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Dmitry Grishin’s robotics fund backs Swivl, a device doubling as your personal camerabot

Charmaine Li May 22, 2013 1

Global investment company Grishin Robotics has announced a $500,000 investment in Swivl, the creators behind an intelligent motion-tracking robotic gadget that doubles as a your very own cameraperson for iOS devices or cameras. The

Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov buys $100 million stake in Apple

EWDN.COM May 2, 2013 0

Russia’s richest man Alisher Usmanov told Bloomberg that he recently spent about $100m buying Apple shares in anticipation they will rise. “I believe in the future of this company even after Steve Jobs,” he said to the

Siemens unveils €40 million investment strategy for Russia

Oleg Kouzbit April 23, 2013 1

Peter Löscher, Siemens’ CEO and president, said at a press briefing earlier this month that his company is investing €40 million in Russia with plans to set up as many as 90 different R&D

Instabank: the most souped-up Facebook banking app you’ve never heard of

Nina Fowler April 5, 2013 4

It’s a great time to build new ways to make and take payments. Online shopping is booming and analysts predict there’ll be more smartphones than people on the planet by 2016. Customers hurt by

Meet the Russian teenager building a “Twitter for investors”

Alexandra Konevskaya March 14, 2013 1

Precocious Russian 17-year-old Kirill Chekanov is building a startup, Hippflow, to help business angels track new companies. Will it fly? Seventeen-year-old Kirill Chekanov has created a start-up which he calls “Twitter for investors”. The project,

Russian online retailing giant KupiVIP looking to raise $125m in 2014 IPO

Charmaine Li February 18, 2013 6

Russian e-commerce giant KupiVIP is looking to raise $125m in an initial public offering next year to finance warehouse construction and expand its distribution network. The company has already had preliminary discussions with Goldman

Russia’s mobile internet use rises – but “old school” phones still dominate

EWDN.COM February 12, 2013 1

According to a research report by J’son & Partners (J&P), the number of Russian smartphone owners using mobile internet services on a monthly basis jumped to 22.5 million last year, up 88 per cent from 2011.

Yandex confirms Wonder app blocked by Facebook in new statement

Linsey Fryatt January 25, 2013 2

Russian search engine Yandex has confirmed in a statement that its just-released Wonder app has been blocked by Facebook. The social recommendation tool that draws information from users of Facebook, Instagram, Foursquare and Twitter in

“I can’t get excited about helping rich white guys share videos” Esther Dyson on her investment passions

Linsey Fryatt January 21, 2013 7

“Oh my God, that is so beautiful!” Esther Dyson leaps out of her bucket seat in the foyer of the Bayerischer Hof Hotel to take a picture of a milky sun hanging low in