VitaPortal secures $2 million from Prostor Capital and Esther Dyson

East-West Digital News VitaPortal.ru, a medical portal launched last year by Fast Lane Ventures, announced yesterday the completion of a $2 million Series A round led by Prostor Capital, a fund co-created in 2011 by former Russian telecom minister Leonid Reiman, with...

Online Medical Startup Attracts $2M in Investment

Moscow Times 31 October 2012 A Russian venture-capital fund and an American investor have agreed to invest $2 million in VitaPortal, an online medical startup aiming to improve Russians’ access to information on doctors, medicine and healthy living. The...

Nationwide Hunt Begins for Business Angels

Moscow Times 4 May 2012 This week’s $75 million injection into classifieds advertising site Avito.ru is further proof of the investment attractiveness of Russian startups, which are a key element in the government’s push for diversifying the country’s energy-dependent...