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Kiev’s IDCEE attracts investors from USA to India; Russian startups win top prizes

October 30, 2012

Once again this year, the annual IDCEE conference held in Kiev on October 18th and 19th attracted an impressive array of Internet oriented investors, startup entrepreneurs, and professionals of all kinds from far beyond Ukraine and the neighboring countries (see videos). A rare phenomenon in such events, investors – coming from all parts of Europe …

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Online video service Ivi.ru secures $40 million from leading Russian and Western investors

September 11, 2012

Yesterday, just days after witnessing the financing rounds of online shoe retailer Lamoda.ru and travel site Onetwotrip.com, the Russian Internet scene saw another giant funding operation with Ivi.ru, a major video streaming service. Ivi.ru raised no less than $40 million from private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners, a shareholder of Yandex and Ozon.ru, along with existing investors …

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Delivery Hero raises $49 million from Russian and Western funds

August 29, 2012

Delivery Hero, a Berlin-based online food ordering company operating in a dozen of countries, announced yesterday it has secured a capital injection of $49 million from Kite Ventures, a Moscow-based venture fund operating internationally, and Kreos Capital, a leading European provider of growth debt and equity investment for high-growth companies. The round of funding has …

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Ru-Net invests $17 million in Indian e-commerce

June 18, 2012

In yet another step in its international expansion, Ru-Net, a major Russian venture fund, has invested $17 million in Freecultr.com and BeStylish.com, two Indian e-commerce companies. The news on the investment in Freecultr – a website that offers its own apparels brands – was initially reported earlier this month by Iamwire, an online publication dedicated …

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Fast Lane Ventures and Ru-Net launch event management and ticket booking system

May 25, 2012

Moscow-based serial startup developer Fast Lane Ventures has teamed up with Ru-Net, an established Russian venture fund, to launch Eventmag.ru, an online service to organize events and book event tickets. The well known US site Eventbrite.com was taken as a model, Fast Lane openly acknowledges, with the ultimate goal of providing a ticket selling platform …

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Report: M&A in the Russian communications and media sector in 2011 and early 2012

April 30, 2012

2011 was a rather disappointing year for M&A both globally and in Russia. Compared to the 6% decline in the value of global M&A deals, Russia’s M&A market experienced an even stronger reduction in value, by almost 28%. This is a sign of its continuing higher volatility, but also the result of fewer mega deals …

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New $50 million fund targets early stage B2C Internet startups

March 29, 2012

The Russian venture capital scene, which counted less than two dozen active funds just two years ago, is continuing its impressive growth. Its newest player, an early stage venture fund named Frontier Ventures, has just been announced by its founder, the Russian entrepreneur and investor Dmitry Alimov. The fund’s target of $50 million has already been …

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Heverest.ru secures new investment – from mystery financiers

February 8, 2012

Heverest.ru, a Moscow-based online retailer of sports and recreational equipment launched by Fast Lane Ventures in June 2011, has attracted a new investment of $4.3 million – just three months after securing $1.3 million in financing. The total investment in this startup now comes to $6.7 million. eVenture Capital Partners, the venture arm of the …

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Daily deal site Biglion attracts new investment from Tiger Global Management

December 22, 2011

Biglion, a major player among Russian daily deal sites, has attracted significant funds from Tiger Global Management, a prominent investment firm operating in the public and private equity markets across the globe, Russian business daily Vedomosti revealed yesterday. Biglion co-founder Oleg Savtsov has confirmed the deal but did not disclose any details on the amount …

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Russian companies demonstrate growing presence in Southeast Asian Internet markets

December 16, 2011

A Russian made search, news and advertising portal named Wada will be launched in Vietnam in a matter of weeks. It has been developed by Ashmanov & Partners, a leading Moscow web agency, in association with the Russian financial group Finam and Kazakhstani real estate developer Kusto. Although the initial investment in the Wada project has amounted …

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RTP Ventures announces four new investments in US startups

December 2, 2011

RTP Ventures, the recently created US arm of the Russian venture fund Ru-Net, announced yesterday it made no less than four investments in the last two months, including two infusions of seed funding and two Series A investments. RTP Ventures invested in Tinfoil Security, a website security solution provider, Cake Health, which offers solutions to …

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