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Ivan Taranenko

Investing in early-stage defense tech, Principal at UA1.

Kyiv, Kyiv City

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Work Experience

2025

  • Principal

    2025

    Investing in early-stage defense tech, transforming Ukraine’s battlefield innovations into the arsenal of the free world.

2020 - 2025

  • Associate

    2023 - 2025

    Partnered with Alma, Alter, Artie, Bnext, Cub3, Cresta, Dapper Labs, Deel, Evenflow, Folk, Handle, Haiqu, HourOne, Klang Games, Libeo, Oura, Pipe, Playco, Promethean AI, Regression Games, Ten Little, The Guarantors, Yours

  • Senior Investment Analyst

    2022 - 2023

  • Investment Analyst

    2020 - 2022

2020 - 2024

  • Associate

    2023 - 2024

    A Kyiv-based tech company, creating & investing in ambitious products and helping others develop innovative ideas

  • Senior Investment Analyst

    2022 - 2023

  • Investment Analyst

    2020 - 2022

2020 - 2020

  • Investment Analyst

    2020 - 2020

2020 - 2020

  • Financial Analyst

    2020 - 2020

2018 - 2019

  • Research Analyst

    2018 - 2019

    - Сreated the narrow-profile energy media resource Kosatka.media from the very beginning - Responsible for analytics in Gas, Oil, Electricity, Renewable Energy, and Coal sections of the site (more than 130 analytic notes written for publishing) - Co-author of "World Lithium-Industry Overview" - Accomplishing weekly, monthly and annual Ukrainian energy industry overview bulletin

2018 - 2018

  • Analyst

    2018 - 2018

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