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About
Pavel Durov is the CEO and founder of Telegram, a messaging application that attracted over 60 million active users in less than 2 years since its start in 2013. Before that, Pavel founded VK – the most popular social network in Russia and some other countries with over 100 million active users. Pavel left Russia and VK in early 2014 to focus on developing Telegram.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 59 investors hold the CEO, Founder role in VCSift. Pavel Durov is one of them.
- • 1,110 investors are based in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
Investment Focus
- Stages
- seed
- Location
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Contact Information
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