Prospective Technologies VC

Prospective Technologies VC (PTV) is a New York City-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Alex Kuraksin, Sergey Negodyaev, and Nikita Yuriev. The firm was originally conceived to help Russian and broader Eastern European B2B startups scale internationally via the United States; its portfolio consequently spans US, Canadian, and Eastern-European-origin companies. Sergey Negodyaev and Alexander Kuraksin serve as Managing Partners — Sergey sets fund strategy and vision while Alex owns strategy, partnerships, finance, operations, and deal structuring. The team's cumulative expertise spans engineering, business development, operations, management consulting, strategic planning, and banking. PTV's fund targets up to $100 million in AUM, with disclosed check sizes of $100,000 to $3 million and a broader deployment envelope of up to $5 million when follow-on capital is included. The firm invests primarily at seed and early Series A into US-based B2B and SMB technology startups with global expansion potential, and frequently provides capital plus hands-on go-to-market and organizational support to founders from technical backgrounds scaling into enterprise customers. As of mid-2025 PTV has made approximately 12 disclosed investments. Notable portfolio names include TraceAir (drone-based construction-site monitoring), TestRigor (AI-driven automated regression testing for apps and websites), Nuvolos (seed investment, February 2025), and Magic Lane (most recent disclosed investment, June 2025). PTV's US-CEE bridge positioning fills a structural gap: founders building in Eastern Europe frequently have strong technical foundations but lack the go-to-market infrastructure and US enterprise network needed to cross the Atlantic. PTV's partners provide direct operational support in those specific areas, with a track record of helping portfolio companies navigate US enterprise sales cycles, build partnerships, and raise downstream capital from US-based institutional investors.