Profile
Ihar Mahaniok, Founder and Managing Partner, is an immigrant engineering leader turned investor.
Ihar grew up in Belarus, where he studied Computer Science.
He has over 20 years of experience building code, ML models and engineering teams for startups and conglomerates, including Google & Meta.
As an angel investor, Ihar invested in 150+ startups.
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Geek Ventures 2023 © All Rights Reserved backed at seed include unicorns such as Instacart, PandaDoc, People.ai, Airbyte, and Jeeves.
Ihar moved to the US in 2013.
Ihar founded Geek Ventures in 2021, to advance his mission to support visionary immigrant entrepreneurs.
Ihar enjoys geeking out about Game of Thrones, Manchester United, science fiction, photography, and hiking
Ihar Mahaniok active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Geek Ventures LLC
 Geek Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Geek Ventures LLC (Geek Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Ihar Mahaniok. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Founder | 2021-07-31 |
Empire Angels LLC
 Empire Angels LLC Investment ManagersFinance Empire Angels LLC (Empire Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Graham Gullans and Christina Bechhold. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Consultant / Advisor | 2012-06-30 |
Former positions of Ihar Mahaniok
| Companies | Position | End |
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Grid.ai, Inc.
 Grid.ai, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Grid.Ai, Inc. engages in training A.I. models. The company was founded by William Falcon and Luis Capelo and is headquartered in New York, NY. | President | 2020-11-30 |
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Empire Angels LLC
Empire Angels LLC Investment ManagersFinance Empire Angels LLC (Empire Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Graham Gullans and Christina Bechhold. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
Grid.ai, Inc.
Grid.ai, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Grid.Ai, Inc. engages in training A.I. models. The company was founded by William Falcon and Luis Capelo and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Technology Services |
Geek Ventures LLC
Geek Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Geek Ventures LLC (Geek Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Ihar Mahaniok. The firm is headquartered in New York. | Finance |
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