Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Data observability — necessary to keep tabs on infrastructure performing as it should; to see if apps are returning errors; and to ensure that critical business data is getting to where it needs to go — is becoming an evermore complicated task as organizations’ cloud-native data demands and data usage grow. Today a startup that’s […]... →

Otto, a fintech startup which aims to allow people to tap into their vehicle’s equity for access to credit, has raised $4.5 million in a seed round of funding. The Dallas-based company is building a mobile platform that will essentially let people borrow against their vehicles at the same interest rate as standard credit cards. […]... →

«Альфа-банк» подал в Федеральную службу по интеллектуальной собственности заявки на регистрацию новых товарных знаков. Среди примечательных – «Друг», «Инвестиции» и «Спорт».... →

Increasingly, conversations about big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence are going hand-in-hand with conversations about privacy and data protection. Now, a startup that is building tools to make it easier for engineers to implement the two simultaneously is announcing a round of growth funding to continue expanding its operations. Gretel AI, which lets engineers […]... →

Zūm, a startup that provides optimized transportation services for school-age children, has announced the close of a $130 million Series D raise, bringing its total funding to more than $200 million. The company intends to use the funds to add 10,000 new electric vehicles to its platform with the end goal of achieving 100% EVs […]... →

Российский стартап Treeps привлек первые инвестиции от группы европейских инвесторов во главе с экс-гендиректором «Амвэй Россия» Ричардом Стевенсом. Разработчики получили $250 тыс. при оценке в $2 млн, сообщил RB.ru представитель стартапа.... →

The adoption of cryptocurrency in Africa varies regionally. While countries with currently unstable currencies like the naira are seeing immense usage, other regions using the CFA franc have sparse adoption. A region of more than 200 million people using the CFA franc, Francophone Africa is one of the most crypto-friendly markets in Africa. But only […]... →

Главное из разговора основателя компании Арсена Томского с Forbes.... →

Сентябрь не принес российскому рынку громких заголовков — объем самой крупной сделки составил лишь $2,9 млн. Столько привлекла российско-французская AI-платформа для работы с данными о товарах Brandquad. С десяток стартапов получили до $1 млн на развитие, среди них — сразу несколько TravelTech-проектов.  В этом материале рассказываем о главных сделках на российском рынке за прошедший месяц.... →

Реальность такова, что лишь немногие проекты получают финансирование от бизнес-ангелов и венчурных фондов. Согласно Forbes, только 1% стартапов привлекает венчурные инвестиции, больше половины из них (57%) финансируются за счет личных займов и кредитов, по данным Fundable. Алексей Алексанов, сооснователь и партнер венчурного фонда Cabra VC, ментор в акселераторах Y Combinator и 500 Startups в Сан-Франциско, рассказал, что же объединяет успешные кейсы. Алексей является инвестором и ментором уже более 15 лет.... →

The adoption of telehealth services has boomed in the pandemic — with usage up 38-fold since January 2020, according to a report by McKinsey. While a lot of the attention has been on companies that are building the communications layer between consumers and clinicians, there are also a wave of companies building devices to expand […]... →

Founded in 2019, Singapore-based Greywing was created to help ship operators and other members of the maritime industry make critical decisions. It includes tools for crew change management, predictive reporting of potential risks like piracy and pandemic-related travel restriction updates. Today Greywing announced the launch of a new solution that will help vessel operators track […]... →

Сейчас на BNPL (buy now, pay later, англ. «покупай сейчас, плати позже») приходится всего $97 млрд — это 2% рынка мирового потребительского кредитования (данные 2020 года). Но эти сервисы переживают взрывной рост и привлекают значительные инвестиции. О трендах на рынке BNPL — в переводе материала Protocol.... →

Vlad Novakovski co-founded Lunchclub in 2017 as a way to improve professional networking. In 2020, the company made a large push toward videos (thanks, COVID) and eventually saw enough traction to raise a $24.2 million Series A at a valuation above $100 million. Nicole Quinn from Lightspeed Ventures lead the raise. We’re thrilled to have […]... →

Copper Banking, a digital banking service aimed at teens, announced today it has raised a total of $13.3 million in seed funding. PSL Ventures, an arm of Pioneer Square Labs, led a $4.3 million raise for Seattle-based Copper last year and an additional $9 million this year. Other investors in the fintech startup include Clocktower […]... →

A startup called Matter, which aims to build a better reading app for today’s internet, is launching out of private beta testing and announcing the close of its $7 million Series A, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures.) The app enters a space where technologies for saving articles to read later, like Instapaper and Pocket, […]... →

Increasingly, companies are being encouraged by governments to engage in carbon accounting, but of course, only a small number of companies actually do. Even those probably count only 10% of their emissions because they don’t account for the emissions of their supply chain, which, when looked at, probably accounts for 90% of their total emissions. […]... →

Marc Lore, who earlier this year stepped down from his role as Walmart’s head of U.S. e-commerce, is now backing a new startup in the e-commerce space called Wizard. Lore has taken on the roles of co-founder, chairman of the board and investor in Wizard, a B2B startup in the “conversational commerce” space which believes […]... →

«Финвижн» получит долю в 20% в рамках допэмиссии. Инвестиции направят на разработку новых сервисов.... →

Wayve, a U.K.-based self-driving startup that is notable for its use of deep learning and cameras rather than more-costly Lidar and other sensors to guide vehicles, is gearing up for its next stage of development with a strategic backer in its pocket. Today Ocado — the online grocer that also powers online grocery systems for […]... →