# One Way Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> One Way Ventures is a vc firm based in United States. 70 investments on record, 9 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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# One Way Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 70 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $31M, Jan 2026 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Immigrant Founders First-generation Second-generation

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**47%** of best year **9** **cheques in 12 months**, 70 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$7.5M** Cheque size, as they say **$250K – $1.0M** Rounds led **3 of 70** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **United States, 84%**

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## One Way Ventures highlights

- 01 9 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 66% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $2.7M

## What they do

> Semyon Dukach named top VC in New England by Boston Globe News From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $250K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Immigrant Founders First-generation Second-generation
- **Based in:** Boston, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **70 appearances**

- **2026** 7 rounds
- **Sept** **[Helogen](https://millionrounds.com/company/helogen)** Seed · US **$7.1M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Corvus Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/corvus-robotics)** Venture · US **$20M** With 2 others
- **May** **[Momentus](https://millionrounds.com/company/momentus)** US **$25M** With 3 others
- **May** **[Helm.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/helm-ai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Billdr Pro](https://millionrounds.com/company/billdr-pro)** Seed · CA **$3.2M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Momentus](https://millionrounds.com/company/momentus)** US **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Tive](https://millionrounds.com/company/tive)** Venture · US **$20M** With 4 others
- **2025** 12 rounds
- **Dec** **[Destinus](https://millionrounds.com/company/destinus)** Debt · CH **$59M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Deduction](https://millionrounds.com/company/deduction)** Pre-seed · US · AlleyWatch **$2.8M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Helm.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/helm-ai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Provision](https://millionrounds.com/company/provision)** Seed · CA **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Qashio](https://millionrounds.com/company/qashio)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jul** **[Koverly](https://millionrounds.com/company/koverly)** Venture · US **$19M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Lazarus AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/lazarus-ai)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Botpress](https://millionrounds.com/company/botpress)** Series B · CA **$25M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[ImmuneBridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/immunebridge)** Venture · US **$5.6M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Lazarus](https://millionrounds.com/company/lazarus)** Venture **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Lynk Global](https://millionrounds.com/company/lynk-global)** Series B · US **$85M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Influ2](https://millionrounds.com/company/influ2)** Venture · US **$3.3M** With 2 others
- **2024** 16 rounds
- **Nov** **[Nim](https://millionrounds.com/company/nim)** US · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** *Led*
- **Nov** **[Impilo](https://millionrounds.com/company/impilo)** Series A · US **$12M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Buddy.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/buddy-ai)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$11M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[Nim](https://millionrounds.com/company/nim)** Seed · US **$2.9M** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[Kebotix](https://millionrounds.com/company/kebotix)** Venture · US **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **Aug** **[RaySecur](https://millionrounds.com/company/raysecur)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Emerge](https://millionrounds.com/company/emerge)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Remoov](https://millionrounds.com/company/remoov)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[KarmaCheck](https://millionrounds.com/company/karmacheck)** Series B · US **$45M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Burq](https://millionrounds.com/company/burq)** Series A · US **$11M** With 4 others
- **May** **[UNest](https://millionrounds.com/company/u-nest)** Venture · US **$100K** With 3 others
- **May** **[HerculesAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/herculesai)** Series B · US **$26M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **Greeneye Technology** Venture · IL **$20M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Bite](https://millionrounds.com/company/bite)** Series A · GB **$9.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Lily AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/lily-ai)** Series B · US **$20M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Ribbon](https://millionrounds.com/company/ribbon)** Pre-seed · US **$2.7M** Sole investor
- **2023** 14 rounds
- **Dec** **[Machinery Partner](https://millionrounds.com/company/machinery-partner)** Series A · US **$8.0M** With 2 others
- **Dec** **[Instock](https://millionrounds.com/company/instock)** Seed · US **$3.2M** With 3 others
- **Dec** **[Quantivly](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantivly)** Seed · US **$3.0M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Retrocausal](https://millionrounds.com/company/retrocausal)** Venture · US · Firms' own news pages **$5.3M** With 11 others
- **Jul** **[Minus](https://millionrounds.com/company/minus)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 4 others

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

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

EM **Eugene Malobrodsky** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

EB **Eveline Buchatskiy** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

LZ **Leixin Zhao** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

SD **Semyon Dukach** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **8** 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.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$131M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** ONE WAY Ventures Management Pbc, Inc.
- **SEC number:** CRD 291118

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**24** of 42 we have independently watched raise

[Attentive](https://millionrounds.com/company/attentive)[Brelyon](https://millionrounds.com/company/brelyon)[Britive](https://millionrounds.com/company/britive)[Buddy](https://millionrounds.com/company/buddy-ai)[Careacademy](https://millionrounds.com/company/careacademy)[Chippercash](https://millionrounds.com/company/chipper-cash)[Classtag](https://millionrounds.com/company/classtag)[Compound-foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/compound-foods)[Corvus-robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/corvus-robotics)[Easyship](https://millionrounds.com/company/easyship)[Guiker](https://millionrounds.com/company/guiker)[Impilo](https://millionrounds.com/company/impilo)[Influ2](https://millionrounds.com/company/influ2)[Instock](https://millionrounds.com/company/instock)[Karmacheck](https://millionrounds.com/company/karmacheck)[Koverly](https://millionrounds.com/company/koverly)[Legalpad](https://millionrounds.com/company/legalpad)[Nuvocargo](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuvocargo)[Onyxprivate](https://millionrounds.com/company/onyx-private)[Preply](https://millionrounds.com/company/preply)[Qashio](https://millionrounds.com/company/qashio)[Quantivly](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantivly)[Reserve](https://millionrounds.com/company/reserve)[Tive](https://millionrounds.com/company/tive) Billdr Burqup Crafted by O0 Drumkit Getprovision Greeneye Helm Hercules Humanity Joindebbie Joinfightcamp LP Portal Lynk Machinerypartner Managamingapp Mindmate-app Tabsplatform Truckpedia

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$31M**

raised in Jan 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$7.5M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.7M**

Led 3 of 70 rounds **4%**

- **Said size:** $250K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** 1 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *25*
- Seed said *17*
- Series A said *10*
- Series B *9*
- Pre-seed said *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Techstars](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars) 10
- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 8
- [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 7
- [Gaingels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels) 5
- [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 4
- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 4

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Techstars** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/techstars)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **7** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Gaingels** Private equity **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gaingels)[**500 Global** Angel **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Quiet Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital)[**Right Side Capital Management** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management)[**S16vc** Angel network **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/s16vc-founders-for-founders-fund)[**Bossa Invest** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest)[**FJ Labs** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs)[**Flybridge** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flybridge)

## Recently backed

The latest companies One Way Ventures put money into.

[**Corvus Robotics** $20M · Aug 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/corvus-robotics)[**Helm.ai** May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/helm-ai)[**Billdr Pro** $3.2M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/billdr-pro)[**Destinus** $59M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/destinus)[**Provision** $7.0M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/provision)[**Qashio** Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/qashio)

## On podcasts

1 episode naming One Way Ventures in the title, and 2 more that mention it.

- [Tech.eu](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tech-eu) 17 Oct 2018 · 1h 8m Apple's shopping in Europe; HelloFresh and subscription marketing; $19 million for Pitch; interview with Semyon Dukach, managing partner at One Way Ventures; and much more Mentions [One Way Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/one-way-ventures)[Semyon Dukach](https://millionrounds.com/fund/semyon-dukach)[Atomico](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico) Apple PodcastsShow page

### Mentioned in

- [Fund/Build/Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/fund-build-scale) 19 May 2026 · 56 min Why Great Founders Are “Angry at the Problem” Apple PodcastsShow page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) 11 Mar 2024 · 39 min 424. Why Immigrant Founders Outperform, Lessons from Professional Blackjack, And Why Worrying About Downstream Financing is a Mental Trap (Semyon Dukach) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about One Way Ventures

### What does One Way Ventures invest in?

One Way Ventures invests most often at Venture and Seed (66% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Immigrant Founders, First-generation and Second-generation.

### How active is One Way Ventures?

70 investments on record, 9 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has One Way Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Helogen (Seed, Sept 2026), Corvus Robotics (Venture, Aug 2026) and Momentus (Undisclosed round, May 2026).

### How big are One Way Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $7.5M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $1.0M.

### Does One Way Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 3 of its 70 investments on record (4%).

### Where does One Way Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (84%) and Canada (8%).

### Is One Way Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 9 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does One Way Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Techstars (10 rounds together), Y Combinator (8 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (7 rounds together).

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