Citius Research
Investment Thesis
Citius describes itself as an investment firm that funds technology enabled companies. Its stated goal is to build a global investment platform that creates exceptional value over the long term, through life-long relationships with its partners. The public website is a single page behind a regulatory disclaimer (qualified investors only, not for US, Canada, Australia or Japan), so it carries no portfolio, team or thesis detail. Everything below beyond that sentence comes from third-party sources: CB Insights, Tracxn, Goldi, LinkedIn, Crunchbase snippets and press coverage of recent rounds. Treat it with lower confidence than a firm-published profile.
Stage Focus
Citius is a growth-stage investor in practice. Tracxn counts five Series B entries, three Series C, two Series D, one Series A and two seed investments, and says it primarily invests at Series B. Goldi reports Series B as 50% of its deals. LinkedIn describes the firm as targeting early and growth-stage tech companies, but the recorded pattern is mostly later rounds and follow-ons.
Check Size
The firm does not publish a check size. Rounds it has joined are large: Goldi puts the average disclosed round at about $74M across 17 rounds, and Tracxn lists average round sizes of $76M at Series B and $67M at Series C. Citius's own check is not disclosed. No check range is stated in the payload for that reason.
Lead Tendency
Mixed. Citius led Addi's $85M Series D in July 2026 (co-led by BTG Pactual) and is named as a lead on Clara's $65M Series C in November 2026 alongside Kaszek and DEG. Goldi lists it as co-lead on Facily's $250M Series D in 2021. In other rounds it participated as a follower, for example CityMall's Series D alongside Accel, Elevation and General Catalyst.
Recent Activity
- November 2026: Clara, Mexican corporate spend management, $65M Series C (part of a $105M package with $40M from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund). Citius is named as a lead.
- July 2026: Addi, Colombian commerce and financial services platform, $85M Series D led by Citius.
- January 2026: Justo (Mexico grocery delivery) assets sold to OMNiLabs, listed by CB Insights as an exit.
- 2025: follow-ons in CityMall (Series D) and Clara (Series B).
Tracxn counts two investments in 2025 and two in 2026 so far, all follow-ons or later-stage leads. The firm appears to be actively deploying but at a slow pace of about two deals a year.
Portfolio Highlights
Tracxn lists two unicorns, Clara and Facily, and one acquisition, BUX (acquired by ABN Amro, December 2023). Other holdings include Addi, CityMall, Tonik, Astro, Ula, Sevenloop, Buyk, Flash, Ximkart and Justo. Co-investors that recur include Prosus, Monashees, Quona and General Catalyst.
Team
- Oleg Gordienko, Co-Founder & Partner. Previously Investment Director at S7 Group, and earlier at Raiffeisen Bank International, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse. Based in Dubai.
- Crunchbase lists at least one other team member, Temur Turdibekov. His title could not be confirmed, so he is not in the payload.
Decision Process
Not disclosed. The firm is small (three team members on CB Insights), so decisions likely sit with the partners, but this is unverified.
Founder Preferences
Not disclosed. The portfolio suggests operators building large consumer and fintech businesses in emerging markets, with enough scale to raise Series B and later rounds from global investors.
Geographic Focus
Emerging markets. Tracxn lists Brazil (3) and India (3) as the most common locations, then Indonesia, Colombia, Mexico, the Philippines and others. The firm is headquartered in Luxembourg with an office in Dubai and was founded in 2018.
Gaps
No official portfolio page, team page or fund size. AUM is unknown. The name collides with unrelated companies (Citius Pharmaceuticals, CitiusTech, Citius TransNet); none of those are this firm.