Oct 15, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Yesterday Life.SREDA, a Moscow-based venture fund focusing on mobile and online fintech startups, announced plans to launch a second, internationally oriented fund of $100 million. Existing Life.SREDA backers have already provided one fifth of...
Oct 13, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Gazprom-Media, a leading media holding affiliated with gas giant Gazprom, is about to acquire an 82.7% stake in WebMediaGroup, the owner of several Internet and e-commerce sites in Russia. The planned acquisition was appoved last week by the...
Oct 1, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Leader, an asset management company affiliated with Vneshekonombank, Gazprom, and Gazfond, has invested $5 million in Vizerra, a Moscow-based developer of 3D applications for planning cities, construction projects, product design, and virtual tourism. The news was...
Sep 27, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News This past Wednesday Content Analytics, an analytics platform that recommends e-commerce catalog optimization strategies, announced it secured a $4 million Series A funding led by Almaz Capital. Geoffrey Baehr, a general partner at Almaz Capital,...
Sep 24, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Last week FRII, the $200 million government-backed startup fund launched last year, and Microsoft announced that they were beginning an industrial accelerator to support startups developing IT solutions for education, healthcare, commerce,...
