Finstar Financial Group will invest USD150 million into new financial technology startups over the next five years, Oleg Boyko, the Chairman of Finstar, has confirmed. The money will also be used for research and development (R&D) within the Group’s portfolio companies. Global investment in financial technology startups increased to USD12.7 billion last year, according to […]
Please watch the video from the event – Vadim Kalukhov (Central Bank of Russia), Alexey Marey (Alfa Bank), Ruben Aganbegyan (Otkrytie), Andrey Stepanenko (Raiffeisenbank), Oliver Hughes (Tinkoff Bank) and Oleg Boyko (Finstar Financial Group)
Finstar Financial Group, a private investment group, recently opened a venture capital arm, called FinstarLabs, which is hoping to find and invest in the next generation of financial services giants. The first major decision Finstar had to make was where to set out its stall. London would have appeared to be the natural choice. The capital of England has been heralded as […]
On April 25, 2017, Finstar Financial Group, a global private investment group, and Vedomosti business daily will hold the first international conference in Russia on new financial technologies, Fintech and Traditional Banking: Symbiosis or Confrontation? Although the global financial technologies market has firmly secured its place as a leading destination for venture investment, with total […]
The eleventh annual Return to Life award ceremony, honoring the outstanding achievements of Russian athletes, coaches, medical and support staff in 2016, took place at the Russian Paralympic Committee headquarters on 1 December. The event coincided with the International Day of People with Disabilities on 3 December. The Parasport Foundation, founded by Oleg Boyko, Chairman […]
San Francisco-Moscow, 30 November 2016 – Finstar Financial Group, a fintech-focused international private equity group founded by Oleg Boyko, announces that it has invested USD 3 million in Rocket10, a rapidly growing mobile marketing agency. This investment forms part of Finstar’s strategy to use mobile technology to grow its fintech businesses. As part of the […]
Finstar Financial Group announces the appointment of Mark Ruddock as the CEO of FinstarLabs, the corporate venture group that identifies, invests in, and helps create cutting edge technologies that will enable the generation of new alternative financial services. This appointment reflects the commitment of Oleg Boyko, Founder and Chairman of Finstar Financial Group, to the […]
London – October 7, 2016 – Viventor, a peer-to-peer lending platform, marks its first year of operations with 60%+ average monthly growth in the investments made through its marketplace. The company launched the alpha version of its lending marketplace in October 2015 at London’s LendIt, the largest gathering of the online lending community in Europe. […]
Finstar Financial Group (“Finstar”) announces further senior appointments to its management team with the recruitment of Eugene Timko as Investment Director, Michele Tucci as Head of Mobile Products and Business Development, and Alexander Ivanov who has been appointed to develop venture capital investments. These latest appointments reflect Finstar’s strategy to continue with the successful expansion […]
Finstar Financial Group announces the further enhancement of its M&A capabilities. Paul Muhr recently joined Finstar and has been appointed to lead the Group’s M&A and Capital Markets projects. The corporate developments will help Finstar capitalize on the substantial growth opportunities in the financial technology industry. Paul Muhr has more than 9 years of experience […]