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Russian-Israeli investor Lev Leviev invests in eSports giant Fnatic

May 2, 2019

Lev Leviev, a prominent Russian-Israeli tech investor, has led a $19 million for London-based eSports club Fnatic via his fund LVL1 Group. Investors Beringea, BlackPine, Unbound, Raptor Group and Joi Ito also took part in the round. The fresh funding will help Fnatic “continue its global expansion into Asia and North America, strengthen its involvement …

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Fragrance subscription service ScentBird attracts $2.8 million from US and Russian investors

April 5, 2016

Last week ScentBird, a New York-based startup founded by Russian émigrés, announced that it secured $2.8 million in venture funding. The investor consortium includes TMT Investments, a London-based fund with Russian connections, Vaizra Investments, the fund belonging to VKontakte founders Lev Leviev and Vyacheslav Mirilashvili, and Scrum Ventures, a US-based fund with interests in Asia, as well as Eclipse Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, and SGH …

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Russian funds take part in YouAppi’s $13.1 million funding round

February 22, 2016

YouAppi, a San Francisco-based startup that has developed a Big Data-driven solution for mobile marketing, has raised $13.1 million from an international consortium of investors, including AltaIR, Emery Capital and Flint Capital, three funds with Russian roots. Also participating in this Series B round are Click Ventures, Digital Venture (Ukraine), Global Brain (Japan) and Hawk Ventures (USA) as well as …

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2015 in review: Russian funds continued to invest in international startups while the domestic venture market declined

March 17, 2016

This week and next, East-West Digital News reviews the most important developments on the Russian high-tech scene in 2015. The series starts with an analysis of the key deals and trends that marked the venture market. 1. Russian funds continued to invest in international startups The invest-abroad trend among funds with Russian backers or managers, which began several …

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Russian fund invests $1 million in Israeli wearable technology company to demonstrate “the true meaning of being free”

February 9, 2016

Russian venture fund Titanium Investments has injected $1 million in MUV Interactive, an Israel-based developer of innovative technologies for wearable interfaces. The investment, which will help the startup start serial production of Bird, its first product, took the form of a convertible loan, Russian business daily Kommersant reported today. The transaction brings the total amount raised by the startup …

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Titanium and TMT invest in Israeli mobile “techy concierge”

February 17, 2016

In late June Tel Aviv-based Drippler, which provides personalized recommendations on apps, features, and accessories, announced that it raised $4.5 million in Series A funding which involved two Russia-connected funds –  Titanium Investments, which led the round, and TMT Investments. Also contributing to the capital injection were iAngels, Reuven Agassi, Yanki Margalit, David Assia and Christian Gaiser. Selected by …

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Israeli social analytics startup Klear secures $1.5 million from Altair and TMT

February 17, 2016

Israeli startup Klear, formerly known as Twtrland, has raised $1.5 million in new funding from Altair and TMT Investments, two international venture funds with Russian backers. The company defines its product as “a social intelligence platform that helps you do smarter marketing.” It has rebranded to Klear, since the platform now looks at data from Facebook and Instagram in …

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Roman Abramovich invests $500,000 in Russian-Israeli medical consultation startup

November 12, 2015

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, …

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Vaizra invests in Israeli and US startups

March 1, 2016

Vaizra Investments, the fund belonging to VKontakte founders Lev Leviev and Vyacheslav Mirilashvili, has invested in startups Moovit and Boxed. Moovit is an Israeli app which helps users to plan journeys on public transport, and Boxed is a US app for wholesale buyers. Moovit monitors levels of traffic and the schedules of different forms of public transport in …

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VKontakte co-founder Vyacheslav Mirilashvili launches new venture fund in Israel

August 6, 2014

VKontakte co-founder Vyacheslav Mirilashvili and his partner at MNS Consulting Nir Grinberg have opened Yesodot Private Equity, a new venture fund in Israel. The Yesodot Private Equity fund aims to develope energy storage and infrastructure projects. Grinberg is in charge of search into potential venture capital recipients, while Mirilashvili’s task is to attract new investors. Mirilashvili has …

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Short video maker Coub secures $2.5 million from VKontakte co-founders Mirilashvili and Leviev

July 30, 2014

Coub.com, a Moscow-based startup launched in 2012, has just raised $2.5 million in a Series B round from Vaizra Capital, a fund which belongs to VKontakte co-founders Vyacheslav Mirilashvili and Lev Leviev. The startup did not disclose its valuation, but its representative told the Russian business daily Vedomosti that Vaizra got a minority stake. Coub is …

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Online communication tool developer Livetex obtains $4 million from Vaizra Capital

July 9, 2014

Russian tech portal CNews.ru reported last week that Livetex, a St. Petersburg developer of online communication tools, has secured $4 million from Russian fund Vaizra Capital at an undisclosed valuation. The company will use the funds to strengthen infrastructure, expand its product line, and take the first steps towards entering foreign markets. Livetex claims that its instruments, which include …

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