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Global venture capital investment in 2021 reached a record $621 billion, and almost half of it – $311 billion – came from the U.S. venture capital market. According to CB INSIGHTS, a tech search company, 12,281 financing rounds were completed in the country during this period, and 55% of the deals were concluded at an early stage.

In the world of venture investments, it is important for a startup to be invested in by a fund that speaks the same language as it does to better understand the ideas of the startup founders and make Due Diligence (a comprehensive independent evaluation of the company – Ed. note) more effective, believes Dmitry Dolgov, CEO of the financial analytics service WhatToFarm.io.

Vibranium.VC Venture Fund opened its new office in the Spaces in Menlo Park exclusive coworking space, the “boiling point” of active Silicon Valley startup accelerators and venture capitalists.

By the number of investment rounds and the amount of funds raised in the U.S., the Valley retains the lead ($105 billion) along with New York ($55 billion).

Vibranium.VC announces its readiness to finance startups focused on the US market. Thus, startups from the CIS also have a chance to become a portfolio company of the fund. The fund will also consider seed-stage companies operating on B2B SaaS business models and pursuing the goal of entering global markets in the future.

Soft-landing processes contain manageable and unmanageable components and require an understanding of local rules and regulations, as well as careful preparation and clear implementation.

“It is important to do preliminary market research on what is happening with your niche and your type of product in the American market, to open bank accounts taking into account passport type and citizenship,” says Zamir Shukho, managing partner of Vibranium.VC. – Some things don’t directly depend on you, such as the decision by American immigration authorities on whether or not to give you a visa.

Vibranium.VC staff, partners, and experts are ready to support and guide their portfolio companies at every stage. The fund’s team has many years of experience in corporate innovation, acceleration programs, and early-stage investments. The accumulated experience will help startups “soft land” in the U.S.

“The U.S. has many different places in terms of unique ecosystems tied to one type of business or another,” the fund’s experts comment. – If you have a fintech startup, the place to land is New York; if you do B2B SaaS solutions or software, Silicon Valley; if you are a media or gaming startup, land in Los Angeles.”

Spaces in Menlo Park, where Vibranium.VC is headquartered, is a great place to discuss projects and close deals with companies that will create the economy of the future.

To apply for an investment, visit the company’s website.

By Forbes

The fund invested in MR-NET (MotionRay) – a platform for accessing the Internet anywhere in the world. This tech startup operates in the US, Europe, and China. Investments will be directed toward driving sales in the respective markets. In this round the company raised a total of $350K from Vibranium.VC and Roman Tyan’s NRGVentures funds.

MotionRay provides customers, wherever they are, with the most reliable connectivity for the best possible price by leveraging Internet bonding technology. The simple, plug-n-play solution guarantees the delivery of mission critical data, whether it is PoS transactions, a video production feed, or a Zoom call with your grandmother. The long-term vision is leveraging the network effects of ecosystem adoption to establish a decentralized marketplace for (wireless) broadband at scale.

Today, MotionRay’s roster of clients includes atVenu, Super League, AbelCine and many others.

MotionRay was founded in 2019 by Alexander Pestryaev and Yuri Bussel – radio communications experts with a cumulative 30 years of experience in the telecom industry, as well as Anton Shmakov – a UC Berkeley graduate with Silicon Valley expertise both in startups and in leading technology companies, such as Google and LinkedIn.

Zamir Shukho, Vibranium.VC founder and general partner: “We liked MotionRay’s unconventional approach to solving the problem that exists in the small and medium-sized business market – smooth and easy net access. This is especially relevant for areas where there is no broadband connection, and everything works via satellites. The startup has a breakthrough technology, and now their main task is to build a sustainable business model in the US market.”

Kirill Timofeev, Vibranium.VC co-founder and partner: “Together with Motion Ray, we are entering a competitive race, because several players are simultaneously working on solving the problem of unlimited Internet access. These large-scale projects include efforts to develop satellite Internet, as well as work on behalf of authorities and mobile operators to make uninterrupted WiFi available in large cities. However, this only emphasizes the demand for the product. If in the 2000s the Internet was important as such, in the 2010s speed and mobility came to the forefront. Following this logic I can assume that in the 2020-2030s these two parameters together will be absolutely critical. It will become crucial for users to get stable, consistently high-quality access to the network everywhere, and at an average price for cloud services.”

Anton Shmakov, MotionRay CEO: “The investment will allow us to satisfy existing demand, iterate on the product and establish a market foothold.”