Ruslan Sarkisyan

Managing Partner at Begin Capital | Backing Early-Stage Deeptech, Infra & AI | Employee of the month

📍 Berlin, Berlin, Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 11 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2024
VC🌍 Germany
9
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3
Early stage
5
Mid stage
0
Late stage
11y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor
Mar 2024
Global payroll? Sorted. Compliance? Handled. Payments? Done. Native Teams is the global platform for work payments and employment. We believe global expansion shouldn’t be complicated. Beyond managing global payroll, compliance, and taxes, we power international hiring with flexible financial tools and multi-currency payments. Since 2020, Native Teams has empowered businesses to scale efficiently, without opening local entities, while their international teams and gig workers benefit from financial security and stability. At Native Teams, we prioritise putting people first, supporting businesses to grow while ensuring their teams are valued. Why businesses choose Native Teams: - Expert support in 85+ countries - Trusted by 1500+ companies worldwide - Up to 3x lower global employment costs - Flexible, secure payment solutions for global teams and gig workers Enabling team success, driving business growth. Want to make global workforce management easier? Book a demo here. https://nativeteams.com/book-a-demo
Investor
Aug 2023
Dwelly is a UK-based lettings & property management AI-first platform. The company grows by acquiring and partnering with traditional letting agencies to elevate its level of service.  After a series of M&As, Dwelly aims to consolidate and dominate the £100 billion UK letting market. Using AI, Dwelly streamlines the entire letting lifecycle—from tenant finding to rent collection—while enhancing the user experience.
Board Member
Nov 2021
Were on a journey to empower our customers so they reach the sweet spot of optimal pricing and customer experience on their own online channel. Convious is an end-to-end sales & marketing platform powered by Artificial Intelligence that drives online traffic, delivers the best customer experience, and implements dynamic pricing in real time.
Board Observer
Sep 2021
EBAC (British School of Creative Arts and Technology) is an innovative educational center that offers online education in the fields of Design, Programming and Data, Audiovisual, Games, Marketing, Software and Business. We are in Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia and today we have more than 140 options of courses designed and taught by teachers who are references in their areas of expertise and highly qualified tutors to provide individualized feedback. Our online learning platform features unique technology so students can learn whenever and wherever they want. These differentials have democratized access to education and contributed to the professionalization of more than 50.000 people who have already chosen us to change careers. For three consecutive years (2021, 2022 and 2023), we received recognition as one of the 100 most promising edtechs in Latin America according to the Holon IQ platform. We were also featured in Exame magazines 2022 special "205 expanding businesses", in the "newbies" category.
Board Member
May 2021
At NADUVI, we have a mission: transform the often frustrating experience of decorating a house into something that people love. We use top-notch technology and pair up with the best suppliers, to be able to provide topdeals and a great shopping experience every single day. This way, a dream interior is within reach for everyone. Our platform shows products from over 300 brands and is growing on a daily basis. We: # Completed two funding rounds successfully # Won numerous awards, such as ‘Best Starter’ and ‘Best webshop’ # Are backed by international VC’s With our get-things-done-mindset, we stand out as a company. And this shows: we have received several nominations from (amongst others) the Shopping Awards - Ecommerce50, Sprout Startup of the year, and the Ondernemingsverkiezing Noord-Holland. We’re very proud to say that we have won the Best Starter Shopping Award, Website of the year in the category Home & Living, and made the Red Herring top 100. Of course, we’re aiming for many more to come. With a fast-growing team of ambitious young talents and an experienced management team, we are transforming from a start-up to a scale-up to a solid e-commerce company. We want to further scale up NADUVI in the Netherlands and Germany and kick-off our international expansion. Ambitious? Definitely! Are you looking for a job where your talent will lead to direct impact and results? Welcome to NADUVI. Our set of values is always at the core of everything we think and do. It’s the internal compass for every individual NADUVIAN and what connects us to achieve our ambitions as a collective team. # We care about each other, customers, suppliers and investors # We move fast & get shit done # We find the smarter way # We own and we’re disciplined # We communicate openly
Investor
Dec 2020
Fundraise Up is a technology company unlocking the world’s generosity potential by optimizing the way people give. Our donation platform helps nonprofits engage more supporters and grow revenue by providing easy ways to increase conversion, enable modern payment methods, and personalize the giving experience for every donor. Fundraise Up is the partner of choice for UNICEF USA, The Salvation Army UK, American Heart Association, and other impactful organizations across the globe. For more information, visit fundraiseup.com.
Investor
Dec 2020
Vamstar is the largest and fastest-growing AI-based global B2B healthcare supply chain platform. Using Machine Learning, Vamstar captures the demand for MedTech and Pharmaceutical products and services from 86000 buyers in 100+ countries and then matches this demand across the entire supplier base. Both buyers and suppliers across the industry use the platform to improve transaction and trading processes, capture real-time market insights (suppliers, products, and outcomes), launch better RFx and other sourcing programs, improve tender performance from the buyer-and-the-supplier side, and integrate ERP, CRM, and other downstream and upstream systems for full supply chain visibility. The platform connects pharmaceutical and medical device companies with public and private buyers, including corporates, clinics, hospitals, health insurance companies, and Group Purchasing Organisations (GPOs). Vamstar has sites in the United Kingdom, India, UAE, Netherlands, and the USA.
Investor
Dec 2015
Runa Capital is a global VC firm investing in early-stage tech companies and focusing on deep tech (AI/ML, open source and future of computing), enterprise software and fintech infrastructure. The firm invested in NGINX, Mambu, Brainly, Pasqal, Smava and Zopa. Runa Capital brings tech and hiring expertise, along with a transatlantic network, to help portfolio companies scale. The fund has points of presence in Luxembourg, Palo Alto, London, Paris, and Berlin.
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2024
Investor
Mar 2024
Global payroll? Sorted. Compliance? Handled. Payments? Done. Native Teams is the global platform for work payments and employment. We believe global expansion shouldn’t be complicated. Beyond managing global payroll, compliance, and taxes, we power international hiring with flexible financial tools and multi-currency payments. Since 2020, Native Teams has empowered businesses to scale efficiently, without opening local entities, while their international teams and gig workers benefit from financial security and stability. At Native Teams, we prioritise putting people first, supporting businesses to grow while ensuring their teams are valued. Why businesses choose Native Teams: - Expert support in 85+ countries - Trusted by 1500+ companies worldwide - Up to 3x lower global employment costs - Flexible, secure payment solutions for global teams and gig workers Enabling team success, driving business growth. Want to make global workforce management easier? Book a demo here. https://nativeteams.com/book-a-demo
2023
Investor
Aug 2023
Dwelly is a UK-based lettings & property management AI-first platform. The company grows by acquiring and partnering with traditional letting agencies to elevate its level of service.  After a series of M&As, Dwelly aims to consolidate and dominate the £100 billion UK letting market. Using AI, Dwelly streamlines the entire letting lifecycle—from tenant finding to rent collection—while enhancing the user experience.
2021
Board Member
Nov 2021
Were on a journey to empower our customers so they reach the sweet spot of optimal pricing and customer experience on their own online channel. Convious is an end-to-end sales & marketing platform powered by Artificial Intelligence that drives online traffic, delivers the best customer experience, and implements dynamic pricing in real time.
Board Observer
Sep 2021
EBAC (British School of Creative Arts and Technology) is an innovative educational center that offers online education in the fields of Design, Programming and Data, Audiovisual, Games, Marketing, Software and Business. We are in Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia and today we have more than 140 options of courses designed and taught by teachers who are references in their areas of expertise and highly qualified tutors to provide individualized feedback. Our online learning platform features unique technology so students can learn whenever and wherever they want. These differentials have democratized access to education and contributed to the professionalization of more than 50.000 people who have already chosen us to change careers. For three consecutive years (2021, 2022 and 2023), we received recognition as one of the 100 most promising edtechs in Latin America according to the Holon IQ platform. We were also featured in Exame magazines 2022 special "205 expanding businesses", in the "newbies" category.
Board Member
May 2021
At NADUVI, we have a mission: transform the often frustrating experience of decorating a house into something that people love. We use top-notch technology and pair up with the best suppliers, to be able to provide topdeals and a great shopping experience every single day. This way, a dream interior is within reach for everyone. Our platform shows products from over 300 brands and is growing on a daily basis. We: # Completed two funding rounds successfully # Won numerous awards, such as ‘Best Starter’ and ‘Best webshop’ # Are backed by international VC’s With our get-things-done-mindset, we stand out as a company. And this shows: we have received several nominations from (amongst others) the Shopping Awards - Ecommerce50, Sprout Startup of the year, and the Ondernemingsverkiezing Noord-Holland. We’re very proud to say that we have won the Best Starter Shopping Award, Website of the year in the category Home & Living, and made the Red Herring top 100. Of course, we’re aiming for many more to come. With a fast-growing team of ambitious young talents and an experienced management team, we are transforming from a start-up to a scale-up to a solid e-commerce company. We want to further scale up NADUVI in the Netherlands and Germany and kick-off our international expansion. Ambitious? Definitely! Are you looking for a job where your talent will lead to direct impact and results? Welcome to NADUVI. Our set of values is always at the core of everything we think and do. It’s the internal compass for every individual NADUVIAN and what connects us to achieve our ambitions as a collective team. # We care about each other, customers, suppliers and investors # We move fast & get shit done # We find the smarter way # We own and we’re disciplined # We communicate openly
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