May 28, 2014 | News, North America
The growth of e-commerce behemoths like Amazon and the convenience they offer to shoppers have been especially hard on local brick-and-mortar stores. A startup called Bindo wants to reverse that trend. Headquartered in New York City with offices in Hong Kong, Bindo...
May 28, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News ECWID, arguably one of the most successful Russian startups of the past few years, announced today that it has secured $5 million from iTech Capital and Runa Capital, two major Moscow-based venture funds with global portfolios. The startup will...
May 28, 2014 | News, North America
Forbes December 16, 2013 Disclosure: There are hundreds of active angel investors and I know there are many worthy people I am leaving out of this list. Please email me your information if you feel like I should have mentioned you, for my future articles:...
May 27, 2014 | MENA, News, Southeast Asia
TEL AVIV, May 27 (Reuters) – May 27 (Reuters) – Real estate developer Azrieli Group agreed to sell Israeli paint company Tambour Ltd to Singapore-based holding company Kusto Group for 500 million shekels ($144 million). The buyer made a payment of 70...
May 26, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
May 26, 2014 Russian billionaire Anton Zingarevich is reportedly willing to sell his majority stake in Reading Football Club a cut price after The Royals missed out on promotion to the Premier League. Anton Zingarevich, the son of St. Petersburg-based paper...
May 26, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Interest in the fast-growing Russian digital content market received further confirmation this past Friday with the announcement of a $6.5 million investment by Umart, Russia’s number one online retailer, in Dream Industries, a Moscow-based...