Primo Ventures

We believe any industry can be disrupted by the right entrepreneur. We believe software will accelerate this. We believe the entrepreneur will make the difference between success and failure. We believe business will become more global. We believe we add value by asking the right questions, not by having all the answers. We believe data makes the difference. We believe in the value of enabling others through technology. We believe doing one thing right is more valuable than doing many things mediocre. We back the companies of tomorrow.

Frontier Ventures is a venture fund investing in early-stage technology companies with network effects in the United States and globally. Our investment team is based in the United States. The fund was founded by serial entrepreneur Dmitry Alimov, co-founder of IVI.TV, the largest video service for Russian-speaking consumers worldwide serving over 60 million users globally. Frontier Ventures partners with talented entrepreneurs to help them build global market-leading businesses. We stand out by helping our portfolio companies scale globally in Europe and Asia where our partners have access to strong networks of technology entrepreneurs, investors, and tech company executives. We open these powerful networks to the companies we invest in, which helps them scale across borders faster. We also help our portfolio companies raise follow-on financing by giving them access to more than 1,000 US and global VC, growth funds, and family offices where we have long-term business relationships. Our founding team has more than 30 years of collective experience in venture investing, having backed over 50 early-stage companies. Frontier Ventures is backed by family offices, technology entrepreneurs, and financial investors as limited partners. Most of our limited partners are current or former technology entrepreneurs. WHY ARE WE CALLED “FRONTIER VENTURES”? In the history of the exploration of North America, the term “Frontier” was used to determine the boundary between inhabited and unknown territory, where from the 18th to the 20th centuries, settlers developed new areas. Unlimited free land in this zone was available, and thus offered the psychological sense of unlimited opportunity. This, in turn, had many consequences such as optimism, future orientation, and shedding of restraints due to land scarcity. The development of new land to the West and the North of the United States became a catalyst for the settlement of the North American continent and its subsequent rapid economic development. By analogy, the name of our fund – Frontier Ventures – is intended to symbolize the limitless possibilities that are open to entrepreneurs and investors in the development of the software and Internet. Our team and our entrepreneur partners share the spirit of optimism and belief in success, combined with a rational willingness to take risks to achieve great goals, which at one time united the North American pioneers, during their advance towards the unknown.

WE HELP SUPPORT TALENTED ENTREPRENEURS’ WILDEST DREAMS. WE PROVIDE THEM WITH AN ECOSYSTEM OF GLOBAL PARTNERS AND PURPOSE-DRIVEN THINKERS – ALL WITH SHARED VALUES FOR CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND POSITIVE IMPACT. THE IDC VENTURES TEAM UNDERSTANDS THE POWER OF FOUNDERS AND SHARING PLATFORMS TO BUILD FUTURE WINNERS. Our network is valuable. That’s how we’ve successfully helped investors provide value in deal flow, diligence, and market and industry expertise. As entrepreneurial experts, we’ve enabled partnerships and new opportunities for founders since 2019.

We love when new things are being built. New companies, new relations, new perspectives. This is why we like to be amongst the first to join builders in their entrepreneurial journey. And since some endeavors are bigger than others, we are committed to go the long way. With over € 1.7bn under management and about 200 companies backed, HV’s funds have the resources and the experience needed. NEW COMPANIES HV’s funds invest early. Leading investment rounds with initial tickets between € 500k and € 5m. If a company is developing exceptional but was missed in the early stage, the relationship can also start in growth stages with tickets of up to € 20m as initial investment and follow on investments with up to € 100m per company. NEW RELATIONS Our network is our biggest value. In our history, we have backed hundreds of entrepreneurs, enabling great success stories. We are creating an ecosystem for companies to connect and thrive together. HV’s funds co-invest with a set of top international business angels and investors. NEW PERSPECTIVES We have backed about 200 companies in the last 20 years. We have enabled the creation of more than 100,000 jobs across all sectors of the industry.

Unser Fokus liegt auf jungen Unternehmen, deren technologiefokusierte und skalierbare Produkte in der Markteintrittsphase stehen. Als Partner auf Augenhöhe unterstützten wir ambitionierte Gründer-Teams bei Wachstum und Internationalisierung. Frisches Kapital sowie die bedarfsorientierte wirtschaftliche Beratung in Kooperation mit dem Inkubator tech2b eröffnet Hightech-Startups aus der Region Perspektiven. WO INVESTIERT DER HIGHTECHFONDS?Der OÖ HightechFonds investiert Eigenkapital in regionale, technologisch orientierte Startups. Wir investieren in der Markteintrittsphase, wenn ein "Prototyp" entwickelt ist und erste Kundenumsätze realisiert wurden. Unser Portfolio ist offen für zukunftsweisende, skalier​bare Hardware- und Software-Produkte engagierter Gründer-Teams. WAS ZEICHNET DEN HIGHTECHFONDS AUS?Wir sind für unsere Startups immer da, wenn wir tatsächlich gebraucht werden – aber mischen uns normalerweise nicht ins operative Geschäft ein. Wir stellen uns an die Seite der Gründer und bilden die Brücke zwischen regionalen Business Angels und nationalen und internationalen VC-Fonds. Unser öffentlicher Auftrag lenkt unseren Fokus auf nachhaltiges Wachstum. Das Netzwerk unserer Gesellschafter nutzen wir auch für unsere Beteiligungen.