Mikita Mikado

Mikado was born in Minsk in 1979, he studied at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics in 2001–2006.

At the age of 19, Mikado went to the United States on a Work and Travel programme. Along with half-time jobs, he tried himself in web-design and software development.

In 2011, Mikado returned to Belarus. Together with his partner Sergey Barysiuk, he created Quote Roller, a tool that automated sending and tracking of commercial offers. By 2013, the start-up had grown into PandaDoc, an e-document platform that lets its customers create, share, and sign official documents online. PandaDoc was growing quickly and soon had more than 3000 clients.

In 2013, Mikado returned to San Francisco and managed to raise $5 million in investment from prominent investors such as Kima Ventures, Altair Capital, and Fabrice Grinda. As of 2015, 16 employees worked in the Minsk office and 14 worked in San Francisco.

In 2017, PandaDoc attracted $15m in investment from Rembrandt Ventures Partners, as well as Microsoft Ventures, HubSpot, EBRD and Altos Ventures.

In 2021, PandaDoc raised a new financing round at a $1 billion valuation.