Venture / Private equity

HeadHunter invests in AI-powered recruitment solution developer

February 15, 2019 February 15, 2019

HeadHunter has acquired a 25% stake as a result of a capital injection into Skillaz, a developer of advanced recruitment solutions. The news was reported earlier this week by business daily Vedomosti, which cited exchanges with an official company HeadHunter representative. The funding will be used for recruitment and company development purposes. Neither the amount nor other …

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Swedish investor VNV injected $8.5 million in Busfor in 2018

February 14, 2019 February 15, 2019

In December last year Vostok New Ventures (VNV), a major Swedish investment firm operating internationally, invested $4.5 million in online bus ticketing platform Busfor, in addition to the $4 million it had injected in the company in mid-2018. The latest transaction was revealed yestersday by business daily Kommersant, based on VNV’s latest financial report and …

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Siberian startup secures $1 million to develop “vertical farms” across Russia and Europe

February 13, 2019 November 11, 2020

iFarm, a Novosibirsk, Siberia-based startup, has just secured $1 million in a round led by Gagarin Capital – the California-based VC firm founded by Nick Davidov and Mikhail Taver – with participation from individual Russian investors. The details of the deal have not been disclosed. This agritech startup builds vertical farms, which “use a footprint …

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CrunchBase and EWDN team up to cover regional tech and venture trends

February 10, 2019 February 13, 2019

CrunchBase has teamed up with East-West Digital News to cover key tech and venture trends from Russia and neighboring countries of the former Soviet Union. Starting from now, EWDN chief editor Adrien Henni publishes a monthly column in this famous industry resource, highlighting the most notable deals as well as promising tech innovations from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus …

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Food delivery service Golama raises $2.3 million, sees orders grow by “up to 30%” monthly

February 7, 2019 November 12, 2020

Moscow-based grocery delivery service Golama has attracted 150 million ruble (approximately $2.3 million) in equity funding from an unnamed individual investor, according to media reports. The funding will be spent on expanding Golama’s network of partners, which include retail chains and stores, and its goods and services offer. Golama told Russian online tech resource Rusbase …

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Gazprom Media and US investor back catering startup from Moscow

February 5, 2019 February 13, 2019

Gazprom-Media, Russia’s largest Russian media holding and a subsidiary of Gazprom, has led a $2 million funding round for Catery. This Moscow-based catering startup, launched in 2016, organizes deliveries to corporate clients. It operates in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Rostov-upon-Don and Nizhny Novgorod, based on partnerships with more than 500 restaurants. According to a Catery …

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Russian business analytics startup raises $4 million to expand internationally

February 5, 2019 July 13, 2019

iTech Fund II and Skolkovo Digital (two funds managed by iTech Capital and Skolkovo Ventures, respectively), have jointly invested $4 million in Roistat, a Russian business analytics startup. The deal was reported by Rusbase, which cites exchanges with iTech Capital. Its terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2014 by German Gavrilov and Evgeniy Udodov, Roistat …

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Russian-founded startup raised $8 million to develop car rental services across the world

January 31, 2019 February 4, 2019

Get Transfer, a car rental startup with Russian roots operating internationally, has raised $8 million in total since early 2018, with a last capital injection of $3 million this month. The main investors are two international funds with Eastern European managers, Emery Capital and Castel Capital, and Russian airline S7 Group. The latest deal valued Get Transfer at …

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Runa Capital invests in French and German startups

January 28, 2019 February 1, 2019

Last week Runa Capital, an international venture fund with Russian roots, announced its participation in two startup funding deals in Western Europe. As reported by Tech.eu, the fund led a €7 million funding round for Vehiculum, a German-founded startup which has developed a new car leasing marketplace. Almost simultaneously, French startup Admo announced the completion of its €6 million series …

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Russia seeks to attract Asian investors to support $900 million later-stage tech fund

January 23, 2019 January 23, 2019

RVC, the state fund-of-funds dedicated to innovation, and Da Vinci Capital, a major EBRD-backed Russian private equity firm, announced Monday the launch of a 6 billion ruble ($900 million) tech fund. While Da Vinci Capital manages the fund (christened the ‘Da Vinci Pre-IPO Tech Fund’), RVC has contributed a quarter of the capital (1.5 billion rubles). Discussions with …

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Russian-founded Veeam Software secures $500 million from US and Canadian investors

January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019

Veeam Software, a global leader in cloud data management software, today announced it raised $500 million from Insight Venture Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). The fundings will be used “to accelerate the next phase of Veeam’s growth as the number one provider of data management solutions for the public and private cloud,” according to Veeam’s …

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2018 Eastern Europe and Central Asia Tech Investment Overview

January 16, 2019 January 22, 2019

Tech investment volumes in Eastern Europe and Central Asia were modest last year, if compared with the Chinese, US or Western European markets. However, 2018 was marked by giant corporate deals involving international players while a series of smaller venture transactions illustrated the diversity of the regional startup scene. In this review, which encompasses Russia, …

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