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Runa and Alven invest in French startup Keymetrics, “the next leader in Node.js”

February 12, 2017

Earlier this week Runa Capital, a venture fund with Russian roots operating globally, and Alven Capital, a Paris-based fund, announced an investment in Keymetrics. This French startup has developed a SaaS monitoring service for server infrastructure. making it easier for developers to build Node.js apps. Keymetrics raised $2 million in total in this round, including $1 million …

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Runa Capital raises $135-million second fund

July 5, 2016

Yesterday Runa Capital, a venture investment firm operating globally from its offices in Moscow, London and San Francisco, announced that it has closed its second fund, Runa Capital Fund II, having raised $135 million. As a result, Runa has $270 million under management, taking into account its first fund, which also amounted to $135 million. The firm declined to …

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Russian oligarch Ziyavudin Magomedov makes second investment in Hyperloop One

March 2, 2017

Illustrating the strong invest-abroad trend among Russian investors, Ziyavudin Magomedov, a top businessman from Dagestan, took part in a recent $80 million round of financing for Hyperloop One. Previoulsy known as Hyperloop Technologies, this Californian startup is developing vacuum tube-based transportation technologies based on Elon Musk’s models. Also investing in Hyperloop One’s latest round were existing investors Sherpa Ventures, 8VC and …

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Target Global leads $24 million round for Israeli-based payment service provider

May 11, 2016

Target Global, an international venture fund with Russian backers, has led a $24 million funding round for Zooz, an Israeli payment service provider. The round, which was announced last week, also involved Fang Fund, iAngels, Kreos Capital and existing investors Blumberg Capital, Lool Ventures, Rhodium, Claltech (Access Industries’ Israeli tech vehicle), XSeed Capital, CampOne Ventures and angel Eilon Tirosh. The details of the transaction have not …

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Russia’s Run Capital leads £1 million seed round in UK satellite data company

May 6, 2016

Illustrating the invest-abroad trend among Russian VCs, Run Capital has led a seed financing round of more than £1 million to support the international expansion of UK-based satellite-driven data analytics provider Rezatec. The deal was announced in late April. The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels also took part in the round along with Rezatec’s existing shareholders. Rezatec will …

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Russian funds take part in YouAppi’s $13.1 million funding round

February 22, 2016

YouAppi, a San Francisco-based startup that has developed a Big Data-driven solution for mobile marketing, has raised $13.1 million from an international consortium of investors, including AltaIR, Emery Capital and Flint Capital, three funds with Russian roots. Also participating in this Series B round are Click Ventures, Digital Venture (Ukraine), Global Brain (Japan) and Hawk Ventures (USA) as well as …

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2015 in review: Russian funds continued to invest in international startups while the domestic venture market declined

March 17, 2016

This week and next, East-West Digital News reviews the most important developments on the Russian high-tech scene in 2015. The series starts with an analysis of the key deals and trends that marked the venture market. 1. Russian funds continued to invest in international startups The invest-abroad trend among funds with Russian backers or managers, which began several …

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Russian investors put over $13 million in US grocery delivery service Blue Apron

February 9, 2016

Target Global, an international venture fund with Russian backers, has spent $13 million to acquire a 0.65% stake in US food delivery startup Blue Apron. The transaction remained under the radars until it was revealed earlier this month by the fund’s managing partner Mike Lobanov in an interview with Russian business daily Vedomosti. Lobanov did not specify whether the money went …

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Russian funds invest in German companies Cuponation and Nestpick

February 9, 2016

Ru-Net, a major, internationally-oriented Russian fund, has just participated in a ‎€10 million Series B financing round for Cuponation, a Germany-based discount platform. Rocket Internet, Holtzbrink Ventures, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), e.ventures, Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments (DTSI), Silicon Valley Bank and Columbia Lake Partners have also participated in the round in undisclosed proportions. Cuponation collects all available …

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Russia’s O1 Group invests in international startups

February 12, 2016

Since early 2015 O1 Group — a Cyprus-based Russian holding company which had thus far made investments essentially in the Russian real estate and financial sectors — has injected no less than $20 million in foreign tech startups at the pre-IPO stage. These moves were revealed last week by Igor Mints, the son of managing director Boris Mints, …

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Russia’s venture summer in review: More than 25 deals reported, new fund of up to $300 million launched in Moscow

December 26, 2018

Venture funds with Russian capital or Russian origins were far from being inactive this summer, which saw more than two dozens of significant deals made public and several new funds and accelerators launched. The invest-abroad trend, which started a few years ago, has been accelerating recently, as witnessed by the number of deals which involved US, Israeli, Asian and Australian …

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InVenture Partners invests $5 million in US telemedicine startup American Well

February 16, 2016

InVenture Partners, a venture fund with Russian origins which invested in taxi booking app Gettaxi and in a range of Russian startups, has invested $5 million telemedicine startup American Well. This Boston, USA-based company uses mobile and web technology to “improve access to quality care, removing barriers such as distance, mobility, and time.” The fund received a minority stake in the US …

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