Anakhnu LLC
Anakhnu LLC. is a private company incorporated in Delaware, with a registered address of 900 Third Avenue, NY, USA, the same address has also been used by Columbus Nova, Columbus Nova Technology Partners, US VC Partners GP LLC, and other companies affiliated to Vekselberg.
DeepCube Ltd. is a private company founded by Dr. Eli David under the name DeepCom Ltd. Dr. Eli David is the current Chief Technology Officer of Nano’s DeepCube arm.
In February 2018, Anakhnu invested in Eli David’s company, DeepCom, which was the predecessor of DeepCube. As a result of this investment, David transferred his majority shareholding to Anakhnu LLC. Additionally, Eitan and Intrater were appointed as the new directors of DeepCom, which subsequently changed its name to ‘DeepCube’LLC. Anakhnu LLC provided financing to Eli David’s company – DeepCom, the predecessor of DeepCube. Following that Eli David transferred his majority shareholding position to Anakhnu LLC., registered at Columbus Nova’s principal address and signed by Eitan and Intrater who were then appointed as DeepCom’s directors and the company changed its name to “DeepCube”.
In April 2021, under Yoav Stern’s leadership with the support of his board, Nano Dimension acquired DeepCube – an AI patent development operation of Dr. Eli David. The majority shareholder of DeepCube at the time of the acquisition was Anakhnu LLC.
Anakhnu LLC appears to have been a specially constructed corporate vehicle used by Vekselberg [through Eitan and Intrater] to quickly disperse funds before the sanction’s regime was implemented in April 2018. Below is the timeline substantiating the above, supported by evidence.
On April 6, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Viktor Vekselberg as a Specially Designated National (SDN) for operating in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy.
While the investigations against Vekselberg were likely already at their peak, Anakhnu LLC. was incorporated on Feb. 14, 2018, in Delaware
Merely a day after, on Feb. 15, 2018, DeepCom filed a report to the Israeli companies’ registry for approval of the shares transfer from Dr. Eli David to Anakhnu and the appointment of Intrater and Eitan as Directors of DeepCom.
This one-day period between the inception to the transaction strongly suggests Anakhnu LLC. was especially designated to facilitate a money transfer to DeepCube.
On Mar. 30, 2018, merely a week prior to the imposition of sanctions on Vekselberg and his affiliated companies, Anakhnu LLC’s “Good-Standing” approval by the state of Delaware was issued, thus paving the way for it to be acknowledged by the Israeli company register on April 11, 2018.
In other words, according to the unreasonable timeline presented it becomes clear that the “investment” of Anakhnu LLC. in DeepCube at the behest of Eitan and Intrater, was most likely a hasty divestment of Vekselberg’s sanctioned funds and holdings, with the assistance of their trusted associate – Dr. Eli David.
Anakhnu LLC. is heavily affiliated with Vekselberg and his US operations, led by Intrater. Considering such affiliations and that Vekselberg was designated on April 6, 2018, the Israeli company register would most likely have not approved the shares transfer and appointments of Intrater and Eitan to DeepCube, on April 11, 2018, if a proper disclosure was conducted.