The Russian state owned fund of funds Russian Venture Company (RVC) announced last week it had participated indirectly in a $40 million round of financing for One Kings Lane, a leading US flash sales site on the home furnishings market. The investment was made through Institutional Venture Partners XIII (IVP), a prominent later stage venture …
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The Russian Venture Company (RVC) announced today an investment by S-Group Ventures, a fund it owns jointly with Sever Venture Management, in Bisant, a Moscow-based antenna manufacturer. Bisant describes its micro antenna devices as “a powerful means for the reception and transfer of radio waves in various wireless communication systems,” including mobile phones, tablets, netbooks …
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Russian state owned fund of funds Russian Venture Company (RVC) has participated indirectly in a $32 million round of financing for London based Shazam Entertainment, the developer of a popular application for mobile devices.
National telecommunications operator Rostelecom, state-owned fund of funds Russian Venture Company (RVC) and Moscow incubator Digital October are to launch Knowledge Stream, a distance learning project for students, news agency ITAR TASS reports.
The European Business Angels Association (EBAN) announced last week that its 2012 congress would be held in Russia, reports Allventure.ru, a website published by the Russian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (RVCA).
Russian Navigation Technologies (RNT) announced last week that the story of its formation and growth has been included as a business case study at Stanford and a number of other US universities. RNT is Russia’s largest manufacturer and integrator of telematics systems and a leader on the Russian fleet management systems market. Its Auto Tracker …
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Russian Venture Company (RVC), a state-owned fund of funds, participated indirectly in a $20 million round of financing, announced last week, for Clearspring Technologies, a US-based online data giant. This fourth round brings Clearspring’s total funding to $58 million since its creation in 2004. Clearspring is the maker of the AddThis button that facilitates content …
Tamir Fishman-CIG, a leading Israeli financial group, and the Russian Venture Company (RVC), the state-owned fund dedicated to fostering innovation in Russia, have invested over $6 million in a new joint venture to design a new ASIC semiconductor chip in Russia.
State-owned fund of funds Russian Venture Company (RVC) participated indirectly in a round of financing, announced last week, for Sugar Inc., a global media company for women. The investment was made through Russian Venture Capital II LP, a fully owned subsidiary of RVC that registered in the UK in June 2010. A few months later, the …
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A trade delegation of 25 leading European venture capital firms and top executives of major international technology corporations is visiting Russia this week to participate in the Second International Trade Delegation on Global Innovation Partnerships (GIP).
While Russia has set for itself the strategic goal of modernization through technological development, to date the country remains largely terra incognita to many international players in the IT sector because of the general lack of market data and business information in English.
Skolkovo, the state-sponsored innovation hub under construction near Moscow, last week opened its American beachhead in Silicon Valley together with Rusnano, a state-owned corporation, and Russian Venture Company (RVC), the state-owned fund of funds dedicated to innovation.
