Verdi Israelyan

Verdi Israelyan is the Managing Partner at Grishin Robotics, based in Greater London, England, United Kingdom. He oversees venture capital investments specializing in the consumer technology and robotics sectors, having previously managed a $100 million fund dedicated to these industries. Before assuming his current position, Israelyan served as a General Partner at Grishin Robotics and held multiple executive roles at Mail.Ru Group, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Board Member. His extensive financial background also includes a tenure as a Partner at DST Global, alongside Executive Director positions at both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. He began his early career with roles at Lehman Brothers and Arthur Andersen, and holds an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University. Israelyan's professional focus remains on funding and scaling early-stage consumer hardware and robotics ventures.