Vitaly Polekhin is the President of the International Investor Organization INVESTORO and Managing Partner of the SOZ VENTURE fund. He is one of the recognized leaders of the venture capital market, having participated in more than 300 venture deals worldwide. Since 2009, he has been a shareholder/investor and a member of supervisory boards and investment committees of several venture funds. Since 2016, he has served as a member of the Investment Committee and Expert Council of the Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Moscow Venture Fund.

He is consistently ranked among the most active business angels and is the recipient of the “Business Angel of the Year” award from Russia Venture Awards 2015 and the “Best Business Angel” award from Startup Village Skolkovo 2021.

He is known for successful exits from companies such as Delivery Club, Pixonic, InSales, and Chefmarket.

Vitaly is also the co-founder and head of the Investors Club at Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO and a leading lecturer in the venture capital programs at SKOLKOVO Business School.