March 30, 2007 at 16:41Skype and Last.fm investor invested in Ozon
According to unconfirmed reports, the composition of shareholders of the Ozon online store has changed . Its owner Baring Vostok attracted a number of foreign investors to the project. Among them is the Swiss Venture Fund Index Ventures , RBCdaily reports today . Finam IT experts do not exclude that Index Ventures bought the blocking package of the online store, paying about $ 15 million for it. Their estimate of Ozon’s total value is approximately $ 60 million.
According to insider information, the attracted investments will be used by the online store to solving problems with logistics and infrastructure development.
“Index Ventures is a cautious investor, he does not like to invest more than $ 20 million in projects,” says Finam-IT expert Viktor Galenko. According to him, as an investor, a company usually chooses startups. Among its portfolio are , among others, InfoSpace corporation, Last.fm and Listen.com music services, shares in MySQL, Skype Limited and others.
For Index Ventures, the Russian online store is a successful investment that can bring a good return, says Boris Ovchinnikov , Head of Analysis, Sup Fabrik. He added that the potential of the Russian Internet trading market is much higher than that of European counterparts, and there are not so many risks. These words are confirmed recently released“Yandex” research of retail in Runet. Recall, according to the company, in 2006 the volume of retail grew by 42%, while in the West the same indicator amounted to 25%.
According to insider information, the attracted investments will be used by the online store to solving problems with logistics and infrastructure development.
“Index Ventures is a cautious investor, he does not like to invest more than $ 20 million in projects,” says Finam-IT expert Viktor Galenko. According to him, as an investor, a company usually chooses startups. Among its portfolio are , among others, InfoSpace corporation, Last.fm and Listen.com music services, shares in MySQL, Skype Limited and others.
For Index Ventures, the Russian online store is a successful investment that can bring a good return, says Boris Ovchinnikov , Head of Analysis, Sup Fabrik. He added that the potential of the Russian Internet trading market is much higher than that of European counterparts, and there are not so many risks. These words are confirmed recently released“Yandex” research of retail in Runet. Recall, according to the company, in 2006 the volume of retail grew by 42%, while in the West the same indicator amounted to 25%.