Fort Ross Ventures

Fort Ross Ventures, formerly known as MoneyTime Ventures, is a global growth-stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Victor Orlovski, former CTO of Sberbank, one of Russia's largest financial institutions. The firm manages approximately $345 million in assets under management across multiple funds: Fund I of approximately $110 million, the $235 million oversubscribed Fund II that closed in March 2020, and a $200 million late-stage vehicle announced in 2021. Fort Ross operates from offices in Dubai (current headquarters), Istanbul, Milan, and Herzliya, Israel, with its general partners including Yacov Nachmanovich and Sharin Fisher leading activity in Israel. The firm invests in software, cybersecurity, fintech, big data, AI and machine learning, and proptech, with a sweet spot of $1.5 million per investment at Series A through growth stages and the ability to lead rounds. Its portfolio has produced two public listings — Tufin on NYSE and eToro on NASDAQ in May 2025 at a $2.31 billion market cap — and multiple notable acquisitions including Dynamic Yield, bought by McDonald's for $327 million, and CoverWallet, acquired by Aon. Uber also appears as a portfolio company from an earlier position. Fort Ross's structural advantage is its established relationships with financial institutions across Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East through anchor LP partnerships. This network allows Fort Ross to create long-term commercial contracts and joint ventures between portfolio companies and LP networks, accelerating enterprise customer acquisition in markets where direct VC relationships are otherwise difficult for US or Israeli startups to build independently.