Semyon Dukach — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founding Partner at One Way Ventures, a $125M AUM venture capital firm backing immigrant tech founders.
Serial entrepreneur, founded Fast Engines, which was exited to Adero in 2000.
Former Chairman of the Board and Non-Executive Director for SharpSpring/SMTP, guiding it to a $240M acquisition.
Led one of the MIT blackjack teams in the early '90s, chronicled in "Busting Vegas."
Holds an MS in Computer Science from MIT (1991) and a BS in Computer Science from Columbia.
Co-founded Cash For Refugees (now See Forward Ukraine) and created the Troublemaker Award (2012) and One Way Foundation (2019).

Biography

Semyon Dukach is the Founding Partner of One Way Ventures, a venture capital firm with $125M AUM. The firm focuses on backing immigrant tech founders at the pre-seed and seed stages, with a portfolio that includes companies such as Brex, Tive, Preply, Chipper Cash, Helm.ai, and KarmaCheck.

His investment areas span fintech, healthtech, AI/machine learning, SaaS, cybersecurity, robotics, and enterprise software. The Boston Globe's 2025 Tech Power Players list named him a top VC in New England.