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 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...
May 24, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, Russia
TechCrunch May 24, 2014 Betaworks-style ‘startup studio’ Dream Industries – based in Moscow – has raised a $3 million Series A round from retail giant Ulmart (in Russia) to develop its subscription-based social reading service Bookmate. They plan to take the startup...
May 23, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, Russia
The medical startup Medal has received $4 million from Axioma Capital Partners according to the press service of the Ingria business incubator. Medal is a resident of a incubator. Medal is developing medical devices based on patented technology for the treatment of...
May 23, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, Events, Russia
East-West Digital News On May 13-15, scientists, businessmen and public servants met to discuss new opportunities for companies and universities at the VIII International “From science to business” Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. More than 200...
