Apr 8, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, Events, Russia, Western Europe
Heureka Conference, in partnership with East-West Digital News, invites Russian startup entrepreneurs and investors to Berlin on May 14 to be part of the most hands-on and educative networking conference for the digital economy in Germany, Europe and the global...
Apr 7, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The Times 5 April 2013 Alexander Lebedev sold his Red Wings airline yesterday for one rouble (2p) after a fatal crash last year led to the grounding of his fleet. The Russian billionaire — who owns The Independent and Evening Standard newspapers — said on his personal...
Apr 5, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
A group of e-commerce entrepreneurs from Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia has secured $300,000 in equity investment – including $200,000 from the Moscow Seed Fund and $100,000 from angel investor Andrei Golovin – to launch Sendmebox, a platform to help Russian online...
Apr 3, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW, April 1 (Reuters) – LUKOIL, Russia’s second-largest crude oil producer, agreed to acquire small producer Samara-Nafta for $2.05 billion from Hess Corp as part of a long-term strategy to stabilise falling oil output. Samara-Nafta produces 50,000...
Apr 3, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) – Russian oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Sistema said on Tuesday its stake in Binnopharm decreased to 74 percent as the unit merged assets with infusion solutions and blood substitutes maker Alium. Sistema, which previously held 100...
Apr 3, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, France, News, Russia
Kima Ventures, the fund started by prominent French tech entrepreneurs Jérémie Berrebi and Xavier Niel, along with angel investors Fabrice Grinda, Jose Marin, and Alexander Aivazov, have teamed up to invest in Martmania, an online marketplace focused on trading...
