COVID-19 crisis: A shot in the arm for Russian e-commerceThe windswept region in Russia's far east, where winter temperatures can fall below minus 50 degrees Celsius (-58F), has started to boom fo...
19 Nov, 2020, 03.02 PM IST
Russian e-retailer Ozon eyes nearly $1bn in US IPOThe online giant, which reported growth of 142 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, is aiming to capitalise on the boom i...
18 Nov, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
Tiger Global's Shleifer matching Fixel’s appetite in IndiaScott Shleifer, who spearheads Tiger’s entire private market portfolio, picking and closing deals at a rapid pace in Indian startups.
20 May, 2019, 03.36 PM IST
Russian Sovereign Fund to invest in Indian infrastructureRDIF will sign two key deals at this annual summit one deal with NIIF ; second deal joint investment in mineral fertilisers.
04 Oct, 2018, 10.25 AM IST
Alibaba sets up $2 billion Russia venture with Kremlin helpThe Russian Direct Investment Fund will add an unspecified amount of funding in return for a 13 percent stake, while Mail.ru will hold the ...
11 Sep, 2018, 11.17 PM IST
Kremlin cracking down on internet to muzzle critics, say expertsA move this week to block the strongly encrypted messenger Telegram, less than a month after Putins crushing poll win, marks a new stage in...
08 Apr, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
Nine email service providers that offer more features than GmailFrom outlook.com to Vivaldi, here are a few Gmail alternatives to try.
25 Sep, 2016, 03.19 PM IST
Google, Apple face Kremlin tax fire for ‘Milking’ RussiaPutin moved to tighten his grip over the Internet in much the same way he brought television stations and newspapers to heal in his first t...
10 Feb, 2016, 04.54 AM IST
How Yuri Milner's DST dug into Goldman Sachs' talent gold mineOver the years, Yuri Milner's DST Global has tapped into Goldman Sachs' nifty deal makers to strengthen its leadership team.
06 Aug, 2015, 11.26 AM IST
Koos Bekker’s fortune was founded on one investment in China’s TencentIn 2001 Naspers, the media group he chairs, put $32 million into a then-obscure Web company called Tencent. Its stake today is worth $66 bn.
21 May, 2015, 05.39 AM IST
Yuri Milner in India to scout for startupsLast week, DST Global picked up a 9% stake in Ola valuing the company at $2.5 billion, only its second investment in India.
22 Apr, 2015, 12.06 PM IST
Russian tycoon Yuri Milner eyes Indian startupsMilner is expected to make investments of about $5 million each in Olacabs and Mumbai-based startup Housing.com, in his personal capacity.
19 Sep, 2014, 01.00 PM IST
South Africa’s Naspers may acquire RedBus; deal values bus ticket website at $100 mnNaspers may pay a rich valuation for RedBus — almost ten times its $10-million net revenue — given that the latter is a strong leader in do...
15 Jun, 2013, 05.45 AM IST
Europe's tech startups spurn home turf for Facebook feverAfter years lamenting their local technology scene, Europe's startups and their VC backers are finally bullish about building businesses on...
09 Apr, 2012, 09.32 AM IST
- Zynga seeks $1 billion in biggest web IPO since Google
The biggest developer of games for Facebook offering 100m shares for $8.50- $10 apiece.
03 Dec, 2011, 05.52 AM IST
- Groupon raises $ 950 mn to expand, reward investors
Groupon, based in Chicago, said in its SEC filing that it would earmark $345 million of the new investment to buy stock back from some curr...
11 Jan, 2011, 10.47 AM IST
Emerging markets: Bubbly or buoyant?China, India, Brazil, South Korea, Indonesia, Russia, Mexico, Turkey, Egypt and Taiwan are the mkts identified by Spanish Bank BBVA for inv...
01 Dec, 2010, 10.52 AM IST