Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Singapore-based YouTrip, an online bank that focuses on making multi-currency transactions less costly and more efficient, announced today that it has raised a $30 million Series A. YouTrip founder and CEO Caecilia Chu said the round was led by prominent family offices in Asia who prefer to remain unnamed, but are returning from earlier rounds.  […]... →

Endowus is the latest investment app in Southeast Asia to raise follow-on funding, adding $35 million SGD (about $25.6 million US) to its war chest. The round was led by Prosus Ventures, the venture firm majority-owned by Naspers, and EDBI. Participants included SoftBank Corp.-owned Japanese tech conglomerate Z Holdings. Returning investors included UBS, Singtel Innov8 […]... →

Lightspeed China Partners, the China-focused vehicle of Lightspeed Venture Partners, said Tuesday it has closed the largest fundraising rounds in its history. The new injection came under three years after its last raise in early 2019. The capital went towards two funds: Lightspeed China Partners V with $460 million for early-stage startups and Lightspeed China […]... →

Remember Easy Bake Ovens? You’d mix up some colored powder and water until a dough or batter formed, put it in a mold, pop it in the oven, and before you knew it — ding! A disgusting treat. Foundry Lab, a New-Zealand based startup with backing from Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck, has figured out how […]... →

Фонд Starr Russia Investments III BV (входит в американскую инвестгруппу Starr Foundation) подал в арбитражный суд Москвы иск к консалтеру Deloitte. Фонд добивается взыскания $110 млн ущерба за убыточные инвестиции в российский Инвестторгбанк, который обанкротился и сейчас находится в процессе оздоровления.  Из иска следует, что в 2008 году Deloitte была привлечена ИТБ для поиска инвестора. Во время личных встреч, выступая посредником в переговорах, а также в электронных письмах аудитор описывал ИТБ как «ко... →

FJDynamics, founded by DJI’s former chief scientist Wu Di, just closed a Series B round of $70 million as it advances its goal to empower workers in the harshest environment with robotic technologies. When I asked Wu what’s special about his company’s farming robots, he gave an answer that would make any publicist sweat: “I […]... →

It was only in June that Motorway – a U.K. platform on which professional car dealers can bid in an auction for privately owned cars for sale – raised $67.7 million in a Series B round. It’s now raised a $190m Series C funding round led by Index Ventures and ICONIQ Growth, a leading Silicon […]... →

За этот год значительно объем российского рынка криптовалютных инвестиций. Интерес к криптовалюте уже выше, чем к традиционным и считающимся более стабильным ценным бумагам, валюте или недвижимости. При этом почти половина неквалифицированных инвесторов в стране оценивает ее как возможный защитный актив.... →

Fintech startup Jefa has raised a $2 million seed round to build a challenger bank with a product specifically designed for women living in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company has managed to attract 115,000 women on its waitlist and participated in TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield last year. Investors in Jefa include The Venture Collective, […]... →

По данным исследования CB Insights, мировые инвестиции в mental health tech в 2020 году составили почти $2 млрд — на 60% больше, чем в 2019 году. При этом только в первой половине 2021 года инвесторы вложили в стартапы в области ментального здоровья больше $2 млрд, а второй квартал показал рекордные результаты: $1,3 млрд.  Такие цифры во многом объясняются мегараундами: например, американская компания Cerebral в июне привлекла $127 млн по оценке $1,2 млрд, что сделало стартап «единорогом». Cerebral помогает... →

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It’s always been a slight puzzle why AngelList never really properly took off in Europe, especially when, a few years ago, there was such a dearth of funding options for poorly served European startups. But the reasons are fairly simple when you look at them. For starters, the US tech industry boomed in the last […]... →

Japanese space startup Astroscale has raised $109 million in a new Series F round of financing, brining the company’s total funding raised to date to $300 million. The company specializes in on-orbit servicing technology, designed to help reduce the amount of debris that exists in operating orbital altitudes, and also to extend the life of […]... →

Венчурный инвестиционный фонд Volvo Cars Tech Fund вложился в израильский стартап Spectralics, занимающийся оптическими технологиями. Инвестиции позволят Volvo стать первым автопроизводителем, который получит доступ к многослойному тонкому оптическому индикатору (MLTC).... →

As many of the top cryptocurrencies seem to temporarily stabilize near all-time-highs, users looking to speculate on tokens that are a bit more volatile are searching across exchanges to find deals. Amsterdam-based startup TabTrader has been capitalizing on this search with a platform that aggregates prices and token availability across dozens of exchanges. While other […]... →

Стартап «Твое место» сдает кухонные пространства в аренду отдельным поварам и целым командам. Резиденты получают доступ к оборудованию и профессиональному инвентарю, круглосуточное обслуживание, а также возможность пользоваться единой системой приема заказов.  Подавляющее большинство клиентов — небольшие команды, которые хотят открыть первую точку или запустить доставку в новом районе, не вкладывая средства в строительство собственных помещений. Стартап повторяет бизнес-модель британской Karma Kitchen, кото... →

Last year, fintech API infrastructure players came into the African tech scene, ushering in Plaid-like services to businesses and developers. And the attention on these companies, particularly from venture capitalists, spiralled into this year, with each significant player raising large seed to Series A rounds. OnePipe, a fintech API company with a different play from […]... →

Kenya’s economy is powered by informal businesses, which contribute 33.8% to the country’s GDP and provide 83.4% of the total employment outside of small-scale agriculture, data from the country’s bureau of statistics shows. The contribution of these enterprises is pivotal to the country’s economy yet they remain underserved by traditional banking institutions making it hard […]... →

Blume Ventures said on Wednesday it has raised $105 million in the first close of its fourth fund, less than two years after finalizing its previous fund, as investment activity intensifies in the world’s second largest internet market. The 11-year-old firm, one of the largest Indian venture funds, said it expects its new fund to […]... →

Arc is not even a year old and the electric boat startup has attracted investment from top VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, entertainment industry big wigs and now a $30 million raise led by an early Tesla executive who led the automaker’s early manufacturing efforts. The $30 million Series A was led by Greg Reichow, the […]... →