CEO Vi invests in IT business

Sergey Vasiliev, CEO of the advertising salesman Vi, invested in Open Platform. Alexander Vasilyev’s son, Alexander, also invested in the same company. The company itself works jointly with Huawei, managing a service that allows webmasters and creators of web applications to embed services of cellular operators and payment systems into their resources and services, AdIndex reports . A total of $ 3 million was invested in the company, and the founders are also hoping to receive new investments this year.

The founders of the Open Platform are Sergey Borisov, who now holds the position of CEO of the company, and Alexander Vasiliev. Now Sergey Borisov has a 33% stake in the company, while Sergey Vasiliev has 34%.

Software and equipment for the "Open Platform" (OneAPI brand) was presented by Huawei. Now all the necessary infrastructure is deployed in the data center. As for the platform's capabilities, it allows you to connect to mobile operators and payment systems, thanks to which site and service developers can integrate various services into their products, including sending SMS, accepting payments from the accounts of mobile operators and voice VoIP services. The latter function opens up the possibility of making a call directly from a mobile application to a taxi driver or communicating with the bank service operator.

According to Sergey Borisov, the target audience of the platform are developers, banks and the e-commerce market. Also, the creators of the platform are counting on attracting representatives of small and medium businesses.