Kaizen Management invests Rs 20 cr in a pre-school company

Business Standard 14 June 2012 Kaizen Management Advisors Private Limited, an education focused Private Equity fund has invested Rs 20 crore in Your Kids ‘R’ Our Kids (India) Private Limited (YKROK). YKROK is a pre-school providing child care services also. It has...

Investors Look to Putin for Direction

Moscow Times 21 June 2012 Nearly 5,000 investors leaned forward in their seats during Dmitry Medvedev’s keynote address at the annual economic forum in St. Petersburg last year, eagerly waiting to hear whether he would run for a second term as president. But...

KupiVip.ru confirms plans for IPO in New York “within 2 years”

East-West Digital News 19 June 2012 KupiVip’s CEO Oskar Hartmann confirms plans to hold an IPO in New York “within two years,” Reuters reported yesterday. ”We have already made quite good progress and [an IPO] is likely. We need to grow to reach the size [of business]...

Ru-Net Ru-Net invests $17 million in Indian e-commerce

East-West Digital News 18 June 2012 In yet another step in its international expansion, Ru-Net, a major Russian venture fund, has invested $17 million in Freecultr.com and BeStylish.com, two Indian e-commerce companies. The news on the investment in Freecultr – a...