Renata Akhunova

Renata G. Akhunova (ru:Wikipedia:Ахунова Рената Георгиевна) (born November 4, 1981, Kursk, Kursk Oblast) is a Russian venture capitalist. She is one of the founders, and managing partner, of the venture fund FormulaVC. Akhunova is the only Russian woman venture capitalist mentioned on the list of the Top women in the venture capital and angel investment published by Forbes.com.

Renata G. Akhunova was born on November 4th, 1981, Kursk, Russia.

In 2004 she graduated Kursk State Medical University with qualifications on economy and management. The same year she graduated from Kursk Institute of Management, Economy and Business with qualifications in government relations.

In 2002 she was a chief commercial officer of the Kommersant publishing house, its regional branch in the Central Federal District of Russian Federation.

She established The First Publishing house in 2003, which published several lifestyle magazines. In 2007 Renata Akhunova was nominated on Russian Media Manager Awards for the creation of the magazine 'Stiletto' - an effective franchise media.

In 2009 Akhunova started working in the Agency For Innovation And Development, where she participated in the creation of the long-term regional targeted programme "Development of Innovation Activities in the Voronezh Region in 2011-2015" which was approved by Alexey Gordeyev, the Governor of the Voronezh region. The main goal of the programme is the creation and development of the regional innovation system, which will ensure the planned socio-economic development of the Voronezh Region, the overcoming of the existing technological gap of a number of industries in the Voronezh Region, and the support of innovation activities at all the stages of the innovation cycle.

In 2010 Akhunova took a position of the Deputy to the Head of Zworykin Project, a Russian government long-term federal program named in honor of a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology Vladimir K. Zworykin, which aim is to support young Russian scientists and entrepreneurs. The same year she became a Board Member of FutuRussia Community, another Russian Government initiative aimed to work out the concept of a Russian "SiliconValley" Skolkovo Innovation Center.

At Global Innovation Symposium, held in Menlo Park, in 2011, Akhunova announced the launch of the company Global Innovation Access to develop Russian companies in the United States and worldwide. Akhunova became a member of a founding team of a new smart city for IT professionals ru, which development started with capsule laying by Dmitry Medvedev, the Prime Minister of Russia. Right after that, Innopolis-Kazan opened an office in Silicon Valley, headed by Renata Akhunova.

In 2012, Forbes.com mentioned Renata Akhunova as one of the Top women in the venture capital and angel investment. At the end of 2012, Akhunova with partners raised a venture fund FormulaVC, where she took a position of a managing partner. Akhunova works and lives in the United States.