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Files under: Enterprise, News
Posted by: Quintura @ 08:21 [17. 04. 08]
The private equity firm Da Vinci Capital invested $18 million in EPAM Systems, the Eastern Europe and Russia’s largest software development outsourcing services provider, reported RBC Daily. It is estimated that Da Vinci Capital obtained a 17 percent stake in EPAM that reported revenues of $115 million in 2007.
In 2006, EPAM Systems received $25 million [...]
Files under: News
Posted by: Quintura @ 10:58 [4. 04. 08]
There are reports in the blogosphere (first, here) rumoring that Federated Media Publishing (FM) raised $50 million at a $200 million pre-money valuation. FM is essentially online media sales house that brokers display (banner) and other ads on some two hundred blogs and other sites. It is powered by an open source ad server software [...]
Files under: News, Tech
Posted by: Quintura @ 08:54 [24. 03. 08]
Volga River One Capital Partners agreed to invest some $20 million for 49.6 percent interest in Metromax, a Samara-based wireless broadband operator, says business daily Vedomosti. The deal follows two other investments in Russia in 2008 that were led by the private equity funds: Quadriga in Tascom and Bessemer in Enforta.
Metromax was started in Samara [...]
Files under: News
Posted by: Quintura @ 13:02 [17. 03. 08]
Rover Computers, the leading Russian maker of notebook computers, flat screens, smart phones and other computer hardware, is in talks with Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo on a possible strategic investment that could value Rover at $100 million, reports business daily Kommersant. The company is also in intensive discussions with several private equity groups in [...]
Files under: Enterprise, News, Web 2.0
Posted by: Quintura @ 11:48 [17. 03. 08]
Ambient Sound Investments (ASI), an investment vehicle of four founding Estonian engineers of Skype invested EUR 400,000 for a 20% stake in a Polish online scientific publisher Versita. The company will use funds to expand its business in Central and Eastern Europe. ASI has announced 5 investments in 2008 and has 17 ventures in its [...]
Files under: News, Web 2.0
Posted by: Quintura @ 15:15 [4. 03. 08]
Warburg Pincus consolidates Czech and Slovak web portals, Arca Capital invests in Czech online retailer, and IBS Company buys majority of elearning solution vendor.
Centrum.cz, the leading Czech web portal controlled by the private equity group Warburg Pincus acquired the leading Slovak web portal Atlas.sk for more than EUR 20 million from EPIC Holding. The merged [...]
Files under: News, Web 2.0
Posted by: Quintura @ 16:20 [3. 03. 08]
The Russian financial group Finam has agreed to invest some $5 million in exchange for a controlling stake in MirTesen.ru (”Closed World”) in Russia that develops an online social network where you can meet people based on their location on Google Maps. Finam will try to leverage its investment in MirTesen with ones into a [...]
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