Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Jumia held its first post-IPO earnings call and weathered a short-sell assault in May, with Wall Street showing confidence in Pan-African e-commerce company. On the numbers, key takeaways were that Jumia’s Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) — the total amount of goods sold over the period — grew by 58 percent to €240 million. Marketplace revenue […]... →

РФПИ начал переговоры с компанией IXcellerate, управляющей ЦОД в Москве. В феврале IXcellerate объявила о планах инвестировать в развитие $260 млн в рамках пятилетней стратегии, реализация которой должна позволить увеличить долю рынка ЦОД примерно до 25%. Инвестиции будут обеспечены средствами акционеров. Среди них — Goldman Sachs, IFC и Sumitomo Corporation, банковским финансированием и капиталом, привлеченным на международных рынках.  Фонд также изучает, с кем из крупнейших компаний можно заключить партне... →

Meet Georges, a French startup that wants to help freelancers, doctors and lawyers when it comes to accounting. With Georges, you can get rid of your accountant altogether and switch to a software-as-a-service product. Alven is leading today’s round with other investors also participating. Automated accounting is an interesting space. For instance, Roger just raised […]... →

LevelTen Energy, a marketplace that consolidates renewable energy projects and potential buyers to lower prices for aggregated buyers and expand the market for sellers, has raised $20.5 million in a new round of funding. Investors in the round included the venture arms of utility and energy companies like Constellation Technology Ventures (the investment arm of […]... →

Anyplace, a startup offering furnished rooms and apartments to anyone who’s not interested in signing a long-term lease, is announcing that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. CEO Satoru Steve Naito said he co-founded the company to meet his own needs as a “digital nomad” who likes to move from city to city […]... →

The ongoing evolution of the startup factory known as Rocket Internet continues apace. Today, the group of regional e-commerce fashion sites incubated in the Berlin outfit that eventually got spun out under the Global Fashion Group umbrella — Zalora, Dafifi, The Iconic and La Moda — announced that it is planning a public listing on […]... →

As anyone who has ever tried to buy or sell a home knows, the entire process can be the most stressful of one’s life. Traditional real estate agents rarely make the process any less stressful, leaving the industry ripe for disruption by tech companies which can automate many of the existing processes. Startups like Offerpad […]... →

The value of remittances globally continues to rise, and today a startup that has built a business targeting money transfers into emerging markets has raised a large round of growth funding to capitalize on that. WorldRemit, the London startup that has focused on enabling competitively-priced, quick money transfers from migrant workers and immigrants living in […]... →

Owlin, a startup we covered all the way back in late 2012, has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding. The fundraise follows the fintech company’s pivot from a real-time news alert service to a more comprehensive “AI-based” text and news analytics platform to help financial institutions assess risk. The new round is led by […]... →

Основанная россиянами американская компания ID R&D привлекла $5,7 млн от фондов Gagarin Capital Николая Давыдова и Михаила Тавера и GSR Ventures. Полученные инвесторами доли и оценку стартапа стороны не раскрывают. Gagarin Capital уже инвестировал в ID R&D и увеличил долю в компании, GSR Ventures стал новым инвестором. Инвестиции компания планирует направить на наём инженерных команд, а также на маркетинг и международные продажи.ID R&D основали в 2016 году Алексей Хитров и Константин Симончик, штаб-квартира... →

Password manager maker Dashlane has raised $110 million in its latest round of funding, the company said Thursday. The company said Sequoia Capital led the Series D round, with partner Jim Goetz joining the board. Dashlane also said former Lyft executive Joy Howard was appointed as its new chief marketing officer and will start in […]... →

XFactor, the pre-seed and seed-stage VC out of FlyBridge Capital, has today announced that it has raised a second fund of $8.5 million. XFactor first came on the scene in 2017 with $3 million. FlyBridge Capital partner Chuck Hazard started the fund alongside several female founders who were interested in getting into investment. The idea […]... →

Firefly, a startup that allows ridehail drivers to make money from advertising, has raised $30 million in Series A funding. The company is about to launch in New York City, where it’s also acquiring the digital operations of advertising company Strong Outdoor. Co-founder and CEO Kaan Gunay said this will allow Firefly to start working […]... →

Businesses need to keep the content flowing on social media, so a startup called soona says it’s developed a new way to provide those photos and video. The company was founded by CEO Elizabeth Giorgi and Chief Creative Officer Hayley Anderson. Giorgi told me they both worked in production (Anderson as an animator, Giorgi as […]... →

Weights & Biases, a startup building development tools for machine learning, has raised $15 million in its second round of funding. The company was started by CrowdFlower founders Lukas Biewald and Chris van Pelt, along with former Google engineer Shawn Lewis. (Under its new name Figure Eight, CrowdFlower was acquired by Appen for up to […]... →

The pace of malicious hacks and security breaches is showing no signs of slowing down, and spend among enterprises to guard against that is set to reach $124 billion this year. That’s also having a knock-on effect on the most innovative cybersecurity startups, which continue to raise big money to grow and meet that demand. In […]... →

Synthesia is a London-based startup which recently achieved notoriety after powering the technology behind the recent global campaign showing Malaria survivors speaking through David Beckham to help raise awareness around the Malaria Must Die initiative. That is, at least now, well known. What was less well known until today was that to achieve this, Synthesia […]... →

Иностранные инвесторы дали Российскому фонду прямых инвестиций (РФПИ) $2 млрд на вложения в российские компании в сфере искусственного интеллекта, говорится в предложениях РФПИ о стратегии развития искусственного интеллекта в России – фонд подготовил их к совещанию с президентом Владимиром Путиным, назначенному на 30 мая. Как следует из документа, РФПИ привлек эти деньги от партнеров из крупных суверенных фондов и глобальных корпораций стран Ближнего Востока и Азии, сообщил представитель РФПИ. В частности, ... →

Yapily, a London fintech startup that offers an Open Banking-based API platform to enable financial services providers and other types of enterprises, such as merchants, to connect to banks, has raised $5.4 million in seed funding. Leading the round is HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and LocalGlobe. Investors also include Taavet Hinrikus (TransferWise Chairman and co-founder), Ott […]... →

ВТБ запланировал продать контроль в сервисе мониторинга СМИ «Медиалогия», это следует из отчетности банка, на которую ссылается агентство "Интерфакс". ВТБ приобрёл 63% в ООО «Медиалогия», разработчике одноимённой системы мониторинга и анализа СМИ, в январе 2019 года. Сумму сделки тогда не раскрыли. В ВТБ говорили, что надеются на рост операционных показателей сервиса и что он заинтересует крупные ИТ-компании и медиахолдинги. "Группа отражает инвестиции в ООО "Медиалогия" в качестве инвестиций в дочернюю ком... →