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Online video service Ivi.ru secures $40 million from leading Russian and Western investors

September 11, 2012

Yesterday, just days after witnessing the financing rounds of online shoe retailer Lamoda.ru and travel site Onetwotrip.com, the Russian Internet scene saw another giant funding operation with Ivi.ru, a major video streaming service. Ivi.ru raised no less than $40 million from private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners, a shareholder of Yandex and Ozon.ru, along with existing investors …

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Russian print-on-demand startup teams up with Germany’s DigiFoto for European expansion

September 6, 2012

Moe Izdanie, a Russian print-on-demand startup that launched less than one year ago under the Albooka brand, has announced plans to expand to EU countries through a partnership with DigiFoto, a leading German photo service company. Albooka mixes social networking, online editing, and print-on-demand services. Users can layout and edit virtual books and photo albums …

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Moscow startup Gfranq turns amateurs into professional photographers

July 24, 2012

Gfranq, a photo editing site launched just four months ago, is getting strong traction among amateur photographers, with more than 100,000 users in its first three months. Gfranq’s idea is to provide a simple, yet poweful image processing service to the average online user who has no knowledge of complex image processing software, allowing the …

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Rutube gets new look, goes social

July 12, 2012

A few weeks after reshaping its user interface with a new look and logotype, the Russian video portal ‘Rutube’ has launched a major overhaul of its services. Initially a copycat of YouTube, the portal is now strongly integrating its features with social networks, offering personalized selections of videos compiled from what a user’s friends have …

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‘Doctor At Work’ secures $1 million from Bright Capital

June 29, 2012

Bright Capital, a major Russian venture fund operating internationally, announced last week its investment in Doktornarabote.ru (‘Doctor At Work’), Russia’s leading physicians’ community with nearly 80,000 registered practitioners. The fund offered $1 million in exchange for a minority stake in the startup online community, reported CNews.ru, a Russian IT news portal. Released in March 2010, …

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Android app tracks down and embarrasses Moscow’s worst parking offenders

June 29, 2012

While Moscow streets and sidewalks are crippled by haphazardly and illegally parked automobiles, an online city magazine, The-Village.ru, has launched a sophisticated e-campaign to identify and shame the offenders. Using a free Android application named ‘Parking Douche,’ smartphone users can take a picture of the culprit. The app then uses the user’s IP address, taps …

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Physicians’ portal MirVracha secures $1.4 million from Japanese investors

June 8, 2012

MirVracha.ru, a major Internet portal for physicians and medical students, has completed its first round of financing, totaling $1.4 million. The round was led by Japanese fund UMJ Russia, which received a majority stake, with the participation of M3 Inc., a Japanese company offering innovative web solutions for medical professionals and the life sciences industry, …

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Fast Lane Ventures and Ru-Net launch event management and ticket booking system

May 25, 2012

Moscow-based serial startup developer Fast Lane Ventures has teamed up with Ru-Net, an established Russian venture fund, to launch Eventmag.ru, an online service to organize events and book event tickets. The well known US site Eventbrite.com was taken as a model, Fast Lane openly acknowledges, with the ultimate goal of providing a ticket selling platform …

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Web portal connects innovators with large corporations

May 21, 2012

Innobis.ru, a website launched eariler this month, could help Russian startups and innovators find clients among large companies in need of innovative solutions – something most of them have found to be a difficult challenge until now. Corporations post their requests, problems, or proposed tasks on the website, and innovators can reply, offering their technologies. …

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Siberian local review service Flamp.ru now serves Moscow

May 21, 2012

Flamp.ru, a consumer review website that appeared one year ago in the Siberian cities Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk, followed by a launch in Ekaterinburg in the Urals, announced last week it now covers the Russian capital. Not only do Flamp.ru users review local businesses like cafés, museums and theaters, they can also post comments about banks, …

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Russian Orthodox Patriarch joins Facebook

May 18, 2012

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, can now be contacted through his official Facebook page. The page has generated over 3,000 ‘Likes’ three days since it opened on Tuesday, May 15. Visitors can read the Patriarch’s speeches, learn Church-related news, see photos of Kirill and click on …

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