Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Freshworks, a company that makes a variety of business software tools from CRM to help desk software, announced a $150 million Series H investment today from Sequoia Capital, CapitalG (formerly Google Capital) and Accel on a hefty $3.5 billion valuation. The late-stage startup has raised almost $400 million, according to Crunchbase data. The company has […]... →

Flying cars are fine – but why use a car when you can have a motorcycle instead? YC-backed startup JetPack Aviation wants to answer that question with the world’s first flying motorcycle, a personal aircraft dubbed ‘The Speeder,’ a name that Star Wars fans will surely appreciate. Now, JetPack has raised a seed round of […]... →

Convoy, the digital freight network that connects truckers with shippers, has raised $400 million in a Series D funding round as it aims to scale its business amid an increasingly competitive market. The funding round brings Convoy’s post-money valuation to $2.75 billion. The round was co-led by Generation Investment Management and previous Convoy investor T. […]... →

Объемы электронной торговли в России непрерывно растут, эксперты называют грандиозные цифры: от 1,3 трлн рублей в 2018 году до 3,5 трлн к 2024-му. Казалось бы: возможности для старта бизнеса огромные, однако реальность такова, что львиная доля пирога достается крупнейшим игрокам (в основном маркетплейсам), на чьей стороне и экспертиза, и инвестиции, и лучшие кадры, и огромная лояльная аудитория. Новичкам на рынке приходится непросто, и именно поэтому в России насчитывается всего 2000 онлайн-магазинов с коли... →

Plum, the U.K.-based “AI assistant” to help you manage your money and save more, has raised $3 million in additional funding — money it plans to use for further growth, including European expansion. The London company has also quietly launched its app for Android phones, adding to an existing iOS app and Facebook Messenger chatbot. […]... →

Xpeng Motors, the Chinese electric vehicle startup backed by Alibaba and Foxconn, has raised a fresh injection of $400 million in capital and has taken on Xiaomi as a strategic investor, the company announced. The Series C includes an unidentified group of strategic and institutional investors. XPeng Motors Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng, who also […]... →

From a geographical perspective, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles startup ecosystems are no longer separated by a few hundred miles. Top-tier VCs from SF visit LA regularly, and entrepreneurs raise from investors upstate and downstate in one process. Anecdotally, as an LA resident of 4 years, there’s been a palpable uptick of […]... →

Стартап с российским корнями Uploadcare привлек инвестиции в размере $1,7 млн. Раунд возглавили два фонда — российский Runa Capital и финский Vendep Capital. Также в сделке приняли участие уже вложившиеся инвесторы Vaizra Capital и LVL1 Group. Об этом Rusbase сообщил основатель компании.... →

On the heels of Google buying Fitbit for $2.1 billion, another player in wearables and health technology has picked up a big round of growth funding to continue expanding its business. Whoop, which makes a sensor-equipped (and screen-free) strap that continuously tracks your activities 24/7 and then provides a multitude of performance metrics and other […]... →

Exactly 10 years ago, on stage at a TechCrunch event, Alexa von Tobel launched her startup, LearnVest, an online financial planning company that aimed to give people access to more affordable financial planning services. Much has happened in subsequent years. LearnVest went on to raise roughly $70 million from investors, then to sell for a […]... →

Uploadcare, a startup that aims to make using CDN platforms cheaper and easier for businesses, today announced that it has raised a $1.7 million seed round led by Runa Capital and Vendep Capital, with existing investors Vaizra Capital and LVL1 Group participating as well. Uploadcare promises to offer an end-to-end solution for businesses that automatically […]... →

Counting billable time in six minute increments is the most annoying part of being a lawyer. It’s a distracting waste. It leads law firms to conservatively under-bill. And it leaves lawyers stuck manually filling out timesheets after a long day when they want to go home to their families. Life is already short, as Ping […]... →

Инвестиции в технологии искусственного интеллекта в России будут расти на 30% ежегодно до 2023 года. В 2019 году этот показатель вырос на 48% — до $139,3 млн. Такую оценку привели эксперты IDC в исследовании «Рынок искусственного интеллекта в России», проведенного при поддержке ABBYY.... →

Balderton Capital, one of the so-called “big four” early-stage VC firms in London (the others being Accel, Atomico and Index), has raised a new $400 million fund to continue backing European tech startups at Series A. Dealroom recently released a report that pegged Balderton as the most active Series A investor in Europe (between 2014-2018), […]... →

Voi Technology, the “micro-mobility” startup that operates an e-scooter service in a 38 cities across 10 European countries, has raised an $85 million in Series B funding. Backing the round is a mixture of existing and new investors. They include Balderton Capital, Creandum, Project A, JME Ventures, Raine Ventures, Kreos Capital, Inbox Capital, Rider Global, […]... →

African on-demand trucking logistics company Lori Systems has raised a Series A round led by Chinese investors Hillhouse Capital and Crystal Stream Capital. Other participating investors included Nigeria and U.S. based EchoVC, Flexport CEO Ryan Peterson, and Nigerian founder Iyinoluwa Aboyeji. Lori Systems is not disclosing the amount of the Series A. DealStreet Asia reported […]... →

Alibaba is doubling down on its logistics affiliate Cainiao, two years after acquiring a majority stake in the firm. The Chinese giant said today it would invest an additional 23.3 billion yuan (about $3.33 billion) to raise its equity in Cainiao to 63% from 51%. Cainiao was co-founded by Alibaba in 2013 to bring organization in […]... →

The property industry — covering people and businesses that invest in, build, purchase or rent, and maintain property — is hugely fragmented when it comes both to data sources, and the companies that work within it. Today, a New York-based startup that is building a database that helps bring all of that together is raising […]... →

Российская онлайн-платформа по перепродаже билетов Eticket4 привлекла инвестиции второй раз за 4 месяца. В этот раз компания получила $1 млн от группы частных инвесторов. Об этом Rusbase рассказал представитель сервиса.... →

Компания привлекла $1 млн при оценке $2,8 млн.... →