Buran Venture Capital, a Moscow-based, internationally-oriented venture fund, appears to be among the backers of Shazam, which raised $30 million this past January in a funding round that valued it at over $1 billion. While the other investors are still unidentified, the Russian fund revealed yesterday that it contributed $8.5 million in the round.
Russian Internet giant Yandex has requested that Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service investigate Google for violating Russian legislation, news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday. The regulator now has one month to consider the request from Yandex, Russia’s top search engine and provider of a range of digital services, such as Yandex.Maps and Yandex.Music, a music streaming service. Useful Microsoft 70-346 Questions With Low Price the sound, …
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The U.S. mobile ecosystem duopoly has been the big story of tech for the past six-plus years. And continues to be mobile’s unshakeable reality — with Android and iOS collectively cutting themselves a 96 per cent share of the device market (per Gartner figures for Q3 2014). Not everyone is happy about this lack of geopolitical diversity in the …
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Moscow and Amsterdam – Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) has released a new app that helps drivers in Moscow find a parking space and pay for the service without leaving their car. With the Yandex.Parking app, there is no need to drive the streets to find a parking spot or even leave your car to pay for it. The …
Anews, an international global news-reading service with a built-in behavioral advertising network, has received $2.7 million from TMT Investments, Run Capital, 101 Startup and several individual investors. As reported by Rusbase, TMT Investments and Run Capital each invested $1 million, in exchange for minority stakes in the company. “With its strong team, with a wealth …
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Vaizra Investments, the fund belonging to VKontakte founders Lev Leviev and Vyacheslav Mirilashvili, has invested in startups Moovit and Boxed. Moovit is an Israeli app which helps users to plan journeys on public transport, and Boxed is a US app for wholesale buyers. Moovit monitors levels of traffic and the schedules of different forms of public transport in …
Whenever you spot someone on the Moscow metro taking a photo with their mobile phone, chances are you have just witnessed a combination of two things that are widely popular in the Russian capital. Transporting an unparalleled 9 million weekday commuters on its 12 lines, Moscow’s metro boasts a number of stations that wouldn’t look out of place as side wings of the Palace of Versailles. Pass …
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GeoCV, a startup which is developing a mobile app for creating 3D-models of interiors using mobile sensors, has received $100k investment from Starta Capital and the Moscow Seed Fund. Starta Capital provided a third of the funding, with the rest coming from the Moscow Seed Fund. GeoCV will also receive a further $50k from Starta Capital in the …
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Last week Croice, whose mobile app allows you to create photo stories with a background audio, announced its first round of financing with $500,000 brought in by venture fund Imperious Group. Launched earlier this year by Russian entrepreneur Vadim Zhernov, the St. Petersburg-based startup presents its app as “a new media format.” The photo stories, named …
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– “Hey there, I’m just calling to wake you up,” I said a little awkwardly. – “Thanks. Where are you from?” replied a female voice with a thick Irish accent. – “The UK. You’re from Ireland, right?” – “How could you tell?” she said wryly. – “The flag at the top of the screen.” It took 9 months to be …
Wakie, the social alarm clock that lets you wake up strangers, finally arrives on iOS Read More »