Sergey Kochnev

Sergey Kochnev

CEO & Co-Founder @ VibeCodeRating

About

AI is changing every industry. I break down what actually matters for founders, investors, and builders. I’m a VC investor and founder of Axiom Innovations. I write about: • AI startups • robotics • venture capital • deep tech • emerging markets Previously: Founder Institute Mentor VC Investor Startup advisor to AI and deep tech companies. 📩 Follow my newsletter https://aicapital.beehiiv.com

Country

United States

City

Greater Houston

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Skill

Financial Modeling, Market Research, Public Relations, Investments, Budgets, Portfolio Management, New Business Development, Brand Management, Advertising, Marketing, Product Development, Financial Analysis, Project Management, Project Planning, Business Analysis, Risk Management, Sales, Start-ups, Business Strategy, Banking

Experience

VibeCodeRating

CEO & Co-Founder

VibeCodeRating

LinkedIn
2025-12 - Present · 10 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Find Fast-Growing Startups Backed by Verified Data.

Infodriver Capital

Venture Partner

Infodriver Capital

LinkedIn
2023-9 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

San Francisco Bay Area

Robotics & Wearable Device Venture Fund. Infodriver Capital LLC, Series 1 Fund is launching a $10M seed fund in San Francisco to back North American robotics and wearable technology startups, leveraging the GP's track record of taking 6 hardware companies from prototype to mass production with 3.2x average markup. https://infodriver.capital

Axiom Innovations

CEO & Co-Founder

Axiom Innovations

LinkedIn
2024-1 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

United States, Dubai

Futuristic multifunctional and multipurpose holographic screen base devices.

Block Labs Media

Founder & CEO

Block Labs Media

LinkedIn
2023-3 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

Dubai, Singapore, San Diego

Our mission is to help businesses succeed in the decentralized world by providing innovative and effective marketing solutions. We believe that blockchain technology and the web3 ecosystem have the power to transform the way we live, work, and interact with each other. As such, it's crucial for businesses to adopt a web3 marketing strategy that speaks to their target audience and showcases their unique value proposition.

Founders Club

Founder

Founders Club

LinkedIn
2023-2 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

Our Mission is to foster a vibrant startup ecosystem, facilitate collaboration, and provide valuable support for startups to succeed. Our Startup community is where you can find co-founders, investors, mentors, and other valuable resources for your venture.

Founder Institute

Mentor

Founder Institute

LinkedIn
2022-2 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Mentoring teams at the world's largest pre-seed accelerator, powering 5000+ global tech startups, which have gone on to raise $1.5Billion in funding for an estimated combined worth of $30B.

Investment Portfolio

Angel Investor

Investment Portfolio

2021-1 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

▪ Nutromics - Revolutionizing precision medicine through Continuous Molecular Monitoring (CMM). ▪ Mr. Yum - Beautiful mobile menus for order & pay, thoughtfully designed for hospitality and entertainment. ▪ Arzooo - India’s fastest growing Retail Tech Venture powering physical retail to go digital. ▪ Finless Foods - Creating a Future For Seafood Where the Ocean Thrives. ▪ Oxygen - Banking for the extraordinary. ▪ IntegriCulture - Making lab-grown meat affordable. ▪ Fintor - Democratizing real estate investing for all. ▪ Runa - Improving the way employees work in Latin America, through a cloud-based payroll and human resources software. ▪ Odyssey - A new way to create, discover, and monetize communities. ▪ NOVAMEAT - Plant-Based Meat, Reinvented. ▪ LIFELENZ - The automated AI platform for your planning, scheduling, workforce and human capital management needs. ▪ NFT PRO - The #1 White Label NFT Solution for Blue-Chip Brands. ▪ Wayflyer - Providing flexible funding and actionable insights to the world's fastest-growing eCommerce businesses. ▪ X-therma Inc. - Cool Innovations to Reimagine Biotime for All.

VU Venture Partners

VC Investor

VU Venture Partners

LinkedIn
2021-6 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

San Francisco, California, United States

▪ Sourced investment opportunities using a structured approach to increase deal flow velocity in both quantity and quality by doing weekly sprints using multiple deal flow channels ▪ Developed investment theses around various industry verticals, reviewed pitch decks, met with startups and investors, and presented top investment opportunities at weekly Partners Meetings and Investment Committees ▪ Worked closely with the General Partners who have 45+ years of VC experience and invested in 10+ unicorns such as Beyond Meat, Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Wish, Oculus, Oscar, etc. ▪ Conducted quantitative and qualitative deep due diligence including: − Market sizing, team’s ability to execute, go-to-market strategy, key risks, business model, key metrics, financial modeling, competitive landscape, customer and investor interviews, cap table and waterfall analysis, term sheets and investment documents ▪ Built a large network across accelerators, VC / PE funds, startup founders, and have access to VU's investor and strategic network

LABS196 Innovations

Accelerator Program Manager

LABS196 Innovations

LinkedIn
2022-4 - 2022-12 · 9 mos

Houston, Texas, United States

LABS196 is revolutionizing the venture capital investment industry. Our accelerator program is designed to support startups with unicorn potential due to their innovative ideas and exceptional team to get investor-ready and launch their project to the moon.

Fluor Corporation

Project Controls/Management

Fluor Corporation

LinkedIn
2012-4 - 2021-4 · 9 yrs 1 mo

Houston, Texas, United States

• Actively monitored, tracked and managed project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables • Worked with respective groups to secure and manage resource availability across the project team • Implemented trends and change orders into Change Management process to provide accurate progress and cost forecast • Coordinated with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives and deliverables • Ensured projects are delivered on-time, on budget, and remain in scope. Monitors and tracks project dependencies • Worked with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables • Managed project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals • Identified, recorded and evaluated business and technology risks, internal controls which mitigate risks, and related opportunities for project control improvement. • Negotiated different viewpoints between stakeholders and suppliers, working toward solutions that are in the best interest of the client

Education

Zicklin School of Business

Zicklin School of Business

LinkedIn

Finance, General

2008 - 2009 · 1 yr
British Columbia Institute of Technology

British Columbia Institute of Technology

LinkedIn

Business Management Studies

2003 - 2004 · 1 yr

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