Investing Profile

Pavel Cherkashin(795)

VC
gva.capitalSan Francisco, California
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62 Investors

Connected to Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Josh Elman, Garry Tan (Y Combinator), and 59 other investors on Signal.

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Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) Network
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GVA Capital Managing Partner
$500K - $20.0M
$3.0M
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CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Storj
SeedFeb 2017$3M
$37M
Co-investors: Paul Judge (TechSquare Labs), Tyler Scriven (Techstars), George Burke, Gabriel Jarrosson
Cherry Labs
SeedApr 2016$900K
$6.8M
Co-investors: Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Sunny Kumar (GSR Ventures), Nick Davidov (Davidovs VC)
GdeSlon
SeedSep 2013$500K
$500K
Co-investors: Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Sergey Gribov (Flint Capital)
GBooking
SeedAug 2013$1M
$1.4M
Co-investors: Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Konstantin Siniushin (the Untitled Ventures)
AdWired
SeedAug 2013$120K
$120K
Kuznech
SeedAug 2012$700K
SeedAug 2011$1M
$1.7M
Co-investors: Sergey Gribov (Flint Capital)
Toonbox
SeedAug 2009$100K
$100K
Early-stage technology startups with proven product traction and scientific invention as key competitive advantage (revenue is good to have but not a requirement) Examples: Artificial intelligence / neural networks Autonomous vehicles / self-driving cars Deep tech Cannabis (hemp) Silicon / new chips / edge computing Video processing on the edge Innovation for oil and gas / metallurgy / coal and other "old" industries Consumer financial services (scoring, credit, factoring, freelancer financing)
Not interested in technologies that (1) hard to scale (2) require a lot of capital to win (3) I don't understand (4) evil Examples include: - Vertical marketplaces (too expensive to scale, CAC>LTV) - Tobacco/vaping (evil) - Blockchain for X (too early) - ICOs
Managing Partner GVA Capital2015 - Present
General Manager, Consumer & Online - Russia Microsoft2009 - 2011
Country Manager - Russia & CIS Adobe Systems2006 - 2009
Country Manager, Russia & CIS Siebel Systems2004 - 2006
Director Sputnik Labs2001 - 2004
CEO Actis Systems1997 - 2000
Stanford Continuing Studies Continuing Studies Degree Creative Writing, A
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) BS Computer Science in Global Ecology
Moscow School #5 (1230) Master of Science (MS) Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology