Sergey Kochnev

Sergey Kochnev is an Investor at VU Venture Partners currently based in Houston, Texas. He brings over 15 years of professional experience spanning the banking, marketing, consulting, and engineering, procurement, and construction management industries across both the United States and Russia. Prior to his current venture capital role, Kochnev served in project control operations at Fluor Corporation and worked as a Technical Editor for Moody's Analytics. He holds an Executive Master of Science in Finance from the Zicklin School of Business at the City University of New York. At VU Venture Partners, he evaluates early-stage technology companies operating across the consumer, enterprise, healthcare, property technology, and advanced frontier technology sectors. His current investment focus heavily targets the financial technology sector, specifically analyzing emerging applications in decentralized blockchain networks, cryptocurrency, mobile payments, and digital banking infrastructure.