<article>Bank St Petersburg is launching a venture arm, Runa Capital invested in a SaaS startup that monitors server infrastructure and Luxoft acquiring a software engineering consultancy.</article>

Bank St Petersburg is launching a venture arm, Runa Capital invested in a SaaS startup that monitors server infrastructure and Luxoft acquiring a software engineering consultancy.
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Bank St Petersburg to launch venture arm</h3>
<a style="color: #000080;" href="https://www.bspb.ru/" target="_blank">Bank Saint Peterburg</a>, a major Russian bank, will be launching its own $30 million venture fund and innovation lab. This will see it focus on early-stage projects in financial technology (fintech).
Other domains it will target include the Internet of Things (IoT), software, information security, advertising technologies, Big Data, industrial technologies and biotechnologies.
According to the bank, up to 20 transactions may be completed in the course of three to five years, with the funding investing a ticket size ranging from $50,000 to $150,000 in each deal along with other investors.
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Runa Capital leads $2m in in Keymetrics</h3>
<a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/runa-capital" target="_blank">Runa Capital</a>, a Russian venture fund with global operations and Paris-based <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.alvencapital.com/">Alven Capital</a>, have led a $2 million investment in <a style="color: #000080;" href="https://keymetrics.io/" target="_blank">Keymetrics</a>.  Keymetrics has developed an SaaS monitoring service for server infrastructure. This simplifies the development of Node.js apps.
According to a report from East West Digital News, pre-money valuation of Keymetrics was estimated in the region of $10 million. Runa Capital and Alves Capital both invested $1 million each. Previous funding includes $150,000 from <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.kimaventures.com/" target="_blank">Kima Ventures</a> in August 2014 then $120,000 from <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://dealstreetasia.com/tag/techstars" target="_blank">TechStars</a> in 2015.
Previously Keymetrics had raised $150,000 from with Kima Ventures (in August 2014, just one month after company launch), then $120,000 from TechStars in 2015 as part of an acceleration program which took place in New York City in 2015.
Launched in 2010 by Acronis founder Sergei Beloussov, Ilya Zybarev and Dmitry Chikhachev, Runa Capital initially focused on Russia but has since expanded its scope and launched a $135 million fund in 2016 targeting US and Western European startup ventures.
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Luxoft acquires Ukraine&#8217;s IntroPro</h3>
NYSE-listed <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.luxoft.com/" target="_blank">Luxoft</a>,  a provider of software development services and part of Russia’s <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=25070339" target="_blank">IBS Group</a>, acquired Ukrainian IT service provider <a style="color: #000080;" href="https://www.intropro.com/" target="_blank">IntroPro</a>. Finanacial details of the transaction are undisclosed.
Incepted in 2008, engineering consultancy IntroPro employs development teams in Ukraine to serve North American clients. Its expertise covers consulting, architectural design, development as well as quality assurance services for enterprise systems and embedded systems (devices) software development. The group generates more than 90 percent of its revenue from the TV, media, and entertainment industry and maintains a workforce of nearly 500 engineers.
The acquisition is a reflection of Luxoft deepening its expertise in expanding its offerings for wireless and cable/satellite providers.
The export volume of Ukraine’s software development and IT services was estimate at $2.5 billion in 2015, according to an <a style="color: #000080;" href="http://www.uadn.net/files/ua_hightech.pdf">industry report</a> by Ukraine Digital News. The main destination is the US market, which accounts for about 80 per cent of exported services.
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Bank St Petersburg launches venture arm, Runa Capital invests in Keymetris and Luxoft acquires IntroPro. 

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