Private Equity Round in 2021
Headquartered in Luxembourg, OCSiAl is the world’s largest manufacturer of graphene nanotubes (also known as single wall carbon nanotubes). It employs more than 420 experts worldwide in countries including the United States, China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong), India, CIS, Japan, South Korea, and Europe. OCSiAl’s key product is graphene nanotubes. Being a wonder material with remarkable intrinsic properties, graphene nanotubes have been acknowledged as an industrial standard in various sectors. For instance, they are an irreplicable element of silicon-anode batteries—a next-gen technology that all leading EV makers have confirmed they will use in the following decade. OCSiAl has 97% of global graphene nanotube production capacity. OCSiAl is a rapidly growing company. In 2019, it was recognized as a unicorn company by Crunchbase and CB Insights. During a new round of capital raising in summer 2021, the company’s valuation increased to circa $2 bln. Since then, OCSiAl valuation continues to grow. One of OCSiAl’s investors is Japan-based Daikin Industries, Ltd, the global leader in HVAC.
Revolut is a financial services company that specializes in mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange. Revolut started as a platform for providing prepaid debit cards and currency exchange but has since expanded its services to include cryptocurrency trading, stock trading, insurance, and various other financial products. It operates in numerous countries worldwide and is known for its mobile app, which allows users to manage their finances, make payments, and track spending.
LoopMe is a technology company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve brand advertising performance and outcomes. LoopMe was the first to apply AI to brand advertising and its Intelligent Marketplace, finding solutions to industry challenges that haven’t previously been solved. With consumer insights and AI at its core, LoopMe makes brand advertising better, outperforming industry benchmarks for leading global brands. LoopMe has achieved a fully organic gross revenue CAGR of 40% for the period 2018-2024. Our patented AI-technology PurchaseLoop, measures and optimizes consumer sentiment and builds audiences in real-time, creating a perfect feedback loop to improve advertising performance and outcomes for brands and agencies. LoopMe puts the consumer at the heart of every campaign, using our AI to make the mid-funnel (awareness, consideration, purchase intent) more measurable and optimizable. LoopMe’s AI-powered Intelligent Marketplace drives more effective supply and demand connections, rooted in programmatic delivery and ensures a more effective outcome for bids to be matched. LoopMe’s standalone measurement and audience data targeting solutions enable clients to leverage insights and target more effectively across mobile, programmatic and CTV. Our vision is to change advertising for the better, by building technology that will redefine brand advertising. LoopMe was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in the UK, with global offices across London, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney, Melbourne, Dnipro, Lviv, Krakow, Manchester, Beijing and Hong Kong.
Discord operates as a voice, video, and text communication service to talk and hang out with friends and communities. It was originally created for people who loved to play games, but these passionate people realized it could be enjoyed for more purposes. Discord is now used by everyone from local hiking clubs, to art communities, to study groups.
DigitalOcean is a cloud computing platform that deploys, manages, and scales applications of any size. Its infrastructure and platform-as-a-service solutions provide a no DevOps required experience, allowing developers to focus their energy on creating innovative software. By combining the power of simplicity, love for the developer community, an obsession for customer service, and the advantages of open source, DigitalOcean brings software development within the technical and economic reach of anyone around the world. DigitialOcean was formed in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Coursera is an online education company that serves over 20 million registered learners by partnering with 140 of the world’s universities and education institutions. On Coursera, anyone, anywhere can access over 1,000 online courses and Specializations in dozens of fields in order to achieve meaningful career, educational, and personal enrichment goals throughout their lives. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
THECOO is a developer of an entertainment application designed to support a fan community. The company's application offers fanicon is a member-based fan community that encourages the activities of icons together with their core fans, enabling clients to access live app streaming of entertainment contents they are interested in.
BitRussia is a financial ecosystem built with modern technological solutions of a distributed registry, smart contracts, with the possibility of issuing and exercising digital rights (tokens). BitRussia is constantly developing its own infrastructure and a set of pre-built business scenarios that provide users with the opportunity to implement projects in the field of factoring, banking, crowdfunding, insurance, reinsurance, banking, processing, trading, human resources and management. BitRussia is deeply integrated with classic fin-tech industries as banking and insurance. Platform have passed the official regulatory sandbox by Central Bank of Russia. Platform launch: 3Q 2022. The ecosystem is a hardware-software complex developed using the distributed ledger technology of the Hyperledger Sawtooth enterprise level framework developed by the Linux Foundation with the participation of dozens of the largest IT and fintech companies including IBM, Intel, SAP, Airbus, American Express, Daimler, Fujitsu, JP Morgan, etc. A number of special super-projects are being implemented within the ecosystem - long-term large commercial projects in large business segments with the participation of significant market players. Super-projects will have a huge impact on the development of both the BitRussia ecosystem and the development of new digital methods of doing business in the state. The investment operator and its digital platform is one of the super-products of the BitRussia ecosystem, built on the implementation of regulated digital rights (tokens) with the following functionality: - Private blockchain with the release of digital rights (tokens) of utilitarian and securitising types - Realisation of digital rights of projects - applicants for financing - System templates for investment projects - investment, charity, social - Placement of collateral in projects - Limits and rules for attracting and placing investments depending on the type of user - Built-in system smart contracts - Financial control of projects (Escrow) as a protection of investor interests - Voting system - Project Crisis Management Mechanisms - Integration with banking services and the Fast Payment System (SBP) - Integration of government and commercial databases for BI/AML - A platform for discussing projects and their implementation - Automatic rating system for projects and users (4Q 2020) - Integration with Government Services (centralised ID system of Russia) - Ability to implement AML procedures - Ability to configure the system to meet GDPR requirements as part of ecosystem’s global expansion strategy - Direct sale, exchange, transfer and deposit of tokens - Integration of contractors assisting project proponents in meeting digital rights obligations - Etc.
DataArt Solutions, Inc. is a technology consulting firm that specializes in designing, developing, and supporting software solutions across a variety of industries, including finance, healthcare, retail, media, and travel. Established in 1997 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a broad range of services encompassing agile software development, managed support, security, quality engineering, and digital transformation. DataArt focuses on creating custom software that enhances operational efficiency and facilitates market expansion for its clients. The firm integrates advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and blockchain into its solutions, while maintaining a commitment to human values like curiosity and empathy. This approach fosters strong, lasting partnerships with clients, enabling them to optimize their software development processes and minimize risks in critical systems. With additional locations in the United States and abroad, DataArt continues to deliver high-quality, impactful solutions tailored to its clients' needs.
ITI Funds provides financial services. The company's services include etfs, digital assets, algorithmic strategies, hedge funds, and alternative investments.
DataArt is a global software engineering firm that provides and offers software development and consulting services for various industries that include finance, healthcare, retail and distribution, media and entertainment, travel, hospitability, and others. The firm helps clients create custom software that improves their operations and opens new markets. It is powered by its People First principle and works with clients at any scale and on any platform.
Gett is a technology platform focused on corporate Ground Transportation Management (GTM), where spend is estimated to exceed $100 billion globally. Gett’s cloud-based software organizes thousands of transportation providers (corporate fleet, ride-hailing, taxi, and limos) into one single platform. The technology helps save businesses time and money by managing all their ground transportation spends, and optimizes the entire employee experience from booking and riding to invoicing and analytics. We are building the first ground transportation grid available to customers worldwide, similar to telephony and internet grids, with aspirations to become the standard in corporate ground transportation, just as Zoom became the standard in corporate communication. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in London, Gett has raised more than $750M in funding to date, including more than $300M from the Volkswagen Group. They employ over 800 employees globally.
GFS holding shall become the digital fintech transformation hub where corporates can find core SaaS technologies from all over the world with no alternatives in their local market.
Private Equity Round in 2018
For over a decade, ezbob has pioneered the digital lending transformation of leading financial institutions worldwide. Because we understand the challenges and complexity of regulations, compliance, and IT we designed a proprietary Core Lending Platform that enables financial institutions to develop modular products on top of existing services while supporting the IT migration to digital services. The open platform enhances the current lending offerings and empowers the automation and scalability strategy by complementing the existing core banking platform. ezbob’s customers include Santander, Intesa SanPaolo, and NatWest, amongst others. The company is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Israel, and Bulgaria.
2can (ZAO Smartfin) mobile terminal is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Square service; this is a special application for smartphones (based on iOS and Android platform ) and a card reader, which turns a smartphone into a terminal for accepting Visa and MasterCard payment cards. 2can is a Russian startup created specifically for the development, implementation and operation of the payment service via smartphones. 2can Service was launched on the Russian market at the end of September 2012 and became the first Russian mobile acquiring service to comply with the relevant security requirements for card payments imposed by Visa and MasterCard international payment systems. 2can is the first Russian mPOS-service that sertified dual card reader (EMV+Magstripe) with VisaReady and PCI-DSS.
The company was founded in 2016. As the assets of the company transferred the rights to a unique design by ITI Group in the field of technology trade in the financial markets for different products and investor groups, as well as in the field of risk management and security.
In 2015 ibox merged with 2can ( SME mPOS provider in Russia ) Besides of mPOS, they have products and services that provide us additional income sources. 1. Payments — the all-in-one mobile payment and Point of Sale (POS) solution enable SMEs to process payments cost-effectively from E-wallets & Messengers. 2. Software as a Service (SaaS) — a platform for SME, merchants can drive business via a centralized SaaS toolkit. 3. Financial products — short term cash advances and short term loans to select merchants provided from their financial partners.
Softline is a technology solutions provider based in Moscow, Russia, with a strong presence in the CIS, Latin America, India, and Southeast Asia. Established in 2002, the company specializes in distributing software, computer equipment, and peripherals, while also offering a range of services in virtualization, cloud technologies, information security, technical support, and IT infrastructure outsourcing. Softline operates a private cloud platform that enables customers to access various cloud solutions, including public, private, and hybrid options. Over its two decades in the IT market, Softline has partnered with more than 3,000 suppliers and serves approximately 60,000 clients, spanning both large organizations and small to medium enterprises. The company has achieved significant growth, with a reported turnover exceeding $900 million in 2014 and a compound annual sales growth rate of 37.2% over the preceding 11 years.
In 2015 ibox merged with 2can ( SME mPOS provider in Russia ) Besides of mPOS, they have products and services that provide us additional income sources. 1. Payments — the all-in-one mobile payment and Point of Sale (POS) solution enable SMEs to process payments cost-effectively from E-wallets & Messengers. 2. Software as a Service (SaaS) — a platform for SME, merchants can drive business via a centralized SaaS toolkit. 3. Financial products — short term cash advances and short term loans to select merchants provided from their financial partners.
Private Equity Round in 2014
ITI Capital (former ITinvest) is one of the leading technology platforms on Emerging markets for online trading with offices in Londonm, Guernsey and Russia. Provides brokerage services on domestic and foreign financial markets. Developed in the company's stock solutions were highly appreciated by the professional environment of the stock market on all counts: the convenience and ergonomics, operation stability, order execution speed and the number of options to facilitate trade.
Private Equity Round in 2013
FCB Group is Russia’s largest debt collection group, which consists of First Collection Bureau and National Recovery Service
Private Equity Round in 2012
B2B-Center is the operator of a major e-procurement marketplace in Russia. B2B-Center platform enables businesses both to sell and purchase products and services, thus extending sales channels for suppliers and improving sourcing and procurement efficiency. Daily contracts value on B2B-Center is between USD $70-300 mn, with an average transaction amount of USD $200,000. As of today, more than 80% of the business sector's e-trade in Russia takes place on B2B-Center, of which the clients are over 343,000 companies from nearly 100 countries.
EPAM Systems has leveraged its software engineering expertise to become a leading global product development, digital platform engineering, and top digital and product design agency.
Moscow Exchange is the largest exchange group in Russia, operating trading markets in equities, bonds, derivatives, the foreign exchange
Medsonix Therapy System is a low frequency acoustic therapy which is patented & FDA cleared Class One Medical Device. This non-invasive therapy greatly reduces inflammation and improves circulation and has proven extremely effective in the treatment of: Arthritis, Cardio & Peripheral Vascular Diseases (PVD), MS, Lupus, Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease and a number of other disorders and ailments. Simply stated, Medsonix is an effective and low cost relief of a variety of diseases and conditions. Medsonix has undergone several years of independent research with two controlled university research studies focusing on therapeutic effects on PVD and Arthritis. This study was published in an international medical journal. The research and results enables Medsonix to confidently market the technology as "medically significant." Medsonix has been granted three U.S. patents and is cleared as a Class One Medical Device by the F.D.A. Currently Medsonix is available in several states.