What's in the name 🇺🇦

We chose the name Sputnik ATX, because the Sputnik satellite was the first thing mankind put into space. It launched a wave of innovation more powerful than anything in history, and ignited the imaginations of artists, scientists and engineers, all around the world. Like the Sputnik satellite, we look for maker-founders who ignite humanity's brightest light. Sputnik means partner. Join us, and let's change the world.

Note: Oksana Malysheva, our founding Managing Partner, is from Kiev, Ukraine. We fully appreciate the questions people have about a fund named Sputnik in light of recent events in her home country. In the arc of history, we believe that the light of innovation outshines and outlasts any dictator and we want to honor all the great scientists and innovators who move humanity forward, together, in peace.