Mar 2, 2015 | Central & Eastern Europe, Events, France, News, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News La French Tech, a government-led initiative that aims to stimulate and promote France’s startup ecosystem, is launching a Russia branch. The kick-off event on Feb. 17 gathered around 100 tech entrepreneurs, representatives of large or...
Feb 28, 2015 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News Last week Runa Capital, a venture firm operating globally from its offices in Moscow and San Francisco, announced a €3 million investment in MariaDB Corporation, a global software vendor specializing in high availability, high performance and...
Feb 27, 2015 | India, News, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch Large marketplaces like Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Amazon are benefitting as India turns into one of the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce markets, but many brick-and-mortar stores are missing out on the boom. A startup called Grofers wants to help local...
Feb 26, 2015 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Russian Internet group Mail.ru said on Thursday the sale of its recruitment site might not be completed after the company saw an economic downturn constrain ad spending. Read more…
Feb 26, 2015 | India, News, South & Central Asia
India-based food ordering service TinyOwl has raised a $16 million Series B round to fund an aggressive plan to reach 50 cities in the country, TechCrunch has learned. TinyOwl co-founder and CEO Harshvardhan Mandad disclosed details in an email to staff earlier this...
