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Radar · Auto in Russia

Best Auto Companies in Russia

The 73 best Auto companies in Russia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Europlan.

73companies tracked
$166.4Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
Sources & further reading
  • Auto industry sales satisfaction declines for the first time in eight
  • Middle-income consumers turning more toward used cars, survey finds
  • Auto-Encoding Variational Bayes
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · AUTO × RUSSIA

Our analysis of 256 Auto companies

$29.3b in tracked funding; 77% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

256companies analysed
77%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
16unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Auto companies in Russia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedApp-install YoYRecent signals
1Europlan
App-based vehicle leasing platform
$111M163 mo agoAcquiredMikhailov Alexander Sergeevich
Chairman & CEO
1999
2CarPrice
Online auction platform for used-cars
$42M76 mo agoSeries CAlexander Danilov
Founder
2014
3AutoSpot
Online listings portal for new cars
$8M93 mo agoSeries ADmitry Andreev
CEO
2013+82%
4Alfred
Provides roadside repair services
$6M101 mo agoSeries AMaksim Snigirev
Founder & CEO
2017
5Autosprite
Online garage aggregator for auto repair & maintenance services
$50K165 mo agoSeedFedor Tyurin
Co-Founder & CEO
2011
6WantCAR
Online listing platform of new cars
$35K113 mo agoDeadpooledAleksandr Burenkov
Founder
2015
7Online Dealer
Online platform to book new cars online
$25K150 mo agoSeedOlga Titova
Co-Founder & Business Development
2012
8KAMAZ
Heavy commercial vehicle manufacturing company
79 mo agoPublic1969

Top 8 Auto companies in Russia

#1
Series C · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2014 · 189 employees
$42Mraised

Car price is an online auction platform for used-cars. Users can check the valuations of the car on the website and schedule appointments at the inspection center. The cars are placed into short-timed online auctions. Customers when satisfied with the final bid, can sell their cars and receive cash. The platform also provides articles and news on car models and resale.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Series C
  • Jul 2017Series B
  • Jul 2015Series B$40M
  • Oct 2014Seed$2M
Founders & team
Alexander DanilovFounderSergej ThiessenCo-FounderOskar HartmannFounder & President
Investors
Russian Direct Investment Fund, Almaz Capital, Fastlane Ventures, Headline, Mitsui, Baring Vostok
Tech stack
AirtableCarrot QuestCore-JsDdos-GuardDiscourseEmber.Js
#2
Series A · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2013 · 26 employees
$7.6Mraised

AutoSpot is an online B2C listings portal for new cars in Russian locations. The platform enables car dealers to list their offerings/deals and market it to prospective customers. Users can view availability, prices of cars in showrooms and discover deals. Additionally, users can also schedule a meeting at the dealership.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2018Series A$4.1M
  • Nov 2015Series A$500K
  • Oct 2014Series A$3M
Founders & team
Dmitry AndreevCEO
Investors
Lime Capital Partners, Fastlane Ventures, SOL Ventures, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mail.ru Group
Tech stack
AngularGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHammer.JsJqueryLazysizes
#3
Series A · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2017
$6Mraised

Provides roadside repair services

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2018Series A$1M
  • Jun 2017Series A$5M
Founders & team
Maksim SnigirevFounder & CEO
Investors
NP Capital, RB Capital
#4
Acquired · Moscow, Moscow · founded 1999 · 774 employees
$110.7Mraised

App-based vehicle leasing platform. It leases cars, trucks, buses, and construction equipment. Their services also include car insurance, motor vehicle registration, roadside assistance, and more. Their app allows car owners to view the details of the lease agreement, check the fine, send an invoice for payment & more. Their app is available for iOS & Android devices.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2012Conventional Debt$110.7M
  • Dec 2004Series A
Founders & team
Mikhailov Alexander SergeevichChairman & CEO
Investors
Capital Group
Tech stack
AngularAngularjsHstsJqueryLodashNginx
#5
Deadpooled · Saratov, Saratov Oblast · founded 2015
$35.4Kraised

Developer of a search engine intended for people who are looking to buy a car. The company's platform allows users to find authorized new car dealers, enabling them to get information on the model, contact the dealer and find the car they need quickly and provides sellers a convenient advertising platform for the quick sale of cars out of stock.

Founders & team
Aleksandr BurenkovFounder
Investors
IIDF
#6
Seed · Saint Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District · founded 2011
$50Kraised

Autosprite is an online garage aggregator for auto repair & maintenance services. Their platform simplifying interaction between car owners & automotive aftermarket companies (auto repair shops, accessory, and spare part suppliers, insurance companies). Users can book the service via the platform by making an online payment. The service centers are able to publish information about their services, to manage time bookings, to send repair reports and recommendations regarding upcoming maintenance & repair.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2012Seed$50K
Founders & team
Fedor TyurinCo-Founder & CEOPhilipp AkatovCo-Founder
#7
Seed · Moscow, Moscow · founded 2012
$25Kraised

Online Dealer is an online platform provides reservation of new cars from authorised dealers. Users can make an advance payment directly through the platform. They provide traffic contacts and preferences of potential customers and unique advertising platform to the dealers, where the dealer will pay for the result. They also work in internet advertising market in the field of auto retail.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2013Seed$25K
Founders & team
Olga TitovaCo-Founder & Business Development
Investors
IIDF
#8
Public · Naberezhnye Chelny, Republic of Tatarstan · founded 1969 · 31513 employees
raised

KAMAZ is a heavy commercial vehicle manufacturing company with products across categories such as trucks and buses. It exports cars, spare parts to more than 40 CIS countries.

Investors
Mercedes-Benz, Daimler Truck
Tech stack
1C-BitrixBitrix24BootstrapCart FunctionalityCore-JsDdos-Guard

Funding & investor landscape

$166.4Mtotal disclosed funding
7companies funded
10disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
IIDF5 rounds
Russian Direct Investment Fund3 rounds
Fastlane Ventures2 rounds
#adm ventures1 rounds
Almaz Capital1 rounds
Altair Capital1 rounds
Baring Vostok1 rounds
Capital Group1 rounds
Daimler Truck1 rounds
Day One Ventures1 rounds

Notable founders

Alexander Danilov
Founder · CarPrice
Sergej Thiessen
Co-Founder · CarPrice
Dmitry Andreev
CEO · AutoSpot
Maksim Snigirev
Founder & CEO · Alfred
Mikhailov Alexander Sergeevich
Chairman & CEO · Europlan
Aleksandr Burenkov
Founder · WantCAR
Fedor Tyurin
Co-Founder & CEO · Autosprite
Philipp Akatov
Co-Founder · Autosprite
Olga Titova
Co-Founder & Business Development · Online Dealer
Prism market signals · Russia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,030,798 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Auto coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Russia

How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in Russia

A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 221 Russia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
202320252026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 32% → 32% across 2023–2026.
top research entities
  • A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences12
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University9
  • Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University8
  • Moscow State University8
  • Planta5
leading researchers
Radashevsky, Vasily I. · Malyar, Vasily V. · Pankova, Victoria V. · Dmitry Gura · Martin M. Hektoen · Vasily I. Radashevsky · Torkild Bakken · Elena Bykowa
Breakthroughs34 · 15%
▲ 0%→15% share
1 median citations91% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→15% of field), led by Computer vision.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Computer vision8
  • Human–computer interaction5
  • Reinforcement learning4
  • Segmentation3
  • Artificial neural network2
Newly emergingComputer vision 0→8 · Human–computer interaction 0→5
Landmark Structural Basis of Enzymatic Activity for the Ferulic Acid Decarboxylase (FADase) from Enterobacter sp. Px6-4 · 69 cites
Advancements64 · 29%
▲ 0%→29% share
0 median citations94% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→29% of field), led by Cadastre.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Cadastre13
  • Artificial neural network5
  • State (computer science)5
  • Field (mathematics)4
  • Simulation4
Newly emergingCadastre 0→13 · State (computer science) 0→5
Landmark Blockchain Technology on the Way of Autonomous Vehicles Development · 67 cites
Concerns61 · 28%
▲ 0%→28% share
0 median citations95% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→28% of field), led by Cadastre.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Cadastre33
  • Real estate14
  • Valuation (finance)8
  • Agriculture7
  • Field (mathematics)6
Newly emergingCadastre 0→33 · Real estate 0→14 · Valuation (finance) 0→8
Landmark Internet of Autonomous Vehicles Communications Security: Overview, Issues, and Directions · 148 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Russia

Where autonomous vehicles is researched across Russia

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Moscow37 · +0.02
Hot · DorsumOpportunity · Cadastre
Vladivostok12 · +0.00
Hot · DorsumOpportunity · Holotype
St Petersburg9 · +0.20
Hot · CadastreOpportunity · Agroforestry
Saint Petersburg7 · -0.09
Opportunity · Cadastre
Yekaterinburg7 · +0.34
Opportunity · Simulation
Kazan’5 · +0.12
Opportunity · Social support
Nizhny Novgorod5 · +0.28
Opportunity · Cadastre

Common questions

How many Auto companies are there in Russia?
Radar tracks 73 indexable Auto companies headquartered in Russia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Auto companies in Russia?
The Auto companies in Russia on this list have raised a combined $166.4M in disclosed equity funding across 7 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Auto company in Russia?
Europlan is the highest-funded Auto company in Russia, with $110.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Auto companies in Russia are funded?
7 of the 73 Auto companies in Russia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Auto unicorns are there in Russia?
None of the Auto companies in Russia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Russia Auto companies?
The most active investors in Russia Auto companies on this list include IIDF, Russian Direct Investment Fund, Fastlane Ventures, #adm ventures, Almaz Capital.
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