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SKL.VC
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We have the great idea that can change the world. Would you join?
Who are we?
SKL.vc is a global data-driven venture builder managed by serial entrepreneurs and seasoned executives. We take disruptive ideas in their early stages and build them into extraordinary startups.
Generative AI
Consumer APPs
Robotics
We focus on industries that change the world, including
Brain-Computer Interface
We look for data-driven product opportunities, embrace challenges and help founders scale their businesses in both domestic and global markets. Here is how:
With us, you get more than just a mentor or an investor. You get a top partner
With our investment, expertise, and killer team, we help founders create companies that will revolutionize their industries.
We bring together advisors from all over the globe with unparalleled experience in their respective fields.
We put in our capital and do not depend on any other venture players.
We build a transcontinental network and back our founders - being supported by like-minded entrepreneurs goes a long way.
We go the extra mile: we immerse ourselves in each project and pursue the opportunity relentlessly.
  • $100+ mln

    Under management
  • $2 mln

    Funding from day one up to $2m per project
  • 85+ people

    Team of entrepreneurs and expert operators who join forces with founders to build exceptional companies
  • 20+

    Worldwide TOP experts and advisers
Our portfolio startups
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Aithor is your best AI multitool
Your comprehensive multitool for academic writing is designed to streamline routine tasks, allowing to concentrate on the creative process. With Aithor, you can create, edit, and personalize complex, fact-driven texts in just a 1/10 of the usual time. Its writing co-pilot smooths out the manual aspects of writing and predicts your next words — almost as if it can read your mind. Now supporting texts in 20+ languages and available in 200+ countries, Aithor is your AI partner in writing, enabling you to focus on what truly matters: your imagination.
The Very First Non-Surgical Bidirectonal BCI
Nanoparticles designed for the stimulation and recording of neural activity from within the brain.
We create the brain-computer interface tackle today's health challenges and enhance future human potential. Brain-computer interfaces hold the promise of transforming lives positively. Our aim is to transition this technology from research environments to everyday household use.
Artific is a platform for interacting with AI characters
It fulfils the need for deep interaction allowing users to create and talk to diverse AI personas, from historical figures and fictional characters to expert advisors and dutiful assistants. With Artific, you can chat with a digital twin of an influencer, or get reminders in the voice of your favorite TV character. Artific is the best tool for intelligent companionship, making it a seamless part of daily life and transforming productivity, learning, and entertainment into richer, more engaging experiences.
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Help is an app that merges high social impact with technology
In it, anyone can help an elderly person by making a donation. Help shows a map with addresses and profiles where you can choose a person who needs help, find out the exact amount of money needed, and donate it to the person directly. The user can also pay for an elderly person's grocery basket or any other need specified in their profile.
Help
Muse is a platform for AI filmmakers
Muse allows filmmakers to use the full power of AI to avoid paying for costly computer graphics. With Muse, you can create and watch short GenAI videos as singular projects or as mini-series. It can be used as a generator of 30-second teasers for movies or creative projects. You can also train and use your own AI characters based on videos of yourself. Muse allows you to engage in a story chain and create the next episode of your favorite AI series. To find your inspiration, watch Muse Original Series, legendary stories from popular novels, influencer series, meme-inspired series, and fanfics.
Why join?
Hey there, are you gonna build a unicorn?

We wanna cofound your startup. It's time to do the next big thing together.

We bet you know this:
Dude, you're in luck. We're here to take you off.
You're stuck in an endless investment rush.
Your family has forgotten what you look like.
Some guy that will help you become the next OpenAI
Artem Sokolov
Founder and General Partner
Artem Sokolov
SKL.VC
now
Guess what? It's me who's gonna rock your startup.
What the hell are you waiting for?
Bio
Artem Sokolov is a serial tech entrepreneur, investor, and general partner at SKL.vc, a technology-focused venture capital firm. He is the board's executive chairman for a range of companies from SKL.vc’s portfolio. Artem Sokolov is also involved in a number of global projects supporting young founders and developing the venture ecosystem, as well as social impact projects focused on sustainable approaches.

Sokolov’s investment portfolio includes over 40 tech companies with notable exits such as Asana, Lemonade, Digital Ocean, Coursera, American Well, Auto1, SoFi and current investments through his venture capital funds include NextDoor, Udemy, Robinhood, Docker, ThoughtSpot, Circle, Algolia, Exabeam, Rubrik, Automation Anywhere, OpenWeb, CalciMedica, eToro, Payoneer, FiscalNote, Scopely, Upgrade, Kraken, StoreDot, etc.

He is a member of the YPO Association and won the EY Entrepreneur Of the Year Award in 2021, among other honors.

Sokolov is driven by the purpose of tackling the world’s main problems through science, education, and cutting-edge technology.
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