Dec 7, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News Evernote, a California-headquartered company founded by a Russian-American team in 2007, has just completed a $85 million round, CEO Phil Libin announced on his blog yesterday. The round was led by London-based AGC Equity Partners/m8 Capital...
Dec 3, 2012 | News
Reuters 2 December 2012 Russia’s VTB Capital wants to sell its stake in hypermarket chain Lenta by 2015 and would consider a buyer like U.S. mega-retailer Wal-Mart (WMT.N) when the time comes, the investment bank’s global head of private equity said. VTB...
Dec 3, 2012 | News
Reuters 1 December 2012 The New York Stock Exchange hopes less stringent rules will help persuade several Russian companies to raise money on its markets next year, taking business from arch-rival London. NYSE Euronext’s (NYX.N) head of international listings,...
Dec 3, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News 28 November 2012 Printio.ru, a Moscow-based startup offering personalized printing services, has just raised $700,000 from a total of 18 Russian and Western business angels. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but Printio’s co-founder...
Nov 28, 2012 | News
Moscow Times 28 November 2012 Belgian banking group KBC will sell Russian lender Absolut Bank to a private pension fund managed by Russian Railways, sources close to the deal said Tuesday. The deal will be announced officially in mid-December, Vedomosti reported,...
Nov 27, 2012 | News
East-West Digital News 23 November 2012 Yesterday, RVC, the state-owned fund of funds dedicated to innovation, announced a new program to complement business angel investment in Russian startups at very early stages. The fund’s co-investment will amount to up to 3...
