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Russian car-sharing major Delimobil files for listing in New York

October 23, 2021

This past Friday Delimobil Holding S.A., a Luxembourg-registered, Moscow-based car-sharing company, filed for listing on the New York Stock Exchange. BofA Securities, Citigroup Global Markets and VTB Capital will act as joint lead book-running managers while Banco Santander, Renaissance Securities and Sberbank CIB will be joint bookrunners, the company said, cited by Reuters.  A pioneer …

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This Siberian-born unicorn is now among the world’s top ride-hailing apps

September 23, 2021

A new unicorn emerged discretely earlier this year in the globalized Russian-speaking startup entrepreneur community. InDriver, a ride-hailing app founded in Yakutsk, Siberia, back in 2012, was valued at $1.23 billion as it raised $150 million this past February from leading North American funds. The deal remained undisclosed until last week, when InDriver’s founder Arsen …

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Cian, Delimobil target New York IPOs this autumn

November 9, 2021

Russian car-sharing major Delimobil and online real estate classifieds leader Cian are considering US IPOs this autumn, hoping to raise around $350 million each, according to “financial market sources” cited by Reuters on Tuesday.  Delimobil, which announced a $75 million private equity round this past June, is now eyeing a $350 million listing on the New York Stock Exchange and a …

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Yandex buys Uber out of food delivery partnership in $1 billion deal

September 1, 2021

Yandex has struck a $1 billion deal to buy out U.S. ride-hailing giant Uber from a host of the pair’s joint ventures in Russia, the company announced Tuesday.  Yandex and Uber first combined their ride-hailing businesses in 2017, with a deal to merge their operations in Russia and a number of other ex-Soviet countries. This partnership has seen the pair cement …

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Russian entrepreneurs raise $46 million to launch express delivery service in the US

June 30, 2021

A group of Russian entrepreneurs has raised $46 million to launch a food delivery company on the US market. Dubbed ‘Buyk,’ the service is an analog of Samokat, a successful startup which was born in St. Petersburg and acquired last year by Mail.ru Group and Sber. Buyk is the brainchild of Samokat co-founders Vyacheslav Bocharov …

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VTB Capital invests $75 million in Russian carsharing major Delimobil

August 30, 2021

VTB-Capital, a division of the state bank VTB, is in the process of acquiring a 15% stake in the Delimobil car-sharing service. A memorandum of cooperation was signed at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in early June by Yuri Soloviev, First Deputy President and Chairman of VTB Bank Management Board, and Vincenzo Trani, founder …

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Russian travel segment is recovering fast from the pandemic

August 10, 2021

According to Aviasales.ru, Russian travellers booked 15% more tickets through its air ticket online booking platform for this May holiday season than in the same period of pre-covid year 2019.  The company also notes that 95% of the tickets were sold for domestic routes vs. 75% before the pandemic. The most popular international destinations this year were Turkey, …

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Russian urbanites embrace e-scooters

June 2, 2021

Russia is a relatively late bloomer in the market of shareable electric scooters, which are available for rent through a number of different smartphone apps.  E-scooters, fueled by billions in venture capital funding, first spread rapidly across the U.S. and quickly spread to European capitals. The vehicles, which take up less room than cars or even …

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This fast-growing delivery startup from Southern Russia raises millions to challenge market leaders

May 12, 2021

Earlier this month Russian delivery service Broniboy raised 100 million rubles ($1.35 million at the current exchange rate) at a 3 billion ruble valuation ($40 million), reports Rusbase.  This fast-growing company, which already operates in six Russian cities including Moscow, raised 130 million in a previous round, and plans to attract an additional 800 millions rubles next year.  …

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Car-sharing service “for the people” launches in Moscow and St. Petersburg

May 10, 2021

The Moscow Department of Transport has launched a car-sharing platform, which it says is similar to US service Turo.  Currently in test mode with 100 participants, the app is available on the App Store and Google Play. Dubbed Ruli (‘Drive’), this new service allows individuals to rent their car when lying idle on parking lots. Through the …

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Russian e-scooter startup raises $16 million to become regional leader

July 19, 2021

An e-scooter startup called Urent has raised 1.2 billion rubles (nearly $16 million at the current exchange rate) in equity funding and loans. The investor pool includes Citimobil, a Russian ride-sharing company, Sber, the state-controlled digital and finance giant, and Sistema SmartTech, a new venture vehicle of the Sistema conglomerate. The latter contributed 200 million rubles …

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After successes in Russia and Israel, Yandex prepares to launch express delivery service in Western Europe

April 30, 2021

Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian tech major, is preparing to launch its express e-grocery delivery service in Western Europe — after successful deployment in Russia and Israel.  The first target is France, where Yandex registered a local company earlier this month and started hiring, according to a company spokesman cited by AFP. Initially covering the central districts of Paris, …

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