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The consulting company bright box is the international IT company having offices in Moscow (Russia), Minsk (Belarus) and Limassol (Cyprus). System provider of remote control functions of the car – Connected Car.

The company specializes in development and deployment of business solutions based on technologies of corporations Microsoft, Apple and Google. Among projects of the company: the system of remote control of functions of the car Remoto and the platform for Dealer Mobility autoretail. Among clients of bright box company there are world giants and market leaders, such as Kia Motors, Hyundai, Avilon, Genser, SIM Group, MODUS Group and so forth.

"For a mass segment of cars of the offer similar Remoto are practically absent therefore we made the decision to be focused on it and to offer motorists available technology at the price. The strategy of the company assumes global business development in the BRIC countries, and for accomplishment of this task we need to move forward intensively, attracting external financing sources", Bellotsky Innokenti, the chairman of the board of directors, bright box notes.

History

2018: Alexey Krapotkin is a chief executive in Europe

On May 18, 2018 the Bright Box company announced Alexey Kropotkin's appointment to a position of the new chief and managing director of representative office in Europe for support of global growth and sales increase in the region.

"Expansion of a command of the top management Bright Box shows our strong commitment to involvement of the best personnel from the digital and automobile industries in our command. Long-term experience of such key employee as Alexey Krapotkin, will help to follow global expansion of the company and to attract new clients in the Connected Cars market", - Ivan Mishanin, the CEO of Bright Box noted.

2017: Zurich buys Bright Box

Bright Box HK Limited is purchased Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) – Zurich Insurance Group - the multilateral insurer working in more than 210 countries of the world. Leta Capital was the only investor of a round And.

"The solution to invest in Bright Box was very difficult because of the turbulence which began in Russia with economy and policy, many funds suspended investments into this period. But the Bright Box command headed by Ken Belotsky, Ivan Mishanin and Alexander Dimchenko managed to construct one of world market leaders of connected cars for short term. Work in Board of Directors of Bright Box gave me a lot of things in respect of professional development. It is madly a pity to leave the company, but the transaction with Zurich for our fund will be "draconian", do not refuse such offers. I think, it is one of the largest exits of the Russian fund in recent years if not the largest", the managing partner of LETA Capital venture fund Alexander Chachava notes.

Details of absorption are not disclosed.

The strategy of the Zurich Group is directed to providing simple and innovation sentences using the products focused on customer needs. As a part of Bright Box Insurance Group will promote further attention of the global insurer to mobility due to the specialized services directed to digital interaction with drivers of cars and closer cooperation with dealers and OEM.

Bright Box will continue to function as a separate business unit, and all co-founders of the company, including Mishanin Ivan (CEO), Dimchenko Alexander (CSO) and Belotsky Innokenti (Chief executive), will continue to conduct operating activities, using the opportunities given by the new shareholder.

2014: Leta Capital invests $1.5 million in bright box company

In November, 2014 Leta Capital announced investments into the international IT company bright box. The total amount of investments was $1.5 million. Means from investments will be sent to completion and promotion of the product Remoto - the project of remote control of functions of the car, its adaptation with popular autobrands and scaling of a technology platform which will allow to support several million at the same time connected vehicles.

bright box is going to expand cooperation with car makers for preset of the Remoto system on the pipeline, to strengthen the leading position in the market of mobile applications for car dealers (at mobile application of Dealer Mobility more than 90,000 downloads) and to enter the market of Asia where car sales constantly grow.

2012: Foundation of the company three partners

The Bright Box company was founded in 2012 by Innokenti Belotsky, Ivan Mishanin and Alexander Dimchenko.