Dec 8, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, News, Russia
Dec 6 (Reuters) – Russia’s No. 2 oil producer, Lukoil, has been in talks with international majors about selling its stake in a consortium developing a large oil project in Venezuela, Kommersant daily reported on Friday, citing sources. Lukoil declined...
Dec 6, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Prostor Capital and Flint Capital have invested $3 million in equal shares in Federal Finance Group, a group of companies developing online financial services. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The group, founded in October...
Dec 6, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Last week RVC (formerly known as Russian Venture Company) presented its updated development strategy for the coming years. The state-owned fund of funds, whose mission is to support venture activity and stimulate innovation in the country,...
Dec 5, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News The Russian Internet Technology Fund (RITF) announced last week that it has injected CHF 1.5 million ($1.7 million) in Zurich-based Talentory AG, the operator of online headhunting platform Talentory.com, in exchange for a substantial minority...
Dec 3, 2013 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Apple Inc has acquired social media search and analytics startup Topsy, an unusual purchase for a hardware-focused company that has made few forays into social networking. Apple confirmed the acquisition but would not say why it...
Nov 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
American Councils for International Education announces the opening of the winter 2014 application season for the US-Russia Innovation Corridor (USRIC). University-based startups and entrepreneurs leading innovative projects and interested in exploring collaborations...
