He attended the American school in Herzliya, Israel, where he met his future business partner Vyacheslav Mirilashvili.

In 2006, he earned a bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance and Accounting at McGill University in Canada, where he graduated with honors.

[9] In 2007, Leviev and Vyacheslav Mirilashvili founded the Selectel data center network to provide for VK.com’s needs in processing and storing servers.

In May 2014, it was reported that Selectel was investing ₽1 bln in a technopark in Saint Petersburg that would include a data center, offices and warehouses.

[11] By the end of 2016, Selectel was ranked the fourth largest IaaS provider for public and hybrid cloud in Russia (based on revenue).

In 2012, Leviev founded LVL1 Group, which primarily focuses on venture capital investments in technology companies, as well as real estate and bitcoin.

[15] Leviev has invested in international projects, such as: In 2019, LVL1 Group led a $19 million fundraising for Fnatic, a global eSports organization, joined by UK VC firm Beringea, Hong Kong-based BlackPine, London-based Unbound, and Joi Ito, Head of MIT Media Lab.