Felix Shpilman
| Felix Shpilman | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 2, 1985 Moscow, Russia |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Russian |
| 🏫 Education | University of Southern California (BA) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | President and CEO of Emerging Travel Group |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Asya Shpilman |
| 👶 Children | 2 |
Felix Shpilman (born October 2, 1985) is a Russian-born, UAE-based venture investor and technology executive, President and CEO of Emerging Travel Group.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Felix Shpilman was born in Moscow, Russia. He studied at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Business Strategy.[1]
Career
DST Global and DST Russia
In May 2008, Shpilman joined Digital Sky Technologies (later renamed Mail.ru Group), founded by Yuri Milner, and oversaw firm’s multiple investments in VKontakte (now VK.com) and Qiwi. Later he transitioned to DST Global where he was part of the team that made significant investments in major technology companies such as Facebook, Zynga, Groupon, Twitter, Airbnb, and Spotify. Shpilman remained with DST Global until late 2010.[4]
Start Fund
In 2011, Felix Shpilman and Yuri Milner co-founded the Start Fund, an early-stage investment fund based in San Francisco. As a general partner, Shpilman invested the fund's money in more than 400 Y Combinator-qualified startups, including Gusto, Coinbase, Zapier, Instacart, and Doordash. The fund also made early-stage investments outside of YC, including Uber, AngelList, Class Dojo and Airtable.[5][6]
Emerging Travel Group
In April 2013, Shpilman assumed the role of Vice President of Strategy at Ostrovok.ru (now known as Emerging Travel Group), a travel technology company. In 2014, he became Chief Operating Officer. In January 2017, he was appointed president and CEO of ETG.[7][8][9][10] The company operates brands like RateHawk, Roundtrip and ZenHotels.[11][12] Since founding Ratehawk in 2016,[13] Shpilman has expanded the business in Europe,[14][15] Middle East and Asia[16] and grew Emerging Travel Group’s gross transaction volume to exceed $3.7bn in 2024.[17][18]
Moses Capital
In September 2023, Shpilman co-founded Moses Capital with his wife, Asya Shpilman, and investor Lev Leviev. Moses Capital is an investment firm that uses a Fund of Funds approach to early-stage investing on a global scale. [19][20]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Felix Shpilman President/CEO, Emerging Travel Inc". bloomberg.
- ↑ Chernova, By Yuliya (2014-09-16). "General Catalyst, Accel Divest Ostrovok.Ru Shares". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ Эксклюзивное интервью: Выпуск за 28 июня 2021. Смотреть онлайн (in русский). Retrieved 2025-05-12 – via tv.rbc.ru.
- ↑ "Felix Shpilman Profile: Contact Information & Network | PitchBook".
- ↑ Geron, Tomio (2011-03-23). "Y Combinator's Newest Start-Ups Riding High On Demo Day". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ "How Outsider Yuri Milner Built an Inside Track". The Information. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ Staff, TechNode Global (2024-06-18). "Dubai travel tech firm RateHawk opens first Asian headquarters in Singapore". TNGlobal. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ "30 самых дорогих компаний Рунета. Рейтинг Forbes". Forbes.ru (in русский). 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ ""90% отелей не могут обеспечить заполняемость за счет собственных продаж"". Коммерсантъ (in русский). 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ "Ostrovok.ru забронировал путешествие". Коммерсантъ (in русский). 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ tnews (2022-04-27). "RateHawk triplica faturação no 1º trimestre de 2022 em Portugal e número de parceiros aumenta 79%". TNEWS (in português). Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ "Un RateHawk "italiano" per la transizione verso la new economy". GuidaViaggi (in italiano). 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ "Emerging Travel Group raises $10M to expand RateHawk B2B hotel platform". www.phocuswire.com. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ↑ "Ratehawk-Chefs Shpilman/Proschek: "Würde als Reisebüro nicht bei Booking.com buchen"". fvw.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ "RateHawk hits $2.6bn annual gross transaction value". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ↑ "RateHawk casts confident eye on Asia". ttgasia.
- ↑ "RateHawk aims to take presence in UK 'to the next level' with sales appointments". travelandtourworld. 28 October 2022.
- ↑ WEEKLY, TTR (2025-04-30). "RateHawk eyes positive 2025 results". TTR Weekly. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
- ↑ Shunina, Dasha. "Moses Capital's $42 Million Bet On The World's Best Early-Stage Investors". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
- ↑ Kanetkar, Ben Bergman, Melia Russell, Vishal Persaud, Darius Rafieyan, Rebecca Torrence, Samantha Stokes, Riddhi. "The 60 top angel investors that back B2B startups". Business Insider. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
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