Originally funded by Fast Lane Ventures, Russian healthcare content portal VitaPortal has taken on board two new investors – Prostor Capital and advisory board member Esther Dyson – in a USD 2 mln Series A round of funding. Offering a host of services, including health self-assessments, physician and hospital evaluations and other related services. The [...]

Russian internet company specialist Fast Lane Ventures has just launched its second unique service, a social marketing platform for jewelry and other accessories.

Similar to German business incubator SpringStar developing AirBnB’s international market, Fast Lane Ventures now has its own portfolio company – TravelRent

A new copycat venture is coming out of business incubator Fast Lane Ventures, in collaboration with funding from ru-Net. The two companies are fostering a startup similar to the popular online event ticket portal Eventbrite, called Eventmag. Though similar in their service offering, Eventmag will focus on Russian event organizers and help them to sell tickets [...]

A JV partnership is brewing between Fast Lane Ventures and VTB Capital to tap the Russian internet market. VTB is doing this with a series C round of funding in Fast Lane valued at around USD 18 mln. Individual investors and business angels, apart from eVenture Capital Partners, are also named as participants in this [...]

Leading Russian internet-centric VC firm Fast Lane Ventures has decided to sell its Shopping Live stake to Home Shopping Europe, a German company. Shopping Live was one of Fast Lane’s earliest and most successful portfolio companies to date, and marks Fast Lane’s second successful exit bid. Home Shopping Europe (www.hse24.de) Home Shopping Europe (HSE24)is a [...]

Russian start-up online sporting goods, leisure and travel products retailer Heverest.ru has roped in an additional round of funding worth USD 1.3 mln from Rollingahead and eVenture Capital Partners. This round of investments will be used to expand its offered product range, enhance customer service capabilities and market the site to attract additional traffic. A [...]

Fast Lane Ventures, a Russian venture capital firm, has recently launched VitaPortal.ru. The intention of this site is to publish health and medical news daily, becoming a source of information for the general public about a large variety of health topics. The site was based on the success of WebMD, a U.S. based health and [...]

FastLane Ventures has launched its newest project, UpLadder.ru, the first job search engine directed at professionals in Russia making over 100,000 rubles per month. UpLadder.ru (www.upladder.ru) UpLadder.ru is currently free for job seekers, but will offer paid premium services in August. The site sets itself apart by checking all resumes that are submitted before publishing [...]

Russian online shoe store Sapato.ru has announced a successful second round of funding with $5 million from previous investors eVenture Capital Partners, Fast Lane Ventures, and Kinnevik. The company plans to use the funding to increase their product line as well as launch a new campaign to take advantage of the $15 billion shoe industry in Russia. Plans to [...]