Oct 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The Moscow Times A U.S. biotech firm has announced that a subsidiary has won a $4.6 million dollar contract in research funding from the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry, barely a week after announcing an earlier funding agreement with Moscow, a medical news...
Oct 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Moscow Times Internet company Sape.ru is launching a comprehensive new investment vehicle aimed at developing the Russian startup scene, one of the company’s founders said. The new fund, called Impulse, will employ the basic tools of the trade: an accelerator,...
Oct 29, 2013 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Apparently it requires over $100 million to get people to engage with their neighbors. That’s how much funding Nextdoor, a private social network for neighborhoods, has pulled in over the last 18 months after just closing a...
Oct 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Nginx, an open source web server publisher (pronounced “engine-x”), secured $10 million in a Series B Round of financing from New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The round also included full participation of existing Series A investors,...
Oct 29, 2013 | News, North America
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Oct 23 (Reuters) – Entrepreneurs and start-up companies looking for investors will be able to solicit over the Internet from the general public under a new proposal issued by U.S. regulators on Wednesday. The...
Oct 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Leading Russian online retailer Ozon is preparing for a new $100 million round of investment. Morgan Stanley has been mandated to conduct this next round of financing, as announced yesterday by Russian business daily Kommersant. “The funds...
