Kiryl Rudy, former aide to Aliaksandr Lukashenka on economic issues and ex-ambassador of Belarus to China, has become a venture partner at the American investment company BlueLake Ventures. He announced his new job on social media, "Zerkalo" noted .
Rudy wrote that he expects to contribute to the fund, which specializes in deep tech. According to him, the new position will allow him to combine three main directions of his professional experience — finance, geotechnology, and strategic vision. He plans to collaborate with startup founders and investors.
BlueLake Ventures' website notes that Rudy will focus on international strategy, cross-border partnerships, and helping technology companies enter global markets. The company also states that prior to this, he held leadership positions in diplomatic, public, and technological spheres, and has worked for over 25 years in international business, finance, technology, and academia.
BlueLake Ventures was founded in 2022. Its headquarters are located in Raleigh, USA. The company invests in early-stage startups and provides them with strategic support. Its main areas of interest are computing, energy, materials science, and biology, especially projects based on scientific and engineering developments.
Before joining BlueLake.vc, Rudy worked at the IT company Andersen Lab, which has Belarusian roots. There, he managed the company's relations with government bodies in various countries. In March, amidst military actions between the US, Israel, and Iran, Rudy moved from the United Arab Emirates to the USA.
Rudy served as Lukashenka's aide on economic issues and as the Ambassador of Belarus to China. In January 2020, after 13 years of public service, he resigned and became an independent director of finstore.by — a crypto project of BelVEB bank. Later, he joined the board of directors of the UAE-based business platform Eurasia Gulf and called himself its deputy chairman.
In Belarus, Rudy also worked for the companies Atlant-M, Andersen Lab, Tekhnika i Kommunikatsii, which, among other things, organizes the TIBO exhibition, and Astan Soft, which has Russian roots. In addition, he lectured at three Belarusian universities — BSU, BSEU, and the International Institute of Management.
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