Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Российский венчурный фонд Addventure возглавил инвестиционный раунд южнокорейской прачечной О2О-службы (онлайн в оффлайн — прим. Firrma) Washswat. Общая сумма раунда составила $2,8 млн. Вместе с российским инвестором, стартап профинансировали американский фонд Strong Ventures и корейский Primer. Как пишет портал о технологиях e27, Strong Ventures и Primer уже вкладывались в стартап ранее. Полученные инвестиции будут направлены на повышение качества прачечной и на расширение сервиса по всей стране. Сейчас с... →

GV partner Lo Toney is looking to raise up to $50 million for his new fund, Plexo Capital, Axios first reported. Since 2017, Toney has been incubating Plexo Capital inside GV, formerly known as Google Ventures. The idea with Plexo Capital, which is backed by Alphabet, is to invest as a limited partner in seed funds led by people of color and/or female general partners, Toney said in an… Read More... →

We’re hearing from a number of sources that Giphy, the big platform for hosting GIFs that also runs a GIF keyboard, set out to raise huge new financing round — though it’s not clear if it ever crossed the finish line. Sources pegged the round at something as high as around $100 million, but that may have changed over time. We’ve been hearing about this attempted round… Read More... →

SoftBank’s Vision Fund invested $300 million into dog walking app Wag earlier this year, and a new deal on the other side of the world is evoking similarities. Mad Paws, an Australia-based startup that offers dog-walking, pet-sitting and other services for the fluffy friend in your life, has pulled in a $5 million investment led by Qantas, the $8 billion-valued Australian airline. Yes… Read More... →

San Francisco-based autonomous trucking company Starsky Robotics announced this morning that it’s closed a $16.5 million Series A, led by Shasta Ventures. The news comes as the company also announced that it recently completed a seven-minute drive on a closed course without a single human in the truck. Read More... →

Funding for Southeast Asia’s car trading platforms is like buses. After a long wait without news, a third startup has raised funding in the space of a month. Carsome, a Malaysia-based company that also operates in Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, announced today it has raised a $19 million Series B round just weeks after smaller rivals BeliMobilGue and Rocket Internet’s Carmudi… Read More... →

Atom Tickets, an app that combines online movie ticket booking with social features, said today that it has raised a $60 million Series C led by Fidelity Investments, with participation from returning investors Lionsgate, Disney and Twentieth Century Fox Film. All three studios contributed to Atom Tickets’ $50 million Series B, which was announced two years ago. Read More... →

The Fabric, an early stage investment company developing new infrastructure technologies, has raised $15 million for its third investment vehicle. Announced at the Montgomery Summit in Santa Monica, Calif., the new financing came from Verizon Ventures (the investment arm of TechCrunch’s parent company’s parent company) and March Capital Partners a Los Angeles-based venture… Read More... →

It turns out that some employees spend more when they can expense it on a corporate card. But some companies are finding that five-star hotels and fancy dinners can add up when it’s for hundreds or thousands of workers. Several startups have emerged to save corporations money, by rewarding employees with cash and gift cards if they spend less when they travel. There’s Rockettrip… Read More... →

Fishbrain, the Sweden-made mobile app and social network for sport fishing, is disclosing $13.5 million in Series B funding. The round is led by B Capital Group, the VC fund founded by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, with participation from SoftBank Ventures Korea, and existing investors Northzone, and Industrifonden. Read More... →

Magic Leap still hasn’t released a product, but they’re continuing to raise a lot of cash to get there. The Plantation, Florida-based augmented reality startup announced today that it has raised $461 million from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign investment arm, The Public Investment Fund. The Saudi Arabian fund contributed $400 million of the raise, with… Read More... →

Atomwise, which uses deep learning to shorten the process of discovering new drugs, has raised a $45 million Series A. The round was led by Monsanto Growth Ventures, Data Collective (DCVC) and B Capital Group. Baidu Ventures, Tencent and Dolby Family Ventures, which are all new investors in Atomwise, also participated, as well as returning investors Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures and DFJ. Read More... →

Компания потратит деньги на развитие логистики, расширение ассортимента и новые проекты.... →

Телекоммуникационная компания МТС вложила 1,15 млрд рублей в Ozon Holdings Limited в рамках допэмиссии компании. Сделка позволила МТС увеличить в уставном капитале Ozon Holdings Limited долю с 11,2% до 13,7%. Об этом Firrma рассказали в МТС. Впервые оператор инвестировал в интернет-магазин в апреле 2014 года, сумма сделки составила $75 млн. Первоначальная доля МТС в Ozon составляла 10,8%. Затем МТС увеличила свою долю в активе до 11,2% по итогам сделок с миноритариями. Вице-президент МТС по финансам, инве... →

Atom Bank, the startup based out of Durham, England that operates a mobile-only bank targeting consumers between the ages of 18 and 34, has raised another big round of funding. The company today announced another £149 million ($206 million) in funding to double down on its existing business — focused currently on savings accounts, mortgages and small business loans — as well as… Read More... →

Елена Абрамова из Puzzle English узнала у 7 предпринимателей, поднявших раунд, как надо отвечать на сложные вопросы инвесторов.  7 стартаперов:  Александр Антонов, CEO и основатель платформы по изучению английского языка Puzzle English  – около 30 встреч с представителями разных фондов – осенью 2014 получили $500 тысяч инвестиций от SOLventures и Genezis Technology Capital Аркадий Мешковский, CEO и основатель сообщества по аренде вещей Rentmania – в 2014 в ФРИИ получили деньги на верификацию сервиса Рубен Б... →

Венчурный инвестор Александр Румянцев приобрел 10% в стартапе Utverdil.ru. Это бизнес-портал, который предлагает инженерам работу, а промышленным предприятиям - сервис для организации бизнеса. Об этом Firrma рассказали в компании. Полученные инвестиции планируется потратить на разработку новых разделов, дизайн и продвижение сайта. Сам инвестор рассчитывает на 10-кратный рост проекта в течение 3 лет.... →

ELSA, an app whose name stands for “English Language Speech Assistant” (and not the popular Disney character!), has raised $3.2 million for its A.I.-assisted language learning platform that teaches people how to speak English. Unlike other courses that focus mainly on teaching grammar and vocabulary, ELSA uses artificial intelligence and speech recognition technology to help… Read More... →

Isaac Oates runs a startup that’s looking to be a complete suite of operational tools like human resources and payroll for businesses — but he and his team initially didn’t get why users kept asking better reporting tools over and over again. It’s indicative of the constant push-and-pull startups and founders face when having to juggle the hopes and dreams of their own… Read More... →

WHOOP, the company behind the Tesla of health tracking and sports performance wearables, has raised a whopping $25 million in a new round of funding. The round was comprised of a slew of prominent investment firms and individual investors including the Durant Company, the National Football League Players Association, former NBA commissioner David Stern, Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey, and… Read More... →