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Fastlane Ventures

Fastlane Ventures is a Russian company focused on the development, launch and promotion of innovative internet businesses. Founded in 2010 by a team of experienced entrepreneurs with a track record of successful investments, the company has launched 20 internet start-ups to capitalize on the increasing demand for online services and growing appetite for investment in the Russian internet market by Western and Russian investors. The company has attracted more than $85 million from international investment funds. Key strategic investment partners of Fastlane Ventures are Direct Group, e.ventures and VTB Capital. Among the investors of the company also Intel Capital, Kinnevik, Mangrove Capital, ru-Net, UMJ Russia, and some others to launch companies across the online retail, travel, relationship, health and recruitment areas. The strategic focus of Fastlane Ventures is to target business-to-consumer niche markets with low levels of competition. The Company's aim is to anticipate the not yet satisfied needs of Russian customers. Fastlane Ventures acts as both an operational and investment partner at the same time. It is the sole Russian company that provides an initial seed investment in addition to having a hands-on operational role with its businesses through its team of high calibre professionals. To launch its business quickly and effectively, Fastlane Ventures has adopted proprietary solution called Fast 50, which enables a new venture to launch in just 50 days and ensures an efficient path between launch and exit. Fastlane Ventures has established a team of highly regarded professionals, who possess unique knowledge and expertise in management, entrepreneurship, e-commerce, business development, marketing and PR, investment generation, HR management, web design and much more. Once the new business venture is operating effectively, Fastlane Ventures helps its investment partners realize their investment return through the sale of the business to other strategic investors. This usually takes place approximately 2-3 years after the initial business launch. For more information about Fastlane Ventures and its portfolio companies, please visit http://fastlaneventures.ru/en/

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Marina Treshchova

CEO and Co-Founder

26 past transactions

Sapato

Series B in 2010
The online store offers users a professional and seamless service and access to a wide range of shoes by the world’s most famous brands. In addition to shoes, Sapato.ru also has a wide range of accessories including bags, gloves and shoe care products. Sapato.ru delivers anywhere in Russia and guarantees the protection of personal customer data, order information and payments. Sapato’s daily traffic exceeds 200,000 site visits with sales growing by five times over the first six months of 2011. The company is on the list of top-20 largest e-shops in Russia. Sapato.ru was launched in June 2010 by Fast Lane Ventures. FLV adopted successful online shoe companies’ models from the US and European markets to the demands and nuances of the Russian market. The company is headed by Matthieu Lannegrand who has significant expertise in the Russian and European shoe market. Sapato.ru was originally funded by Fast Lane Ventures. The company has also completed several rounds of fundraising with eVenture Capital Partners, Kinnevik, Direct Group and Intel Capital. In Feburary 2012 Fast Lane Ventures sold Sapato.ru to Ozon; the acquisition being the company's first exit and first notable transaction in the e-commerce segment in Runet for more than a year. In April 2012, Ozon sold Sapato.ru to KupiVIP.

Eventmag.ru

Series A in 2012
Eventmag is an online e-ticket service. It is an open platform, free for use and only charges organisers when they sell tickets. Eventmag is an internet platform for event organisers which enables individual people to big companies all over Russia plan, promote, and sell out any event. With Eventmag it is very easy to post the event, send out invitations and start collecting online payments and data from participants. Eventmag serves the needs of any event whether it is a big concert or birthday party. It is also integrated with all most popular social networks. Launched in April 2012, Eventmag is based on a globally successful model, funded by Fast Lane Ventures and ru-Net. It is headed by CEO Natalya Atyasheva – a strong professional with 15 years of experience in professional events business.

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.

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.

IQcard

Venture Round in 2013
IQcard company implemented a number of successful projects, including in partnership with major Russian companies. Product line is based on the credit card IQcard, created for maximum customer convenience. It is an affordable, convenient and reliable payment instrument with advanced features - online banking, bonus program and a loyalty program.

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.

AutoSpot

Seed Round in 2013
AutoSpot operates as an online automotive service platform for selecting car offers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

Eventmag.ru

Seed Round in 2012
Eventmag is an online e-ticket service. It is an open platform, free for use and only charges organisers when they sell tickets. Eventmag is an internet platform for event organisers which enables individual people to big companies all over Russia plan, promote, and sell out any event. With Eventmag it is very easy to post the event, send out invitations and start collecting online payments and data from participants. Eventmag serves the needs of any event whether it is a big concert or birthday party. It is also integrated with all most popular social networks. Launched in April 2012, Eventmag is based on a globally successful model, funded by Fast Lane Ventures and ru-Net. It is headed by CEO Natalya Atyasheva – a strong professional with 15 years of experience in professional events business.

CarPrice

Seed Round in 2014
CarPrice operates an online site for buying cars and offers instant online car valuations and inspection, and paperwork related services. The company is based in Russia.

Heverest.ru

Series C in 2014
Heverest.ru operates an online portal through which it provides online shopping services. The company provides clothing, footwear, bags and backpacks, sports and outdoor tourism equipment, and accessories. Heverest.ru is based in Moscow, Russian Federation.

Carprice

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

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.

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 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

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

IQcard

Series B in 2013
IQcard company implemented a number of successful projects, including in partnership with major Russian companies. Product line is based on the credit card IQcard, created for maximum customer convenience. It is an affordable, convenient and reliable payment instrument with advanced features - online banking, bonus program and a loyalty program.

Double Data

Series A in 2015
Founded in 2012, Double Data targets banks and other financial institutions who need to improve their performance for a variety of processes – from customer acquisition and assessment to debt collection. The Double Data software combines Big Data analysis tools, computer-aided learning methods and data mining.

AutoSpot

Seed Round in 2014
AutoSpot operates as an online automotive service platform for selecting car offers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Moscow, Russia.

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.

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.

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.

IQcard

Series A in 2012
IQcard company implemented a number of successful projects, including in partnership with major Russian companies. Product line is based on the credit card IQcard, created for maximum customer convenience. It is an affordable, convenient and reliable payment instrument with advanced features - online banking, bonus program and a loyalty program.

Sapato

Series A in 2010
The online store offers users a professional and seamless service and access to a wide range of shoes by the world’s most famous brands. In addition to shoes, Sapato.ru also has a wide range of accessories including bags, gloves and shoe care products. Sapato.ru delivers anywhere in Russia and guarantees the protection of personal customer data, order information and payments. Sapato’s daily traffic exceeds 200,000 site visits with sales growing by five times over the first six months of 2011. The company is on the list of top-20 largest e-shops in Russia. Sapato.ru was launched in June 2010 by Fast Lane Ventures. FLV adopted successful online shoe companies’ models from the US and European markets to the demands and nuances of the Russian market. The company is headed by Matthieu Lannegrand who has significant expertise in the Russian and European shoe market. Sapato.ru was originally funded by Fast Lane Ventures. The company has also completed several rounds of fundraising with eVenture Capital Partners, Kinnevik, Direct Group and Intel Capital. In Feburary 2012 Fast Lane Ventures sold Sapato.ru to Ozon; the acquisition being the company's first exit and first notable transaction in the e-commerce segment in Runet for more than a year. In April 2012, Ozon sold Sapato.ru to KupiVIP.