Founder
Igor Borovikov
Igor founded Softline with a team of only 10 people. Under his leadership, Softline became a global IT company with 6,000 employees worldwide. In October 2021, the company conducted an IPO of its securities on the London Stock Exchange.
In 2015, he was invited into the Digital Economy Development Working Group in APAC operating under the aegis of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) — one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Team
Elena Volotovskaya
Elena became the head of Softline Venture Partners in 2008 and she has been successfully running the fund for more than 14 years. In 2006, Elena earned her PhD in Economics and continued her education at California State University, receiving the MBA degree in 2008. Under Elena`s leadership, the fund has completed more than 100 transactions.
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Dmitry Polyakov
Dmitry has been working at SVP fund since 2012. Over the last few years, he has been involved in spearheading investments in more than 10 projects. He is a member of the Fund's Investment Committee. He is responsible for startup search, selection, due diligence, and support of the fund's projects and relations with development institutions.
He has a law degree.
Nikita Rogozin
Nikita has been working in venture industry since 2010. He has been with the Softline Venture Partners since 2013. He served as CEO at Stakhanovets B2B technology startup, which develops software to increase employee productivity. Nikita was the head for the banking operations audit, investment banking and asset management at EY. He has MBA degree from IE Business School, Spain.
Victor Iordansky
Supervises legal support for investment projects. He has significant experience in international corporate transactions. Prior to joining the fund, he was a senior associate at UFG Asset Management and also worked in the banking sector.
Ivan Zubkov
He has extensive experience of legal support for businesses at all stages of their development, starting with a start-up. He supervises legal support for investment projects and corporate transactions.
Ivan has a law degree.
Maria Sizova
Maria holds two graduate degrees in management and in accounting and auditing.
She is responsible for financial support of transactions, as well as financial and tax administration of portfolio`s companies.