Food delivery market forecast downgraded as vets face shortage of foreign vaccines

World

• Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, which previously filed for bankruptcy, is trying to attract investment to pay traders and institutional clients. It is still unknown what the head of the company will offer in exchange for investments.

IT and technology

• Masha Bucher (Drokovoy) Day One Ventures is investing $2 million in 20 startups founded by recently laid off employees from Twitter, Meta*, Stripe and other tech companies. Each team will receive $100,000 in funding.

• Tinkoff has learned to scan handwritten phone numbers for quick transfers. The bank has developed and implemented a special scanner in the mobile application that recognizes the digits of phone numbers based on neural networks and algorithms.

• The IT systems of almost all major Russian companies are vulnerable to hackers, according to a study by Positive Technologies. Criminals could enter an internal network of 96% of organizations.
• Russian software developers for television companies Carrot and BRAM Technologies plan to receive 829 million rubles from the budget for the import substitution of foreign software, the owners of which have stopped updating in Russia.

Business

• More than 80% of Russian advertisers noted a decrease in efficiency and an increase in the cost of attracting customers on the Internet. The main reason is the exit of foreign advertising platforms YouTube, Google Ads, Instagram, Facebook (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned).
• The Russian business of logistics partner McDonald’s will be acquired by the company of the owner of “Tasty – and the point” Alexander Govor. The agreement will include 14 distribution centers.
• 1C became the owner of a 28% stake in the Bidzaar bidding site, founded by Andrey Chernogorov, CEO of Cognitive Technologies. In the first quarter of 2023, the Bidzaar solution will be integrated into the 1C ecosystem.
• Veterinarians are facing a shortage of vaccines for foreign pets. Pet owners may find it difficult to take their pets outside.
• Analysts cut their forecast for the 2022 food delivery market by 20%. The forecast for the growth of the online shopping market for food and essential goods decreased by 800 billion to 600-620 billion rubles.
• Havi Logistics, which provided logistics for McDonald’s and IKEA, began looking for buyers for its Russian business. Assets can be transferred to the local administration.
• Game developer Lesta Games, which was previously the Russian division of Belarusian Wargaming, plans to invest $100-150 million in the expansion of the company and new projects.
• The Ministry of Justice proposed modifications to the legislation that will allow businessmen investigated for economic crimes to continue with their businesses.
• Individuals will be exempt from tax on income received from transactions with shares and bonds of Russian technology companies. However, the measure will only apply to securities traded on the organized market.
• The Moscow Central Department Store has opened an online store for buying and selling used luxury items, including for men. Only merchandise that does not require repair or dry cleaning is accepted. The store itself earns commissions, from 15% to 25%, depending on the product.

services and media

• The H service launched the H Teams platform, which was joined by X5 Tech, Rosbank, Beeline, Alfa-Bank, Samokat, Ozon. There, companies are looking for employees and revealing their corporate culture, talking about extraordinary rules. Applicants are also offered to take a “compatibility” test to find out which company is closest to them.

• The streaming platform VK Play Live has launched a mobile application on Google Play and RuStore. So now you can watch streams, donate and chat from a mobile device. The app will be available on the App Store soon.

• Elon Musk gave Twitter employees an ultimatum: accept the company’s new “radical culture” or quit. Those who opt for the second option were promised compensation of three monthly salaries.