Apr 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, Events, News, Russia
East-West Digital News ArcticStartup, the Helsinki-based news blog covering breaking startup news from the Nordics and Baltics, is proud to announce the upcoming “Arctic15: Exit Path” conference, which will pull in an estimated 800 entrepreneurs,...
Apr 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News April 18, 2014 As Russia and Ukraine were escalating to a new level of mutual threats and recriminations earlier this week, venture funds offered a welcome illustration that nationalism has not completely spoiled relations between the two...
Apr 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News In a bid to “educate the private sector and raise awareness about economic espionage and cyber counterintelligence,” FBI special agents Lucia M. Ziobro and Vincent B. Lisi warned Boston-area businesses and academic institutions...
Apr 17, 2014 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Business Standard Two top private equity players — Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Blackstone — have put in bids for a total of eight per cent stake in Idea Cellular, India’s third-largest telecom operator by users. “The companies have put in bids at a decent...
Apr 16, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch April 16, 2014 AngelList is working on a new project called Maiden Lane. Behind this name is a new experiment in startup investment. Structured as a traditional small VC firm, Maiden Lane will only invest in AngelList syndicates or hand some money to active...
Apr 16, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News April 16, 2014 Microsoft and Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; Russian MGU), Russia’s most renowned institution of higher learning, shook hands earlier this month on a joint $1 million research project, the US company announced. The...
