Roosh Ventures

Roosh Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests from Pre-Seed to Series A stages, primarily following a co-investment-only approach in startups across Europe and the US. The firm maintains a sector-agnostic strategy with a particular emphasis on fintech, gaming, enterprise SaaS, and vertical AI-driven products. As the VC arm of the broader Roosh Investment Group, it provides extensive operational support through specialized boost packages, including AI strategy consulting from CTOs of portfolio companies like Zibra AI, Reface, and Neurons Lab, gaming and mobile app scaling expertise, and founders' operations kits covering talent acquisition, fundraising introductions, legal guidance, and PR assistance.

Launched in 2020, Roosh Ventures emerged from the Roosh Investment Group, initially comprising startups such as Reface and Zibra AI, along with R&D firm Neurons Lab and Ukraine's AI HOUSE community. Co-founded by serial entrepreneur Serhiy Tokarev and venture professional Kyle Ukho, the firm draws on the founders' deep experience in tech entrepreneurship, AI/ML development, and growth-stage investing. With offices in Kyiv, Paris, and London, it reflects a Ukrainian-rooted yet globally oriented mission to accelerate startup growth amid challenging geopolitical contexts, symbolized by its name derived from the Ukrainian word for 'go!'.

The firm's portfolio exceeds 40 companies, featuring high-profile names co-invested alongside top-tier VCs like Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Sequoia Capital, and Index Ventures. Notable investments include Deel (global HR platform valued at $12B), Oura (healthtech at $2.55B), Pipe (financing platform at $2B), Playco ($1B), Alma ($596M), TheGuarantors, Dapper Labs, and Alter. This track record underscores Roosh Ventures' ability to identify and support scalable tech innovators.

The team combines operator expertise with investment acumen, led by General Partners Serhiy Tokarev and Kyle Ukho, who bring backgrounds in tech entrepreneurship and early VC operations, including $80M deployments at GR Capital. Principals like Adam Hashchyshyn and Andrew Tymovskyi offer analytical and consulting experience from GR Capital and EY, while analysts such as Dmytro Safonov (fintech specialist) and Hlib Polianovskyi (finance PhD) handle due diligence. Advisors including Barthelemy Kiss (AI gaming), Vincent Jacobs (ByteDance strategy), and Konstantin Mehl (Kaia Health CEO) enhance the firm's technical and global networks.