Svetlana Nikiforova, Startobaza

Svetlana Nikiforova is a Russian venture investor who founded the Kazan-based firm Startobaza in 2011 to fund and mentor IT and high-tech. See contact routes.

About Svetlana Nikiforova

Svetlana Nikiforova is a Russian venture investor who founded the Kazan-based firm Startobaza in 2011 to fund and mentor IT and high-tech startups with Russian roots, aiming to scale them into global players. She invests across stages from early to late, focusing on sectors like speech recognition, intelligent transport systems, and SaaS, with notable portfolio companies including RealSpeaker, “Avtodoria,” “Nebo,” and Smart Start. Her distinctive thesis centers on providing “smart money”—combining capital with active support in business modeling, investor pitching, and scaling—making Startobaza the first Russian firm to support startups step-by-step from inception to maturity.

Svetlana Nikiforova at a glance

Role
Managing Director
Organization
Startobaza
Location
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian Federation
Investor type
Venture Capital

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