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Russian tech entrepreneurship on the rise: Forbes identifies 10 “future unicorns”

Far from their native countries, Russian-speaking entrepreneurs are thriving in the world’s major tech hotspots — from Silicon Valley, to Western Europe, to South-East Asia. These entrepreneurs have colonized the world’s best accelerators, including such ones as Y Combinator, 500 Startups and Techstars. Russian-speaking entrepreneurs reportedly accounted for 40% of a recent Alchemist batch.  The …

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Russian-founded food delivery services make their way in western markets

In this second coronavirus spring, Russian-founded food delivery services are making their way in western countries. One of them is Getfaster.io, a German fresh product retail and delivery company launched in 2020 by former X5 executive Dmitry Bergelson alongside with Georgy Skalsky, Kirill Solonitsyn and Anton Zakharov.  After starting operations in Düsseldorf in January 2021, the company …

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New $50 million fund to invest in gaming across Eastern Europe

A new fund is emerging on the tiny Russian venture scene. With $50 million in capital, ‘The Games Fund’ is the brainchild of Maria Kochmola and Ilya Eremeev, two former executives from My Games Venture Capital (MGVC), Forbes Russia reports.  Former Riot Games CTO Sergey Titov, alongside ex-top managers from GEM Capital, are also part of the …

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Sovereign fund RDIF to back car sales platform, food delivery service and online travel agency

On Wednesday, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced its intention to invest in three big Russian startups. The sovereign wealth fund is teaming up with Baring Vostok, a leading Russian private equity firm, and unnamed funds from the Middle East, to invest in CarPrice. Founded in …

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Altair Capital targets $200 million to launch third fund

Last week Igor Ryabenkiy, the founder of VC firm Altair Capital, announced plans to launch a third, $200 million fund. Three quarters of this amount have already been committed by five unnamed investors, Ryabenkiy claimed in an interview with Inc. Russia. Targeting startups at the seed and early stages, Altair has invested in more than …

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Russian VC firm FinSight puts $25 million in Indian startup fund

Last month FinSight Ventures, a Californian VC firm belonging to leading Russian financial group FINAM, announced an investment in Indian startup fund Emphasis Ventures (EMVC). The investment amounted to $25 million, reported Russky Venture, an influential Telegram channel. “The partnership enables FinSight to have access to leading startups in rapidly growing and evolving Indian market as …

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Larix VC invests $1 million in Indian agri-marketing platform Ninjacart

Larix VC, a fund launched by Moscow-based businessmen Oskar Hartmann and Igor Rybakov, has invested $1 million in Indian startup Ninjacart. Launched in 2015, this B2B “agri-marketing platform” claims to serve currently  more than 3,000 vegetables and fruits farmers, connecting them to businesses. Ninjacart is the market leader in India, ahead of its competitors Crofarm, FarmTaaza and …

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Leta Capital’s new $50 million fund helps software startups “eat up the world”

In early 2018 Leta Capital launched its second fund to invest in promising software technologies. As much as $50 million were contributed by Alexander Chachava, the founder and CEO of IT security solution provider Leta Group, and a few family offices, told us fund partner Sergey Toporov. Among the investors are also the founders of …

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Russian-founded software publisher RealtimeBoard raises $25 million in California

RealtimeBoard, a startup with Russian roots which offers a visual collaboration tool for distributed teams, has raised $25 million in California. This Series A funding round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investor AltaIR Capital, a seed stage fund with Russian and Israeli roots. Another investor in RealtimeBoard is Dutch businessman Bas Godska, …

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Altair VC teams up with international investors to back Indian healthcare startup

Just days after Russia’s Sistema Asia Fund invested in the Indian healthcare startup Netmeds, Altair VC, a fund with Russian roots operating internationally, participated in a $5 million round for another Indian healthtech startup, DocTalk. The deal was reported last week by the Times of India. Led by two California-based funds — Matrix Partners and Khosla …

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Russian-founded AI startup secured $840,000 to “redesign home security”

Cherry Labs, a Russian-founded startup an AI-powered solution of which “provides your family with the safest, smartest and most-private home possible,” secured $840,000 from Gagarin Capital, a US-based venture fund with Russian roots, and two Russian funds — Impulse VC and Altair Capital. The round also involved such individual investors as Alexander Agapitov, Yuri Gursky, …

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