Illustrating the intense ties between the Russian and Israeli tech communities, Janvest Capital Partners, an early-stage investment fund focusing on Israeli startups, has teamed up with two Russian funds, Altair Capital and Leta Capital, to inject $2.4 million in Israeli startup Unomy. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Created in 2012, Unomy has developed a sales and marketing intelligence platform which allows its users to build lists of targeted prospects and track them, enriching leads with valuable business information.
Among Unomy’s major competitors are such American companies as InsideView, ZoomInfo, Owler and LinkedIn Sales Navigator, as well as Qlik Sense, notes Russian business daily Kommersant.
Leta Capital is the venture arm of the Russian IT security holding Leta Group. Established in 2012, the fund has invested in air screen maker Displair, social app Budist, bank software publisher Double Data, SDN solution providet Brain4Net, and other startups essentially in Russia.
Altair Capital is an internationally-connected venture firm established by Igor Ryabenkiy, a Russian-Austrian serial startup investor who now spends part of his time in Israel. Altair’s third fund, launched less than two years ago, targets essentially Russian and Israeli startups.
