Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

The market for social media and collaboration services for enterprises — made popular by the recent, rapid growth and emergence of platforms like Slack, Facebook’s Workplace and Microsoft Teams — continues its hot streak. Today, Igloo Software, a Canada-based startup that has built a Jive-like platform that integrates other software for employees to communicate with each… Read More... →

Основатель и совладелец «Яндекса» Аркадий Волож, а также основатель инвестиционно-девелоперской компании O1 Properties Борис Минц являются гражданами Мальты. Об этом пишет РБК со ссылкой на сайт правительства Мальты. Мальтийское гражданство они оформили не ранее 2013 года, после того как начала действовать программа «Гражданство в обмен на инвестиции». Согласно ей, необходимо проинвестировать в экономику острова минимум 880 тысяч евро для получения гражданства. Мальтийское гражданство также было оформлено и... →

Web development is complicated. What was once the relatively uniform LAMP stack of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP years ago has been replaced by nearly infinite variations. Multiple cloud providers, dozens of databases, hundreds of developer tools, and that is not even getting into the world of libraries. NPM, the Node Package Manager, lists about half a million packages that can be imported… Read More... →

London-based CityStasher is building what it calls an ‘Airbnb for luggage’, a network of brick and mortar businesses across Europe that will store your luggage for a few hours after you have checked out or are waiting to check into your travel accommodation. Read More... →

There’s a startup in Texas that’s been quietly building the technology that powers mobile banking apps. Plano-based Alkami has developed a white label service that credit unions and banks use across digital platforms. And Alkami’s 4.5 million users have generated enough revenue for the company to justify a $70 million Series D round, led by General Atlantic. Existing investors… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Runa Capital повторно проинвестировал в немецкий сервис кредитования Smava. В раунде также приняла участие британская инвестиционная компания Vitruvian Parthners. Сумма сделки составила $65 млн, сколько вложил российский фонд не раскрывается. Об этом сообщает TechCrunch. За всю историю существования Smava привлекла около $135 млн. Точную оценку стартапа основатели не разглашают, однако по информации источника TechCrunch, она составляет около $300 млн с учетом текущего раунда. Smava была приб... →

While Google dominates the world when it comes to search, portals for those looking for products and services in specific niches continue to have a place in our online world. In one of the latest developments, Smava, a German startup that has built a marketplace/portal for people to search for and take out loans, has raised $65 million to grow its business across Europe. The funding comes… Read More... →

Citiesocial, a Taipei-based startup that helps emerging brands break into Asia’s e-commerce market, has raised $2.75 million led by Alibaba Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund, a non-profit backed by Alibaba Group to support local startups. CDIB Capital and returning investor Cherubic Ventures also participated. The capital will be used to expand citiesocial into China, South Korea and Japan this… Read More... →

Firrma составила небольшой рейтинг самых крупных сделок с участием российских венчурных инвесторов за 2017 год. При составлении рейтинга оценивались только сделки с публично названной суммой. В рейтинг не попали фонды, которые не вкладывались в российские стартапы последние 2 года (и, таким образом, фактически перестали быть российскими). Также при составлении рейтинга не учитывались инвестиции в компании, чей возраст превышает 10 лет.  1.  Немецкая автобиржа Auto1 Group привлекла 360 млн евро Российский уч... →

Обзор от издания DeCenter: запрет на биткоин-инвестиции от Merrill Lynch, скрытый майнинг, который маскируется под рекламу, поиск решения проблемы масштабируемости Ethereum.... →

The rise of ICOs surprised many in the tech industry, helping blockchain companies raise close to $4 billion in 2017, and that’s all set to continue with a twist in 2018. Beyond continued momentum for ICOs, also known as token sales, leading ICO companies themselves are set to start investing. TechCrunch understands that at least half a dozen companies who raised money via ICOs and each… Read More... →

Google has added Chinese mobile game livestreaming platform Chushou to its list of investments in Asia. The Beijing-based startup announced today that it has closed a Series D round, which Google joined as a new investor, that brings its total funding so far to over $120 million. Chushou’s previous investors Qiming Venture, Shunwei Capital and Alpha X Capital, also returned for this round. Read More... →

Millennials take a different approach to investing than previous generations. Only one in three are buying stocks.  And some are turning to software, rather than humans, for advice on financial planning. For the past ten years, Wealthfront has been building out a platform that it hopes will appeal to the next class of wealth creators. Instead of paying advisors, Wealthfront believes that it… Read More... →

Healthcare in America is a mess with no quick solutions and many people aren’t getting the help they need. Created to bridge mental and physical healthcare, New York City-based Quartet Health wants to make life better for patients with a platform that allows providers to collaborate on treatment plans. Currently available in six U.S. markets, Quartet announced today that it has raised… Read More... →

While apps continue to grow in popularity as a primary route for people to interface with the digital world, there remains a very significant role for the web, and today, a startup that helps businesses build and run websites, specifically on WordPress, has raised a very large round of money. WP Engine, which claims to be the world’s largest WordPress host, has raised $250 million in… Read More... →

MoneyLion, the part lending, part savings and part wealth management app targeted at the financial middle class has raised $42M in Series B funding.This brings total equity funding to $67M since being founded in 2013. The startup provides an all-in-one platform for anything finance related. A user connects their bank accounts and credit cards and then gets personalized advice based on their… Read More... →

Today, Yoga is known worldwide as an attractive way of staying healthy and fit. However, there remains a psychological barrier for many people confused by what style of yoga they want to do (Kundalini, Vinyasa, Bikram, …?) and how it matches with their aims, (back pain, flexibility, lose weight etc). The market is also dominated by many small Yoga studios which vary in quality. Surely… Read More... →

Управляющий партер фонда Target Global Михаил Лобанов в блиц-интервью рассказал о любимых книгах, фильмах, а также о том, что на него значительно повлияло.  Три ваши любимые книги? Почему? Эдвин Лефевр – «Воспоминания биржевого спекулянта» – пожалуй, лучшая книга в мире про инвестиции и операции с ценными бумагами. Простая, понятная, увлекательная и бесконечно правдивая. Энди Гроув «Высокоэффективный менеджмент» (Andy Grove. High Output Management) – лучшее руководство к действию по созданию компаний и упра... →

SuperMeat, an Israeli biotech and food-tech startup that is developing lab-made chicken meat, has raised $3 million in seed funding, as it becomes the latest of a crop of so-called ‘clean meat’ companies to get off the ground. Others in the space include Bill Gates, Atomico and DFJ-backed Memphis Meats, and Hampton Creek, which is also exploring lab-grown meat. Read More... →

TrendKite is closing out 2017 with the announcement that it’s raised an additional $11 million in funding. The Austin-based startup says it’s currently analyzing 4.2 million articles every day, and using that analysis to help both brands and agencies to measure the impact of their PR efforts. So it can identify the total audience reached by articles mentioning the company, or… Read More... →