Jun 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
East-West Digital News Venture investment volumes in Russia fell 42% as the number of completed deals dropped 38% in Q1 2014, says Rye, Man and Gor Securities (RMG), an independent Moscow-based investment company, in their latest quarterly report published with the...
Jun 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
TechCrunch June 18, 2014 Rocket Internet-incubated foodpanda has acquired Delivery Club in a move it says will make the combined companies Russia’s leading food delivery service with over 2,500 restaurants. The value of the deal was undisclosed. Delivery Club, which...
Jun 16, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, Deals
Hospital Beta started operations in 1991 and has a total area 4,200 sqm with 56 beds, 23 adult intensive care units, 18 infant incubators, 4 operating rooms, 2 delivery rooms. It employes 37 physicians and 179 staff members. The hospital has a number of specialty...
Jun 11, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
East-West Digital News Over the past months Russian seed-stage fund SpinUp Partners has invested in two Asian startup accelerators – a pioneering move among Russian funds, which usually consider California the prime destination in their global investment strategy. In...
Jun 2, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
Decanter April 22, 2014 Sparkling wine producer Igristy Vina has joined a growing number of Russian drinks firms buying foreign wine labels, after closing a deal for Italy’s Contarini. Igristy Vina has agreed to pay €8m for Prosecco DOCG producer Contarini, and will...
May 30, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
Telegraph May 30, 2014 David Reid, manager of BlackRock’s Emerging Europe investment trust, says Russia is now as cheap as it was after the financial crisis. The BlackRock Emerging Europe investment trust, managed by David Reid and Sam Vecht, has grown well over...