Quest Ventures
Ruslan Rakymbay is an Investment Director at Quest Ventures, a top venture fund for technology companies that have scalability and replicability in large internet communities. He works closely with startups to accelerate their growth through a combination of acceleration services and programmes. He is also responsible for market access initiatives for key markets in Central Asia.
Ruslan is a founding member of QazAngels, Kazakhstan’s earliest and growing angel investment network. He was also the founder and CEO of Smart Advisory, a B2B and B2G consultancy for the transfer of technologies globally to Central Asia. Prior to this, he was CEO of Primus Power Kazakhstan; CFO of Tomiris-RE; Head of Legal at a National Railway subsidiary; and Attache at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
For his transformative work on energy, Ruslan received the Clean Tech Transformer award from the Islamic Development Bank, and the New Energy Leader award from Asian Development Bank. He is a member of the Project Management Institute in Kazakhstan; a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan; a member of the Association of Renewable Energy of Kazakhstan; a member of Association of International Petroleum Negotiators; and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Ruslan is a Bolashak Presidential Scholarship recipient, a certified Project Management Professional, and received an MSc in Energy Economics from the University of Dundee. Ruslan speaks Mandarin Chinese and spent two years at CUEB and BLCU in Beijing, China. He is also an International Law Specialist (MA-equivalent) from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. For leisure, he enjoys traveling, running and reading.
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Quest Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Asia. Venture Capital for Startups Since 2011, Quest Ventures has focused on an overarching ‘digital economy’ strategy across Asia, and is a top venture capital firm in artificial intelligence, e-commerce and marketplaces, entertainment, finance, food, insurance, logistics, media, property, sports, and the Islamic digital economy. Portfolio companies include industry leaders such as 99.co, Carousell, Carro, Glife, Hepmil, Oddle, Shopback, VulcanPost, Xfers, and Yummy Corporation. Innovation for Enterprises In partnership with Silicon Valley’s pre-eminent Applied Innovation Institute, Quest Ventures’ enterprise innovation initiative drives industry and corporate transformation for at-risk sectors based on world class research, local knowledge, and collaboration with startups. Sectors covered include alternative food, aviation, banking, insurance, logistics & transportation, oil & gas, and smart cities. Clients include Applied Materials, Coca-Cola, HP, Nissan, and Tencent. Impact Capital for Good Quest Ventures’ multi-dimensional environment, social and governance strategy was the first in Asia for a venture firm, and supports a range of social good initiatives across Asia for financial inclusion, gender, healthcare and education for all. Impact acceleration initiatives include advocacy, investment, world class partner benefits, and collaborations with the venture portfolio. Portfolio organisations include Ethis, Hatch, and Social Collider. Potential of Asia Asia’s potential is ultimately realized in its people. By the end of 2021, Quest Ventures’ portfolio of 100+ venture-backed companies operate in more than 150 cities across Asia, creating employment and advancement opportunities for more than 4,400 employees, while our Enterprise and ESG efforts directly impact thousands more.