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François Esculier: “The global battle for digital leadership is raging in Russia.”

December 5, 2011 April 22, 2019

Former Mail.ru Group Executive Vice President Global Operations François Esculier has gained a seat on the Board of Directors of luxury private shopping club CollectionPrivee.ru. He recently shared with East-West Digital News his vision of the global integration of the Russian Internet, speaking his mind on the management issues domestic players faced as well as about …

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Efim Voinov, designer of Cut The Rope: “You will soon see Om Nom in smart TVs, tablets, toys and t-shirts on a global scale”

November 23, 2011 November 23, 2011

With more than 60 million downloads to date across all platforms, Cut The Rope is one the biggest international successes in mobile games. In March of 2011, Cut The Rope was lauded at the 7th British Academy Video Games Awards in the Hand-held game category. In June, it won an Apple Design Award for the …

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Marina Treshchova of Fast Lane Ventures: “We just adapt relevant foreign models to Russian market conditions”

November 17, 2011 November 17, 2011

Since launching operations a year ago, Fast Lane Ventures has affirmed itself as one of the most active investors on the Russian Internet scene. Among its most notable startups have been online shoe retailer Sapato.ru, daily deal site KupiBonus.ru, airfare search service Jizo.ru, real estate database Domgeo.ru and Q&A content provider Relevant Media. Fast Lane co-founder …

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ChronoPay owner Vrublevsky pleads guilty in cyber attack case, court extends detention

November 2, 2011 November 2, 2011

Moscow city court confirmed almost two months of extended detention for prominent Russian Internet businessman Pavel Vrublevsky, who is expected to be held until December 23. The court has rejected an appeal filed by Vrublevsky’s attorneys to release the entrepreneur on bail for 30 million rubles, a sum of almost $1 million. Vrublevsky, 32, was …

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Jon Bradford of TexDrive on Russian startups: “One of the main challenges is cultural”

October 24, 2011 October 24, 2011

Startup accelerator veteran Jon Bradford is a co-founder of TexDrive, Russia’s first international mentor led startup accelerator program currently launching its operations in Moscow. He shared with East-West Digital News his vision on the issues startups face and how accelerators can help entrepreneurs in Russia and elsewhere.

Ashley Leonard of Sparxent: “There is a real appetite for PC power management across large organizations in Russia.”

July 13, 2011 July 13, 2011

On a visit from the UK to attend Green IT, Russia’s first ever greentech event which took place yesterday in Moscow, Sparxent CEO Ashley Leonard shared with East-West Digital News his vision of the trends for power management solutions around the world and in Russia.

Bill Reichert of Garage Technology Ventures: “The diffusion of technology around the world is accelerating at an unbelievable pace.”

July 6, 2011 July 6, 2011

“Dare to change the world,” Bill Reichert intoned to the crowd of young Russian entrepreneurs who attended the BIT finale. The US venture capitalist came to Moscow a few days before to sign a partnership agreement with Moscow business incubator Digital October. He shared his impressions of the event with East-West Digital News.

Chronopay founder arrested for cyber attack on competitor Assist

June 27, 2011 June 27, 2011

Pavel Vrublevsky, the founder and main owner of electronic payment company ChronoPay, was arrested last Thursday, being suspected of having organized a cyber attack on the website of Assist, a competitor ChronoPay, in an attempt to block payment transactions with the Aeroflot website.

Efim Bushmanov: “Good products can’t stay proprietary for long”

June 5, 2011 June 5, 2011

Tucked away in Syktyvkar, the capital of the Komi Republic some 1,400 km northeast of Moscow, Russian programming researcher Efim Bushmanov is getting a lot of attention. Having reverse engineered Skype protocols and then made his research available to the public via his blog just a few days ago on June 2, search queries bearing …

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Kremlin-connected businessman invests in media and technologies

May 25, 2011 May 25, 2011

Former telecommunications minister and presidential counselor Leonid Reiman has created and personally invested in a fund called Alternative Capital Investment. Partners in the fund are a Cyprus-based subsidiary of VTB, a leading Russian bank controlled by the Russian state, and other unnamed investors.

David Waroquier of Mangrove Capital Partners: Investing in Russia with “love”

May 10, 2011 May 10, 2011

You once said that you were in love with Russia. Please explain! To be in love means to believe and to be committed. We believe in Russia, in its entrepreneurs who are hungry for success. Some of them are very bold, like Oskar Hartmann (founder of leading online private shopping club KupiVIP.ru), Nikita Sherman (founder …

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Court Coursey of TomorrowVentures: “Russia is one the fastest growing markets on the planet”

April 27, 2011 April 27, 2011

TomorrowVentures, a US investment fund founded in 2009 by Google chairman Eric Schmidt, announced earlier this week the formation of a strategic partnership with Digital October, a Moscow-based cooperative work space and events organizer. Court Coursey, Managing Partner at TomorrowVentures, agreed to speak with EWDN on the subject of their new partnership.

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