Andriy Kolodyuk

Andriy Kolodyuk is a serial entrepreneur and venture capital investor, founder and managing Partner in AVentures Capital. He started his entrepreneurial career in New York in 1992 and eventually has founded and built over 10 companies in IT, telecom, internet and media some with $1 Billion in total revenues. He became a pioneer of venture investments business and launched first Aventures VC fund in Ukraine in 2001. In 2012 the new fund was launched, leading venture capital fund focused on global companies that leverage R&D in Ukraine and CEE. AVentures Capital portfolio (http://aventurescapital.com/projects/) consists of more than 15 companies such as Petcube, Augmented Pixels, nuPSYS, VoX, Bookimed, Spin.io, Teamfusion, Ciklum and others. In August 2014 Andrey has initiated a foundation of UVCA (Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association) and in November, 2014 was selected as Chairman he is currently serving. Andrey was elected as Young Global Leader (from Ukraine) of the World Economic Forum in 2008 and initiated Ukraine house Davos. Andrey Kolodyuk graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and studied law at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. In 2005, he defended his PhD thesis: “Information Society: Modern Condition and Perspectives of Development in Ukraine” with the specialty “Political Culture and Ideology”