Fastlane Ventures

Fastlane Ventures is a Russian venture capital firm established in 2010, specializing in the development, launch, and promotion of innovative internet businesses. The company has successfully launched 20 startups, focusing on business-to-consumer niche markets with low competition. With over $85 million raised from international investment funds, Fastlane Ventures has attracted notable partners including Direct Group and e.ventures, as well as investments from firms like Intel Capital and Kinnevik. The company is unique in providing initial seed investments while also taking an active operational role in its ventures, leveraging a proprietary approach called Fast 50 to ensure rapid business launches within 50 days. Fastlane Ventures is committed to identifying and addressing unmet needs in the Russian market, and it assists its investment partners in realizing returns through strategic sales of the businesses 2-3 years post-launch. The firm's team consists of professionals with expertise in various fields including management, e-commerce, and marketing, enabling effective business development and growth.

26 past transactions

Kuaishangche

Angel Round in 2019
Kuaishangche is a comprehensive service platform focusing on auto finance. With its cost-effective service advantages and a professional and efficient service team, it has a good market reputation. As a cutting-edge industry, we are adhering to the concept of high efficiency, pragmatic, pioneering and innovative, creating value for customers. We have established standardized business operation specifications, comprehensive and reasonable vehicle evaluation system, efficient audit mechanism, and mature and rigorous risk control system. Customers realize the maximization of asset value and realize the vision of auto finance to change their lives.

Double Data

Series A in 2015
Double Data, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia, specializes in providing banking software solutions tailored for financial institutions. The company's offerings leverage advanced technology, including data analysis, machine learning, and data mining, to enhance various banking processes. These processes encompass customer acquisition, assessment, and debt collection, enabling banks to improve their overall performance and efficiency. By integrating Big Data analysis tools with innovative learning methods, Double Data aims to address the evolving needs of the financial sector.

Carprice

Seed Round in 2014
Car Price is a Motor vehicle company.

CarPrice

Seed Round in 2014
CarPrice is an online platform based in Russia that specializes in the auction of second-hand cars. It offers sellers instant online valuations and connects them with a network of over 4,000 dealers who participate in competitive bidding. The auction process typically lasts around 30 minutes, allowing dealers to determine the best price for vehicles. CarPrice has rapidly established itself as a leading player in the Russian used car market, ranking among the top three sellers within its first year of operation. The company operates from more than 20 locations, including major cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg. Despite a challenging economic environment that saw a significant decline in new car sales, CarPrice has continued to grow, aiming to increase its monthly auction volume from 4,000 to 10,000. The platform's services not only streamline the selling process but also help buyers access fair market prices for used vehicles.

Heverest.ru

Series C in 2014
Heverest.ru is a prominent online retailer based in Moscow, specializing in outdoor and sporting goods in Russia. Established in June 2011, the platform offers a comprehensive range of products, including clothing, footwear, bags, backpacks, and equipment for various sports and outdoor activities. Heverest.ru caters to both mass and semi-professional sports segments, enabling customers to easily browse and securely purchase items for delivery across the country. The website attracts over 1.5 million visitors monthly and has developed partnerships with more than 80 suppliers and 200 brands. With its strategic market entry inspired by successful models in sports e-commerce, Heverest.ru aims to achieve significant net sales growth. The company is led by experienced professionals, including CEO Dinesh Shahani, who has a strong background in the sportswear industry.

AutoSpot

Seed Round in 2014
AutoSpot is an innovative online automotive service platform based in Moscow, Russia, founded in 2013. It operates a reverse marketplace model, aggregating offers from official auto dealers and connecting them directly with customers. This approach allows users to select, compare, and purchase new cars online, enhancing transparency and providing real-time pricing without the need for traditional bargaining. With over 410 auto dealers participating, AutoSpot has established a strong presence in the online new car sales segment in Russia, which is valued at approximately $47 billion. By 2022, the platform was estimated to hold a market share of 20.5% in online sales and 5.1% of all new car sales in the country. Currently, AutoSpot sells around 1,000 new automobiles per month and is focused on expanding its platform's capabilities, including the integration of financial products such as auto loans and insurance.

IQcard

Series B in 2013
IQcard is a provider and distributor of prepaid bank cards aimed at both individuals and businesses. The company has developed a cloud-based system that facilitates client and partner relations while enabling users to transfer funds using bank cards. Its flagship product, the IQcard, is designed to offer maximum convenience to customers, featuring online banking, a bonus program, and a loyalty program. IQcard has successfully implemented various projects in collaboration with major Russian companies, emphasizing its commitment to delivering affordable, reliable payment solutions.

AdMoment

Series A in 2013
AdMoment is a mobile advertising company that offers an advertising platform which provides intelligent targeting solutions through smartphones. It leverages programmatic-buying and engaging formats to help major brands and their media buyers reach consumers through mobile applications. AdMoment’s platform allows mobile publishers to automatically identify the parameters of their target groups, including the time, location, device types, weather, and traffic. AdMoment was incorporated in August 2012 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

VitaPortal

Series B in 2013
Vitaportal.ru is a Russia based online web portal offering comprehensive and reliable health and medicine information to improve users and their families' health. The medical information published on the portal is all independently reviewed by specialty health care providers and medical institutions to ensure its reliability. The site also has certification by HONcode - the internationally recognized symbol for ethical and credible medical information published on websites. Vitaportal.ru was launched in June 2011 by the team of professionals with more than 20 year's expertise in the Russian internet and healthcare industries. The company was initially funded by innovative venture capital company, Fast Lane Ventures, and was modeled on the leading healthcare information site in the United States, WebMD Health Network. VitaPortal: * Is backed by a World Class Advisory Board: Esther Dyson, Peter Frishauf, Milena Adamian * Winner of the Russian Internet Award 2011 in Healthcare Vitaportal.ru is a Fast Lane Ventures portfolio company.

Kommerstate.ru

Series B in 2013
Kommerstate.ru is an effective tool and an easy way for brokers to find tenants and buyers via the Internet as well as for searchers to find the commercial properties that meet their requirements. The portal offers advanced marketing tools and interactive database. Brokers and Agents can post their ads on the website and promptly access their target audiences (clients looking for commercial real estate). Tenants and buyers can perform online searches for premises, buildings and commercial properties based on specific criteria. The search can be performed in many ways, such as polygon map search and the ability to view all properties within this geographical area. Owners and Landlords can quickly establish direct contacts with professional brokers, consultants and partners to get help during the signing of a deal or in the day to day property and facility management. Kommerstate.ru is based on the experience of leading websites for commercial real estate in Western markets. CEO of Kommerstate, Eugenia Vladimirova, is a professional with unique background that combines experience in internet industry and commercial real estate. The initial funding of the company was made by Fast Lane Ventures.

IQcard

Venture Round in 2013
IQcard is a provider and distributor of prepaid bank cards aimed at both individuals and businesses. The company has developed a cloud-based system that facilitates client and partner relations while enabling users to transfer funds using bank cards. Its flagship product, the IQcard, is designed to offer maximum convenience to customers, featuring online banking, a bonus program, and a loyalty program. IQcard has successfully implemented various projects in collaboration with major Russian companies, emphasizing its commitment to delivering affordable, reliable payment solutions.

AutoSpot

Seed Round in 2013
AutoSpot is an innovative online automotive service platform based in Moscow, Russia, founded in 2013. It operates a reverse marketplace model, aggregating offers from official auto dealers and connecting them directly with customers. This approach allows users to select, compare, and purchase new cars online, enhancing transparency and providing real-time pricing without the need for traditional bargaining. With over 410 auto dealers participating, AutoSpot has established a strong presence in the online new car sales segment in Russia, which is valued at approximately $47 billion. By 2022, the platform was estimated to hold a market share of 20.5% in online sales and 5.1% of all new car sales in the country. Currently, AutoSpot sells around 1,000 new automobiles per month and is focused on expanding its platform's capabilities, including the integration of financial products such as auto loans and insurance.

Teamo.ru

Series B in 2012
Teamo.ru is an online dating website that matches and connects Russian-speaking single adults around the world with one another. The website helps individuals looking to build serious relationships find partners through its psychological tests. Launched in 2011, Teamo.ru is operated from Moscow, Russia.

Eventmag

Series A in 2012
Eventmag is an online platform based in Moscow, Russia, that specializes in event promotion and ticket distribution. Founded in 2011, it provides a user-friendly service that allows event organizers, ranging from individuals to large corporations, to plan, promote, and sell tickets for various events, including concerts and private celebrations. The platform is free to use for organizers, who are only charged when tickets are sold. Eventmag facilitates easy event posting, invitation distribution, and online payment collection, while also integrating with popular social networks to enhance visibility. The company is led by CEO Natalya Atyasheva, who brings 15 years of experience in the professional events industry.

AdMoment

Seed Round in 2012
AdMoment is a mobile advertising company that offers an advertising platform which provides intelligent targeting solutions through smartphones. It leverages programmatic-buying and engaging formats to help major brands and their media buyers reach consumers through mobile applications. AdMoment’s platform allows mobile publishers to automatically identify the parameters of their target groups, including the time, location, device types, weather, and traffic. AdMoment was incorporated in August 2012 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

IQcard

Series A in 2012
IQcard is a provider and distributor of prepaid bank cards aimed at both individuals and businesses. The company has developed a cloud-based system that facilitates client and partner relations while enabling users to transfer funds using bank cards. Its flagship product, the IQcard, is designed to offer maximum convenience to customers, featuring online banking, a bonus program, and a loyalty program. IQcard has successfully implemented various projects in collaboration with major Russian companies, emphasizing its commitment to delivering affordable, reliable payment solutions.

Kommerstate.ru

Series A in 2012
Kommerstate.ru is an effective tool and an easy way for brokers to find tenants and buyers via the Internet as well as for searchers to find the commercial properties that meet their requirements. The portal offers advanced marketing tools and interactive database. Brokers and Agents can post their ads on the website and promptly access their target audiences (clients looking for commercial real estate). Tenants and buyers can perform online searches for premises, buildings and commercial properties based on specific criteria. The search can be performed in many ways, such as polygon map search and the ability to view all properties within this geographical area. Owners and Landlords can quickly establish direct contacts with professional brokers, consultants and partners to get help during the signing of a deal or in the day to day property and facility management. Kommerstate.ru is based on the experience of leading websites for commercial real estate in Western markets. CEO of Kommerstate, Eugenia Vladimirova, is a professional with unique background that combines experience in internet industry and commercial real estate. The initial funding of the company was made by Fast Lane Ventures.

RentHome.ru

Series A in 2012
RentHome.ru – more than 15 000 short-term rentals to choose from. Russia's no. 1 holiday rentals website. Find vacation rentals worldwide, including Russia, Ukr

IQcard

Seed Round in 2012
IQcard is a provider and distributor of prepaid bank cards aimed at both individuals and businesses. The company has developed a cloud-based system that facilitates client and partner relations while enabling users to transfer funds using bank cards. Its flagship product, the IQcard, is designed to offer maximum convenience to customers, featuring online banking, a bonus program, and a loyalty program. IQcard has successfully implemented various projects in collaboration with major Russian companies, emphasizing its commitment to delivering affordable, reliable payment solutions.

Eventmag

Seed Round in 2012
Eventmag is an online platform based in Moscow, Russia, that specializes in event promotion and ticket distribution. Founded in 2011, it provides a user-friendly service that allows event organizers, ranging from individuals to large corporations, to plan, promote, and sell tickets for various events, including concerts and private celebrations. The platform is free to use for organizers, who are only charged when tickets are sold. Eventmag facilitates easy event posting, invitation distribution, and online payment collection, while also integrating with popular social networks to enhance visibility. The company is led by CEO Natalya Atyasheva, who brings 15 years of experience in the professional events industry.

OdinOtvet

Seed Round in 2012
OdinOtvet is private expert community with very high reputation, there is an honor to become a member of it. OdinOtvet is a service to connect you with everything you want to know about. OdinOtvet is a crowdsourcing concept providing services for user generated content for a broad list of topics. OdinOtvet was launched by an outstanding team of professionals with success experience in Russian on-line media market. Our goal: To be come #1 on crowdsourcing market in Russia and CIS. The fact that we are a copycat of Quora it also gives us advantages they invest money in R’n’D and IT platform development we has ability to track it and implement in OdinOtvet and therefore decrease our costs. BTW IT expenses are our main part.

VitaPortal

Seed Round in 2011
Vitaportal.ru is a Russia based online web portal offering comprehensive and reliable health and medicine information to improve users and their families' health. The medical information published on the portal is all independently reviewed by specialty health care providers and medical institutions to ensure its reliability. The site also has certification by HONcode - the internationally recognized symbol for ethical and credible medical information published on websites. Vitaportal.ru was launched in June 2011 by the team of professionals with more than 20 year's expertise in the Russian internet and healthcare industries. The company was initially funded by innovative venture capital company, Fast Lane Ventures, and was modeled on the leading healthcare information site in the United States, WebMD Health Network. VitaPortal: * Is backed by a World Class Advisory Board: Esther Dyson, Peter Frishauf, Milena Adamian * Winner of the Russian Internet Award 2011 in Healthcare Vitaportal.ru is a Fast Lane Ventures portfolio company.

RelevantMedia

Seed Round in 2010
RelevantMedia, based in Moscow and founded in 2010, is an online media company specializing in the creation and distribution of professional "evergreen" content, particularly in the "how-to" and Q&A niches. The company aims to establish itself as a leader in WEB 3.0 media in Russia by enabling thousands of authors and experts to share their knowledge. Utilizing proprietary algorithms, RelevantMedia analyzes search engine queries and employs a network of professional writers to produce unique and valuable content tailored for Russian Internet users. Since its inception, the company has achieved significant traffic, with its primary websites, kakprosto.ru and justlady.ru, attracting millions of unique visitors. Through its innovative platform, RelevantMedia combines experience with current trends in content creation and management to enhance user engagement and efficiency.

ShoppingLive.ru

Venture Round in 2010
ShoppingLive.ru is a Russian online teleshopping channel providing a convenient and accessible shopping solution. The website broadcasts short and entertaining live videos to showcase the products available for purchase and its easy navigation characteristics enable shoppers to find the right products quickly and effectively. ShoppingLive.ru offers an extensive product range that includes modern appliances, kitchen accessories, home gyms and health products as well as stylish jewellery for women - all of which can be delivered to anywhere in Russia. ShoppingLive CEO Ilya Kirik has extensive experience in international trading and serves as a founder and an entrepreneur for companies involved in international trade and finance. Other members of the team have experience in investment analysis (Renova, JV Renove-Rusnano, direct marketing (DHL, TopShop, PPE Group), internet marketing (Begun) and TV marketing (TNT, Video International, Gallup Media, ProfMedia). Shoppinglive.ru was launched by Fast Lane Ventures and is modelled on QVC Inc., one of the largest multimedia retailers in the world. In April 2012 Fast Lane Ventures sells its stake in ShoppingLive business to German based Group – Home Shopping Europe. For more information, please visit www.shoppinglive.ru

Sapato

Series A in 2010
Sapato is an online shoe retailer based in Moscow, Russia, offering a wide selection of footwear and accessories, including bags and shoe care products. Launched in June 2010 by Fast Lane Ventures, the platform quickly gained popularity, attracting over 200,000 daily visitors and achieving significant sales growth. Sapato's business model was adapted from successful online shoe companies in the US and Europe to fit the Russian market. The company ensures secure delivery across Russia, along with the protection of customer data and payment information. After several rounds of fundraising, including investments from eVenture Capital Partners and Intel Capital, Sapato was acquired by Ozon in February 2012 and subsequently sold to KupiVIP in April 2012. The company is recognized among the top 20 largest e-commerce platforms in Russia and is led by Matthieu Lannegrand, who brings extensive experience in the shoe market.

Sapato

Series B in 2010
Sapato is an online shoe retailer based in Moscow, Russia, offering a wide selection of footwear and accessories, including bags and shoe care products. Launched in June 2010 by Fast Lane Ventures, the platform quickly gained popularity, attracting over 200,000 daily visitors and achieving significant sales growth. Sapato's business model was adapted from successful online shoe companies in the US and Europe to fit the Russian market. The company ensures secure delivery across Russia, along with the protection of customer data and payment information. After several rounds of fundraising, including investments from eVenture Capital Partners and Intel Capital, Sapato was acquired by Ozon in February 2012 and subsequently sold to KupiVIP in April 2012. The company is recognized among the top 20 largest e-commerce platforms in Russia and is led by Matthieu Lannegrand, who brings extensive experience in the shoe market.
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