Oct 7, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Yandex’s strategy to develop its marketplace, Yandex Market, saw new developments in the past few weeks. The company acquired PriceLabs, the developer of a price monitoring and optimization solution, and abruptly ended cooperation with...
Oct 6, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News American Councils for International Education announces the opening of the Fall 2014 application for the US-Russia Innovation Corridor (USRIC). University-based startups and entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply until November 9. The US-Russia...
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,...
Sep 23, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, East Asia, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Earlier this month Russia Partners, the Moscow-based private equity affiliate of global alternative investment firm Siguler Guff & Company, announced that Rakuten acquired Slice, a portfolio company in its technology fund. The details of the...
