Tech Startups and $150 billion in capital are fleeing Russia this year
Andre Eggert, a managing partner at Berlin tech law firm LACORE Rechtsanwälte, says Gouchtchina of ZeeRabbit is one of 10 Russian tech entrepreneurs who turned to the firm for moving help in the past three months. While the number is small, “The fact that there were none before — we thought it was important,” Eggert says.
“Most of them are hoping for additional finance rounds with U.S. and Western European investors, which will not be happening anymore if sanctions or tensions between Russia and the West become more severe,” he says.
And these tech companies’ employees, mostly young educated and single, Eggert says, want a freer environment to live in, like Berlin, Silicon Valley or Tel Aviv.
The small tech companies are leaving the country together with an projected $150 billion in cash expected to flee Russia this year, while large U.S. manufacturers are cutting back or quitting the Russian market
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Source: http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/05/tech-startups-and-150-billion-in.html
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