May 30, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
Economic Times May 26, 2014 NEW DELHI: Days after closing the biggest acquisition deal in the Indian e-commerce space, online marketplace giant Flipkart today said it has raised $210 million in a fresh round of funding, bringing the private equity firm DST Global on...
May 29, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, France, News
East-West Digital News 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...
May 24, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe
TechCrunch May 24, 2014 Betaworks-style ‘startup studio’ Dream Industries – based in Moscow – has raised a $3 million Series A round from retail giant Ulmart (in Russia) to develop its subscription-based social reading service Bookmate. They plan to take the startup...
May 23, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe
The medical startup Medal has received $4 million from Axioma Capital Partners according to the press service of the Ingria business incubator. Medal is a resident of a incubator. Medal is developing medical devices based on patented technology for the treatment of...
May 16, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
East-West Digital News 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...
May 13, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News
TechCrunch May 13, 2014 Earlybird, the Berlin-based VC, turned a spotlight on Central and Eastern Europe earlier this year when it announced the launch of a new $130 million fund dedicated to tech startups specifically from the region — an area full of talent but...
