Venture Qiwi unit has completed the first round of investment
Corporate venture direction QIWI Venture, established within the Group QIWI, made the first row of seed investments in the Russian online services. The first project has received funding from QIWI - auto-aggregator Karbey, put into operation in May 2013 and is now available for users. direction QIWI Venture was formed in January 2013. During this time, the consideration received more than 200 projects, of which for the investment projects were selected at an early stage to meet the basic criteria of the fund: orientation of e-commerce, virality and usability. One of the first projects in the portfolio QIWI Venture - Karbey service, has already collected a pool of customers and partner base for the full functioning of the Russian market.
"For the first six months of QIWI Venture we have completed a number of transactions for the financing of small projects. The first project - service Karbey - already fully operational in the Russian market, the second project is set to launch before the end of this year ", - says Sergey Ebich, head QIWI Venture. Karbey The project is aimed at optimizing the operation of the automobile market. Service designed for businesses - automotive interiors wanting to speed up placement of ads car at specialized sites. "QIWI Venture to invest in promising new projects.
With special interest are considered solutions from the financial and Internet sector projects related to the CBM (customer base management), advertising market, mobile-and e-commerce, as well as aggregators of services and goods. At this stage QIWI Venture has determined the maximum threshold of investment in a single project to $ 1 million. Apart from financial investments, the authors will be provided with all the resources necessary for the harmonious development and promotion of a startup, "- said in a statement.
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