Earlier this week Russian-Israeli startup Medviser announced that it has received half a million US dollars in investment from Roman Abramovich. The transaction was made via an undisclosed entity belonging to the Russian billionaire. It valued the company at $1,7 million post money, with the investor receiving a 30% stake.
Medviser was founded in mid-2014 by Anna Danishevskaya, Arie(Lev) Orlovsky and Konstantin Umansky. The Russian-language version of its service allows Israel’s Russian speaking doctors to provide remote consultations to patients from the former Soviet Union and other countries.
Just a few dozens of consultations have been offered so far as the startup needed to test the concept first. “We didn’t launch yet on the mass market,” Danishevskaya told Vedomosti.
Almost simultaneously Abramovich also invested $15 million in Israeli startup Music Messenger, leading a $30 million round, as reported last month by East-West Digital News.
Famous for his assets in the steel and football industries, Abramovich has also invested in several tech companies. Among them are British mobile operator Truphone, in which the Russian oligarch put $118 million in 2013.
Abramovich is also behind Impulse VC, a Moscow-based investment fund and incubator launched in October 2013.
Over the past few years Israeli startups have become one of the favorite targets of Russian tech investors. Among these are Flint Capital, Igor Ryabenkiy’s Altair fund, and Vaizra Investments, a fund launched by VKontakte founders Lev Leviev and Vyacheslav Mirilashvili.
