Jul 21, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News How difficult is Russia as an investment destination for an international investor? Acclimation, at least, is not a problem, according to Intel Capital’s President Arvind Sodhani who celebrated the fund’s ten years of activity in Russia earlier...
Jul 19, 2013 | News, North America, Southeast Asia
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HomeAway, Inc., the world’s leading online marketplace for vacation rentals, has signed an agreement to acquire majority control of travelmob™, an online start-up for vacation rental properties in Asia Pacific. The all-cash...
Jul 18, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Coub.com, a Moscow-based startup launched last year, has just raised $1 million in a Series A round from Phenomen Ventures and Brother Ventures, two emerging Russian funds operating internationally. The startup’s valuation has not been...
Jul 17, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News In a new illustration of the internationalization of Russia’s venture capital, SBT Venture Capital, the venture arm of the national savings bank Sberbank, has led a $12 million round to fund Sequent Software, a California-based provider of...
Jul 17, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
The Wall Street Journal Cogo Group Inc. said Chairman and Chief Executive Jeffrey Kang has offered to acquire more than 30% of the company’s assets for $80 million, a move that comes after he bought a substantial portion of Cogo’s assets last year. The...
Jul 17, 2013 | MENA, News
Sanfrancisco Business Times The assets of Better Place, the VC-backed electric vehicle charging infrastructure company that filed bankruptcy recently after raising $850 million over five years, have been sold for $12 million to a group that includes Better Place...
