One Way Ventures
Venture capital firm backing immigrant founders.
One Way Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Semyon Dukach, a Ukrainian-American immigrant and former Techstars Boston director, that invests exclusively in pre-seed and seed-stage companies where at least one founder is an immigrant. Managing partners Lex Zhao and Eugene Malobrodsky round out the leadership team. The firm's 2018 fund shows 75% of portfolio companies still active, up 2.5x on paper; notable portfolio companies include Brex, Chipper Cash, Nuvocargo, and KarmaCheck. One Way closed $31.35M toward a $60M Fund III target as of January 2026.
Overview
- Firm
- One Way Ventures
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Founded
- 2018
- AUM
- Undisclosed
- Stages
- Seed, Series A
- Thesis
- Backing immigrant and first-generation founders building high-growth technology companies.
Portfolio companies0
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Frequently asked
- What is One Way Ventures?
- Backing immigrant and first-generation founders building high-growth technology companies.
- What stages does One Way Ventures invest at?
- One Way Ventures invests at Seed, Series A.
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One Way Ventures, founded by Semyon Dukach, invests exclusively in immigrant-founded pre-seed/seed companies; portfolio includes Brex, Chipper Cash, Nuvocargo, KarmaCheck.
One Way Ventures: One Way Ventures — AboutReported2026-07-20 - 2
One Way Ventures has closed $31.35M toward a $60M Fund III as of January 2026; managing partners Lex Zhao and Eugene Malobrodsky.
TechCrunch: One Way Ventures, a firm focused on immigrant founders, closes second fundReported2021-01-04