Crunchbase and East-West Digital News are teaming up to cover key tech and venture trends from Russia and neighboring countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Since January 2019, EWDN chief editor Adrien Henni has offered a monthly column to highlight the most notable industry facts and trends as well as promising tech innovations from these countries.
The November review highlights moves from Sberbank, Mail.ru Group and Yandex, which are reshaping the Russian digital scene; the creation or cancellation of several new investment funds in Russia; and Blackstone’s acquisition of Andrey Andreev’s online dating companies. A series of mergers and acquisitions on the Belarusian and Ukrainian IT outsourcing scene as well as important industry events in Kazakhstan are also covered.
