Toloka.vc invests in ALICE Technologies, a US startup from Silicon Valley

Ukrainian investment syndicate Toloka.vc has invested in ALICE Technologies, a Silicon Valley startup. This is the company’s eighth deal in 2025.

The company announced this to AIN.

ALICE Technologies is creating a generative platform for planning construction projects using artificial intelligence.

This AI platform allows construction companies to simulate thousands of scenarios for implementing infrastructure and industrial projects, optimizing costs, time, and resources.

According to the company, using this tech saves about $12.1 million on average for every $100 million project and cuts construction time by 128 days on average.

ALICE technology allows you to quickly evaluate millions of construction scenarios in minutes, taking into account thousands of variables — from logistics to human resources.

The platform is compatible with industry project management systems, including Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.

The company already holds four patents, two of which have been issued, and two are pending. 

The company already holds four patents, two of which have been issued, and two are pending.

As of September 2025, the syndicate had invested $20.2 million in this investment.

“We crossed the $2 million and $3 million marks. For us, raising $2 million is okay, $1.5 million is pretty much the standard. This shows that people trust us, and perhaps we underestimated the amount of money that people in Ukraine have,” Oleksandr Kolb said in a comment to AIN.

In addition, the number of syndicate participants increased over the year. As of September 12, 2025, there were 1,570 investors.

In May 2025, Toloka.vc invested $1 million in Israeli company Bright Security, the developer of the STAR AI platform, which protects against vulnerabilities in corporate applications.

What is known about the co-founders of Toloka.vc

Oleksandr Kolb is an entrepreneur, founder, and head of the marketing company Promodo. He was one of the initiators of the Kharkiv IT cluster, where he was a member of the supervisory board. He was also a member of the supervisory board of the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.

Until 2019, Taras Kyrychenko headed Pravex Bank, founded by Leonid Chernovetskyi. He also worked on the supervisory board of the state-owned Oschadbank. In September 2021, he joined the supervisory board of Nova Poshta.

Igor Shoifot is a venture capitalist and partner at TMT Investments. He was born in russia but later moved to the US. In an interview with Forbes, he stated that he only has American citizenship and has allegedly never held a Russian passport.

Together with Vladimir Gidirim from Romania and Sergei Mosunov from russia, he co-founded the investment association The Garage Syndicate.

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