Sasha Andreev

Aleksandr (Sasha) Andreev is a serial entrepreneur who first joined Almaz as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence and later moved to the position of Venture Partner. After graduating St. Petersburg State University with a degree in Physics, he taught Mathematics as an Associate Professor, focused on wireless and DSP algorithms. In 1991, he founded SoftJoys, home to one of the premier Russian software development teams, and later co-founded SJ Labs (US-based),a world leader in VOIP software in the early 2000s. Under Sasha’s leadership, SJ Labs developed one of the first mobile VOIP in the world and was later sold to MagicJack Vocaltech (NSDQ:CALL). Sasha has been an investor in or founder of several startups, Shelfmatch.com (robots for retail), Excursiaguide.com (travel companion), Lektorium.tv (Russian Coursera) and E-contenta.com.