Mail.ru Group

F3, a Stories-style Q&A app for Gen Z teens, raises $3.9M

F3, an anonymous Q&A app targeting Gen Z teens which blends a Tinder-style swipe-to-friend gamification mechanic, Stories-esque rich media responses and eye-wateringly expensive subscriptions to u

Alibaba goes big on Russia with joint venture focused on gaming, shopping and more

Alibaba is doubling down on Russia after the Chinese e-commerce giant launched a joint venture valued at around $2 billion with one of the country’s leading internet companies. Russia is said to

BlaBlaCar acquires carpool rival BeepCar from Russia’s Mail.Ru

Another acquisition for French carpooling platform BlaBlaCar: It’s picked up Russian Internet giant Mail.Ru’s relatively recent rival offering, BeepCar, in what’s being billed as bot

Prisma co-founders raise $1M to build a social app called Capture

Two of the co-founders of the art filter app Prisma have left to build a new social app. Prisma, as you may recall, had a viral moment back in 2016 when selfie takers went crazy for the fine art spi

Telegram plans multi-billion dollar ICO for chat cryptocurrency

Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond. According to multiple sources which have spoke

Mail.Ru Issues Gangbusters Trading Figures, Plans More Social Games

<a href="http://Mail.Ru">Mail.Ru</a> has issued a preliminary trading statement for the fiscal year 2011. The largest Russian-language Internet company, is looking at a margin outlook of 50 percent th

DST Partner: On A Path To Becoming A $1 Billion Company? Come Talk To Us

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/tamas.jpg" class="shot2" /> Le Web 10 host Loic Le Meur just finished his on-stage interview with <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/a

Facebook, Groupon And Zynga Investor Mail.ru (aka, DST) Shoots For $5.7B Valuation In IPO

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/mailru.jpg" class="shot2" /> <a href="http://mail.ru/">Mail.ru Group</a>, formerly known as <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/digita