Ihar Mahaniok

Managing Partner at Geek Ventures. Two 100x exits; 6 of my 60 seed investments became unicorns. Investor in early stage tech companies that change the world. Seed investor in a decacorn (Instacart). Active LP.

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2024𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Jan 2024
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mid stageReal Estate
Seed Investor
May 2019
Invisible Technologies makes AI work. Our platform cleans, labels, and structures company data so it’s ready for AI. It adapts models to each business and adds human expertise when needed — the same approach used to improve models for over 80% of the world’s top AI companies, including Microsoft, AWS, and Cohere. Our successes span industries — from supply chain automation for Swiss Gear, to AI-enabled naval simulations with SAIC, and validating NBA draft picks for the Charlotte Hornets. Invisible, profitable for over half a decade, reached $134m in revenue and ranked #2 fastest-growing AI company in 2024, and recently raised $100M to advance its platform technology.
Pre-seed Investor
Apr 2016
People.ai is the leading AI data platform for go-to-market teams, powering trillions in pipeline and revenue for the world’s top enterprises. Started in 2016 by Oleg Rogynskyy to empower sales teams with the best tools, People.ai was built on one mission: give revenue leaders more than raw data—give them the answers they need to take action. Today, People.ai processes billions of signals from emails, meetings, and messages, then enriches that data to surface the most useful next steps. The result: activity becomes actions that move deals forward. Companies like Verizon, IBM, Red Hat, Cisco, Zoom, and Palo Alto Networks rely on People.ai to automate account planning, deal reviews, enablement, and forecasting—so their teams can stay focused on winning. People.ai in numbers: → Trillions of dollars in pipeline and revenue powered → Billions of sales signals processed → 70+ patents issued and 50+ more under review Visit our Jobs section if you want to work for us!
Pre-seed Investor
Feb 2013
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Seed Investor
Feb 2013
Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace. Instacart makes it possible for millions of people to get the groceries they need from the retailers they love, and for approximately 600,000 Instacart shoppers to earn by picking, packing and delivering orders on their own flexible schedule. The Instacart Platform offers retailers a suite of enterprise-grade technology products and services to power their e-commerce experiences, fulfill orders, digitize brick-and-mortar stores, provide advertising services, and glean insights. With Instacart Ads, thousands of CPG brands – from category leaders to emerging brands – partner with the company to connect directly with consumers online, right at the point of purchase. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.
Angel Investor / Advisor
2012
Empire Angels is a member-led, New York City based angel group comprised of experienced young professionals who are attracted to making smart investments in early stage technology ventures with a focus on supporting young, US based entrepreneurs. The group is collaborative and open source, providing a democratic framework with highly filtered deal flow and member training. Empire Angels, through it’s individual members, typically invests between $100k and $250k in Seed, Seed+ and Series A rounds. EA invests in early stage, capital efficient companies led by dedicated, young founders with a clever solution, large target market and initial user engagement, as well as a clear path to meaningful revenue generation in the next 6-12 months. Empire Angels hosts monthly pitch sessions to screen start ups before pursuing due diligence and active negotiations. Empire Angels is not a fund and while members collaborate on due diligence, make individual investment decisions. Empire Angels has the youngest membership of any angel group in the country and is the only organization focused on training the Millennial generation of angel investors.
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Investments (6)
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2024
Board Member
Jan 2024
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mid stageReal Estate
2021
Managing Partner
Aug 2021
Geek Ventures drives equal opportunity for visionary immigrant entrepreneurs through capital and connections.
2019
Seed Investor
May 2019
Invisible Technologies makes AI work. Our platform cleans, labels, and structures company data so it’s ready for AI. It adapts models to each business and adds human expertise when needed — the same approach used to improve models for over 80% of the world’s top AI companies, including Microsoft, AWS, and Cohere. Our successes span industries — from supply chain automation for Swiss Gear, to AI-enabled naval simulations with SAIC, and validating NBA draft picks for the Charlotte Hornets. Invisible, profitable for over half a decade, reached $134m in revenue and ranked #2 fastest-growing AI company in 2024, and recently raised $100M to advance its platform technology.
2016
Pre-seed Investor
Apr 2016
People.ai is the leading AI data platform for go-to-market teams, powering trillions in pipeline and revenue for the world’s top enterprises. Started in 2016 by Oleg Rogynskyy to empower sales teams with the best tools, People.ai was built on one mission: give revenue leaders more than raw data—give them the answers they need to take action. Today, People.ai processes billions of signals from emails, meetings, and messages, then enriches that data to surface the most useful next steps. The result: activity becomes actions that move deals forward. Companies like Verizon, IBM, Red Hat, Cisco, Zoom, and Palo Alto Networks rely on People.ai to automate account planning, deal reviews, enablement, and forecasting—so their teams can stay focused on winning. People.ai in numbers: → Trillions of dollars in pipeline and revenue powered → Billions of sales signals processed → 70+ patents issued and 50+ more under review Visit our Jobs section if you want to work for us!
2013
Pre-seed Investor
Feb 2013
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