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In Russia, DST’s Mail.ru And Yandex Ramp Up Mobile Presence

Dec 6, 2011 7:24 AM

Following on from its acquisition of mobile software developer SPB at the end of November, Yandex is making one more move to increase its ubiquity among the growing number of smartphone users in the country: the search giant is reportedly planning to launch search apps for Apple’s iOS devices by…

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Mail.ru Jumps On IPO, Raising A RuNet Warchest

Nov 5, 2010 6:56 AM

Europe has a new biggest internet company. Russia’s Mail.ru Group had priced its London IPO, in which it was floating 32.93 million shares (17 percent of the company) at up to $27.7 per share, raising $916 million and valuing it at $5.71 billion. As Reuters reports, that “makes it Europe’s…

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Posted In: Money, IPO, Countries, Europe, Russia, mail.ru

Mail.ru Confirms IPO With A Reported $5 Billion Valuation

Oct 11, 2010 10:08 AM

At long last, this is where Mail.ru Group - the new name for russian digital investor Digital Sky Technologies’ domestic assets - confirms it will IPO on the London Stock Exchange next month. The group wants to float about 15 percent of its shares for at least $500 million, Reuters…

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Posted In: Money, IPO, Countries, Europe, Russia, digital sky technologies, mail.ru

DST Creates Russian Online Powerhouse By Merging Mail.ru And Astrum

Sep 9, 2009 8:40 PM

Digital Sky Technologies (DST), the Russian firm that recently paid $200 million for a two percent stake in Facebook, is playing puppet-master yet again. It’s merging Mail.ru, one of Russia’s most popular online portals, with massively-multiplayer online (MMO) game developer Astrum Online Entertainment, according to Vedomosti (via Quintura). It is…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, Russia, digital sky technologies, mail.ru

Russian Investors Take Control Of Mail.ru, IPO May Be Off?

Jul 29, 2008 4:28 AM

Russian internet investment fund Digital Sky Technologies has upped its stake in top-two portal and email host Mail.ru to 50.55 percent by buying 15 percent from Tiger Global Management. Business paper Vedomosti estimates the investment at $180 million to $200 million. Mail.ru had been planning a $2 billion IPO in…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, Russia, digital sky technologies, mail.ru

We Can Too: Russian Portal Mail.ru Also Plans IPO, in London

May 21, 2008 10:25 AM

If Yandex can mull a $2 billion IPO, so can Mail.ru: the Russian online portal Mail.ru is planning an IPO on London’s stock market which will value the business at $2 billion, reports local business daily Kommersant, picked up by Yakov here. The company, in which Naspers, the South African…

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Posted In: Money, IPO, Countries, Europe, Russia, mail.ru, naspers

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