... and funds are increasingly focused on the domestic market and partners from friendly countries in the Middle East and Asia, filling the niche left by departed international players. Local startups are beginning to attract serious capital. For example, Russian AI solution developer Metamentor raised 108 million rubles in seed funding at a valuation of about 432 million rubles, while the Krasnodar-based foodtech project Qummy previously secured around 440 million rubles at a valuation of approximately ...