Ninety startups trade shares electronically through IPO Board

East-West Digital News Six months after its launch, the IPO Board platform has attracted no fewer than 90 non-listed startups, enabling them to trade their shares electronically through private placements. An initiative of the Moscow stock exchange, IPO Board – also...

Richard Branson Invests in Russian Green Growth

Moscow Times 1 November 2012 British tycoon Richard Branson and Rusnano chief Anatoly Chubais have launched a $200 million investment fund to back green growth and energy-efficiency projects in Russia. The VGF Emerging Market Growth I L.P. — an independent fund backed...

Rusnano invests in US portable power technology developer

East-West Digital News 18 September 2012 Lilliputian Systems, a developer of portable power products for consumer electronics, announced last week it has closed on $40 million of a planned $60 million equity financing round led by Rusnano. The Russian nanotechnology...

Nizhny Novgorod to create engineering companies with RUSNANO

Marchmont Innovation News 25 April 2012 Anatoly Chubais, the head of state-owned nanotechnological company RUSNANO, believes that Nizhny Novgorod region could create engineering companies to carry out innovative projects, VOLGA-Lentaregion reports. “Nizhny Novgorod...