Venture / Private equity

From Russian funding to an American exit: French startup Capptain acquired by Microsoft

May 29, 2014

Yesterday, French mobile analytics startup Capptain, which so far had been funded by Moscow-based venture fund Runa Capital, announced it was being acquired by Microsoft. The amount of transaction has not been disclosed, but Runa’s PR Director Liliana Pertenava told East-West Digital News that the fund had made “lots of money” on this investment. While the …

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E-shop builder ECWID raises $5 million, celebrates half a million registered merchants globally

May 21, 2020

ECWID, arguably one of the most successful Russian startups of the past few years, announced today that it has secured $5 million from iTech Capital and Runa Capital, two major Moscow-based venture funds with global portfolios. The startup will utilize the Series B funds to accelerate its already rapid growth, further developing its mobile and …

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DST Global leads giant Indian e-commerce funding deal

May 28, 2014

India’s largest online retailer, Flipkart, announced earlier this week a $210 million investment led by DST Global, the later-stage Internet investment fund founded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner. “Flipkart is one of the fastest growing internet companies globally led by visionary founders,” Milner said.

Russian e-commerce leader Ulmart invests $6.5 million in Dream Industries to develop digital content platforms

May 26, 2014

Interest in the fast-growing Russian digital content market received further confirmation this past Friday with the announcement of a $6.5 million investment by Umart, Russia’s number one online retailer, in Dream Industries, a Moscow-based developer of digital content platforms. The move came just one week after e-commerce pioneer Ozon acquired a stake in Russia’s e-book …

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Crowdsourced retail analytics startup raises $1 million from InVenture Partners

May 19, 2014

CrowdSystems, the developer of retail analytics tools based on crowdsourcing technology, announced Friday that it closed a $1 million Series A round of financing from Russian venture fund InVenture Partners at an undisclosed valuation. Similar to the international platform Quri.com, CrowdSystems provides retail companies and brands with crowdsourcing tools for retail audits and consumer research. Consumers …

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TMT Investments injects $200,000 into Israeli startup Drippler

May 19, 2014

In early May TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, announced the completion of a $200,000 investment in Israeli startup Drippler, in exchange for a 1.86% share. Drippler is a mobile and web-based discovery service helping people adopt everyday technology in an easy and interactive way. Drippler provides users with daily tech …

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Wikimart co-founder Maxim Faldin: “Western investors are still in the game for Russian e-commerce”

May 16, 2014

Launched in 2008 by Stanford graduates Maxim Faldin and Kamil Kurmakaev, Wikimart had the initial ambition of creating a Russian analog of eBay. Heavily funded by major US investment funds, the startup has now become a major marketplace offering its own products alongside nearly 2 million items from 1,500 third-party merchants. In this interview with the …

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Ozon acquires stake in LitRes, the leading Russian e-book store

May 16, 2014

Yesterday Ozon Holdings, one of Russia’s most established e-commerce players, announced that it acquired a stake in LitRes, the leader in Russia’s fast growing – though still embryonic – domestic e-book market. Neither the size of the stake nor the amount of the transaction has been disclosed. Ozon presented the deal as a way “to further …

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Yandex invests in Israeli predictive analytics startup

May 14, 2014

The NASDAQ-listed Russian search giant Yandex is among the main contributors to a $4.1 million capital injection in SalesPredict, a SaaS technology provider helping B2B companies increase revenues using predictive analytics. Founded in 2012, SalesPredict combines and analyzes prospect and customer data from a company’s CRM database, marketing automation solutions, proprietary data sources, social media, and the …

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Grishin Robotics invests in new robo-toy

May 7, 2014

Grishin Robotics fund, a venture fund launched in 2012 by Mail.ru Group’s CEO Dmitry Grishin, has purchased a minority share in Orbotix, a manufacturer of robotic toys. The exact size of the recently acquired stake has not yet been specified, but what we do know, is that together with The Foundry Group and Shea Ventures, Grishin invested $15.5 …

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