Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

SpaceX raises a huge funding round, Apple launches new radio stations and we review the Samsung Galaxy Note 20. This is your Daily Crunch for August 18, 2020. The big story: SpaceX raises its biggest round yet The $1.9 billion round was disclosed in an SEC filing. Bloomberg had previously reported that the round was […]... →

Commercial electric vehicle startup Xos Trucks has raised $20 million, funding it will use to ramp up production ahead of potential new demand fueled by a landmark emissions rule adopted by California that will require more than half of all trucks sold in the state to be zero-emissions by 2035. The startup, which was formerly […]... →

SpaceX has raised $1.9 billion in new funding, per a filing with the SEC from Tuesday which was first spotted by Reuters. The company had been reported to be in the funding process earlier by Bloomberg, which pegged the post-money valuation of SpaceX at $46 billion following this raise. The new funding for the still […]... →

Movable Ink, a company that helps businesses deliver more personalized and relevant email marketing, is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series funding. The company will be 10 years old in October, and founder and CEO Vivek Sharma told me that it’s always been “capital efficient” — even with the new round, Movable […]... →

The uptick in robotics funding continues this week with a big round for Calgary, Alberta’s Attabotics. The warehouse fulfillment startup announced a $50 million Series C, led — interestingly enough — by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, Canada’s largest pension plan. It’s a pretty hot moment for robotics and automation investing, as more industries […]... →

Казахстанский технопарк Astana Hub приглашает стартапы и IT-компании из стран СНГ. Проекты смогут пройти акселерационную программу, зарегистрировать компанию в качестве участника технопарка и получить инвестиции. Об этом Rubase рассказали в пресс-службе Astana Hub.... →

Lightspeed India Partners on Tuesday announced it has closed $275 million from LPs for its third fund as the top American venture firm looks to ramp up its investments in the world’s second-largest internet market. The new fund, its biggest for India, will enable Lightspeed India Partners to make early stage bets on more than […]... →

Washington-based Datasembly aims to take the guesswork out of the pricing for consumer goods. The company founded by Ben Reich and Dan Gallagher initially started as a project the two men developed after working at a retail analytics firm in the DC area. What they observed while trying to collect information on pricing for goods and […]... →

Robinhood announced this morning that it has raised $200 million more at a new, higher $11.2 billion valuation. The new capital came as a surprise. Astute observers of all things fintech will recall that Robinhood, a popular stock trading service, has raised capital multiple times this year, including an initial $280 million round at an […]... →

All of the people pictured above are real, but what you are seeing are synthetically-generated versions of their real selves. And they can be programmed to say anything. Tech futurists have long warned about humans being replaced by life-like AI-driven figures, where it would be almost impossible to tell between machine and human. Indeed, there’s […]... →

It’s possible to raise VC funding even if you haven’t built a real product, according to Charles Hudson, founder and managing partner at seed-stage firm Precursor Ventures. It’s just very, very difficult. I interviewed Hudson during TechCrunch Early Stage, our virtual event for startup founders. He gave a short talk titled “How to sell an […]... →

In the four years since Help Lightning first began pitching its services out of its Birmingham, Ala. headquarters, the company has managed to sign up 100 customers including some large Fortune 500 companies like Cox Communications, Siemens, and Boston Scientific. Now, with an additional $8 million in financing from Resolve Growth Partners, the company is […]... →

Thirty Madison, the New York-based startup developing a range of direct to consumer treatments for hair loss, migraines, and chronic indigestion, has raised $47 million in new financing. After last week’s nearly $19 billion merger between Teladoc and Livongo, remote therapies and virtual care companies are all the rage among the healthcare industry and Thirty […]... →

Проект Mining Wave вернул инвестиционный займ Moscow Seed Fund. Mining Wave занимается производством оборудования для магнитно-импульсной обработки золотосодержащих руд. Уникальность технологии состоит в увеличении количества извлекаемого материала из руды, скорости обработки. Основные клиенты технологии – железорудные предприятия, которые перерабатывают труднообогатимые руды, а также золотоизвлекательные фабрики. Инвестиции от Moscow Seed Fund были получены в 2017 году в объеме 4 млн рублей.... →

Разработчик игр 110 Industries привекла $20 млн от инвестиционной компании Романа Абрамовича Norma Investment, GEM Capital и кинопродюсера Сергея Корнихина. 110 Industries в 2017 году основали Сергей Колобашкин и Антон Полетаев. Компания только готовится выпустить свои первые игры. Собственно большая часть привлеченных денег – это инвестиции не в капитал 110 Industries, а в разработку конкретных игр, уточнил «Ведомостям» Полетаев. Корнихин подтвердил, что основные инвестиции будут направлены на разработку п... →

Epic Games takes on Apple, Instagram fixes a security issue and Impossible Foods raises $200 million. This is your Daily Crunch for August 13, 2020. The big story: Apple removes Fortnite from the App Store The controversy over Apple’s App Store policies has expanded to include Epic Games and its hit title Fortnite. The company […]... →

California-based startup Mission Bio has raised a new $70 million Series C funding round, led by Novo Growth and including participating from Soleus Capital and existing investors Mayfield, Cota and Agilent. Mission Bio will use the funding to scale its Tapestri Platform, which uses the company’s work in single-cell multi-omics technology to help optimize clinical […]... →

By all accounts, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of robotics and automation by months, if not years. The reasons are fairly clear — robotics don’t call in sick, nor are they disease vectors in the same manner as their human counterparts. As food production and agriculture are looking to be among the biggest […]... →

Omaze, a startup known for its celebrity-endorsed fundraisers, is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Some of the company’s most famous campaigns include opportunities to meet Michelle Obama, meet Star Wars cast members and visit the set of “Star Trek Beyond.” (I’ll admit that I thew my hat in the […]... →

Дальневосточный фонд высоких технологий объявил набор проектов, обладающих технологиями, которые могут быть реализованы для развития Дальневосточного региона. Принять участие в отборе может любая технологическая компания с доказанной эффективностью и выручкой от 30 млн рублей за последние 12 месяцев. Приоритетными выбраны 5 направлений разработок: IT (в том числе потребительские и финансовые сервисы, облачные технологии, технологии для комфортной городской среды и др.), технологии энергетики (в том числе ал... →