Mr. Edward Shenderovich is the Founder of Essential Capital (VC). Mr. Edward Shenderovich is a Co-Founder of Knote and serves as Chairman. Previously, he co-founded and served as Executive Chairman at Knote. He also served as a Board Member at Tradeshift. He is the Founder and serves as Managing Director at Kite Ventures. He was a Board Member at Auctionata. He is also an investor in Darberry.ru (acquired by Groupon), Tradeshift, Sponsorpay, and Ostrovok.ru among others. Prior to Kite, Edward was a founding executive at SUP, a Moscow-based online media company, which operates Livejournal.com, Gazeta.ru, and Championat.ru. Edward is also a co-founder and board member of Ixtens, an NYC-based multichannel commerce enabler. He serves as a board member of Delivery Hero.