Alexander Galitsky
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Almaz Capital
Molecular and Cell Biology
Illumina
Singapore
Biography
Alexander Galitsky is a Managing Partner of Almaz Capital Partners, a venture fund with offices in Moscow, Russia and Menlo Park, CA, which is backed by Cisco Systems, EBRD and IFC, which he co-founded in 2008. Alexander is a well-known innovator, entrepreneur and investor in Russia/CIS, Europe and USA. Prior to Almaz, Alexander formed the ICT investment practice at Russian Technologies, one of the first venture capital funds in Russia and made a series of private successful investments. His past and current investments include: Parallels, Yandex, QIK (sold to Skype), Vyatta (sold to Brocade), Acumatica, Jelastic, NavMaps (sold to TeleAtlas), 2Can, Alawar, AlterGeo, SJLabs (sold to VocalTec), EverNote, GridGain, WikiMart, among others.
Research Interest
Molecular and Cell Biology