Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly common part of how customer service works — a trend that was accelerated in this past year as so many other services went virtual and digital — and today a startup that has built a set of low-code tools to help enterprises integrate more AI into their customer service […]... →

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Even as remote software uptake has boomed during the pandemic, certain workflows have gotten prioritized for specialized toolsets while other team members have been left piecemealing their productivity. Employees designing the copy that directs users and encapsulates company messaging have been particularly forgotten at times, say the founders of Ditto, a young startup building software […]... →

Just about every week there’s a blockbuster round coming out of South America, but in next door Central America, which mostly is less affluent, things have been more hush hush. However, Kushki, a Quito, Ecuador-based fintech, is bringing attention to the region with today’s announcement of a $86 million Series B and a $600 million […]... →

Personal finance startup Truebill has raised a $45 million Series D funding round led by Accel. This comes just a few months after the company raised a $17 million Series C. Overall, the startup has raised $85 million since its creation. Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Cota Capital and Eldridge Industries are also participating in […]... →

Belvo, a Latin American startup which has built an open finance API platform, announced today it has raised $43 million in a Series A round of funding. A mix of Silicon Valley and Latin American-based VC firms and angels participated in the financing including Future Positive, Kibo Ventures, FJ Labs, Kaszek, MAYA Capital, Venture Friends, […]... →

Online fraud and identity theft is a global problem that has only been exacerbated with increased online transactions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it is estimated that Brazilian companies lose over $41 billion due to fraud every year. In an attempt to tackle this problem head on, Lincoln Ando and Raphael Melo started idwall […]... →

Freight forwarding — the process of organising how and where items will be shipped around the world, and specifically the technology that underpins that work — continues to be a huge area of the logistics market, not least because of the huge boom in e-commerce in the last year, and because of the Covid-19-mandated need […]... →

The world of professional services has long relied on contractors to fill in for assignments and projects that might not be a part of the course of daily work, but are essential work nonetheless. Today, a startup that’s built a marketplace to make it easier for freelance developers, designers and others with technical skills with […]... →

Zenyum, a startup that wants to make cosmetic dentistry more affordable, announced today it has raised a $40 million Series B. This includes $25 million from L Catterton, a private equity firm focused on consumer brands. The round’s other participants were Sequoia Capital India (Zenyum is an alum of its Surge accelerator program), RTP Global, […]... →

Компания потратит инвестиции на расширение ассортимента в три раза и маркетинг.... →

Серийный IT-предприниматель Максим Спиридонов, сооснователь образовательного холдинга «Нетология-групп» привлек инвестиции в проект Jump.bio. Сумма раунда составила 36 млн рублей, сообщил RB.ru представитель Спиридонова. ... →

Fintech in Africa is a goldmine. Investors are betting big on startups offering a plethora of services from payments and lending to neobanks, remittances and cross-border transfers, and rightfully so. Each of these services solves unique sets of challenges. For cross-border payments, it’s the outrageous rates and regulatory hassles involved with completing transactions from one African […]... →

The vast majority of people in India, the world’s second most populous nation, don’t have health insurance coverage. A significant portion of the population that does have coverage get it from their employers. Plum, a young startup that is making it easier and more affordable for more firms in the nation to provide insurance coverage […]... →

Jai Kisan, an Indian startup that is attempting to bring financial services to rural India, where commercial banks have a single-digit penetration, said on Monday it has raised $30 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its business. Hundreds of millions of people in India today live in rural areas. Most […]... →

Delhivery, India’s largest independent e-commerce logistics startup, has raised $277 million in what is expected to be the final funding round before the firm files for an IPO later this year. In a regulatory filing, the Gurgaon-headquartered startup disclosed it had raised $277 million in a round led by Boston-headquartered investment firm Fidelity. Singapore’s sovereign […]... →

Откуда взять деньги стартапу? Ведь часто начинающие технологические компании работают в условиях крайней неопределенности и на первых порах не могут показать выдающуюся доходность, достаточную для взятия кредита в банке, или же все кредиты уже взяты, но их недостаточно. Тогда на помощь приходят прямые, венчурные инвестиции.  В этой статье Олег Линников, сооснователь венчурной компании Startech.vc, рассказывает, как привлечь инвестиции в стартап, какие бывают источники инвестиций, а также рассматривает совре... →

Wejo, the connected vehicle data startup backed by GM and Palantir, plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Virtuoso Acquisition Corp. The agreement, announced in a regulator filing Friday, will give the combined company an enterprise valuation of $800 million, which includes debt. The deal raises $330 million in proceeds […]... →

Инвестиции стали доступны и привлекательны для молодежи, и представители поколения Z все чаще становятся бизнес-ангелами. Они делают это не ради денег, а чтобы поддержать полезные проекты и принять участие в их развитии. Рассказываем, что из себя представляет новое поколение инвесторов, и чем они планируют заниматься в будущем.... →

Немецкий стартап Ada Health привлёк $90 млн от Samsung и фармацевтической компании Bayer. Ada Health использует искусственный интеллект для онлайн-диагностики заболеваний. В созданном им приложении пользователь может описать свои симптомы, а бот предложит возможный диагноз и поможет записаться к врачу. Инвестиции направят на расширение зоны присутствия в США. Также сервис работает в Германии, Великобритании, Бразилии и Индии — всего у него 6 млн пользователей. Также деньги потратят на улучшение алгоритмов, ... →