The Whoosh database is on sale, on Avito there is an increase in ads about installing applications removed from the App Store

World

• On November 14, the United States will impose sanctions against a “transnational network” of 42 individuals and organizations associated with pro-Russian purchases of military technology.
• Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, will create a fund to support liquidity-strapped cryptocurrency projects. Thus, the person in charge of the platform, Changpeng Zhao, plans to reduce the negative consequences of the bankruptcy of FTX.
• Jeff Bezos announced his intention to donate most of his fortune to charity. According to the latest data, the fortune of the founder of Amazon is estimated at 124.1 billion dollars.

Russia

• The founder of the Anderson coffee shop chain announced the start of a “large-scale operation” to expel it from the country. In the institutions there are “mask shows” and “authorities” “most likely plan to slip something”. Tatulova asked for help in finding lawyers and tax lawyers in the cafe, as well as representatives of public control.
• The Ministry of Economic Development has developed criteria for state support for small technology companies. They want to involve them in achieving the technological sovereignty of the country.
• The court declared bankruptcy the Russian “daughter” of game developer Game Insight, who decided to leave Russia in the summer. Its structure LLC “Game Insight” owes employees 120 million rubles. At the end of October, a criminal case was opened for the fact of not issuing.

Business

• Hackers put the database of electric scooter rental service Whoosh up for sale. In total, the database contains 7.3 million records: names, phone numbers, mail, part of bank card data and other user data.
• Detsky Mir announced the convening of an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting and the repurchase of shares of those who do not agree with the reorganization of the business. Common shares will be exchanged at 71.5 rubles each; With the news of this, they have gone up in price almost 20% per hour.
• Russian cryptocurrency broker MTHUB raised $250,000 from Dmitry Sutormin, co-founder of the YellowRockets fund, and other investors. As a result of the round, the startup received a valuation of $5 million.
• VK announced the appointment of a new Vice President of Human Resources. The management was headed by Nadezhda Serova, who, before joining VK, was the director of human resources at Tinkoff Bank.
• Canadian outdoor and sportswear company Helly Hansen has decided to close its business in Russia.
• Huawei for the first time since 2019 increased the supply of smartphones in Russia.
• The Russian esports team Outsiders (Virtus.pro) won the main CS:GO shooting tournament: IEM Rio Major. In the final, the Outsiders defeated the Heroic team with a score of 2-0.
• On Avito, the number of advertisements from individuals and companies about the provision of transfer services or installation of bank applications removed from the App Store on smartphones is growing. However, this threatens to transfer all the data on the device to the intruders.
• Ozon became the most popular franchise in Russia in the first nine months of 2022. 2,650 partner order pickup points were opened under the brand of the platform.

Money

• The Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) will invest 2.25 billion rubles in Russian startups at the pre-seed and seed stages in 2023-2025. The IIDF has updated its investment strategy, as “support for Russian entrepreneurs in the Russian market is now needed again.”

• On November 15, the Skolkovo Foundation will open a representative office in New Delhi, India. One of the main areas of work will be supporting transactions between Indian startups and fund partners.

Finance

• In October 2022, the volume of Central Bank loans to banks increased by 43.2% compared to September, to 25.7 trillion rubles. The liquidity of credit institutions suffered after the news of the mobilization, when the Russians began to withdraw funds from their accounts.