Irina Tagintseva

Generative AI | Automation | AI Architect | Cloud Transformation Lead | Head of Solutions, GenAI | ex-Google-acquired AI startup, ex-Gap | Haas Berkeley alum

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2026
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Jul 2026
Progressive Ventures is dedicated to fueling the next wave of AI innovation in enterprises
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Mar 2023
Astra Security is a privately held U.S. & India based cyber security company. Backed by Techstars, Astra offers a Pentest Platform that helps organizations become proactively secure. The Pentest Platform uncovers more than 30,000+ vulnerabilities for its customers every month, saving its customers millions of dollars in potential loss and thousands of developer hours. The company has earned several accolades including ‘The Most Innovative Security Company’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security (2017), one of the top 50 emerging cybersecurity companies at ‘Emerge 50’ by NASSCOM, the French Tech Ticket under which Astra Security got rewarded by the President of France under the La French Tech program. In 2021, Astra Security was also named as a CyberTech100 company. Astra is a trusted security partner to some of the well-known brands like Muthoot Finance, NIIT, Goldcast, ITC & more. Our flagship product, ASTRA, brings together an extensive feature set of manual/automated penetration testing tools, while performing a comprehensive vulnerability assessment and proactively responds to threats.
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Jun 2020
Spenny app (investment platform) is the digital version of your mitti ka gullak. It automatically invests your money every time you do any digital transaction via UPI, debit/credit card, net banking, etc. How? Spenny roundups the amount to the nearest 10 and invest it for you automatically. Eg: If Rs. 142 is spent Rs 8 will be invested. We are proud to announce that we have 100+ round-ups in 1 minute in our Spenny app. Spenny invests your money in the asset class of your choice like Digital gold, Mutual Funds, or Spenny Wise. You must have heard about Digital gold or Mutual Funds, but what is Spenny Wise? Spenny wise is a P2P investment product where your money is given to Indias top 1% creditworthy people in partnership with an RBI-regulated P2P lending company. The return from such lending transactions helps us give our users up to 10% stable returns, with very low risk. You can begin your investment in Spenny Wise with as low as Rs 100. ( Our past user data tells us that youll only increase your investment amount return after that) Intrigued with the return percentage? Learn more about Spenny Wise on our app. As an investment platform, we cannot miss talking about our platforms security right? So here it is. Spenny uses bank-level security and is partnered with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to ensure your assets are held safely. Were regulated by SEBI and licensed by AMFI (ARN-170468, EUIN-E339688). Also, we are backed by one of the largest startup accelerators in the world Y Combinator. We are on a mission to make investing easy for Indias youth. Be a part of our journey by downloading the Spenny app now👇 https://spenny.app.link/downloadSpennyapp
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Jun 2020
Butlr is the world’s first and only 100% anonymous people sensing and occupancy detection platform that helps enterprises all over the world improve their workplace planning and optimize their operations. Using just body heat and advanced AI technologies, Butlr understands presence and traffic without capturing any identities—ever.
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2026
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Jul 2026
Progressive Ventures is dedicated to fueling the next wave of AI innovation in enterprises
2023
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Sep 2023
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Mar 2023
Astra Security is a privately held U.S. & India based cyber security company. Backed by Techstars, Astra offers a Pentest Platform that helps organizations become proactively secure. The Pentest Platform uncovers more than 30,000+ vulnerabilities for its customers every month, saving its customers millions of dollars in potential loss and thousands of developer hours. The company has earned several accolades including ‘The Most Innovative Security Company’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security (2017), one of the top 50 emerging cybersecurity companies at ‘Emerge 50’ by NASSCOM, the French Tech Ticket under which Astra Security got rewarded by the President of France under the La French Tech program. In 2021, Astra Security was also named as a CyberTech100 company. Astra is a trusted security partner to some of the well-known brands like Muthoot Finance, NIIT, Goldcast, ITC & more. Our flagship product, ASTRA, brings together an extensive feature set of manual/automated penetration testing tools, while performing a comprehensive vulnerability assessment and proactively responds to threats.
2020
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Jun 2020
Spenny app (investment platform) is the digital version of your mitti ka gullak. It automatically invests your money every time you do any digital transaction via UPI, debit/credit card, net banking, etc. How? Spenny roundups the amount to the nearest 10 and invest it for you automatically. Eg: If Rs. 142 is spent Rs 8 will be invested. We are proud to announce that we have 100+ round-ups in 1 minute in our Spenny app. Spenny invests your money in the asset class of your choice like Digital gold, Mutual Funds, or Spenny Wise. You must have heard about Digital gold or Mutual Funds, but what is Spenny Wise? Spenny wise is a P2P investment product where your money is given to Indias top 1% creditworthy people in partnership with an RBI-regulated P2P lending company. The return from such lending transactions helps us give our users up to 10% stable returns, with very low risk. You can begin your investment in Spenny Wise with as low as Rs 100. ( Our past user data tells us that youll only increase your investment amount return after that) Intrigued with the return percentage? Learn more about Spenny Wise on our app. As an investment platform, we cannot miss talking about our platforms security right? So here it is. Spenny uses bank-level security and is partnered with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to ensure your assets are held safely. Were regulated by SEBI and licensed by AMFI (ARN-170468, EUIN-E339688). Also, we are backed by one of the largest startup accelerators in the world Y Combinator. We are on a mission to make investing easy for Indias youth. Be a part of our journey by downloading the Spenny app now👇 https://spenny.app.link/downloadSpennyapp
Investor
Jun 2020
Butlr is the world’s first and only 100% anonymous people sensing and occupancy detection platform that helps enterprises all over the world improve their workplace planning and optimize their operations. Using just body heat and advanced AI technologies, Butlr understands presence and traffic without capturing any identities—ever.
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