# Anton Borzov

> Partner @STRATMINDS. Product Design @WhatsApp, @neeva

Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/antonborzov

With a product design career spanning over two decades, I had an honor to build global products like WhatsApp and Neeva along with founders and teams of design and product people that I helped recruit and mentor. My passion is crafting 0 → 1 products that foster human connections and curiosity.

Now as a partner at StratMinds, SF-based VC firm focusing on applied AI, I'm always happy to talk to start-up founders who focus on shaping exceptional user experiences.

I actively support Ukrainian startup and design ecosystems, offering angel investments, networking opportunities, and advising.

## Work Experience
### Founding Ukraine Board Member @ Endeavor
Jan 2024 – Present

### Partner @ STRATMINDS
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States
Investing in UX innovation via StratMinds new funds

### Founding Product Designer / Head of Design @ Neeva
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
AI-powered, ad-free, private and personal search engine with ambition to create a better alternative to Google. Neeva was acquired by Snowflake in 2023 for its amazing AI search tech after growing to 2M users

Joined Neeva as a Founding Designer and served as a Head of Design. Grew and mentored a core product design team from the ground up.

### Product Design @ WhatsApp
Jan 2014 – Jan 2019
After WhatsApp acquisition, hired and mentored a global design team serving WhatsApp’s growing user base (400M to 1.5B users). Pioneered design for major WhatsApp product launches of the time including End-to-End Encryption, Voice & Video Calls, Statuses, WhatsApp Business, and Payments.

### Founding Designer @ WhatsApp
Jan 2009 – Jan 2014
As a founder of Tokyo.in.ua helped WhatsApp founders to define early WhatsApp design including logo, checkmarks and other key messaging experiences for 8 main mobile platforms of the time including Android, BlackBerry, Nokia and Windows Phone

### Founder & Creative Director @ Tokyo.in.ua
Jan 2008 – Jan 2015 | Ukraine
Founded and creative directed Ukrainian design agency specializing in branding, web and app design and development. Led early WhatsApp product design efforts, working directly with founders to establish product design vision and patterns. Other key clients: Delsey, Eli Lilly, Ogilvy, PrivatBank, Kyivstar

### Founder & Designer @ Invisible Presence
Jan 2006 – Jan 2008
Invisible Presence was a boutique interactive agency

### Art Director @ ELRO
Jan 2001 – Jan 2006
ELRO was a digital design agency with offices in Ukraine, Denmark and NY. ELRO specialized in branding, digital marketing and crafting websites and interactive experiences for global clients.


Key clients: Yahoo!, Bank of Hawaii, Deutsche Bank, Carlsberg, CNN, Discovery Channel, Nike, Space Adventures, NYFIX, Griffin Technology, T-FAL, PrivatBank

### Founding Designer @ PayPlay
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006
* Led 0 to 1 product design for one of the 10 leading online music download stores worldwide at the time ahead of Amazon and iTunes. 
* 2 million+ tracks, 170,000+ albums, 124,000+ artists.
* 750,000+ registered users

### Designer @ New Damage
Jan 1999 – Jan 2001


## Education
### Specialist in Physics
Dnipropetrovs'kij Nacional'nij Universitet


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tyggy
- Portfolio: http://tokyo.in.ua
- Portfolio: http://flickr.com/photos/tyggy
- Portfolio: http://madebytokyo.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13