Jul 25, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
July 25 (Reuters) – Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. raised about $350 million in an initial public offering (IPO) in New York on Friday in which the carbon black producer issued shares at $18 each. The issuance price was below the company’s initial price...
Jul 23, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch July 23, 2014 Building a drone’s hardware and software from scratch is tough and expensive, but open source drone kits are inflexible. So to power businesses looking to customize drones for commercial uses from agriculture to industrial inspections, Airware...
Jul 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News Last week TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, announced the completion of a $400,000 investment in US startup Quote Roller Inc. Headquartered in South San Franciso, Quote Roller Inc. was founded by two...
Jul 8, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Last week money-management service Moven raised $8 million at an undisclosed valuation in a round led by SBT Venture Capital, the venture arm of Russia’s national savings bank Sberbank. Virginia-based Route 66 Ventures, South-African Standard...
Jun 30, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Russo-American startup Coursmos, a developer of short online courses, has raised $530,000 from Russian venture fund Imperious Group and business angel Evgeniy Medvednikov. The funds will be used to develop the platform and to add more staff....
Jun 25, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News June 25, 2014 Last week TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, announced the completion of a $250,000 investment in Palo-Alto headquartered Weaved in exchange for a 2.69% stake in the company’s...