Nov 20, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News 101StartUp, a Russian Internet fund launched recently, has invested $1.2 million in Fishki.net, a user-generated comedic content website, in exchange for a 25% stake. The news was reported last week by Venture-News.ru based on an interview with...
Nov 15, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Russian fund Addventure announced last week a Series A investment of $1.5 million in в Medbooking.com, an online service for setting appointments with Moscow medical organizations. Medbooking is intended to become an umbrella brand for...
Oct 30, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
NEW YORK/PARIS, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Shares in French online advertising firm Criteo rose more than 30 percent in its stock market debut on Nasdaq on Wednesday, showing investor appetite for technology start-ups and delivering a payday to its venture capital...
Oct 29, 2013 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Apparently it requires over $100 million to get people to engage with their neighbors. That’s how much funding Nextdoor, a private social network for neighborhoods, has pulled in over the last 18 months after just closing a...
Oct 24, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
New York Times BERLIN – Lucas von Cranach has come a long way since starting his professional career at a German machinery production company in the mid-2000s. After struggling to keep up with the goings-on at his favorite soccer team, F.C. Cologne, Mr. von Cranach...
