Geographies/Russia/2010

Russia startup funding in 2010

European tech funding raised by Russia startups during 2010.

In 2010, 20 startups in Russia closed 21 funding rounds and raised €22M in equity funding (excluding debt and grants). E-commerce was the most active sector, and Altair Capital was the most active investor. Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Equity funding

€22M

excl. debt & grants

Funding rounds

Companies

Top sector

E-commerce

Russia: last three years

change vs the year before

Year	Equity	Change	Rounds	Change	Debt
2008	€634k	-98.7%	2	-50.0%	—
2009	€2.2M	+249.1%	5	+150.0%	—
2010	€22M	+884.6%	21	+320.0%	—

Rank in Europe

#13

0.8% of European funding

Top-10 round share

98.0%

of disclosed capital

Funding by month

€ raised vs rounds, by month

Data table

	Funding	Rounds
Jan	€1.7M	3
Feb	€716k	2
Mar	€0	1
Apr	€742k	1
May	€3.0M	2
Jun	€122k	1
Jul	€8.1M	2
Aug	€3.8M	2
Sep	€39k	1
Oct	€733	1
Nov	€1.4M	2
Dec	€5.9M	3

Top sectors

by € raised

Data table

	Russia — top sectors by capital, 2010
Travel	€8.1M
E-commerce	€2.8M
Media	€2.0M
Marketing	€1.5M
Edtech	€1.4M
Fintech	€742k
Software	€122k
Fashion	€0

Stage mix

by € raised

Data table

	Russia — stage mix, 2010
Growth/Late	€8.1M
Series A	€5.1M
Early VC	€4.6M
Seed	€4.0M
Grant	€3.8M

Exits & M&A

1 Acquisition · 1 Buyout · 1 IPO

3 exits · €895M disclosed.

Qiwi	IPO	Jun 2010	€804M
MAYKOR	Buyout	Sep 2010	€91M

Largest equity rounds

by disclosed amount, 2010

Company	Stage	Date	Amount
Anywayanyday	Growth/Late	Jul 2010	€8.1M
Wikimart	Early VC	Aug 2010	€3.8M
KupiKupon	Series A	May 2010	€2.3M
Relevant Media	Seed	Dec 2010	€2.0M
Rock Flow Dynamics	Series A	Nov 2010	€1.4M
Uniweb.ru	Series A	Jan 2010	€1.4M
Quintura	Early VC	May 2010	€751k
KVK TEAM	Seed	Apr 2010	€742k
Vigoda	Seed	Feb 2010	€716k
bOombate	Seed	Jan 2010	€278k

View all 21 Russia deals in 2010 →

Top investors

most active in 2010, by deal count

Source: Tech.eu Funding Explorer · data as of 6 Nov 2026 · licence CC BY 4.0 · Methodology

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