Mar 10, 2015 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
A startup with routes in Russia’s second city has attracted more than $221k in funding on Indiegogo. The company is called iTraq, and has developed a small device whose location can be tracked using a smartphone app. The iTraq device looks just a lot like a standard...
Jan 19, 2015 | Central & Eastern Europe, MENA, News, North America, Russia
Vaizra Investments, the fund belonging to VKontakte founders Lev Leviev and Vyacheslav Mirilashvili, has invested in startups Moovit and Boxed. Moovit is an Israeli app which helps users to plan journeys on public transport, and Boxed is a US app for wholesale buyers....
Dec 26, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
As a busy year draws to a close, RusBase has asked 10 Russian venture capitalists what they think were the most important events of 2014. Andrey Romanenko, Run Capital: “Considering that Run Capital was only founded in April, we think this year was a successful one....
Nov 25, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Mail.ru Group, a leading, LSE-listed Russian Internet group, is to sell 100% of shares in HeadHunter (hh.ru) to a consortium of investors led by direct investment fund Elbrus Capital. The deal, which is worth a total of 9.85 billion rubles (a...
Nov 20, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News Maxfield Capital, a venture fund operating globally from its offices in Moscow, New York City and Tel Aviv, has invested $1.7 million in Patients Know Best, a British company which has designed a cloud platform for managing patient details....
