Tagged: russia

July 7, 2016 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Bank’s are not known for taking on risk – they are known for avoiding it as much as possible. This is not the case with Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia, and their venture fund as they see opportunity in the digital future. Sberbank’s SBT… Read More

March 29, 2016 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Finstar Financial Group wants to build its Fintech portfolio and has hired Paul Muhr, an experienced investment banker to boost M&A and capital markets projects. Until recently Muhr was a Vice President at Citi and before that at Goldman Sachs. Muhr’s hiring is said to… Read More

February 18, 2016 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Moscow-based Finstar Financial Group has acquired a controlling stake (51%) in Prestamos Prima. According to the company, Prestamos Prima has been operating in the non-bank lending and alternative finance market, specifically Spain, since 2012. Prestamos Prima operates Viventor, a peer to peer investing platform open… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Latvian-based marketplace lender, Twino, which opened in May of this year and had just reached one million euros of investment, announced this month that it is launching an expansion throughout Europe into markets that are new for the P2P industry. Now, Twino investors will have… Read More

September 24, 2015 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Particeep, a white label crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform, has partnered with NUMA Moscow to power its accelerator program for Russian startups. Paris-based Particeep is a suite of applications including crowdfunding and collaboration management.  As internet finance starts to dominate the early stage funding, Particeep can allow its… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 9:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CarPrice, an online used car broker and auctioneer based out of Russia, announced that it closed $40 million in Series B funding led by Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund V, with additional participation from Almaz Capital and other investors. The funding will be used to… Read More

March 11, 2015 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Russian journal and founder/editor-in-chief of the Kommersant Newspaper, Vladimir Yakovlev, turned to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter with a brand new project that will hopefully improve the media in his country. Explaining details about the campaign, Yakovlev stated: “Russia today is torn by hatred caused by a… Read More

February 17, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to find an alternative to the four small mosques in Moscow, a group of Russian Muslims has launched a Boomstarter initiative to raise 850,000 for a mobile mosque. Explaining details about the project, the campaign’s organizer Alsou Hafiz shared that the two million Muslims in… Read More

July 24, 2014 @ 5:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Claims of Russian Interference and Death Threats as Campaign is Re-Launched on Areal web site. Just a few days after Kickstarter pulled the plug on the bizarre crowdfunding campaign for West Games’ Areal, the video gaming studio reveals even more drama has been involved in… Read More

March 21, 2014 @ 11:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We reported on the GoBe last week as the campaign was crossing $300,000 on Indiegogo. The campaign seeks to fund a new activity tracker that promises some really slick functionality, including the ability to read calories burned during exercise based on glucose levels in our cells…. Read More

March 12, 2014 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Healbe GoBe Triples Goal of $100,000 in First Few Days of Crowdfunding Campaign. The GoBe launched their campaign on Indiegogo on March 5, 2014.  Seven days later the funding total has surpassed $321,000 with 35 days left on the campaign. Over 1790 backers have signed… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 10:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is a pretty cool product that offered up a pretail crowdfunding camaign on Kickstarter almost a year ago.  Lightpack is an ambient backlight system for your display.  Best thing to do is watch the pitch video and you will get it, but in brief… Read More

December 24, 2013 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The Global Entrepreneurship Congress is an inter-disciplinary gathering of startup champions from around the world-where entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, thought leaders and policymakers work together to help bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. The 2014 Congress takes place from March 17–20, 2014, in… Read More

October 4, 2013 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Eхpocenter, October 19th, 2013 from 11AM to 6PM Moscow, Russia 19/10/2013, 11.00 a.m -18.00 p.m Timetable: 11.00-13.00: Crowdfunding. Key takeaways of the year and possibilities of crowdfunding in Russia. 13.30-15.30: Crowdinvesting as a new form of venture investment. 16.00-18.00: Synergy. New forms and possibilities  of… Read More

June 2, 2013 @ 4:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

FirebirdSpeed will target startups in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) – former Republics.  Will offer crowdfunding or “Speed Funding” via hosted online events. B2B Speed-funding Program, Firebird Speed, will give qualified US investors the opportunity to interact, via on-line scheduled events, with… Read More

April 15, 2013 @ 3:34 pm By MoscowTimes  |  

If you wonder why Russians don’t smile in the metro, what they really think about corruption, how many of them fought bears and how many of these brave souls were drinking vodka at the time, now you can satisfy your curiosity. A Moscow-based team of market researchers has recently launched a project on the… Read More

December 3, 2012 @ 4:44 am By The Moscow News  |  

Crowdfunding – collecting money online for artistic, business, social or charitable projects – is becoming more popular in Russia. The examples of the anti-corruption website RosPil and the Internet publication Colta.ru are inspiring budding businessmen and civil activists to search for supporters on the Net…. Read More

November 24, 2012 @ 8:58 am By Russia Beyond the Headlines  |  

In an attempt to boost his support among Internet audiences, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the creation of a state-run foundation to finance the most promising online startups of high social value. “Online resources instantly attract hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of… Read More

November 21, 2012 @ 2:58 am By The Moscow Times  |  

Independent American film director Gary Huswit spoke to a packed audience at the Polytechnic Institute on Monday about “crowdfunding,” the Internet phenomenon that is revolutionizing the media industry. Huswit used crowdfunding to finance his documentary films (“Helvetica,” “Objectified” and “Urbanized”) on design that were shown Monday and Tuesday in Moscow. Crowdfunding is the collective effort of individuals… Read More