Kirill is a Partner and Investment Advisor of RTP Global, based out of India, mostly focusing on India and SEA. At RTP Global Kirill is covering edutech, fintech, and SaaS, among other sectors. Kirill serves as a Board member/observer in most of his portfolio companies which include Khatabook, MoneyTap/Freo, Classplus, Newton School, Agara (acquired by Coinbase in 2021), Saveo, and others. Before RTP Global Kirill was an MD and Partner at Sistema Asia Fund which he co-created and launched operations in India and Singapore, as well as led 5 out of the fund’s 10 investments in 2016-2018, and served as Board Member in Indian and Singaporean companies - Seclore, Qwikcilver (acquired by PineLabs in 2019), Netmeds (acquired by Riliance RIL in 2020), HealthifyMe, and Faasos. Prior to that for 5 years he was managing multiple VC deals in Russia as a Venture Partner at European fund, and as a Chief Investment Officer at sovereign nanotechnology fund. Kirill started his career in the Big Four company and moved to investment banking where he was doing M&A deals and corporate finance advisory for 7 years. Kirill has a Master degree in Engineering and Economics from Moscow Aviation Institute, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In June 2019 Kirill started Kauffman Fellowship, one of the world’s premier innovation, leadership, and venture capital focused programs, and is a member of Class 24.