"Yandex" has bought the company of his ex-PR man
The main Russian search engine Yandex has acquired startup Metabar". Startup develops the service "Advisor" to assist in the online buying.
"Yandex" has redeemed from the Fund Runa Capital startup Metabar, which develops the service "Advisor". The acquisition of a start-up cost "Yandex'at" several million dollars. The amount is not fixed, but according to sources close to the transaction, does not exceed 5 million.
"Advisor" is a browser extension that exposes analysis viewed page of the online store and tells you where you can buy the same product cheaper. The service takes information from Yandex.Market", which is then divided by revenue for clicks. Managing partner of the investment Fund Runa Capital has stated that this is the 1st exit investments in Russia, earlier projects Fund were redeemed solely by foreign companies.
Superintendent of Metamora" is Mikhail Ushakov, who worked in "Yandex" Director relationship with the population. In 2011 "Metabar" invested $ 1 million at the stage of ideas, now the deal brought the repeated return of investment, told "Vedomosti" adept Fund Liliana of Partenavia.
"Yandex" has redeemed all, except for a legal person - the intellectual property team and the entire user base, stated managing partner of Runa Capital Dmitry Chikhachev. Previously, the main Russian search engine has already acquired projects. So, in early November 2011 Yandex acquired company SPB Software, which develops software for mobile devices and operators, and in September 2014 scientific and technical platform Adfox, which allows you to manage online advertising.
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