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The Funds’ first investment in telecommunications was made in 1994 in FGI Wireless (which eventually became today’s Vimpelcom, one of Russia’s largest mobile telephony operators). The company was a pioneer in cellular network development in Russia. Since 1994, Baring Vostok funds have invested over $850 million in 30 companies in the internet, software, media, and telecommunications sector.
Location:
Moscow, Russia
Year of initial investments:
2015
Shareholding:
Minority stake

Profi.ru holds a number of leading Russian online marketplaces for freelancers and small businesses in healthcare, beauty, sports, driving and tutoring, which are now consolidated at the Profi.ru brand, offering services to internet and mobile users in all major cities in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

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News

30 May 2018

CFT Rated among Russia's Major IT Companies.

CNews Analytics agency has published its analytical review ”IT Market: Results 2017”. The review included ratings of the branch participants. Based on last year’s activity, CFT moved up 5 ranks in the rating ”Russia’s Major IT Companies 2017” (CNews100) to number 12 in the list. In the rating ”Russia’s Major IT Developers 2017” CFT remained number 6.
26 March 2018

Papa John's restaurant chain attracts new investors.

PJ Western, master-franchisee of Papa John's international in Russia, the CIS and Central Europe, announces a deal with the Baring Vostok investment fund to increase its total number of restaurants to 450 by December 2020.
23 January 2018

CFT supports banks in complying with SWIFT CSP security requirements.

In 2017, CFT was included in the Directory of Cyber Security Service Providers accredited for implementation of the SWIFT Customer Security Programme. The company started implementing the projects on attestation and analysis of the connection security of the financial institutions’ IT infrastructure to SWIFT.
13 September 2012

Dom.ru has been acknowledged the fastest Russian federal internet provider.

According to Net Index , Dom.ru telecom operator is the fastest federal internet provider in Russia. The average internet speed that Dom.ru provides to its Subscribers in 42 cities of presence amounts to 35 Mbit/sec., which is more than two times higher than the average internet speed in Russia (about 16 Mbit/sec.).

22 August 2012

Dom.ru offers a new format for services consumption – the HD.

Telecom services operator Dom.ru launches new bundled offers in all the 42 cities of presence, comprising the basic telecom services – high-speed internet, cable and HD TV, and telephony. The key characteristics of the bundles are the utmost speed of internet access (up to 100 Mbit/sec around the clock) and the highest number of HD channels in the basic Dom.ru TV package among digital TV operators (23 channels), which enables the company’s Subscribers to consume high-quality HD content in the most convenient manner – with the help of a TV set or in the internet from any video-supporting mobile device.
31 July 2012

Yandex Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results.

MOSCOW AND THE HAGUE, July 31, 2012, Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX), the leading internet company in Russia operating the country’s most popular search engine and most visited website, today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.