Digital services & Apps

Yandex releases Yandex.Radar, a new search traffic and browser usage analytics tool

August 9, 2017 August 9, 2017

Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian search company, has just announced Yandex.Radar, a new analytics tool that provides webmasters with accurate search engine and browser usage data available for the Internet market in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Turkey. Yandex.Radar allows webmasters to quickly and easily segment search engine and browser usage data by device type and operating system. For example, …

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No Telegram servers moved to Iran, says CEO Pavel Durov

July 31, 2017 July 31, 2017

Mahmoud Vaezi, the Iranian communications and information technology minister, was quoted Sunday as saying that Telegram has transferred some of its servers into the country. “As a result of meetings with Telegram managers, some of its servers have been moved to the country,” Vaezi was quoted as saying by Iran’s ISNA news agency. But Telegram …

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Mail.Ru Group and Yandex announce new mapping and advertising features for local businesses

July 27, 2017 July 30, 2017

Now local businesses can display prices, opening hours, rankings and other details about their activity in Yandex Maps, the mapping tool of the Russian search giant. These features (which have been available only to Android users) will help users identify and compare appropriate cafés, hotels, or any other outlet listed on the maps. This is not …

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Russia tightens screws on Internet censorship, instant messenging and SIM card-based subscriptions

July 25, 2017 August 5, 2017

On July 21, the members of the Russian State Duma approved in the third reading three bills to regulate Internet and telecom services in Russia. After the almost unanimous vote of Russia’s senators today, the laws are now pending approval by President Putin. [Update: The President signed the laws on July 30.] No more access to …

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Russian startup Chefmarket attracts $3.5 million from Mitsui

July 25, 2017 July 25, 2017

The Moscow-based food delivery startup Chefmarket.ru has just secured $3.5 million from Mitsui & Co — just one year after the Japanese corporation led a previous $1.5 million round. “Mitsui has designated retail and services, including e-commerce and TV shopping, as one of its key domain, and is expanding its presence through various investments. After a small …

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Most requests to remove online content come from Russia, Google says

July 24, 2017 July 24, 2017

Russia has come out on top of a ranking of government requests to have online content removed or blocked, according to Google’s latest Transparency Report. Last year, the Russian authorities filed more than 13,000 requests with the search engine to have online content on Google platforms removed, including on YouTube. Compared to 2015, the number of requests …

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AI-enhanced mobile trading app raises $25 million from Eastern Europe

July 20, 2017 August 3, 2017

Two major investors from Russia and Belarus have just injected $25 million in Capital.com, a trading app that is similar to Robinhood in the US or Trading212 in Europe — but with a specific AI-powered function that provides users with tailored content based on behavioral analysis. Dubbed ’Smart Feed’ and scheduled for launch next month, this AI function analyzes user …

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Uber and Yandex.taxi announce plans to merge in Eastern Europe into a $3.7 billion company

July 13, 2017 December 21, 2017

Yandex.Taxi, the taxi service of Russian Internet giant Yandex, and Uber have agreed to merge their businesses in Russia and neighboring countries Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan. Should it receive regulatory approvals the transaction is scheduled for completion in late 2017, stated Yandex. [Update: the merger was cleared in Nov. 2017] “This deal is a testament …

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Yandex acquires regional car classifieds sites from Hearst Shkulev Digital

July 11, 2017 July 11, 2017

Auto.ru, one of the leading online auto classifieds sites in Russia, and its owner Yandex, have agreed a “strategic partnership,” with Hearst Shkulev Digital, a leading publishing house in Russia, as reported by the Russian business daily Kommersant last week. As part of the deal, Yandex is acquiring HSD’s car classifieds sites across Russian regions. These include E1.Auto …

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Russian food delivery market heats up: AddVenture invests $5 million in Grow Food

July 11, 2017 July 25, 2017

In a new illustration of VC interest in the Russian food delivery market, Grow Food has attracted $5 million from AddVenture, a Moscow-based fund, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported last week. Currently, the startup offers food deliveries to athletes on a subscription basis. Customers may pick one of two weekly eating programs. The tariffs …

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Runa Capital leads €4 million round of funding in French childcare service

July 10, 2017 August 14, 2017

Last week Yoopies, a major player in the field of online childcare and home care services in France, announced that it raised €4 million in equity funding. The Series A round involved Runa Capital, an international venture fund with Russian roots, and Paris-based fund XAnge. Runa brought in two-thirds of the funding amount, Yoopies’ CEO Benjamin …

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Prisma’s next AI project is a fun selfie sticker maker called Sticky

July 10, 2017 May 2, 2019

What do you do after garnering tens of millions of downloads and scores of clones of your AI-powered style transfer app? Why, keep innovating of course. Meet Sticky, the next app from the startup behind Prisma, which turns selfies into stylized and/or animated stickers for sharing to your social feeds. Sticky is launching today on iOS, with …

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