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...
Mar 30, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, March 30 (Reuters) – Private equity firm KKR has entered into exclusive talks to buy a majority of French fashion brands Maje, Sandro and Claudie Pierlot, according to a source familiar with the transaction. The acquisition of the brands, partially owned...
Mar 29, 2013 | News, Western Europe
MILAN, March 27 (Reuters) – Octo Telematics, an Italy-based company that makes vehicle recording devices for the auto insurance market, is looking for a buyer and will send information to potential bidders in the second part of April, a person close to the...
Mar 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
RVC USA, the Boston-based representative office of the Russian state-owned fund of funds RVC, is raising a new venture fund to back US startups with connections to Russia and help Russian startups enter the US market. While the Russian government might raise $20...
Mar 28, 2013 | China, East Asia, News
China Daily 25 March 2103 New York filmmaker Maya E. Rudolph believes Beijing’s rock scene is unique. Caroline Berg in New York finds out why she was inspired to make a movie about it. In 2006, New York native Maya E. Rudolph went to Beijing and found Chinese...
