Aug 29, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News In a series on Europe’s “hottest startups,” the UK edition of tech magazine Wired published earlier this month a selection of 10 Russian startups. These included peer-to-peer publishing platform Gitoon, e-commerce intelligence platform Ometria,...
Aug 22, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Last week Russian venture fund Quadro Capital Partners (FXC-QCP VC) and online trading service provider Forex Club announced investment plans in the field of Internet trading on the international stock market. The total volume of investments...
Aug 21, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch Neil Young’s startup PonoMusic became the fourth-most funded project on Kickstarter back in April, when it raised $6.2 million on a goal of $800,000. The project now has raked in an additional $6 million in equity funding from a Crowdfunder campaign. Pono...
Aug 21, 2014 | India, News, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI: Promoters of Laila Nutraceuticals, an export-oriented business unit of the Andhra-based Laila Group, is in talks with global PE funds to raise around $40 million, two people with direct knowledge of the development said. The company that’s being valued...
Aug 19, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch David Gelles wrote in the New York Times this weekend about how large tech corporations have been conducting more M&A deals with less input from traditional investment banks. Because of my company’s insight into buy and sell-side M&A interest, I...