Deal-by-DEAL
VC Investing
We invest in LEADERS at the right time
We open doors to the top league of global investors, targeting hard-to-access VC investment opportunities - leading global companies with strong fundamentals and valuation upside at late / pre-IPO stage.
We provide access, Selection, analytics and education
Hard-to-Access Deals
Selecting fundamentally strong investment opportunities at a pre-IPO, late VC stage that are normally available exclusively to large institutional investors.
Deal-by-Deal Investments
Letting our investors select investments that fit their interests, investment mandate and size, helping build a diversified portfolio.
Analysis and Teach-ins
Representing both experienced and first-time VC investors, assisting with deal evaluation and helping navigate the VC-investment world.
Track record
THE TEAM'S VC PORTFOLIO GENERATED OVER 300% GROWTH IN UNDER 2 YEARS
Selected companies in the portfolio:
The leading mobile game development platform that helped create one of the world’s most popular game engines. Software built with Unity runs on more than 1.5bn devices and has 53% of the top 1,000 mobile games on the App Store and Google Play.
IPO in 2020
Years from investment until exit: 1.3
Team
With global venture capital investments experience and access to the world's leading companies and prominent VC funds, our team is well-placed to identify, access, analyze and execute the winning investment opportunities.
Olzhas Ukenov
Managing Partner
Global Operations
Olzhas is a seasoned VC investor and a Finance executive. He has led a corporate finance function at a national IT holding, headed Credit Department at a commercial bank, managed portfolio of US$50m+ as a CEO of a leasing company, and built new financial instruments on a national scale.
In 2015 he founded and has since been managing Almak Capital, an investment firm with the core aim to provide unique access to diverse global investment opportunities. Almak Capital has since grown to make over US$26m in investments, with average return of over 400% per investment in 1-3 years, building a strong network of partner funds and a solid and loyal global investor base.
Olzhas is a member of the Advisory Board of Astana Business Campus, IT-hub of Nazarbayev University. He holds a MBA degree from Hult Business School (SF, US) and B.A. with Honors in Economics from Moscow State University.
Invest with Almak Ventures