Rusbase

Main article: media about IT and telecom (Russian market)

History

For further development of the project, see RB.ru

2016: Rusbase buys Viadeo Independent Media and moves to its domain RB.ru

After the announcement of the news about the closure of RB.ruMaria Podlesnova (CEO of Rusbase) and Natalya Moiseenkova (CEO of RB.ru) began negotiations on the acquisition of the asset by Rusbase. An important desire of both sides was to preserve the results of 10 years of team work RB.ru. The transaction was closed on May 24, 2016. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Read more here.

It was reported that by May 2016, the audience of the publication had grown 4 times and amounted to 400 thousand unique visitors per month, who view more than 1.1 million pages.

In June 2016, Rusbase announced the purchase of Viadeo Independent Media assets related to the business publication Rb.ru. As a result of the transaction, Rusbase moves to the rb.ru domain, preserving the 10-year history and readers of the past owner. The audience of Rusbase, according to the company, is increasing 3 times.

2015: Additional investment and relocation from rusbase.vc domain to rusbase.com

In connection with the economic crisis at the end of 2014, it was decided to expand the audience both through new content and through the creation of new directions. In April 2015, for these tasks, Rusbase attracted additional investments from Black Ocean (NYC), and also moved from rusbase.vc domain to domain rusbase.com.

2014

Revenue 2.5 million rubles, loss - 81 thousand rubles

At the end of 2014, according to the Kontur. Focus system, the company's revenue amounted to 2.5 million rubles. Net loss - 81 thousand rubles. According to the company itself, revenue amounted to 10.9 million rubles. in the absence of profit.

Launch of events, break even

In 2014, a new direction was launched - events. Due to which the business was self-supporting all year and did not require additional investment.

2013: First break-even month

For the first time, Rusbase reached operating break-even in October 2013. The sources of monetization were both media placements and the sale of data and services for investors.

2012: Venture Business Site Launch rusbase.vc

Rusbase was launched in October 2012 after attracting a seed round from the investment company Black Ocean (NYC). At that time, Rusbase was an industry publication about the venture capital business, an investor search service and a database of all transactions in the market.