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Food delivery service Golama raises $2.3mn, sees orders grow by “up to 30%” monthly
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Moscow-based grocery delivery service Golama has attracted 150mn ruble (approximately $2.3mn) in equity funding from an unnamed individual investor, according to media reports, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN).
The funding will be spent on expanding Golama’s network of partners, which include retail chains and stores, and its goods and services offer.
Golama told Russian online tech resource Rusbase that the round was completed in January, with the first funding received in November last year.
Rusbase also heard from an unnamed “source
close to the deal” that Golama’s valuation amounted to 750mn rubles (around $11.5mn).
One hundredmn rubles (around $1.5mn) had been invested in the startup at the launch phase, in March 2018, Golama told Rusbase.
The startup claims that more than 250,000 users have downloaded the app so far, and that the number of orders grows “by 20%-30%” every month.
Golama partners with such chains as METRO, Lenta and Vkusvill. It operates in Moscow and and surrounding cities Balashikha, Dolgoprudny, Mytishchi, Reutov and Khimki.
HeadHunter invests into Russia’s Skillaz, an AI-powered recruitment solution developer
EWDN in Moscow
Russia’s HeadHunter has acquired a 25% stake as a result of a capital injection into Skillaz, a developer of advanced recruitment solutions, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN).
The news was reported earlier this week by busi- ness daily Vedomosti, which cited exchanges with an official company HeadHunter representative. The funding will be used for recruitment and company development purposes.
Neither the amount nor other details of the trans- action were disclosed, but an “unnamed source close to the deal” told Vedomosti that Skillaz was valued at 1 billion rubles in total ($15 million at the current exchange rate). HeadHunter has re- ceived an option to complete the acquisition in the future, according to this source. Founded in 2015, Skillaz has developed tools to help companies au- tomate personnel selection. These tools include robotic processing of job boards, social networks, and evaluation of candidates using AI.