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| Jul 10, 2026 | Mikhail Taver in Incoming Fund Managers newsletter | Dr. Dorothy Kelso, Managing Director at SuperReturn, recently interviewed Mikhail Taver, founder and Managing Partner of Taver Capital, for the Incoming Fund Managers newsletter. In the conversation, Mikhail shed more light on the investmen... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Mikhail Taver at Manufacturing Talks Podcast | Mikhail Taver recently sat down with Jim Vinoski for an episode of the Manufacturing Talks Podcast. Together, they recapped the story behind Taver Capital's founding and the bold decision to invest in AI as early as 2016. Mikhail offered hi... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | The Manufacturers' Network Podcast | In a conversation with Lisa Rian on the Manufacturing Network Podcast, Mikhail Taver shared his insights on AI’s evolution over the years and its transformative potential for the manufacturing industry. |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Mikhail Taver: EUVC podcast | Andreas Munk Holm, host of the EUVC podcast, invited Mikhail Taver, founder and Managing Partner of Taver Capital, to participate in an insightful discussion. Mikhail spoke at length about robotics and AI, as well as about common communicat... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Mikhail Taver was recently interviewed for TechRound | He highlighted some of Taver Capital’s key achievements, his journey as an investor, and the fund’s plans to raise a second fund focused on industrial AI. He also shared his vision for exploring co-investment opportunities and designing bes... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Mikhail Taver Dives Into Industrial AI | Mikhail Taver, founder and Managing Partner of Taver Capital, recently spoke with Antoine Tardif, founder and CEO of Unite.AI. In the interview, Mikhail took a deep dive into the particularities of industrial AI, including the challenges it... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Earth AI: Vertically-Integrated Exploration for an Abundant Future | Our portfolio company, Earth AI, is already transforming the mining industry. Packy McCormick, from the "Not Boring" newsletter, recently published a comprehensive long read about the firm, its founder Roman Teslyuk, and the overa... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Earth AI announced a significant expansion of their discovery of a large palladium, platinum, and nickel deposit | This is noteworthy because palladium and other related metals are crucial for the transition to cleaner energy technologies, with applications in catalytic converters, hydrogen fuel cells, and solar panels. |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Has the EU succeeded in taming Big Tech? | Mikhail Taver shared his thoughts on this topic for Entrepreneur. In his opinion, the harm outweighs the benefits. Despite Margrethe Vestager’s hefty fines and strict regulations, Silicon Valley giants thrived while European innovation rema... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Taver Capital portfolio company Earth AI raised $20M in Series B funding | Earth AI, a predictive explorer for clean energy metals, raised a $20M Series B funding round led by Tamarack Global and Cantos Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to drive AI and drilling technology development and accelerate pr... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | VC10X podcast | Prashant Choubey, host of the VC10X podcast, recently featured our founder and Managing Partner, Mikhail Taver, for an engaging discussion about his investing journey and how it led him to focus on industrial AI. Mikhail further accentuated... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | DocGo Inc. and Spect teaming up to bring vision screening to the people | Spect, our portfolio company focused on transforming eye screening and developing FDA-approved diabetic retinopathy diagnostics, has announced a partnership with DocGo. This collaboration with one of the leading US providers of tech-enabled... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Mikhail Taver shared insights into the reported 60% rise in U.S. startup failures | Mikhail Taver shared his insights in a TechRound article referencing a Financial Times report, which cited a 60% rise in U.S. startup failures over the past year. He questioned the statistic, suggesting it could reflect growth in the number... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Why Successful Founders Sometimes Need To Step Aside — And How To Do It | Making bold changes at a startup can be challenging, but they often unlock new growth. For founders, this sometimes means knowing when to step aside for the company’s benefit. In his opinion piece for Crunchbase News, Mikhail Taver explores... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Taver Capital portfolio company Four Growers raised $9M in Series A funding | The company intends to use the funds to scale the production of its flagship GR-100 harvesting robot and expand its global reach, particularly in Europe, North America, and Oceania, and to expand its research and development activities and ... |
| May 17, 2024 | Taver Capital exits Cureskin investment | In March 2024, Taver Capital successfully exited from Cureskin, a Bangalore-based startup that is revolutionising dermatology with an innovative, AI-driven solution. The fund’s now former portfolio company raised a $20 million Series B roun... |
| May 17, 2024 | Benzinga: All That Glitters Is Not Gold | Going public is a “badge of honour” for numerous startup founders. But is it really in their best interest to exit via an IPO? In a recent column for Benzinga, Mikhail Taver addressed this dilemma, and provided three reasons why a public li... |
| May 17, 2024 | Mikhail Taver speaks at SuperReturn Secondaries Europe | On March 11-12, Mikhail Taver participated in SuperReturn Secondaries Europe, the leading private equity secondaries conference in the continent. Mikhail shared the stage with executives from Moelis & Company, Clipway, Hambro Perks, and... |
| May 17, 2024 | Financial Times: Will Musk’s pay setback discourage other IPOs? | The news of Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package being voided by a judge sparked controversy in the financial markets. In a compelling letter penned for the Financial Times, Mikhail Taver shared his thoughts on the subject and explained why,... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Wealth & Finance International Award | Wealth & Finance International recently named Taver Capital as the Most Innovative AI-Focused Venture Fund of 2023, underscoring our commitment to disrupt industries by harnessing the power of AI. From the very beginning, the fund has f... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Earth AI on Mining.com | Taver Capital’s portfolio company Earth AI recently earned a place in mining’s history books, after discovering a greenfield molybdenum deposit near Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. As reported by Mining.com, this positions the company... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Crunchbase: When Is A Startup Not A Startup Anymore | Can a company still be labeled a startup after acquiring another company for hundreds of millions of dollars? Mikhail Taver recently addressed this in a new column for Crunchbase News, in which he shared his point of view on existing metric... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Mikhail Taver at Valencia Digital Summit | Mikhail Taver, founder and Managing Partner of Taver Capital, recently participated at the Valencia Digital Summit, where he talked about the development of European startups in conditions of limited funding and shared his take on the incre... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Wealth & Finance International | Wealth & Finance International recently named Taver Capital as the Most Innovative AI-Focused Venture Fund of 2023, underscoring our commitment to disrupt industries by harnessing the power of AI. From the very beginning, the fund has f... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | PREQVECA International Investment Forum | Mikhail Taver participated in the PREQVECA International Investment Forum in Belgrade where alongside esteemed panelists, delved into crucial topics such as PE&VC cycles, the valuable contributions made by GPs to LPs, and the global eco... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Taver Capital in Inc. 2023 Founder-Friendly Investors list | Recently, Taver Capital had the honor of being included in Inc. Magazine’s 2023 prestigious Founder-Friendly Investors list, an important acknowledgment of the fund’s success and consistent support for entrepreneurs. At Taver, we not only i... |
| Sep 9, 2023 | Meet the founder: Four Growers on building Ag robots that harvest faster than humans | An interview with Brandon Contino, co-founder and CEO of our portfolio company Four Growers, an ag robotics startup that can harvest faster than humans and boasts an automated AI platform that leverages data analytics to help farmers increa... |
| Sep 9, 2023 | Understanding Venture Capital Podcast with Mikhail Taver | Mikhail Taver, founder and Managing Partner of Taver Capital, was a guest on the Understanding Venture Capital podcast, where he shared important pieces of advice for founders and investors alike. He emphasized that even though financial kn... |
| Sep 9, 2023 | Mikhail Taver Discusses Deeptech Investing and AI in PromptPod Podcast | Danny Kirk, the host of PromptPod, interviewed our founder and Managing Partner, Mikhail Taver, to get his insights in regards to deeptech. Taver expressed his views on generative AI and how it can influence the investing landscape, and rea... |
| Sep 9, 2023 | Regology Introduces RegIntel to Transform Regulatory Compliance with Generative AI | Our portfolio company Regology, which is the leading regulatory intelligence platform, launched RegIntel, a generative AI solution created to enhance regulatory compliance. Built on top of Regology's cutting-edge, real-time database, RegInt... |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Tivan teams up with Earth AI to fast-track discoveries at Sandover | Our portfolio company EARTH AI has entered into a strategic alliance with Tivan to collaborate on exploration activities across the Sandover Lithium Project, located in Northern Territory, Australia. Under the deal, Earth AI will be appoint... |
| Jan 22, 2021 | Regology’s Analysis to Predict Lawmaking Activity by the 117th Congress | This month the term of the 116th Congress of the United States came to an end, and the 117th Congress convened its first of two sessions, for a total term of 24 months. To get a sense of what could be expected as the transition is made from... |
| Nov 6, 2020 | The Future of LegalTech and AI | Mukund Goenka, co-founder and CEO of our portfolio company Regology, shared his thoughts on how AI is transforming the legal system and what we can expect from this collaboration on the 5 to 10-year horizon. |
| Oct 15, 2020 | “Everyone can become a city farmer”: Interview with iFarm’s co-founder and CEO Max Chizhov | An interview with Max Chizhov, co-founder and CEO of Helsinki-based iFarm, a startup founded in 2017 who are providing ‘plug&play’ automated vertical farms for stores, restaurants, warehouses and even homes. |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Regology introduces a new regulation system for 20 countries | Using artificial intelligence (AI), the company’s system is able to scale millions of laws across the aforementioned 20 locations (including the US, Germany, France, Canada and others) and set billions of links between them. |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Regology Launches Global Regulatory Management & Alerts For 20 Countries | Regology, an AI-based regulatory compliance platform, announces the launch of its global legal management and alerts system to help regulatory professionals remain updated with local regulations around the world. |
| Finovate | The latest version of ID R&D’s voice solution leverages AI and voice technology to give users a major boost in biometric matching speed. |
| Fortune: Term Sheet — Friday, August 31 | Openland, a professional messenger for real estate, raised $2.25 million in funding. Investors include Gagarin Capital, Sinai Ventures, Soma Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, Rainfall Ventures, Y Combinator, and Day One Ventures. |
| ID R&D voice biometrics and anti-spoofing now available to developers through Microsoft Azure Marketplace | Voice biometrics and anti-spoofing capabilities from ID R&D are now available for Microsoft Azure customers to build into their apps. |
| Who needs Stitch Fix? Maison Me uses A.I. to custom design clothing just for you | Maison Me got a big boost from a $1 million seed round by Founders Fund, Gagarin Capital, and the much-lauded Google Assistant Investment Program. |
| AI game trainer Gosu.ai raises $1.9M to give gamers a virtual assistant | Gosu.ai has developed an AI assistant to help gamers play smarter and improve their skills. It’s now raised a $1.9M funding round led by Runa Capital, with participation from Ventech and existing investor, Sistema_VC. |
| Sporta treniņu iekārtas padara gudrākas | Sporta tehnoloģiju uzņēmuma "Winmill" treniņu iekārtas hokejam un beisbolam ļauj spēlētājiem trenēties neatkarīgi no citiem, kuri citos apstākļos padotu bumbu vai ripu. |
| YC’s Earth AI closes funding for its platform to make mining less wasteful | After closing a financing round of up to $2.5 million from Gagarin Capital, Earth AI was announced in Y Combinator’s latest cohort due to present at the YC Demo Day this week. |
| Fortune: Term Sheet — Tuesday, February 12 | iFarm Project, a Russia-based developer of modular automated farms to produce natural vegetables, salads, and berries year-round, raised $1 million in funding. |
| Gosu.ai raises $1.9 million to automate game training advice | Alisa Chumachenko, the founder of Game Insight, is back with a new startup called Gosu.ai, which she bills as a training lab that combines artificial intelligence and personalized advice to come up with coaching tips for would-be esports at... |
| Sterblue automatise le vol des drones d'inspection | Sterblue vient de boucler une première levée de fonds de 2 millions de dollars auprès The Westly Group, Innogy New Ventures, Gagarin Capital, d'entrepreneurs, tel Peter Reinhardt, cofondateur de Segment, du fonds EDP Ventures ou du Contrari... |
| peHUB | RocketBody raises $1 mln. |
| Cherry Labs raises $5.2 million for AI that detects when elderly users fall | Cherry Home, their AI in-home system, is able to prevent such injuries in the first place and call for help if they do happen. |
| iFarm Raises $4 million to automate urban farming with AI and drones | iFarm has raised $4 million to expand its automated system that uses AI and drones to grow fruits and vegetables in enclosed spaces. Gagarin Capital led the round of funding, which included investment from Matrix Capital, Impulse VC, IMI.VC... |
| Agtech startup iFarm bags $4M to help vertical farms grow more tasty stuff | The Finnish startup is focused on providing software that enables others to carry out vertical farming — targeting sales at food processing companies and FMCG giants, as well as farmers, university research centers and even large corporates... |
| US News & World Report: How to Invest in Venture Capital | Mikhail Taver believes that investing a small portion of funds in venture capital offers the opportunity for significant upside potential, with limited risk. |
| Morningstar | ID R&D Raises $5.7 Million in Series A Funding. |
| We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck indoor farming startup iFarm used to raise $4 million | iFarm's indoor farm tech is automated and allows customers to start growing salads, greens, berries and vegetables in urban environments. |
| Fortune: Term Sheet — Tuesday, October 23 | Wallarm, a South San Francisco-based provider of AI-powered application security, raised $8 million in Series A funding. Toba Capital led the round, and was joined by investors including Y Combinator, Partech and Gagarin Capital. |
| Robotizēts sportists | Bez tehnoloģijām neiztikt nekur, arī sportā. Pašmāju jaunuzņēmums Winmill jau pāris gadu ļauj hokejistiem trenēties inovatīvāk. Tagad pienākusi beisbolistu kārta. |
