Rating New rating helps investors identify Russia’s best startups

East-West Digital News Investors now have a new instrument to identify and assess startups: the Russian Startup Index (RSI), which was tested for the first time last week at the Open Innovations international forum in Moscow. Link to Russian Startup Index (RSI) The...

Ninety startups trade shares electronically through IPO Board

East-West Digital News Six months after its launch, the IPO Board platform has attracted no fewer than 90 non-listed startups, enabling them to trade their shares electronically through private placements. An initiative of the Moscow stock exchange, IPO Board – also...

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...

Expert: Russia needs startups to drive innovation

Russia Today, 09 February, 2012 International experts say Russia has to do more to create a ‘start-up’ friendly business climate. They are gathered in Moscow for the Forum Week of Business, and suggest boosting investment in innovative companies will help. “You need a...