Geek Ventures Launches First Fund to Support Immigrant Tech Founders
Summary
Investors included angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and institutions like Adam Foroughi, CEO and founder of Applovin, Mikita Mikado and Sergey Barysiuk, founders of PandaDoc, Decile Capital Premier Fund I, and more. The inaugural fund will be used to support pre-seed and seed stage technology startups that are driving innovation in global markets and the U.S. Combined with injection of capital, these opportunities help immigrant founders fast track business growth. Prior to Geek Ventures, Mahaniok invested in notable unicorns as an angel investor including Instacart, PandaDoc, People.ai, Chainalysis, Airbyte, and Jeeves at pre-seed and seed stage, and hundreds of other companies. Through Geek Ventures, he has continued to deploy capital in immigrant-founded technology companies including NewHomesMate, ShapesXR, FoodReady, Spice AI and more, to help them grow in the U.S. Mahaniok is joined by Vadim Rogovskiy as Partner who brings over a decade of experience as a serial venture-backed founder, and Maksym Strukov and Sviatoslava Luhovets as Investment Analysts.