Oct 16, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
In early July we reported exclusively that Spotify community and playlist sharing site Playlists.net was in acquisition talks, with one suitor — a prominent music industry company — in the lead. Well, today comes official confirmation that the UK startup has indeed...
Oct 15, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Yesterday Life.SREDA, a Moscow-based venture fund focusing on mobile and online fintech startups, announced plans to launch a second, internationally oriented fund of $100 million. Existing Life.SREDA backers have already provided one fifth of...
Oct 15, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Softline Seed Fund, a VC fund set up in the end of last year by the Softline and government-owned RVC Seed Fund, has invested 7.5 million (nearly $190,000) in the Business Family online network in exchange for a 7% stake in the company. The...
Oct 13, 2014 | News, Western Europe
UK b2b startup Smartzer, which was founded back in December 2012, has pulled in $400,000 in angel funding to launch a fashion-focused video tagging tech that’s designed to make look book, catwalk and other fashion video content shoppable. Serial entrepreneur Jamie...
Oct 13, 2014 | Brazil, Latin America, News, Western Europe
Delivery Hero, the startup that is now valued at over $1 billion and is raising a lot of cash to compete heavily against the likes of Just-Eat and FoodPanda in the food delivery market outside the U.S., is adding another acquisition to its list as it focuses on growth...
Oct 13, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Gazprom-Media, a leading media holding affiliated with gas giant Gazprom, is about to acquire an 82.7% stake in WebMediaGroup, the owner of several Internet and e-commerce sites in Russia. The planned acquisition was appoved last week by the...
