Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Frontline Ventures, based between Dublin and London, has announced a new $80 million fund designed to assist US tech companies expanding into Europe. The new FrontlineX fund — which means the firm now has $200 million under management — focuses mainly on growth-stage B2B companies and invest up to $5 million per company alongside lead […]... →

Apple this week alerted developers to a new set of App Store Review Guidelines which detail which apps will be accepted or rejected, and what apps are allowed to do. The changes to the guidelines impact reviews, push notifications, Sign in with Apple, data collection and storage, mobile device management, and more, the company says.  […]... →

Маркетплейс для страховых агентов Inssmart привлек стратегические инвестиции от компании ЛАТ, которая оказывает услуги на автомобильном и страховом рынке. Об этом Rusbase рассказал сооснователь Inssmart Денис Мишин.... →

Israeli AI chipmaker Hailo today announced that it has raised a $60 million Series B funding round led by its existing investors, who were joined by new strategic investor ABB Technology Ventures, the venture arm of the Swiss-based multination ABB, NEC Corporation and Londons’ Latitude Ventures. The new funding will help Hailo to roll out […]... →

Five years ago, it was hard to come by any numbers for annual VC investment in Africa. These days the challenge is choosing which number to follow. That’s the case for three venture funding studies for Africa that turned up varied results. The numbers and variance Investment stats released by media outlet Disrupt Africa, data-base […]... →

French startup Colonies has raised a $34 million funding round (€30 million). In addition to that, LBO France is committing to spend $168 million (€150 million) in real estate projects over the next couple of years. Those new buildings will eventually be managed by Colonies. Idinvest Partners, Global Founders Capital and La Financière Saint James […]... →

We are still years away from a time when fully-autonomous cars will be able to drive us from A to B, and the complexity of getting to that point is likely going to need hundreds of billions of dollars of investment before it becomes a reality. That hard truth is now leading to some shifts […]... →

As it rebrands from Patch to Anagram, the healthcare billing platform making it easier for providers to accept out-of-network patients, has raised $9.1 million in new financing. The round was led by ManchesterStory, with participation from Care Credit, a Synchrony solution, Waterline Ventures, Rogue Venture Partners, Launchpad Digital Health, KEC Ventures, and Healthy Ventures. According to a […]... →

VC firm TLcom Capital closed its Tide Africa Fund at $71 million in February, and announced plans to invest in 12 startup over the next 18 months. The group —  with offices in London, Lagos, and Nairobi — is looking for tech-enabled, revenue-driven ventures in Africa from seed-stage to Series B, according to TLcom Managing Partner Maurizio […]... →

Alphabet’s self-driving car company raises its first outside investment, Robinhood goes down and Pixel phones get new gesture controls. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 3, 2020. 1. Waymo brings in $2.25B from outside investors, Alphabet This is the company’s first external investment, led by Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Mubadala Investment […]... →

Tens of thousands of Indians move to the United States to pursue higher education each year. But like many others who have arrived from a foreign land, they can’t secure education loans or personal loans from the banks at interest rates on par with those levied on local students. The reason why these students — […]... →

Brooklinen, a startup that sells bedding and other home goods online, has raised $50 million in new funding from Summit Partners. Recent headlines are spurring bigger questions about the direct-to-consumer retail business, with Blue Apron exploring a potential sale and Casper also disclosing disappointing growth and persistent losses. but Brooklinen co-founder and CEO Rich Fulop […]... →

I was honestly a surprised to find out from Sensel that the company is only just recently raising its Series A. The Sunnyvale-based hardware startup has been around since 2013, bringing its first product, the modular music and computing Morph peripheral, to market a few years back. Over the past few years, however, the company’s […]... →

Мы опросили российские венчурные фонды и узнали, какие самые крупные сделки они заключали. В подборке собраны как инвестиции, так и экзиты.... →

Ежегодно на IPO на американский фондовый рынок выходит 150–200 компаний. По подсчетам SharesPro, в среднем уже в первый торговый день инвестиции в IPO приносят прибыль около 18%. В 7% случаев она может достигать 60% и больше, еще в 36% — от 10% до 60%. Убытками для инвесторов заканчивается 28% IPO. Но бывают и сверхприбыльные истории, инвестиции в которые оборачиваются доходностью в несколько сотен процентов. Одним из таких стало IPO компании Beyond Meat в 2019 году, которое позволило инвесторам получить д... →

MyBuddy.ai, виртуальный репетитор английского языка с искусственным интеллектом, объявил о слиянии с EdTech-стартапом Edwin. Американский стартап Edwin  получил инвестиции от General Catalyst, прошёл акселерационную программу в Y Combinator, является участником Google Assistant Investments Program. Команда Edwin разработала адаптивную технологию для обучения языку онлайн и создала курс для подготовки к сдаче стандартизированных тестов английского. Обучение проводится с помощью чат-бота Facebook и преподават... →

До сих пор основанная в 2009 году компания развивалась за счёт Alphabet.... →

iPrice Group, which helps comparison shoppers in Southeast Asia by pulling together prices from different e-commerce platforms, has closed a $10 million Series B. Led by ACA Investments, the round also included participation from Daiwa PI Partners and returning investors Line Ventures, Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund. The company’s last funding announcement, from Line’s venture […]... →

French startup Le Wagon has raised its first round of funding after many years of bootstrapping. The company closed a $19 million funding round (€17 million) a few months ago. Cathay Capital is leading the round with AfricInvest also participating. “We’ve always bootstrapped since 2013 and we’ve always been profitable since day one,” Le Wagon […]... →

Popular music app publisher MWM has raised a $55.9 million (€50 million) funding round. Blisce/ is leading the round with Idinvest Partners, Bpifrance (Large Venture fund), Aglaé Ventures and Xavier Niel also participating. Some of MWM’s apps include edjing Mix, Beat Maker Pro, Drum Machine, Beat Snap 2, TaoMix 2, Guitar and Drums. The company […]... →