Vasily Likhoy

Vasily Likhoy is an investor and venture analyst associated with BIG Art, where public sources identify him as Head of VC Investments and Head of Investments. BIG Art describes its work as venture investments, financing for business growth, and startup development, with services spanning syndicated deals, venture analytics, portfolio management, deal sourcing, and risk assessment.

Before BIG Art, Likhoy worked with Joint Journey on new investments. In a LinkedIn recommendation for Nadia Gavrilova, he wrote that their small team supported Joint Journey by screening deals, preparing preliminary research, and producing detailed company research and operational/commercial due-diligence memos.

Showcase Capital’s team page lists Likhoy as Head of Investments and says he has six years of venture-capital experience, with specialization in market and financial analysis and evaluating startup business models across industries. His LinkedIn profile lists education at Moscow State University from 2013 to 2015, and another degree period from 2009 to 2013.

In October 2023, Likhoy served as a jury member for the Burning Heroes Tbilisi Pitch Competition, listed as “Head of VC Investments, BIG Art, Former Joint Journey,” alongside representatives from 500 Global, Veligera Capital, YAD Finance, and others.

• BIG Art states that its venture-investment focus is “technology companies in growing markets with unique advantages.”
• BIG Art says founders should avoid teaser-style outreach and provide a detailed pitch deck and financial model.
• BIG Art specifically asks applicants to include traction to date, actual unit economics, projections, sales and marketing performance, funding history, and last-twelve-months P&L.
• BIG Art’s business-growth financing page says it finances projects where gross profit exceeds acquisition costs, indicating a strong preference for measurable unit economics.
• BIG Art’s employer profile describes the firm as industry-agnostic, focused on top-performing digital projects with worldwide ambitions.
• Likhoy’s documented work at Joint Journey centered on screening, market research, financial analysis, and operational/commercial due diligence.

Vasily Likhoy is an investor at BIG Art, where public profiles list him as Head of VC Investments or Head of Investments. BIG Art describes itself as a venture investment firm focused on identifying, investing in, and developing technology companies in growing markets.

His LinkedIn profile lists BIG Art as his current firm and Tbilisi, Georgia as his location. It also lists education at Moscow State University from 2013 to 2015, and additional earlier education from 2009 to 2013.

Before or alongside BIG Art, Likhoy was associated with Joint Journey, an international venture fund. A LinkedIn recommendation visible in search results refers to working with him “on new investments at Joint Journey,” and a Burning Heroes profile lists him as “ex-Joint Journey.”

He has participated in the startup ecosystem as a judge/evaluator. Burning Heroes listed him as a judge for startup pitch review alongside investors from firms including 500 Startups, Speedinvest, Plug and Play, and Google for Startups.

• BIG Art says it looks for technology companies that operate in growing markets and have “unique competitive advantages.”
• BIG Art’s venture-investment page says the firm aims to be involved across the “entire growth path,” from idea analysis and business-model formation through successful exit.
• The firm publicly presents both venture investment and business-growth financing: it says it finances companies that have operating history, positive unit economics, and “powerful growth points.”
• Likhoy is publicly tied to seed-stage investing through BIG Art’s participation in Cattle Care’s seed round.
• For founders, the available public signal points to a preference for concrete business models, market-growth potential, defensible advantages, and measurable traction rather than only concept-stage storytelling.