatives and index services.
Investment rationale
KrakenKraken is the first U.S. crypto firm to receive a state-chartered banking license,
As well as one of the first exchanges to offer spot trading with margin,
Regulate derivatives and index services.
Other VC investors:
Sequoia, a16z, DST Global
Colombia I 2021
Rappi is a consumer tech company that specializes in providing online delivery services. It connects consumers who want to purchase prepared foods, groceries, clothes, and virtually anything with independent contractors.
Investment rationale
Rappi is the only SuperApp in the region where the SuperApp model extremely attractive to consumers.
Rappi customer retention metrics are several times better than
international counterparts.
The company operates in one of the most attractive markets for food-tech - LATAM, demonstrating annual double-digit growth rates.
Investment rationale
Rappi is the only SuperApp in the region where the SuperApp model extremely attractive to consumers.
Rappi customer retention metrics are several times better than
international counterparts.
The company operates in one of the most attractive markets for food-tech - LATAM, demonstrating annual double-digit growth rates.
Other VC investors:
Sequoia, VISA, TCV, BlackRock etc.
Sweden I 2023
Klarna is is the only one ecosystem of banking, payment and e-commerce services, whichthat works at global scale in 20 markets, including Europe, United Kingdom and the USA.
Investment rationale
Klarna is the largest BNPL company, working with tens of thousands of retailers and conducting millions of transactions in the all world.
The company is showing an excellent growth rate.
Due to the current situation on the market — very favorable conditions of deal.
Investment rationale
Klarna is the largest BNPL company, working with tens of thousands of retailers and conducting millions of transactions in the all world.
The company is showing an excellent growth rate.
Due to the current situation on the market — very favorable conditions of deal.
Other VC investors:
SoftBank, Tiger Global, DST Global, Mubadala
UK I 2025
The largest fintech company and a licensed bank in Europe, serving over 50 million customers and ranking as the leading financial app across 32 European countries.
Investment rationale
Revolut demonstrates the fastest growth among companies in the BVP index, combining rapid expansion with strong profitability. Compared to peers, even those growing more modestly still command high valuations, underscoring Revolut’s unique position.
The company’s potential IPO could be one of the largest on the market, far exceeding typical benchmarks for going public.
Investment rationale
Revolut demonstrates the fastest growth among companies in the BVP index, combining rapid expansion with strong profitability. Compared to peers, even those growing more modestly still command high valuations, underscoring Revolut’s unique position.
The company’s potential IPO could be one of the largest on the market, far exceeding typical benchmarks for going public.
Other VC investors:
BlackRock, Cisco, Samsung
Tiger Global.
Tiger Global.
USA I 2025
Groq designs and manufactures its chips in North America, ensuring full control over its technology stack.
Investment rationale
Groq is emerging as a top contender in the rapidly expanding AI inference market. Targeting an AI infrastructure sector projected to exceed $1 trillion, the company expects to generate over $2 billion in revenue in 2025, with an entry valuation of $2.8 billion. The company is backed by leading investors, including Cisco, Samsung, and BlackRock
Investment rationale
Groq is emerging as a top contender in the rapidly expanding AI inference market. Targeting an AI infrastructure sector projected to exceed $1 trillion, the company expects to generate over $2 billion in revenue in 2025, with an entry valuation of $2.8 billion. The company is backed by leading investors, including Cisco, Samsung, and BlackRock
Other investors:
Accel, Tiger Global, Amazon, Meta, NVIDIA, Cisco, Stripe.
USA I 2024
Scale AI is a data-centric AI infrastructure company.
Investment rationale
Scale AI is a fast-growing leader in enterprise AI infrastructure, offering end-to-end tools for data labeling, model development, and GenAI deployment.
With $680M ARR, top-tier clients like OpenAI and Microsoft, and backing from Amazon, Meta, and NVIDIA, Scale combines strong growth, rising margins, and deep expertise to dominate the expanding B2B GenAI market.
Investment rationale
Scale AI is a fast-growing leader in enterprise AI infrastructure, offering end-to-end tools for data labeling, model development, and GenAI deployment.
With $680M ARR, top-tier clients like OpenAI and Microsoft, and backing from Amazon, Meta, and NVIDIA, Scale combines strong growth, rising margins, and deep expertise to dominate the expanding B2B GenAI market.
Other VC investors:
YC, Flucas Venture,
Goodwater Capital etc.
Goodwater Capital etc.
USA I 2025
The company specializes in GPU-based cloud services, as well as the sale of servers and workstations for computational tasks.
Investment rationale
Cloud Services grew 11.7x and revenue 2.3x — an exceptional pace for a company of this scale, proving
Lambda’s ability to scale rapidly.
Over 50,000 clients, including major corporations and leading research institutions, provide resilience and growth potential.
Explosive demand for AI/ML and the GPU shortage create strong opportunities for specialized players like Lambda.
Investment rationale
Cloud Services grew 11.7x and revenue 2.3x — an exceptional pace for a company of this scale, proving
Lambda’s ability to scale rapidly.
Over 50,000 clients, including major corporations and leading research institutions, provide resilience and growth potential.
Explosive demand for AI/ML and the GPU shortage create strong opportunities for specialized players like Lambda.
Other VC investors:
YC, Goodwater Capital, Soma Capital, Scrum Ventures, Pascal etc.
USA I 2023 & 2024
Scentbird provides perfumes and cosmetics by subscription.
Investment rationale
A profitable company in a highly competitive market.
Most of the product line has a margin of more than 90%.
High LTV/CAC. The user base is growing by 30% YoY.
Investment rationale
A profitable company in a highly competitive market.
Most of the product line has a margin of more than 90%.
High LTV/CAC. The user base is growing by 30% YoY.
Other VC investors:
SignalFire
USA I 2022
Platform that automates “blue-collar workers” hiring and speeds up the process.
Investment rationale
Company confirmed Product-Market-Fit: hundreds of paying business clients, thousands of employed people.
XOR's revenue grew x2.8 in 12 months.
The company has passed the break-even point and provides a stable positive cash flow.
Investment rationale
Company confirmed Product-Market-Fit: hundreds of paying business clients, thousands of employed people.
XOR's revenue grew x2.8 in 12 months.
The company has passed the break-even point and provides a stable positive cash flow.
Other VC investors:
Altair Capital
USA I 2022
Online clinic (web platform and app) providing psychological health care.
Investment rationale
MEDvidi has proven the ability to grow rapidly: in 7 months of this year, they have grown x2.6 compared to the entire previous year.
The high marginality of the product, an average of 78% by 2022, made it possible to achieve ARR 7.6M without attracting external investment.
The company confirmed Product-Market-Fit: more than 26 thousand online visits.
Investment rationale
MEDvidi has proven the ability to grow rapidly: in 7 months of this year, they have grown x2.6 compared to the entire previous year.
The high marginality of the product, an average of 78% by 2022, made it possible to achieve ARR 7.6M without attracting external investment.
The company confirmed Product-Market-Fit: more than 26 thousand online visits.
Other VC investors:
ARCH Ventures etc.
USA I 2023
Recuro Health is dedicated to integrated digital healthcare solutions that are transforming the US healthcare system from a reactive disease-centric model to a proactive approach.
Investment rationale
The company has confirmed Product-Market-Fit - contracts with major corporations, high satisfaction with service, growing revenues.
High margin business.
The very experienced founders who created Teladoc.
Investment rationale
The company has confirmed Product-Market-Fit - contracts with major corporations, high satisfaction with service, growing revenues.
High margin business.
The very experienced founders who created Teladoc.
Other VC investors:
Glisco Partners, TMT Investments
Brazil, Mexico, Columbia I 2021
Muncher is a fast-growing Latin American cloud kitchen startup. The company organizes dark-kitchens and manages these restaurants brands, that specialize on food delivery.
Investment rationale
Impressive growth of x4.3 YoY.
Very healthy unit-economics.
Muncher is the most likely consolidation platform multi-billion-dollar business in a fast-growing region.
Investment rationale
Impressive growth of x4.3 YoY.
Very healthy unit-economics.
Muncher is the most likely consolidation platform multi-billion-dollar business in a fast-growing region.
Other VC investors:
USA I 2022 & 2023
The startup’s software helps its users to create new SPVs and funds more quickly, also helping investors manage capital calls and the like after their fund is formed.
Investment rationale
Founder Kingsley Advani is an experienced venture capitalist. While running a global investor group, he has seen firsthand firsthand experience of the pain points that Allocations seeks to solve.
Impressive traction - on the platform has already raised more than $1B in investments.
A huge growing market. Every year in the U.S., it attracts $2.9TRL of private market capital.
Investment rationale
Founder Kingsley Advani is an experienced venture capitalist. While running a global investor group, he has seen firsthand firsthand experience of the pain points that Allocations seeks to solve.
Impressive traction - on the platform has already raised more than $1B in investments.
A huge growing market. Every year in the U.S., it attracts $2.9TRL of private market capital.
Service simplifies blockchain infrastructure for teams big & small. Global API and Web3 developer tools for 10 blockchains.
Investment rationale
The founding team are successful entrepreneurs with deep knowledge of the market in the field of software creation and blockchain.
Exponential growth of indicators since the beginning of the year.
Aggressively growing market with a projected CAGR 68.4% over 2021-2026.
Investment rationale
The founding team are successful entrepreneurs with deep knowledge of the market in the field of software creation and blockchain.
Exponential growth of indicators since the beginning of the year.
Aggressively growing market with a projected CAGR 68.4% over 2021-2026.
Carbone6 is SaaS helps entrepreneurs optimize daily operations and improve profitability by solving their burning problems: loss reimbursement, inventory management, tamper protection ans etc.
Investment rationale
High growth rate of x3 in 6 months and an ARR of $15.6M in a year and a half.
Rapidly reaching self-sufficiency - Q2 2023.
Impressive customer list, growing LTV and proven competitiveness.
Investment rationale
High growth rate of x3 in 6 months and an ARR of $15.6M in a year and a half.
Rapidly reaching self-sufficiency - Q2 2023.
Impressive customer list, growing LTV and proven competitiveness.
VC from Chicago, One Planet Fund,
LabQ founder
LabQ founder
USA I 2023
ZiphyCare - provides hybrid (virtual and face-to-face) home health care to the most vulnerable populations: seniors, people with disabilities and patients with multiple comorbidities from the comfort of their homes, at rates covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
Investment rationale
Very high growth rate — x7 YoY
Quickly reaching break-even point — Q3 2023
Proven ability to grow. Founders have both industry and technology expertise as well as entrepreneurial experience and experience with successful exits.
Investment rationale
Very high growth rate — x7 YoY
Quickly reaching break-even point — Q3 2023
Proven ability to grow. Founders have both industry and technology expertise as well as entrepreneurial experience and experience with successful exits.
Other VC investors:
White Star Capital, MidCap Financial, Benevolent Capital
Other VC investors:
Canada I 2023
Tiger Global, Soma Ventures etc.
USA I 2022
Other VC investors:
Groups of angels
Other VC investors:
a16z, Salesforce Ventures, TPG
USA I 2021
Tanium Inc. was founded in 2007 in San Francisco to develop an innovative new approach to enterprise endpoint management and security.
Investment rationale
Tanium's EBITDA is more than 10%. The company's revenue for 2020 amounted to $600 mln, while revenue growth was 40%.
50 Fortune 100 companies are Tanium customers, including 7 of the 10 major U.S. retailers and 12 of the top 15 banks.
SalesForce invested in and entered into a strategic partnership with Tanium. In addition, SalesForce will SalesForce will sell Tanium to its customers.
Investment rationale
Tanium's EBITDA is more than 10%. The company's revenue for 2020 amounted to $600 mln, while revenue growth was 40%.
50 Fortune 100 companies are Tanium customers, including 7 of the 10 major U.S. retailers and 12 of the top 15 banks.
SalesForce invested in and entered into a strategic partnership with Tanium. In addition, SalesForce will SalesForce will sell Tanium to its customers.
Other VC investors:
Altair Capital, SVB Capital etc.
USA I 2021 & 2022
LegionFarm is a pay to play videogame-coaching company, connecting professional gamers with amateurs who want to improve their experience by hiring those pros on-demand as coaches.
Investment rationale
Company projects to more than double its results relative to 2020 by the end of 2021.
Gaming sessions nearly doubled from 400K to 700K unique sessions.
LegionFarm’s executive team presents a mix of deep expertise in the online gaming industry and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Investment rationale
Company projects to more than double its results relative to 2020 by the end of 2021.
Gaming sessions nearly doubled from 400K to 700K unique sessions.
LegionFarm’s executive team presents a mix of deep expertise in the online gaming industry and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Other VC investors:
a16z, Flashpoint
USA I 2021
Allset Technologies is a marketplace platform founded in 2015 that connects customers to more than 4,500 restaurants in US, enabling pre-ordering meals for pickup and dine in.
Investment rationale
Strong financial results for 2020.
The company operates in the U.S. market, a large and growing market with double-digit growth rate.
Сompetent team with more than 10 years of experience in the market.
Investment rationale
Strong financial results for 2020.
The company operates in the U.S. market, a large and growing market with double-digit growth rate.
Сompetent team with more than 10 years of experience in the market.
Other VC investors:
Groups of angels
USA I 2021
B9 is a fintech which allows underbanked Americans to demonstrate and build their creditworthiness based on their economic behavior to help them get access to personalized and fair-priced financial services and products.
Investment rationale
B9 is a quality fintech product with high growth potential.
The company was founded by fintech veterans with extensive experience in consumer lending.
Strong financial results for 2021.
Investment rationale
B9 is a quality fintech product with high growth potential.
The company was founded by fintech veterans with extensive experience in consumer lending.
Strong financial results for 2021.
Other VC investors:
team
General Partner
General Partner
General Partner
Igor Shoifot
Vladimir Gidirim
Sergei Mosunov
Partner at TMT Investments: $250M market cap (London Stock Exchange AIM), first VC investors in 4 unicorns, 17 profitable exits, 8x+ stock growth, 8x net returns to investors. Boards of directors - 2 unicorns. Founder: CEO of Epsylon Games, the largest gaming site on Microsoft WebTV in 1990s (70+ games). Co-founder of Fotki (25M users in early 2000s). Sold Internship system to Manhattan Institute of Management.
Co-founder at Angelsdeck: investment club (500+ investors). Taught at UC Berkeley and New York University for 11 years. Co-created a graduate course “Recreating Silicon Valley” at Stanford University. Wrote a chapter in "Masters of Corporate Venture Capital" book. Numerous interviews and articles about venture capital and startup growth in Forbes, NBC, MSNBC, Inc. Magazine, CIO Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Wired, LA Times, Business Insider, etc. MBA from Boston University, PhD from the Russian Academy of Sciences, MA from Central European University in Budapest.
Co-founder at Angelsdeck: investment club (500+ investors). Taught at UC Berkeley and New York University for 11 years. Co-created a graduate course “Recreating Silicon Valley” at Stanford University. Wrote a chapter in "Masters of Corporate Venture Capital" book. Numerous interviews and articles about venture capital and startup growth in Forbes, NBC, MSNBC, Inc. Magazine, CIO Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, Wired, LA Times, Business Insider, etc. MBA from Boston University, PhD from the Russian Academy of Sciences, MA from Central European University in Budapest.
Vladimir started his career in consulting having spent over 23 years in several big4 advisory practices; but since 2015 he started investing in private technology companies, mostly as an investor into syndicates run on Angellist and Fundersclub. In parallel Vladimir has made several angel (early seed and pre-seed) investments into startups. Over time, Vladimir has made over 300 syndicated investments and over 20 direct investments.
Vladimir's portfolio counts 6 profitable exits and numerous mark-ups with large unrealized multiples to his original investment. Besides his role as Venture Partner in The Garage Syndicate, he also teaches a course in "VC investment tax structuring" at Starta Angel Investor Academy. In his current role, Vladimir is senior member of the tax team in one of the global late-state VC funds. Vladimir has also invested as an LP into several marquee VC funds, including One Way Ventures, Hack VC, Asymmetry Ventures, Viaduct Ventures, and the Red Pill Venture Fund. Vladimir authored a book on International Corporate Taxation in 2017.
Vladimir's portfolio counts 6 profitable exits and numerous mark-ups with large unrealized multiples to his original investment. Besides his role as Venture Partner in The Garage Syndicate, he also teaches a course in "VC investment tax structuring" at Starta Angel Investor Academy. In his current role, Vladimir is senior member of the tax team in one of the global late-state VC funds. Vladimir has also invested as an LP into several marquee VC funds, including One Way Ventures, Hack VC, Asymmetry Ventures, Viaduct Ventures, and the Red Pill Venture Fund. Vladimir authored a book on International Corporate Taxation in 2017.
Serial technology entrepreneur (built the R'AIN group manufacturing company, zinc sulfide and selenide production, laser optics and medical laser equipment, multi-wavelength laser systems and optical current and voltage sensors). A prolific venture capital investor, co-founder of the Angelsdeck venture community (more than $60m in investments), an active angel investor in 100+ projects. Two executive MBAs.
Investment Director
David Mnatsakanian
David has more than 4 years of experience in transaction advisory services acquired in top European banks and global consulting companies. He participated in 15+ M&A (buy-side and sell-side) and debt financing projects in financial services, real estate, consumer retail, media, and IT industries.
Graduated with a bachelor’s degrees in economics and finance from the Higher School of Economics and University of London. Currently pursuing his CFA designation.
Graduated with a bachelor’s degrees in economics and finance from the Higher School of Economics and University of London. Currently pursuing his CFA designation.
Managing Partner, COO
Polina Sapina
Polina has a unique experience, combining her knowledge of the venture capital market with her expertise in real business and entrepreneurial practice. She was responsible for operations and finance at two startups. In one of them, she was a co-founder, and together with the team they passed the IIDF acceleration program and attracted angel investments.
Polina has three years of experience in the analytics team of the venture platform "IP Fund". She previously had corporate experience in B2B sales development and B2C sales management.
Polina has three years of experience in the analytics team of the venture platform "IP Fund". She previously had corporate experience in B2B sales development and B2C sales management.
200+ investments
2 unicorn Boards
2 unicorn Boards
25 profitable exits
300+ investments
6 fund
6 fund
8 profitable exits
100+ investments
Deeptech expertise
Deeptech expertise
6 profitable exits