Aug 29, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News In a series on Europe’s “hottest startups,” the UK edition of tech magazine Wired published earlier this month a selection of 10 Russian startups. These included peer-to-peer publishing platform Gitoon, e-commerce intelligence platform Ometria,...
Aug 26, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
In a confirmation of the country’s commitment to developing new technologies, the Russian government announced that a fraction of the total assets of the country’s pension savings funds will be invested in the shares of venture capital funds, as well as in securities...
Aug 25, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News In its accounts for the first half of 2014, Mail.ru Group has disclosed the sum it paid in April of this year to Ivan Tavrin for 12% of VKontakte, Russia’s leading social network also known as VK.com. The stake cost the group around $345...
Aug 22, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Last week Russian venture fund Quadro Capital Partners (FXC-QCP VC) and online trading service provider Forex Club announced investment plans in the field of Internet trading on the international stock market. The total volume of investments...
Aug 20, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Russian music-streaming platform Zvooq yesterday announced it secured an investment of $20 million in a Series A round led by Ulmart, Russia’s leading online retailer, with the participation of Essedel Capital, a Helsinki-based private equity...
Aug 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
TechCrunch BlockTrail is a new platform for bitcoin analytics launched today by Amsterdam-based researchers BlockCorp. It’s secured €500,000 ($669,310) in funding from BlockCorp, which was set up by entrepreneur Boaz Bechar and VKontakte co-founder Lev Leviev....
