Skolkovo, the state-supported innovation hub under completion near Moscow, announced yesterday it has offered a grant of 1.35 million rubles, approximately $45,000, to its resident Intersoft Eurasia, a startup developing a dosimeter-radiometer that can be built into a smartphone or used as a separate, detachable unit (see video).
10tracks.ru, Russia’s first cloud music storage site, launched a few days ago, with up to 3 gigabites of storage space available free of charge. Users can listen to their music using a web player or download it onto smartphones or computers to listen to it anywhere. The mobile version is available using an Android application …
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The Office of the United States Trade Representative has made public a new edition of its Notorious Markets List earlier this week, identifying “selected markets, including ones on the Internet, that are reportedly engaged in piracy and counterfeiting” across the globe. Specifically, the blacklist enlarges upon the geographical origin and the dubious commercial nature of marketplaces …
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Taxipedia, a German startup that has developed a mobile app for calling taxis and getting discounted fares, was awarded a Skolkovo Foundation grant last week, reported Tass-Telecom last week. The ceremony was held at the Singapore campus of INSEAD, a top ranking international business school with its main campus in Fontainebleau, France.
Paris based international streaming music service Deezer launched its Russian language version yesterday with few visible signs of adaptation to the local market. Russia is the latest region for Deezer’s internationally deployed service. Deezer CEO Axel Dauchez expects revenues from online music on the Russian market will increase at least two fold each year over …
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Questli, a startup from Novosibirsk, Siberia, has raised an undisclosed amount from Zurich-based venture capital firm Redalpine and individual investors from Switzerland and Germany, industry blogger Yakov Sadchikov reported yesterday. Questli’s award-winning treasure hunting games combine crowd-sourced quests, location-based services and couponing. Founded by Danila Kozyatnikov in April 2011, the startup initially received CHF 200,000, …
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A surprisingly explicit retweet sent from Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s Twitter account yesterday has ignited both the twitterverse and blogosphere with speculation about the behind the scenes mechanisms of the Presidential social media presence. The message, which ran, “If someone uses the expression ‘the party of rogues and thieves’ in his blog, he is a …
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Media3, a major media publishing, commercial printing and distribution group, announced on Monday its acquisition of Delovoy Mir, Russia’s fifth largest publisher of online classifieds. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed, but Delovoy Mir Online Brand Manager Marina Zeitina told East-West Digital News that Media3 obtained a 90% stake, leaving the remaining 10% …
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Russian search giant Yandex took yet another step towards international expansion yesterday, announcing that Seznam.cz, the largest web search engine and information portal in the Czech Republic, had launched a video search service using its technology.
The Russian mobile content market could reach as much as $1.8 billion this year, according to a report from consulting company J’son & Partners quoted by news agency RIA Novosti. The figures includes ringback tones and other audio content for $766 million, mobile applications for smartphones for $355 million – up 106% from 2010 – …
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In a move reflecting emphasis on its mobile strategy, Yandex, the dominant player on the Russian search and contextual ad markets, announced today its acquisition of SPB Software, a major developer of mobile software with offices in Russia, Taiwan, and Thailand. Referring to sources close to the deal, TechCrunch reported the price was set at …
Is Russia set to be the next Eldorado for Western startups? As Russia emerges as a new hot spot on the global IT scene, companies have begun seeking new partners, clients and even investors. Among them is Capptain, a Paris based startup with solutions allowing mobile app and game developers to manage and serve their …
French and UK mobile startups find clients and investors in Russia Read More
