Happy Valentine’s Day, readers. Hope you have a sweet weekend. Also, StrictlyVC is taking off President’s Day to manage a highly unsophisticated lemonade-making operation (school fundraiser). But we have some good stories and profiles coming your way, so see you soon! —– Top News in the A.M. Japan’s biggest online retailer, Rakuten, said it’s paying $900 million for […]
Almaz Capital
Almaz Capital: From Russia With Love
It’s easy to poke fun at Russia as the land of graft, corruption and side-by-side toilets. But you quickly get the impression that six-year-old Almaz Capital — an early-stage venture firm that has offices in Menlo Park and Moscow and is focused on bridging the two worlds – has been laughing all the way to the […]