Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Technology has been used to improve many of the processes that we use to get work done. But today, a startup has raised funding to build tech to improve us, the workers. 15Five, which builds software and services to help organisations and their employees evaluate their performance, as well as set and meet goals, has closed […]... →

Кто даст деньги на стартап? В мире инвестиций есть правило 3F – family, friends, fools. Именно близкие и необоснованно рискующие своими деньгами люди зачастую готовы вложиться в проект на самом его старте. Но что делать, если этих людей нет или такие инвестиции уже исчерпаны? На помощь стартаперам могут прийти различные акселераторы, бизнес-инкубаторы и венчурные фонды. Но далеко не все проекты могут попасть под крыло большой компании и получить инвестиции на развитие. Об основных ошибках стартапов при поп... →

DigitalBridge, the Manchester, U.K.-based startup using technology to help solve the “imagination gap” when planning home renovations, has picked up £3 million in new backing. The round is led by Maven Capital Partners via two funds it manages: £1.5 million from Maven’s Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and £1.5 million from the NPIF Maven Equity Finance, […]... →

Wind Mobility, the Berlin and Barcelona-based micro-mobility startup that operates e-scooter rentals in Europe, Israel and Asia, is disclosing $50 million in Series A funding. The new round is backed by existing investors. The company last raised $22 million in funding eight months ago from Chinese Source Code Capital and Europe’s HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, after […]... →

In this week's newsletter: When to seek VC backing, Lance Armstrong's VC career and Calm's big raise.... →

Российская онлайн-платформа по перепродаже билетов Eticket4 привлекла инвестиции в размере $325 тысяч от GTSystem International Ltd. Об этом Rusbase рассказал представитель сервиса.... →

European micro-mobility startup Dott is about to raise a $34 million Series A round (€30 million). Compared to many scooter companies out there, the startup is taking a careful approach when it comes to growth in order to build a good reputation and a sustainable service. EQT Ventures and Naspers are leading today’s found. Existing […]... →

Инвестиции пойдут на развитие b2b-направления и выход в новые страны.... →

Sony is doubling down on the world of startup investment. The Japanese tech giant announced a new fund that is aiming to raise 20 billion JPY (around $185 million) to invest in companies within “key high-growth industries.” While Sony launched a fund in 2016, this new vehicle — which is called Innovation Growth Fund — has […]... →

Cubyn, the Paris-based logistics startup that lets e-merchants outsource fulfilment and delivery logistics, has raised €12 million in new funding. The round is led by DN Capital, with participation from Partech Ventures, 360 Capital Partners, BNP Paribas Developpement, and the French investment bank BPI France. The injection of capital is timed with the launch of […]... →

Podimo, a Copenhagen-based startup building what it hopes will become Europe’s “Netflix for podcasts,” has raised €6 million in seed funding prior to launch. The round is co-led by Germany’s E.ventures and Denmark’s Heartcore, reflecting the young company’s two planned country launches later this year. Founded by Morten Strunge, who has a track record in […]... →

The new era of tech-enabled banks is coming, even in regulation-heavy Japan. Kyash, a fintech company with visions on becoming Japan’s first challenger bank, said today it has raised $14 million to continue its expansion. To be clear, Kyash isn’t a bank. Yet. But it is currently applying for a host of licenses in Japan […]... →

It’s not easy to raise growth-stage capital in Latin America, but it’s getting easier. As startups begin to flourish in the region’s largest markets, available funding is evolving to suit the needs of these maturing companies. However, Silicon Valley-style Series A rounds in Latin America are still rare, especially outside of Brazil and Mexico.... →

San Francisco is a city of extremes, with multi-billion dollar glass-cladded obelisks piercing the SoMa sky while thousands of the city’s long-term residents fail to find even the basic rudiments of housing and other social services. The tech industry has created the world’s greatest inequality machine, solving every one of our problems except the ones […]... →

МТС запустит в Москве инкубатор для стартапов, создающих продукты и услуги в сфере 5G. Оператора интересуют облачные сервисы — удаленное воспроизведение игр, новые форматы видеостриминга, решения в сфере интернета вещей или хранения данных и другие. Лучшие проекты сначала получат гранты на продолжение разработок, а позже — инвестиции от МТС. Также компания может приобрести технологию или нанять команду стартапа. МТС готов вложить в инкубатор 100 млн рублей до конца 2020 года. Проект запустят в начале сентяб... →

In enterprise security, there’s been a slow but steady move toward implementing zero trust security models and moving away from trusting anybody solely based on the fact that they have access to the company VPN, for example. That, to some degree, shifts the line of defense to the authentication service, which has to ensure that […]... →

Sweet Escape, a startup founded in Indonesia that helps connect photographers with customers, is all smiles today after it announced a $6 million Series A round. The company — which was profiled by TechCrunch last year — said that the investment was led by Singapore-based funds Openspace Ventures and Jungle Ventures with participation from Burda […]... →

Even as much of the world is digitizing its governance, in small towns and villages of India, data about its citizens is still being largely logged on long and thick notebooks. Have they received the subsidized cooking gas cylinders? How frequent are the power cuts in the village? If these data points exist at all, […]... →

Meditation app unicorn Calm wants you to doze off to the dulcet tones of actor Matthew McConaughey’s southern drawl or writer Stephen Fry’s english accent. Calm’s Sleep Stories feature that launched last year is a hit, with over 150 million listens from its 2 million paid subscribers and 50 million downloads. While lots of people […]... →

Sony’s PlayStation Vue live TV streaming service is joining its rivals with the roll out another price increase. The company announced today it will be upping the price for all its plans by $5 per month each. The change is live as of today for new subscribers, and will kick in for current customers with […]... →