Mar 7, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News March 8, 2014 Surfingbird.ru, the first collaborative content discovery service on the Russian-language Internet, has raised $2.5 million from Russian fund Klever Internet Investments. The transaction, revealed last week by the Russian business...
Mar 5, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News March 5, 2014 Klever Internet Investments, the technology branch of a major Russian private investor, Klever Asset Management, has received a minority stake in CityAds Media, a Moscow-based international affiliate marketing and performance...
Mar 4, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Cubic Robotics, a Russian startup developing robots that can communicate with their owners, has raised $500,000 in its second round of funding from a private investor, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported last week. The financial...
Feb 28, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Almaz Capital Partners, a major Russian venture fund, has participated in a $6.5 million round to fund If You Can, a California-based startup that uses gameplay to teach children social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. The Series A round was...
Feb 26, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Ever since Russia become the ‘R’ in Jim O’Neil’s BRIC acronym in 2001, Western investors and entrepreneurs have increasingly sought to take their chances in Moscow, St. Petersburg and beyond. O’Neil’s assessment of the size of the opportunity...
Feb 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, MENA, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Earlier this month Keepgo, a Tel Aviv-based mobile data roaming startup operating globally, announced its first venture funding round: $1.3 million at an undisclosed valuation. The capital was brought in by IMI.vc and AltaIR, two Russian funds...
