Russia’s Onexim to consider RenCap non-core assets sale

Reuters 21 November 2012 Russian tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov’s Onexim Group may sell Renaissance Capital’s non-core assets as part of its plan to return the emerging markets investment bank to profit, the group’s chief executive said. Onexim’s CEO...

Director: Crowdfunding Marks a New Era for Artists

Moscow Times 21 November 2012 Independent American film director Gary Huswit spoke to a packed audience at the Polytechnic Institute on Monday about “crowdfunding,” the Internet phenomenon that is revolutionizing the media industry. Huswit used...

Ivanishvili Sells Real Estate to Bin Group

Moscow Times 20 November 2012 Bin Group has closed a deal to buy high-end properties in the city center from Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, a report said Monday. Bin is owned by a group of Moscow-based real estate investors, including Mikhail Gutseriyev...

Rating New rating helps investors identify Russia’s best startups

East-West Digital News Investors now have a new instrument to identify and assess startups: the Russian Startup Index (RSI), which was tested for the first time last week at the Open Innovations international forum in Moscow. Link to Russian Startup Index (RSI) The...