Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

While companies’ operations become increasingly fragmented into a wide variety of different spots — whether they’re existing on edge devices or somewhere in the cloud — making sure those operations are still healthy. And for companies whose lifeblood is directly keeping that software online longer, it’s even more important. Uptime maps directly to revenue, and […]... →

Эксперты фонда «Сколково» подготовили законопроект о налоговых вычетах для бизнес-ангелов, которые инвестируют в высокотехнологичные стартапы, прошедшие технологическую экспертизу. В следующие после инвестиции налоговые периоды можно уменьшить, пишут «Ведомости». По словам директора по развитию и планированию «Сколково» Сергея Израйлита, бизнес-ангел не будет платить налог, пока не вернет от государства половину инвестиций в следующие после инвестиции налоговые периоды. Для этого сумма доходов, облагаемая Н... →

Founded in 2010 as an online loyalty card service, Punchh has since grown into a marketing platform serving more than 115 restaurant chains, including Pizza Hut and Quiznos. Now it’s raised a $20 million Series B to expand into more retail verticals and increase the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in its cloud […]... →

Zaius, a customer data company working with consumer brands like Tea Forte and Burt’s Bees Baby, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. CEO Mark Gally said that while business-to-business marketing revolves around the CRM, there’s a “hodgepodge” on the consumer marketing side. More specifically, he said consumer marketers have a “swivel chair problem” […]... →

East Meet East, a New York-based matchmaking service focused on connecting Asian people in the U.S., is expanding its focus to go after dating opportunities in Asia after it raised a $4 million Series A funding round. The money comes from existing backer 500 Startups and new investors Asahi Medialab Ventures, DG Lab Fund (a joint effort […]... →

As part of All Raise’s mission to increase the number of female founders who receive venture funding in the next five years, All Raise has tapped more than 120 successful female founders to provide one-on-one mentorship to other women building companies. Currently, female founders receive just 15 percent of all venture funding, according to All […]... →

Cluno, a startup operating out of Munich that offers what it calls a “car subscription” service, has raised €7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Acton Capital Partners, with participation from previous investor Atlantic Labs. Founded in 2017 by the same team behind easyautosale, which exited to Autoscout24 in 2015, Cluno […]... →

While the press and public may have been denied a dramatic raise-your-right-hand moment in Congress this week, Facebook’s chief executive is still under legal obligation to tell the truth. If it feels like Zuckerberg is bending the truth, know that making a false statement to Congress might be difficult to prove given the slippery nature […]... →

Startup life is full of quick, lateral thinking. “Move fast and break things” is the mantra. However, with the rise of token sales – essentially vehicles for untested startups to raise millions in a few minutes – lots of stuff gets broken and little gets fixed. Take BCT – the Blockchain Terminal – for example. […]... →

After a few years of hype, a lot of the noise within the VR industry has died down, but with so many pushing social experiences as one of the platform’s most endearing user cases, there has still managed to be a feverish amount of activity to own the social networking space. One such startup, Liverpool-based […]... →

TravelTriangle, a startup that is digitizing travel agencies and travel bookings in India, has raised a $12 million Series C round led by Fundamentum. The startup operates like a travel booking platform to allow holidaymakers to choose and secure their travel plans online. It also works with offline travel agents to help them offer services, […]... →

Партнерский материал 19 апреля в Казани (Республика Татарстан) состоится главное событие венчурного рынка страны — Российский венчурный форум (РВФ). На экспозиции форума лучшие высокотехнологичные стартапы со всего мира презентуют инвесторам проекты в направлениях Blockchain, Industrial и M.E.S. Tech (медиа, спортивные технологии и развлечения) — среди них международные экспертный совет отберет тех, кто получит инвестиции до 10 млн рублей в рамках международной программы акселерации. Традиционно в Казань н... →

Ant Financial, the Alibaba affiliate that looks after the firm’s hugely popular Alipay service, is reportedly gearing up for an enormous funding round that could take its valuation to $100-$150 billion. The Wall Street Journal reported that Ant is in talks to raise upwards of $9 billion at the $100 billion mark, while Bloomberg suggested […]... →

Liberis, the London-based fintech that provides finance for small businesses, has raised £57.5 million in new funding to help support the company’s growth. The alternative finance provider makes loans against a company’s future credit and debit card sales. The majority of the new capital being raised by Liberis is debt, which in turn will enable […]... →

While the recent Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal is the main focus for American lawmakers questioning Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg today, the company’s record beyond the U.S. raises even more alarms. During the hearing, Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy brought up the company’s role in the ongoing ethnic violence in Myanmar, citing one incident where death threats […]... →

It’s April, that means tax returns for people in the U.S. very soon. Given the breakout year that crypto had in 2017 — despite prices cooling down in recent months — and well-intended individuals might be thinking about whether to file taxes based on gains they enjoyed from bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. It’s good timing, then, […]... →

Landing pages might not sound like the most exciting problem for a startup to tackle, but Tyson Quick, founder and CEO of Instapage, said that they’re a real issue for marketers. Quick was previously working on a marketing product called Jounce, where he was frustrated by the fact that even after someone had clicked on […]... →

A report by US reseller ThredUP estimates that second-hand fashion will soon overtake “fast fashion”, with an expected market worth of $41 billion USD by 2022. According to the site, in 2017 resale equated to six percent of the fashion market, with fast fashion at nine percent. By 2027 however, it’s projected to sit at […]... →

In this day and age of higher expectation in offices, sourcing your furniture from Ikea no longer cuts the proverbial mustard. But the furniture industry is notoriously old fashioned, forcing buyers to leaf through hundreds of paper catalogues, most of which are outdated by the time you get around to ordering. The global design and […]... →

Concentric, фонд сына экс-министра топлива и энергетики РФ Юрия Шафраника — Дениса Шафраника (на фото), — вложился в британскую облачную страховую платформу Insly. По словам Дениса Шафраника, фонд выступил лид-инвестором. Как говорится в блоге компании Insly, всего стартап привлек в мартовском раунде А €2,2 млн. Кроме Concentric, участником сделки также стал польский венчурный фонд Black Pearls VC, «Польский национальный центр исследований и разработок» и London Co-Investment Fund. Компания направит получен... →