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VTB Capital Investment Management

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VTB Capital venture business leads the way in the venture capital market in Russia and the CIS. Investing in Russian innovative cutting-edge technology is among VTB Capital’s priorities.

Over the past few years VTB Capital venture business has backed over 30 companies in rapidly growing sectors of economy including cloud technologies, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, energy efficiency, Russian E-commerce and consumer internet. We bet on growing demand for unique technologies and innovative business models specifically tailored for different industries.

The long-term partnership with Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), one of the top global venture firms, plays a key role for VTB Capital venture business. The portfolio companies obtain vital global exposure and the ability to build international partnerships to penetrate foreign markets. VTB Capital believes that the potential of Russian technologies in today’s global economy remains hugely unexplored. We are confident in numerous high-return start-up opportunities originating out of leading Russian scientific research institutions and pioneer IT companies.

Recent Milestones

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  VTB Capital Investment Management invested in Oktogo.ru. (3/13/13)
  Posted 3/13/13 at 4:38pm via venturebeat.com
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  VTB Capital Investment Management invested in Fab. (11/1/12)
  Posted 2/13/13 at 1:27pm via techcrunch.com
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  VTB Capital Investment Management — Avalanche Technology, Inc., the industry leading innovator of Spin Programmable Memory (SPMEM™) MRAM based on spin-transfer torque (STT_MRAM), announced that it has closed its series D of equity funding by raising $30 mln. This round has full participatio (8/6/12)
  Posted 9/7/12 at 4:46am via avalanche-technology.com
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  VTB Capital Investment Management invested in Fastlane Ventures. (4/25/12)
  Posted 4/25/12 at 7:02pm via finsmes.com
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  VTB Capital Investment Management — SmS Tenzotherm GmbH announced today it has received Series A funding from DFJ VTB Capital Aurora Innovation & Nanotechnology Fund (4/5/12)
  Posted 9/7/12 at 4:44am via sms-tenzotherm.de
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  VTB Capital Investment Management invested in Oktogo.ru. (3/20/12)
  Posted 3/20/12 at 5:51am via oktogo.ru
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  VTB Capital Investment Management — Rolith, Inc. is the leader in developing advanced nanostructured coatings for renewable energy, green building, and consumer electronics markets. Rolith coatings are enabled by a proprietary nanolithography system, which offers superior throughput, lower (3/5/12)
  Posted 9/7/12 at 4:42am via rolith.com
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  VTB Capital Investment Management invested in Eccentex Corporation. (2/15/12)
  Posted 2/15/12 at 6:53pm via eccentex.com
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  VTB Capital Investment Management invested in aiHit. (10/7/11)
  Posted 10/9/11 at 9:00pm via finsmes.com

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Russia’s VTB Capital Acquires Rolith, Inc. (rolith.com) [edit]
SmS Tenzotherm GmbH announced today it has received Series A funding from DFJ VTB Capital Aurora Innovation & Nanotechnology Fund (sms-tenzotherm.de) [edit]
DFJ VTB Capital Aurora invests in Avalanche Technology, leading innovator of a new class of non-volatile magnetic memory and product solutions (avalanche-technology.com) [edit]
1. Russian travel site raises $11M, named ‘most innovative’ by Fast Company (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. At 9 Million Users Strong, Fab Raises More Money And Is Just Getting Warmed Up (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Fast Lane Ventures Receives $18M Series C Investment (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Oktogo.ru Raises $10M in Funding (oktogo.ru) [edit]
5. Eccentex Raises $7.5 Million in Series A Funding to Expand the Company’s Leadership in PaaS Cloud Computing Solutions for Dynamic Case Management (eccentex.com) [edit]
6. aiHit Raises US$5.5M from VTB Capital (finsmes.com) [edit]