Finstar Financial Group is one of the largest private investment groups in Russia with assets over USD 2 bln. Historically headquartered in Moscow and it’s portfolio assets are located in Russia, CIS countries, the Baltics, Europe, Latin America, Asia and other regions. Founded in 1996, Finstar has a significant experience in launching start-up projects and in restructuring and expanding of companies in selected industries. Finstar’s private equity investment philosophy is based on the principle of strategic partnership with the founding shareholders. Creating a comfortable framework for long term growth, Finstar provides managerial, financial, organizational and business development support.

Innovation media selling start up in mobile and online video advertising

The founders and the partners of the group - Mikhail Prokhorov, Vladimir Yakovlev, Andrey Shmarov, Yuriy Katsman, and Sergey Chernitsyn who have solid experience in creating leading media and business projects have joined their efforts to introduce to the market this media group with unique technologies and ambitions.The "JV!" Group is the first project on the Russian media market that anticipates development of new generation mass media. The total amount planned to invest into the group's projects will exceed 100 mln USD by the end of 2010.Professional editors as well as the readers will shape the content of the new media projects, in compliance with the policy of the new paradigm "Web 3.0"In 2008-2009 the Group plans to introduce to the market four media project; in total there are ten products including internet portals, printed publications, and paid TV channels.Snob Media started "Snob" monthly magazine in October 2008, web-portal www.snob.ru in November 2008, JV Media wellness TV-channel "Fit TV", Profun Production weekly newspaper "F5" in February 2009 and www.f5.ru portal in April 2009

The Best Interactive Agency of the year 2002 ( Marketing Russia Award)The nomination best IT brand EFFIE 2000

The first commercial online recruiting service in Russia. Number one reqruiting service in Eurasia in terms of users and revenues 1997-1998. One of the first successful online commercial services. ROCIT award 1997.

Leading companies international contracts, business development, including factories modernisation, regional supply chain, building up sales networks in Moscow.