Semyon Dukach

Founding Partner at One Way Ventures · Joined 2017

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Biography

Semyon Dukach is Founding Partner of One Way Ventures, which he co-founded in 2017. He completed a BS in Computer Science at Columbia University in 1990 and an MS in Computer Science at MIT in 1993, and while at MIT was trained as a player on the MIT Blackjack Team. He founded Fast Engines in 1997 and sold it to Adero in 2000, co-founded Vert, and in 2014 became managing director of Techstars in Boston. He is also a co-founder of the non-profit Cash for Refugees. He is named as an executive officer on One Way Ventures Fund I's 2017 Form D and as a managing member of the general partner on the Fund II and Fund III Forms D. His One Way Ventures profile names Preply, Quanergy, SMTP.com and Vivox among his investments, and states he was named a top VC in New England in the Boston Globe's 2025 Tech Power Players list.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

PreplyQuanergySMTP.comVivox

Career Timeline

1990
Completed a BS in Computer Science at Columbia University.
1993
Completed an MS in Computer Science at MIT.
1997
Founded Fast Engines.
2000
Fast Engines sold to Adero.
2014
Became managing director of Techstars in Boston.
2017
Co-founded One Way Ventures; named as an executive officer on the Fund I, L.P. Form D filed 13 November 2017.
2025
Named as a managing member of One Way Ventures GP III, L.L.C. on the Fund III, L.P. Form D.

Sources & References

One Way Ventures - Semyon Dukach profile ↗One Way Ventures - Team ↗SEC Form D - One Way Ventures Fund I, L.P. (13 Nov 2017) ↗SEC Form D/A - One Way Ventures Fund III, L.P. (29 Jan 2026) ↗Wikipedia - Semyon Dukach ↗