Organisation
VP Capital

Position
Founder

Year of Birth
1983

CAREER

An entrepreneur, financier, investor and trading expert, Viktor Prokopenya is prominent in the technology sector. Having built and sold several successful software companies, he is now based in London where he founded the global-investment vehicle VP Capital.

Since 2012, VP Capital has backed cutting-edge technology companies working with management to develop and build powerful technologies and meaningful products. VP Capital’s areas of interest range from fintech and blockchain to artificial intelligence and machine learning.

The portfolio of Viktor Prokopenya’s VP Capital includes Currency.com and Capital.com. These two cutting-edge fintech platforms are specialised in online trading and focused on the democratisation of finance. AI trading platform Capital.com is one of Europe’s fastest growing investment trading platforms, with trading volumes higher than USD 88bn and with close to 2 million clients registered to trade on the group’s platform. Currency.com uses tokenised exchange-traded assets to connect traditional finance and cryptocurrencies. The platforms are fully regulated and secure, following in the path of similar financial technology companies such as Robinhood.

VP Capital’s portfolio is also comprised of several technology firms in the computer vision and AI sphere, in addition to a passive investment portfolio in real estate and other high-tech companies.

Viktor Prokopenya is also well-known as a founder of the exp(capital) fintech start-up, a market maker, liquidity provider and developer of algorithmic trading solutions.

In 2001 Viktor created Viaden Media, a mobile apps development company. Aside from popular fitness apps, such as Yoga.com and All-in Fitness, Viaden is famous for its mobile games. The business was eventually split into Sport.com and Skywind Group, and was then sold to Playtech Plc.

EDUCATION

Viktor Prokopenya has an extensive educational background. He graduated from Belarusian State University with a law degree, Belarusian State University of Science and Radioelectronics with a software development degree. Viktor continued his international education at Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland, and Full Sail University in Florida, USA. Followed by executive courses from Stanford and Wharton Universities. Viktor has also graduated from the Swiss Business School with a Doctor of Business Administration degree in Behavioural Economics.