Station (Skolkovo and Dentsu JV)
Owners:
Solonin Sergey Alexandrovich - 37,5%
Skolkovo Ventures (Skolkovo - Venture Investments) - 31,25%
OKS Group - 31,25%
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History
2022
Station bought Retail Services
At the end of October 2022, the Station technology holding, founded by Skolkovo Ventures and OKS Group, bought the Russian software developer for retail chains Retail Services. The deal became known at the end of November 2022. Read more here.
Qiwi founder Sergey Solonin owns 37.5% of Station shares
In early June 2022, it became known about the entry of the founder of QiwiSergey Solonin into the shareholders of Station - the entrepreneur received 37.5% of the holding engaged in the development of marketing technologies.
This deal was announced on June 6, 2022. It is noted that negotiations with Solonin began a year ago, and the businessman did not buy out shares from existing shareholders, but entered through dilution of shares: Skolkovo Ventures and OKS Group now own 31.25% of the asset. The amount of investment was not disclosed, it is only noted that the funds will be used to strengthen the team and the first transactions of the startup.
In the spring of 2022, Dentsu decided to leave the Russian market. The Group transferred ownership of the Dentsu Russia joint venture to local shareholders Kirill Matveev and Oleg Polyakov. The stake in DEEP - a joint venture between Dentsu Group and OKS Group, which owned a stake in Station - passed to the Russian OKS Group. Thus, Dentsu resigned from the Station shareholders.
According to the head of Skolkovo Ventures Vladimir Sakovich, Station will focus on the marketing digitalization market, the volume of which is estimated at 70 billion rubles.
He added that over the past month, demand for technologies that appear in Skolkovo and assets in which Skolkovo Ventures is a shareholder has grown. First of all, these are Russian products that can replace foreign ones. The highest demand for b2b solutions, because the entire corporation can stop working if this or that system is disabled.[1]
2021: Dmitry Larin's appointment as CEO
Station from the Skolkovo Ventures Foundation and the Japanese holding Dentsu was headed by Dmitry Larin. This became known on February 4, 2021. Read more here.
2020: Building a company
On August 25, 2020, the Japanese holding Dentsu and Skolkovo announced the investment of 1.5 billion rubles in Russian technology startups. To do this, the partners created a joint venture Station.
The JV will invest in tech startups that use consumer behavior data. Station plans to buy control packages from existing companies that offer similar business solutions.
It is noted that Station will build a product line by acquiring key technological solutions, gradually completing the ecosystem with related services and other business verticals. A significant part of Station's activities will be realized through investments in the Skolkovo Foundation companies, as well as through their takeover (M&A). By August 25, 2020, the development of more than 30 Skolkovo residents falls into Station's sphere of interests. Companies with annual revenues of 200 million rubles and at least 10 clients are of interest, as a rule, such startups already have financial investors.
In addition to direct investment, the holding plans to develop cooperation with technological leaders of the industry, which also provides for the provision of strategic assistance to companies in the creation and development of new products. Station intends to form an ecosystem that will unite niche developers of technological products and allow customers to gain comprehensive access to the expertise of sales-tech and retail-tech.
1.5 billion rubles are own funds of Skolkovo Ventures and the Russian subsidiary of Dentsu Group DEEP, as well as funds from investment partners who will join the holding.[2]
 | By creating Station, we want to make a single seamless line of technological products that will comprehensively cover the needs of customers of any size in a large range of sectors of the economy, "said Vladimir Sakovich, CEO of Skolkovo Ventures. |  |
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