May 10, 2012 | News
East West Digital News 9 May 2012 The Russian high tech fund New Generation Investment (NGI) announced last week that it will launch a €20 million division dedicated to French startups, the French business daily Les Echos reported. “We are focusing on telecoms, web...
May 7, 2012 | News
Vedomosti via East-West Digital News 3 May 2012 Last week, the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported that the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) received a joint request from mobile operator Megafon and WiMAx operator Scartel, which operates under the Yota brand,...
May 4, 2012 | News
Moscow Times 4 May 2012 This week’s $75 million injection into classifieds advertising site Avito.ru is further proof of the investment attractiveness of Russian startups, which are a key element in the government’s push for diversifying the country’s energy-dependent...
May 2, 2012 | News
Moscow Times 2 May 2012 Real estate investment company O1 Properties said it aims to raise about $425 million from a London stock market listing to invest in Moscow’s booming commercial property market. O1 Properties, set up by former directors at Moscow...
May 1, 2012 | News
KPMG via East-West Digital News 30 April 2012 by Vyacheslav Jaravine 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...
Apr 28, 2012 | News
Moscow Times 28 April 2012 Freight firm Globaltrans Investment is buying the railcar unit of iron-ore miner Metalloinvest for $540 million, boosting its fleet to about 60,000 units, it said Friday, as it forecast more consolidation for the sector. As part of the deal,...
