Venture Capital in Russia? Da!

Tamir Fishman Ventures, Israel’s partner of DFJ,  has completed fundraising round of 2 billion Rubel, which are ecquivalent to $72 million USD. Half of the money was raised from the Russian goverment, and the majority of the remaining sum was led by CIG, part of the MyBank  group in Russia, as well as private investors. The round falls $28 million short from its original target set in June, according to the Israeli media.

The new fund will be called Tamir Fishman-CIG Venture Fund and will invest in technology ventures in Russia. Tamir Fishman’s chairman and CEO Eldad Tamir sees Russia as the largest business opportunity in Europe right now. In an interview to Calcalist he said: ” Russia has a tremendous scientific potential, with advanced research and high education”.  Tamir also sees a tighter cooperation between Israel and Russia, given the high number of Russian speakers in Israel.  Tamir Fishman-CIG Venture Fund will start investing in Q2 2009.

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Eze is managing partner of Remagine Ventures, a seed fund investing in ambitious founders at the intersection of tech, entertainment, gaming and commerce with a spotlight on Israel.

I'm a former general partner at google ventures, head of Google for Entrepreneurs in Europe and founding head of Campus London, Google's first physical hub for startups.

I'm also the founder of Techbikers, a non-profit bringing together the startup ecosystem on cycling challenges in support of Room to Read. Since inception in 2012 we've built 11 schools and 50 libraries in the developing world.
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