YNDX Family is a community of passionate people who were once part of Yandex. Here we band together to help each other move forward further on — be it in work or life, career, co-founder search, mentorship, or even adjusting to new countries.
Participation benefits
Networking: expand your circle of professional and social acquaintances. Find likeminded people for hobbies, get support in a new city or country you’re in.
Career Development: find a mentor, a job opening, or an employee in a pool of proven people. Expand or deepen your expertise, learn about new technologies, share your own knowledge.
Entrepreneurship and Startups: find co-founders, team, expertise and great contacts; get help in fundraising, feedback on your feedback, and, possibly, even your first users.
Team and Ambassadors
Organizer, Partner at GuruDev VC
Anton Abdukhamidov
Oleg Koverznev
Nebius CPO, ex Yandex.Cloud Co-Founder
Max Avtukhov
Yandex.Lavka Co-Founder
Vahe Ovasapyan
Ozon.FinTech CEO
Oleg Shevlyagin
1520 Co-Founder
Mikhail Allakhverdian
Adapter Co-Founder
Sergey Polissar
FoodFox Co-Founder
Dmitry Tsybin
Engineering Manager at Yandex Self-Driving Cars business unit
Participants Geo
Yandex gave us the opportunity to meet amazing, passionate professionals who became our colleagues. Some have remained our colleagues outside of Yandex, whilst others have remained friends.
Since leaving the company, our primary goal is to strengthen existing bonds and forge new relationships with other like-minded people. This is why we decided to create an infrastructure where Yandex alumni can find, meet, and help each other further on.
Companies and projects come and go; people are the treasure that is to be kept.
Why we are making this
What We Do
Who can assist with warm intros for investors? What tools are best when launching a startup? How do you find a startup to work in? Who can help onboard you in a new location?
We form knowledge bases
Meet the people whose interests match yours: entrepreneurship, career, network, and exchange of experience.
We make friends via Non-Random Coffee
We hold themed meetups for our participants and invite speakers from the startup environment. You can suggest a topic for an event. Here is the upcoming events plan.
We meet each other at great events
We have a participant catalog broken down by profession/interest/location, as well as a dedicated job board.
We find the right people
We hold offline meetups across the globe in order to meet in person and to simply have fun together!
…And we chill ✨
F.A.Q.
We request that you fill in an entry form, for us to (i) make sure you’re from Yandex and (ii) learn about your interests. You’ll receive an invitation link once we’ve completed the check.
It is 0, the membership is free. There are no entry/subscription fees whatsoever.