Jul 8, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
In late June Russian fund AddVenture teamed up with the Moscow Seed Fund, the venture arm of the Moscow city authorities, to inject a second investment tranche into Moscow startup ChefMarket.ru, following an initial investment in December last year. ChefMarket offers...
Jul 8, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Last week money-management service Moven raised $8 million at an undisclosed valuation in a round led by SBT Venture Capital, the venture arm of Russia’s national savings bank Sberbank. Virginia-based Route 66 Ventures, South-African Standard...
Jul 7, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, MENA
Project Chemicals, established in 1991 Istanbul, is a chemicals, plastics and rubbers distributor and also a tailor made polymers producer. It is an exclusive agent distributor for well known companies all over the world. Customers of Project Chemicals are widely...
Jul 7, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Western Europe
TechCrunch July 7, 2014 Proof there’s still room for innovation in the equity crowdfunding space yet, if Seedrs‘ claims of a first hold true. The “pan-European” equity crowdfunding platform is adding ‘convertible’ equity as an option for startups wanting to raise...
Jul 4, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News July 4, 2014 Runa Capital, a Moscow-based global tech-focused venture capital firm, announced yesterday the first closing of its new fund, Runa Capital II. With a target size of $200 million, the firm will continue investing in tech-based...
Jul 1, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News July, 1, 2014 DST Global, which is controlled by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, has launched its fourth investment fund — DST Global IV. The news was reported last week by Russian business daily Vedomosti based on documents posted on the...