# Mail.Ru Group: portfolio, investments and team

> Mail.Ru Group is a vc firm based in Russia. 6 investments on record, latest Mar 2014. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/mail-ru-group (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Mail.Ru Group

Last cheque observed Mar 2014. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series B Series C Network Hardware VoIP

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **4613** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.2M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Sole investor **3 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 67%**

Pitch Mail.Ru Group

## Mail.Ru Group highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series B: 80% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $500K

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Network Hardware VoIP
- **Based in:** Russia
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2014** 2 rounds
- **Mar** **[Cortica](https://millionrounds.com/company/cortica)** Series C · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Magisto](https://millionrounds.com/company/magisto)** US **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **2013** 2 rounds
- **Oct** **[Magisto](https://millionrounds.com/company/magisto)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$13M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Cortica](https://millionrounds.com/company/cortica)** Series B · US · techcrunch.com **$6.4M** With 1 other
- **2012** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Tagbrand](https://millionrounds.com/company/tagbrand)** Seed · RU **$500K** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Futubra](https://millionrounds.com/company/futubra)** Seed · RU **$500K** Sole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **4** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**[maps.me](https://millionrounds.com/company/maps-me)** **Undisclosed** Nov 2014

**Vkontake** **$1.5B** Sept 2014

**Vkontakte** **$1.5B** Sept 2014

**RuTwit.ru** **Undisclosed** Jul 2012

**Vatera.hu** **$9.0M** Oct 2008

## The cheque

Seed Series B Series C

Median round joined **$4.2M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$500K**

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Mar 2014

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *2*
- Series B *2*
- Series C *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2012 2014

Often in the room with

- [Horizons Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Mail.Ru Group. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Horizons Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/horizons-ventures)

## Quick answers about Mail.Ru Group

### What does Mail.Ru Group invest in?

Mail.Ru Group invests most often at Seed and Series B (80% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Network Hardware and VoIP.

### How active is Mail.Ru Group?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2014.

### How big are Mail.Ru Group's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.2M.

### Does Mail.Ru Group lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Mail.Ru Group invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (67%) and Russia (33%).

### Is Mail.Ru Group investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2014.

### Who does Mail.Ru Group invest alongside?

Most often Horizons Ventures (3 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Mail.Ru Group?

Mail.Ru Group is a VC firm based in Russia.

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