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Jan 2024 — Present
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Ihar Mahaniok is Managing Partner of Geek Ventures in New York, which backs immigrant founders at pre-seed and seed. He has made 100+ angel investments since 2012, including pre-seed and seed checks into unicorns Instacart, PandaDoc, People.ai, Chainalysis, Airbyte, Jeeves and Invisible, with 15 exits. Before Geek he was VP of Engineering at Grid AI (now Lightning AI) and an engineering leader at WeWork. Business Insider named him a rising star of VC in 2023. He is also an LP in emerging VC funds.
Ihar Mahaniok is Managing Partner of Geek Ventures in New York, which backs immigrant founders at pre-seed and seed. He has made 100+ angel investments since 2012, including pre-seed and seed checks into unicorns Instacart, PandaDoc, People.ai, Chainalysis, Airbyte, Jeeves and Invisible, with 15 exits. Before Geek he was VP of Engineering at Grid AI (now Lightning AI) and an engineering leader at WeWork. Business Insider named him a rising star of VC in 2023. He is also an LP in emerging VC funds.
Career
Geek VenturesManaging Partner
Aug 2021 — PresentNew York, NY
Pre-seed and seed fund for immigrant founders; now focused on AI companies in the US.
Invisible TechnologiesSeed Investor
May 2019 — Present
Seed investor; became his sixth unicorn from seed.
Emerging VC fundsLimited Partner
2019 — Present
People.aiPre-seed Investor
Apr 2016 — Present
Invested before the company joined Y Combinator.
PandaDocPre-seed Investor
Feb 2013 — Present
Invested in the first pre-seed round, when the company was called Quote Roller.
InstacartSeed Investor
Feb 2013 — Present
Invested in the seed round at a $20M valuation.
Empire AngelsAngel Investor / Advisor
Jul 2012 — Jul 2021New York, NY
Grid AI (Lightning AI)VP of Engineering
Jun 2020 — Dec 2020New York, NY
Built the engineering team, processes and culture for grid.ai.
WeWorkEngineering Leader
Jul 2019 — Jun 2020New York, NY
Led WeWork Virtual Selling and WeWork Referrals (30+ people).