Born on January 02, 1983.

Vlad Petrov graduated from the Moscow State Law Academy.

Mr. Petrov has worked for a number of large telecommunications companies in Russia, advising a significant number of startups on asset formalization and investment attraction.

In 2013, he became Director of Legal Affairs at Typhoon Digital Development venture fund.

He is engaged in legal support of portfolio companies and M&A transactions.

DoB April 29, 1977.

Kirill Lapaev graduated from Moscow State University named after M.Lomonosov with a degree in Philosophy. He received an MBA from the State University of Management where he specialised in strategic management.

He started his career at AlphaGraphics American advertising and printing company where he worked for 7 years from an account manager to a head of a branch office.

Since 2002 he has been a co-founder of Republica advertising and manufacturing company where he developed its general strategy and expanded its production database.

Member of the Board of Directors of DSCOOP Global Non-governmental organisation — Digital Solutions Cooperative which unites the owners of hi-tech printing equipment.

In 2013 he became operations director of Typhoon Digital Development venture fund.

DoB April 22, 1980.

Anatoly Gusev graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in Journalism, his specialisation was in PR and advertising. During his freshman year he worked as a reporter at «Komsomolskaya Pravda», «Sovershenno Sekretno — Versia» and «Moskovskie Novosti» newspapers.

After graduating from college he worked at the editorial office of NTV news programs, later on at «Novostniye Izvestiya», he also took part in creating «Moskva: Instruktsyia po Primemeniyu» magazine.
For over five years he worked as a columnist for Izvestiya newspaper.

He founded Rich Media Group with his partners, a full-service communication agency that later on became part of Interfax Group where he was offered a job of Deputy Director of internet based projects. interfax.ru and other holding’s internet based projects were conceived, developed and launched under Anatoly Gusev.

In 2010 he founded Agency One PR Company with partners. The Agency provides full range of media services. It’s primary focus is on high-tech solutions integrating various internet opportunities. The Agency has already implemented over 100 web based communication projects. Major companies such as Russian Railways, Aeroflot, Megafon, Deutsche Bank, VTB, TNK-BP, ONEXIM, Football Union of Russia, TRUST Bank; Governors of Far East region, Vologda region and Krasnodar region are among Agency One clients. Presently it is one of the leaders in consulting and social networks and «new media» services on the Russian market. The Council of the Federation (upper chamber of Russian Parliament) website is one of the Agency’s remarkable projects, it was praised by the Minister of Communications Nikolay Nikiforov and the Chairperson of the Council of the Federation Valentina Matvienko as one of the best government on-line platforms.

In 2013-2014 Anatoly Gusev was listed among TOP 10 best business directors in B2B services sector according to Kommersant RMA. He received a number of certificates of appreciation and acknowledgment from law enforcement agencies.

Since December 13, 2013 he has been a managing partner of Typhoon Digital Development venture fund.

«TD Media company sold to T2 RTK Holding (a telecom operator operating under the Tele2 trademark) 100% shares of the billing systems developer NPF Berkut. Oleg Bratishko, owner of the venture fund Typhoon Digital Development (TD Media belongs to the fund) told Vedomosti about this. A person familiar with the terms of the deal said that the purchase could cost Tele2 4.5–4.7 billion rubles.»
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A subsidiary of T2 RTK Holding (provides cellular communication services under the Tele2 brand), T2 Mobile, bought out 95% of TVE Telecom LLC.

The purchased LLC is developing a platform for launching virtual operators. Through it, a number of companies, including Sberbank, VTB, Tinkoff Bank, etc., provide services as virtual mobile operators (MVNO) on the T2 RTK Holding network.

The transaction amount was 1.7 billion rubles and involves additional payments upon achieving certain targets over several years, but the details are not disclosed.

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«The Brain4Net team creates outstanding products that meet the best international standards. The Typhoon Digital Development venture fund became an investor in the company in 2017; over these years, the company’s clients have become convinced of the promise of SD-WAN technology. This was also fully appreciated by the strategic investor, Kaspersky Lab, whose expertise and demands regarding modern digital products are well known. With Kaspersky Lab, Brain4Net will receive a new impetus for development, and we are very happy for the guys. They definitely deserve it,» says Oleg Bratishko, managing partner of the Typhoon Digital Development venture fund.

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T2 Mobile acquired an 85 percent stake in TDM TECH LLC

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Born in Moscow in 1977, graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. He was engaged in journalism, PR consulting, in 2010 with partners he founded Agency One, today one of the leading SMM agencies in Russia. In 2012, he stood at the origins of the creation of the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF), was a member of its organizational and advisory boards. In 2013, he headed the venture fund Typhoon Digital Development.

Among the most famous projects of the foundation:

• preseed investment in NtechLab, the world leader in face recognition algorithms;
• preseed investment in TD MEDIA, one of the largest content providers and traffic aggregators in the country;
• acquisition of the leading manufacturer of billing systems - NPF "Berkut" - with its subsequent sale to Tele2;
• seed-investment in TVE-telecom, a provider of MVNE systems for telecom operators, and Quiet Media, developer of innovative telecom advertising platforms;
• round A investment in Brain4Net, a specialized developer of SDN and SDWAN platforms;
• joint investment with STS in Caramba Media, a producer of entertainment programs for TV and the Internet (show "+100500");
• investment in AmberData, a major provider of analytical dmp platforms.

In 2017, he was a member of the working group under the Government of the Russian Federation on the preparation of the Program for the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation.

A recognized expert in the venture capital market, is a member of various advisory boards for digital development in government bodies, is a member of the Boards of Directors of dozens of technology companies.

Married, has three daughters.