ReSolut

As of September 2022, ReSolut is developing a domestic service for storing source code repositories and collective development of GitFlic software.

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2025: Astra Group increased its stake in Resolut from 51% to 76.2%

Astra Group increased its stake in Resolut, which develops the GitFlic source code storage platform, from 51% to 76.2%. This was reported in the reporting, which the group published at the end of August 2025.

As Forbes writes with reference to these materials, Astra Group bought a 25.2 percent stake in Resolut LLC from non-controlling shareholders for a total cash consideration of 69.785 million rubles. Which shareholders participated in this transaction is not specified.

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We are talking about the redemption of shares of minority shareholders of the company "Resolut" - this is the management of the company, their specific names are not disclosed in the statements. We are gradually consolidating shares in our subsidiaries and, accordingly, increasing the profit attributable to the shareholders of Astra Group PJSC, Astra Group reported (quoted by Forbes).

The increase in Astra Group's share in Resolut is in line with the practice of transactions in the IT market. M&A According to analyst Alfa-Bank Anna Kurbatova, such a scheme usually involves the acquisition of a controlling stake at the first stage, followed by the purchase of the remaining stake from the founders within two to three years. This process can be carried out in several stages and depends on the implementation of pre-agreed KPI business development. Kurbatova noted that according to a similar principle, M&A deals and. PJSC "Softline" She also expressed the opinion that the increase in the share of Astra Group indicates the successful development of the product and its integration into the product ecosystem.

Dmitry Komissarov, co-founder of the Strigo Capital venture fund, drew attention to the fact that in 2023 Resolut had additional capital in the amount of about 200 million rubles. According to him, this amount could correspond to the value of 51% of the company in the first transaction with Astra Group, which would imply a total project estimate of 400 million rubles^[1]

2023: Astra Group of Companies bought 26% of ReSolut

At the end of August 2023, it became known that Astra Group, the developer of the Russian operating system Astra Linux, is creating its own platform for joint development and hosting of open source IT projects.

According to the Kommersant newspaper, we are talking about the launch of an analogue of foreign repositories GitLab, GitHub and BitBucket. The fact is that due to the current geopolitical situation, the access of Russian developers to these sites was limited. In particular, GitHub has blocked the accounts of a number of companies, banks and private users from the Russian Federation. Therefore, there is a need to form a domestic alternative.

Astra Group creates its own platform for collaborative development and hosting of open source IT projects

As part of the Astra Group project, on August 24, 2023, it acquired a 26% stake in Resolut LLC, the creator of the open source storage and joint development platform GitFlic. In the future, participation in this company is planned to be increased to 51%, while the remaining 49% will belong to the founders of Resolyut.

According to Ilya Sivtsev, CEO of Astra Group, the company is working on a platform that will be a complete environment with a combination of source code management tools, testing, automation, documentation, framework and development templates. The launch of the site is scheduled for 2023. Resolyut says that "with the support of a large vendor" they plan to increase the pace of product development, as well as "offer the market boxed solutions, including with information protection tools."

The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The general director of AFI Capital, Alexei Gorislavets, believes that a 26 percent stake in Resolyut may cost about 5 million rubles, while the acquisition of 51% will cost about 10 million rubles. However, the top manager of one of the Russian IT companies believes that the purpose of the agreement is to "buy a development team," while the amount of the transaction can reach 50-70 million rubles (for 51% of Resolyut).^[2]

In August 2024, it became known that in the Resolut company, the Astra group initially acquired 26% for 88 thousand rubles, and then bought another 25% for 85 thousand rubles, bringing the share to the control (51%). Astra made a contribution of 99.9 million rubles to the authorized capital of the acquired company. At the same time, the GC recorded income from the purchase in the amount of 36.7 million rubles. In total, as noted by CNews, Astra's investments in three named companies reached 662 million rubles

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