Dec 6, 2011 7:24 AM
Following on from its acquisition of mobile software developer SPB at the end of November, Yandex is making one more move to increase its ubiquity among the growing number of smartphone users in the country: the search giant is reportedly planning to launch search apps for Apple’s iOS devices by…
Posted In: Advertising, Local, Apps, Mobile, Technologies / Formats, 3G, E-Mail, Companies, Apple, iPad, iPhone, Google, Android, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Nokia, Portals, Samsung, Countries, Europe, Russia, Asia, China, bric, digital sky technologies, mail.ru, yandex
Nov 5, 2010 6:56 AM
Europe has a new biggest internet company. Russia’s Mail.ru Group had priced its London IPO, in which it was floating 32.93 million shares (17 percent of the company) at up to $27.7 per share, raising $916 million and valuing it at $5.71 billion. As Reuters reports, that “makes it Europe’s…
Oct 11, 2010 10:08 AM
At long last, this is where Mail.ru Group - the new name for russian digital investor Digital Sky Technologies’ domestic assets - confirms it will IPO on the London Stock Exchange next month. The group wants to float about 15 percent of its shares for at least $500 million, Reuters…
Posted In: Money, IPO, Countries, Europe, Russia, digital sky technologies, mail.ru
Sep 9, 2009 8:40 PM
Digital Sky Technologies (DST), the Russian firm that recently paid $200 million for a two percent stake in Facebook, is playing puppet-master yet again. It’s merging Mail.ru, one of Russia’s most popular online portals, with massively-multiplayer online (MMO) game developer Astrum Online Entertainment, according to Vedomosti (via Quintura). It is…
Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, Russia, digital sky technologies, mail.ru
Jan 19, 2009 6:54 AM
As new media companies diversify into other areas to counteract a downturn in advertising spend, Russia’s third-biggest internet company Mail.ru has come up with a novel idea: financing movies. The company is investing $5 million (£3.06 million) in forthcoming Russian horror film Viy, around a quarter of its production costs,…
Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Countries, Europe, Russia, mail.ru
Jan 5, 2009 3:36 AM
While you were off for Christmas, the ownership of Russia’s top website (according to TNS) shifted a little. Tiger Global Management hedge fund sold its 27 percent stake in Mail.ru to its existing shareholders Digital Sky Technologies and Naspers. The Russian online investment vehicle and the South African media outfit…
Posted In: Countries, Europe, Russia, digital sky technologies, mail.ru, naspers, tiger global management
Aug 29, 2008 4:55 AM
Mail.ru - Russia’s leading email provider and one of the top web portals - has bought 30 percent of online dating site Mamba, one of the top two Russian date sites, for $15 million from Badoo backer Finam, RBC Daily reports. The Moscow-based VC house had taken a controlling stake…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, Russia, mail.ru, mamba
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