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I'm a general partner at a venture firm Runa Capital, which invests in early-stage enterprise software and deep tech startups. I focus on open source, developer tools, infrastructure software (cloud, AI/ML, etc).

Besides VC investing, I support selected non-profit projects boosting progress: open source, STEM education, human capital development, digital-first charities, and especially endowments.

Having a background in maths, physics &  computer science, I enjoy experimenting with tech things before they become mainstream: programming (since 2005), tech startups (since 2009), machine learning (since 2011), and Bitcoin (since 2013).

Both as a VC investor and a philanthropist, I am strongly interested in open source and eager to contribute to OSS in various ways.

Open Source Endowment:

• What Open Source can learn from universities to fix its funding
• How I algorithmically donated $5000+ to OSS via GitHub Sponsors and PyPI data
  
  

Investing in OSS startups:

• Investment in open source CRM Twenty
• Investment in open source AIOps Keep
• Open Source Growth Benchmarks (Part 1)
• Open Source Growth Benchmarks (Part 2)
• Open Source Contributors Analysis
• ROSS Index: top-20 fastest-growing OSS startups, published every quarter

Other posts

• GitHub repo with OSS startup alternatives to SaaS: 13K+ stars, 100+ contributors