Alexander Turkot, who resigned this past fall from his position as director of Skolkovo‘s IT cluster , has announced the launch of a new venture fund, which he hopes will raise as much as $100 million. The fund has already received a commitment from Renova for “up to $50 million,” Turkot told East-West Digital News. …
MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator and retailer, has announced plans to bring special, radio-enabled wrist straps to the Russian market by the end of this year. The electronic bracelets will help users obtain unaided health checkups and obtain professional medical advice remotely. This telemedicine-supporting device, called ‘Opeka,’ has been designed by a private-public partnership …
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Knopka Zhizni (“Life Button”), a startup that has developed a mobile medical alert system for the elderly and the disabled, has raised “over 35 million rubles” (over $1 million) from Rintech.ru, a subsidiary of the diversified high tech group IT Co. Founded in November 2010 by MBA students of the Skolkovo Management School, the startup turned heads last …
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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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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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Drchrono, a Silicon Valley based startup offering an electronic health record (EHR) platform for the iPad, announced last week it has received an additional $650,000 in seed funding from prominent startup investor Yuri Milner, founder of DST Global, along with venture capital firm General Catalyst.
Moscow based startup incubator Fast Lane Ventures has just launched VitaPortal.ru, a website offering health news for the general public, inspired by the success of Western sites such as WebMD.com.
ZocDoc, a New York based startup that allows patients to locate and book doctor appointments online, announced yesterday it secured a $50 million investment from prominent Russian fund DST Global in its third round of financing. Founded in 2007, the site claims to offer 5 million appointments across nine major metropolitan areas and dozens of medical …
As announced earlier this month by Communications and Mass Media minister Ilya Massukh, 29 billion rubles (approximately $1 billion) has been slated for IT modernization of the Russian public health service in 2011 and 2012.
