Apr 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News April 21, 2014 Netology, a major Russian online education platform featuring interactive video courses, announced last week that it had completed a Series A round of financing from InVenture Partners, a $100-million Russian venture fund. The...
Apr 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, Events, News, Russia
East-West Digital News ArcticStartup, the Helsinki-based news blog covering breaking startup news from the Nordics and Baltics, is proud to announce the upcoming “Arctic15: Exit Path” conference, which will pull in an estimated 800 entrepreneurs,...
Apr 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News April 18, 2014 As Russia and Ukraine were escalating to a new level of mutual threats and recriminations earlier this week, venture funds offered a welcome illustration that nationalism has not completely spoiled relations between the two...
Apr 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News In a bid to “educate the private sector and raise awareness about economic espionage and cyber counterintelligence,” FBI special agents Lucia M. Ziobro and Vincent B. Lisi warned Boston-area businesses and academic institutions...
Apr 16, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News April 16, 2014 Microsoft and Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; Russian MGU), Russia’s most renowned institution of higher learning, shook hands earlier this month on a joint $1 million research project, the US company announced. The...
Apr 16, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
TechCrunch April 16, 2014 HeiaHeia, a Finnish startup offering a social and corporate wellness platform that helps employees live a healthier lifestyle — and, presumably, perform better at work — has raised €1.5 million in funding led by Finland’s Wallstreet Financial...
