Semyon Dukach is a venture capital investor at One Way Ventures who came to the U.S. as a Soviet refugee and uses his personal immigration experience as a core filter for identifying founders with extreme grit, viewing immigration itself as equivalent to having half a startup under your belt. He combines his background leading the MIT blackjack team with a hands-on mentoring style, focusing exclusively on immigrant founders while building what he calls an immigrant mafia network across 40+ countries to create differentiated portfolio connections. Semyon Dukach is a venture capital investor at One Way Ventures who came to the U.S. as a Soviet refugee and uses his personal immigration experience as a core filter for identifying founders with extreme grit, viewing immigration itself as equivalent to having half a startup under your belt. He combines his background leading the MIT blackjack team with a hands-on mentoring style, focusing exclusively on immigrant founders while building what he calls an immigrant mafia network across 40+ countries to create differentiated portfolio connections.