Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Scape Technologies, a London-based computer vision startup, is de-cloaking today to announce that it has raised $8 million in seed fund and launching the first iteration of its “Visual Positioning Service,” which lets developers build apps that require location accuracy far beyond the capabilities of GPS alone. The technology will initially target augmented reality apps, […]... →

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The curse of open source software is that it is used in pretty much every application and device on the planet, and yet, has pretty much no business model. Sustaining open source is a critical problem for the future of software, because without a durable source of income, the developers behind these critical projects cannot […]... →

Today, many companies provide developer access to their services via APIs. Moesif, a San Francisco startup, wants to help these companies gain insight into their customer’s API usage patterns. Today, the company announced a $3.5 million seed round. The investment was led by Merus Capital with participation by Heavybit, Fresco Capital and Zach Coelius, who sold […]... →

Mobile AR gaming startup Niantic has closed a $190 million round of funding according to newly-filed SEC docs. The filing comes after a WSJ report last month suggested the company was in the process of closing a $200 million raise from investors including IVP, aXiomatic Gaming and Samsung at a $3.9 billion valuation. The round […]... →

Several weeks ago, the WSJ reported that SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, was set to raise $500 million from earlier shareholders and the Scottish money management firm Baillie Gifford & Co. in a bid to help get its internet-service business off the ground. The Hawthorne, Ca. company still hasn’t announced the round, but it nevertheless made […]... →

With all of the advances made by computer vision tech in the past few years, it might seem a little crazy that so much of the x-ray security equipment being used at sensitive locations is leaning so heavily on human workers to stop weapons from slipping through. Synapse Technology is creating computer vision tech which can […]... →

Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab is aiming to start the new year with a bang and an awful load of bucks. The company, which acquired Uber’s local business earlier this year, is planning to raise as much as $5 billion from its ongoing Series H round, up from an original target of $3 billion, a source with […]... →

Fitness trackers and heart rate monitors are all well and good, but if you want to track activity inside the body, the solutions aren’t nearly as convenient. Iota Biosciences wants to change that with millimeter-wide sensors that can live more or less permanently in your body and transmit what they detect wirelessly, and a $15 […]... →

РВК в партнерстве с EY, представила список самых активных российских венчурных фондов этого года. В него попали те, кто заключил больше всего сделок со стартапами в период с декабря 2017 года по декабрь 2018 года. Основной показатель ранжирования — количество проинвестированных проектов. В 2018 году общее число активных фондов увеличилось и составило 95 фондов, против 55 в предыдущем году. При этом в целом активность российских фондов не изменилась. Российские фонды провели в общей сложности 441 сделку, год... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив инвестировал 100 млн рублей в стартап для обучения фармацевтов и провизоров Pharmznanie. Инвестиции пойдут, в частности, на масштабирование на российском рынке, где компания планирует занять 25%.  Это не первая сделка ФРИИ и Pharmznanie: осенью прошлого года фонд инвестировал в компанию 19,8 млн руб., приобретя долю в 15%. Pharmznanie работает на рынке цифрового здравоохранения и имеет два продукта: онлайн-платформу с образовательными курсами для сотрудников аптек Pharmznani... →

India’s B2B supply chain is slowly shifting into the digital era. Following a $23 million investment for Moglix, which helps bring business and manufacturing procurement online, LetsTransport, a startup that brings increased efficiency to logistics and business transportation, has raised $13.5 million for growth. Founded in 2015 by IIT Kharagpur graduates Pushkar Singh, Sudarshan Ravi and […]... →

Игорь Рыбаков подал иск к Александру Федотову с требованием вернуть инвестиции... →

Chatty gamers are apparently worth billions. Discord, the gaming chat startup with more than 200 million active users, announced Friday that it had secured $150 million in funding at a $2.05 billion valuation. The round was led by Greenoaks Capital with participation Firstmark, Tencent, IVP, Index Ventures and Technology Opportunity Partners. The company announced this […]... →

Florida men are seemingly involved in so many strange happenings involving pythons, alligators, and restaurant break-ins that when a parody “Florida Man” Twitter account surfaced back in 2013, it became an immediate sensation. But a five-day-old GoFundMe fundraiser for Donald Trump’s border wall by a Florida man is starting to look anything like a joke. With ambitions […]... →

If you’ve ever found yourself lugging a big suitcase from meeting to meeting, a startup called Bounce could make your life easier. Using Bounce, you’ll be able to pay for short-term storage at hotels, dry cleaners and other local businesses. The San Francisco-based startup is announcing that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding […]... →

A new startup using AI to look after elderly people at home has raised a new round of funding to apply its platform to detect changes in gait or behavior, falls or stumbles. In other words, it could start to predict changes in long-term health. CherryHome, the home AI security system created by startup Cherry […]... →

Инвестиции в Uber Russia в следующем году превысят 2 млрд рублей... →

В России запустилось новое приложение Uber Russia, разработанное с учетом пожеланий пользователей и особенностей рынка. Инвестиции в Uber Russia, включая скидки для пользователей, мотивационные программы для водителей и рекламу, в следующем году превысят 2 миллиарда рублей. Все новые функции, тарифы и предложения сервиса будут доступны в Uber Russia, а приложением Uber со временем можно будет […] Сообщение Uber выпустил отдельное приложение для России появились сначала на Searchengines.ru.... →

The fintech company has raised the funds from DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Matrix Partners, March Capital Partners, Coatue Management and Ribbit Capital.... →