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Valuable intellectual assets, business experience and expertise
Guard Capital’s main goal is to achieve excellent financial results by providing valuable intellectual assets, business experience and expertise for each of its portfolio companies. The combination of the wealth of corporate finance experience with the focus on telecommunications and the Internet makes the fund a unique business.
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Diverse venture portfolio of promising projects
Guard Capital was founded in 2009 by a group of private Russian investors. Since its inception, the fund has invested in 12 projects and is now considered as a notable player with a diverse venture portfolio of promising projects in the Russian venture capital market.
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Fund team as a resourse for startup
The fund’s team has many years’ experience of investing in and managing Russian and international companies. We will grow together with the proactive teams which develop breakthrough products and use innovative technologies and business models.
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Internet segment will be one of the main growth drivers
We believe that the Internet segment will be one of the main growth drivers in venture capital markets. This belief is supported by the fact that IT companies are reported to have the fastest capitalization growth rates in Fortune Global 500. Experts agree in their estimates that the number of Russian-speaking Internet users will show an increase of at least 20% in the next three years.
Current Ventures
Doctor na rabote
Launch
Doctor na rabote — the world’s largest professional network for Russian speaking practicing physicians. The clients of Doctor na rabote include top international and russian pharmaceutical companies. The company also owns the social network Medcampus, which connects over one hundred thousand Russian medical students, and Smartpharma, the first network in Russia for pharmacists.
DocDoc
Launch
DocDoc is a comprehensive doctor search tool that brings transparency to healthcare. The service simplify search and book the best doctors on-line in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg.
HomeMe
Launch
HomeMe is the largest furniture e-commerce in Russia. It’s the first vertical integrated e-commerce, which include production plants, warehouses, logistic sand own showrooms, It’s only one shop which has a next day furniture delivery in Russia. The company has offices in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and other large cities.
500 Startups
Launch
500 startups is the most active seed fund in Silicon Valley. They invest primarily in consumer & SMB internet startups, and related web infrastructure services. Their initial investment size is typically $25K-$250K. Selected areas of interest include financial services & e-commerce, search/social/mobile platforms, personal & business productivity, education & language, family & healthcare and web infrastructure
Delivery club
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Delivery club is an independent club project that has brought together hundreds of food and product shipping services and made them part of a Unified Ordering System. The project is RuNet’s most visited and popular food and product shipping resource whose clientele totals over 300,000 users.
HowTech
Launch
HowTech is a publisher of short video tutorials on computer topics. The company provides its users with an extensive catalogue of free video content about the use of popular software products and online services.
