Another Skype investor is coming to Russia

ABRT and Mangrove Capital Partners funds - one of the investors of Skype and Quintura - are going to invest in Russian Internet startups.

ABRT and Mangrove Capital Partners are going to invest in Russian Internet startups, and above all - in social networks and e-commerce, the head of ABRT Ratmir Timashev told Vedomosti . Several projects have already been selected, negotiations will begin soon, but the names of the companies are not disclosed. Investments will go to the development of startups: they usually invest from $ 200,000 to $ 5 million.

The social networking sector is developing quite actively in RuNet: in fact every month there are 1-2 new projects. However, apparently, it is still too early to rejoice at the arrival of serious investors: the funds do not plan to distribute money to the right and left, probable applicants should prepare for the fact that without a clear business plan and a competent development team, you should not count on investments. As for the e-commerce sector, it is worth recalling Ozon.ru: this project, considered to be the leading online store in runet, has recently received partners in the person of Index Ventures, Holtzbrinck Ventures and Cisco Systems.