Apr 29, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News April 29, 2014 Moscow Seed Fund, the venture arm of the Moscow city authorities, and Altair Capital, the seed-stage fund of serial angel investor Igor Ryabenkiy, have invested $200,000 and $100,000, respectively, in Mix Upload company. This...
Apr 23, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News April 23, 2014 Moscow Seed Fund, the venture arm of the Moscow city authorities, has invested 6 million rubles (approximately $210,000) in Mersibo, a developer of online educational games for children. The funds will be used to strengthen staff,...
Apr 22, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News April 22, 2014 HealBe, a St. Petersburg-based startup, has won the hearts of crowdfunders at Indiegogo.com with GoBe, its wearable device for automatic calorie intake measurement. A campaign that started on March 5 with a fairly unassuming goal...
Apr 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News April 21, 2014 Netology, a major Russian online education platform featuring interactive video courses, announced last week that it had completed a Series A round of financing from InVenture Partners, a $100-million Russian venture fund. The...
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...
