Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Вчера компания Rambler заявила, что нарушено ее исключительное право на самый популярный в мире веб-сервер Nginx. В начале 2000-х годов его разработал сотрудник Rambler Игорь Сысоев – один из основателей компании Nginx. Вчера полиция задержала Игоря Сысоева и сооснователя компании Максима Коновалова. Как сообщило позднее издание Forbes, Сысоеву и Коновалову обвинения не предъявлены, в деле они проходят в качестве свидетелей.  Действия "Рамблера" вызвали негативную реакцию ИТ и инвестисообщества. В поддержку... →

Business-to-business payments company Bill.com priced its IPO today at an above-range $22 per share. The firm, selling 9.82 million shares in its offering, will raise around $216 million at a roughly $1.6 billion valuation. The company’s IPO pricing comes during a modestly uncertain time for unprofitable companies looking to go public. Following the WeWork IPO […]... →

If you want to win on Wall Street, Yahoo Finance is insufficient but Bloomberg Terminal costs a whopping $24,000 per year. That’s why Atom Finance built a free tool designed to democratize access to professional investor research. If Robinhood made it cost $0 to trade stocks, Atom Finance makes it cost $0 to know which […]... →

Portify, the London fintech startup that offers an app and various financial products to help gig economy and other modern, flexible or “self-employed” workers better manage their finances, has raised £7 million in Series A funding. The round, which comes a year after the company raised £1.3 million in seed investment, is led by Redalpine […]... →

Опубликованы результаты ежегодного исследования российского рынка венчурных инвестиций «Венчурный Барометр 2019», которое проводит венчурный инвестор Алексей Соловьев совместно с РВК. Авторы исследования считают динамику российского рынка в целом положительной. Второй год подряд увеличивается процент запуска новых фондов – они появились под управлением у респондентов 46% в сравнении с  30% в 2018 году. Процент вложений только в российские проекты за год вырос с 21% в 2018 до 28%. Средневзвешенный процент чи... →

French startup Yubo has raised a $12.3 million funding round led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners. Existing investors Alven, Sweet Capital and Village Global are also participating. The startup has managed to attract 25 million users over the years — there are currently tens of thousands of people signing up to the platform every […]... →

This week Gtmhub announced a $9 million Series A led by CRV. The investment was not a large round, even for an A. But the capital found its way into one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies that we’ve spoken with recently, which made it interesting all the same. And, the firm was willing to talk […]... →

Петербургская сеть коворкингов «Практик» откроет два пространства в Москве. Общие инвестиции в московский проект – более 210 млн рублей. Об этом Rusbase рассказали в пресс-службе «Практика».... →

Keith McCarty could have retired after Microsoft bought Yammer. Instead, he founded Eaze to address cannabis delivery. He lead the company through its B round and then stepped back, but last year, he founded Wayv, a new cannabis startup to address an even more significant challenge for the industry: supply chain logistics. So far, it’s […]... →

Another startup hoping to capitalize on the fintech opportunity in Mexico has closed on a new sum of funding. Mexican challenger bank Albo has secured a $19 million extension to its Series A financing, led by U.S.-based Valar Ventures. The neobank previously raised $7.4 million at the beginning of 2019, bringing the company’s total Series […]... →

Wefox Group, the Berlin-based insurtech startup behind the consumer-facing insurance app and carrier One and the insurance platform Wefox, is disclosing $110 million in a second tranche of Series B funding. Sources tell TechCrunch that this gives the company a pre-money valuation of $1.65 billion. WeFox Group declined to comment on the financials. The Series […]... →

Carsome, a Malaysia-based marketplace for trading users cars, has closed a new $50 million financing round to fend off its rivals and grow its business in Southeast Asian markets. The new financing round, dubbed Series C, was funded by MUFG Innovation Partners (MUIP), corporate venture capital arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial […]... →

Zetwerk, an Indian business-to-business marketplace for manufacturing items, has closed a significantly large financing round as it scales its operations in the nation and also helps local businesses find customers overseas. The 18-month-old startup said on Wednesday it has raised $32 million in a Series B financing round led by Lightspeed and Greenoaks Capital. Zetwerk […]... →

Турецко-американский венчурный фонд StartersHub объявил o своих планах поддержать 60 высокотехнологичных стартапов из Восточной Европы и России в течение следующих четырех лет. Командам будут предложены инвестиции и менторство. Об этом Rusbase рассказали в пресс-службе StartersHub.... →

Passport, a mobility management platform, just raised a $65 million Series D round from Rho Capital Partners, H.I.G. Growth Partners and ThornTree Capital Partners. This round brings its total funding to $125 million. The plan is to use the funding to further invest in Passport’s mobility software platform and expand into digital parking payments. In […]... →

According to CEO Afif Khoury, we’re in the middle of “the third wave of social” — a shift back to local interactions. And Khoury’s startup Soci (pronounced soh-shee) has raised $12 million in Series C funding to help companies navigate that shift. Soci works with customers like Ace Hardware and Sport Clips to help them […]... →

Денис Власин, основатель новозеландского образовательного агентства Kiwi Education, потратил 11 месяцев на поиск инвестиций для расширения сервисов компании и запуска новых проектов. В результате сработали совершенно не те инструменты привлечения инвесторов, на которые он изначально рассчитывал. Своим опытом он поделился с читателями Rusbase.... →

Over the last few years, we’ve seen the rise of FinTech startups like N26 and Monzo to challenge the incumbents with new products like challenger banks. But what if the big banks wanted to compete in that game themselves? This is the aim of FintechOS a Romanian startup that actually aims to help incumbents compete in this brave new, competitive, world. FintechOS allows banks […]... →

ВТБ объявил о создании открытой ИТ-платформы для объединения потребительских и банковских сервисов, инвестиции в проект могут составить до 2,5 млрд рублей, сообщила газета РБК. Платформа объединит сервисы вызова такси, доставки еды, бронирования ресторанов, покупки билетов в кино, театр, на спортивные мероприятия, покупка авиа- и железнодорожных билетов, а также финансовые сервисы - виртуальные карты, платежи, переводы и кредитные продукты. Сейчас ВТБ ведет переговоры о присоединении к проекту с «Магнитом»,... →

Pan-African digital classifieds company Jiji has raised $21 million in Series C and C-1 financing from six investors, led by Knuru Capital. The Nigeria based venture, co-founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Vladimir Mnogoletniy, has an East to West presence that includes Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. Buyers and sellers in those markets use Jiji to transact […]... →