Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Совет директоров АФК «Система» принял концепцию развития корпорации, которую представил новый президент Андрей Дубовсков. Она подразумевает изменение структуры управления активами компании. Новая концепция развития предполагает смещение фокуса инвестиций в сторону инновационных активов с потенциалом импортозамещения и экспортоориентированные проекты, сообщают «Ведомости». Сейчас в АФК «Система» работают пять инвестиционных портфелей, ими управляют вице-президенты компании. Дубовсков предложил упразднить эт... →

How many second acts can a startup have before its procession of unlikely pirouettes must raise more than a quizzical eyebrow? It depends where you’re asking the question of course. And as we sit here, contemplating the smooth-faced Krablr founder, Wilson Poney, gazing out at the Pacific ice blue from inside his underwater glass cube, […]... →

Nift, which is giving local businesses a new way to promote themselves, has raised $16.5 million in Series A funding. The businesses that work with Nift (the name is short for “neighborhood gift”) can give special gift cards to their best customers. Those customers enter their codes on the Nift website, answer a few questions […]... →

Интернет-холдинг SDVentures Дмитрия Волкова вложил $2 млн в фонд Blockchain Capital IV, объем котоорого составляет $150 млн. Обязательство по инвестициям подписано в рамках партнерства SDVentures с блокчейн-фондом Blockchain Capital из Сан-Франциско. Об этом Firrma сообщили в SDVentures. По словам СEO холдинга SDVentures Дмитрия Волкова, выбор Blockchain Capital в качестве партнера обусловлен тем, что американский фонд «наиболее опытный игрок на рынке. В планах SDVentures — «наращивать экспертизу в области... →

Actress-turned-entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow is getting more capital to accelerate her startup’s growth. Goop, the lifestyle brand which she founded ten years ago, is announcing a $50 million Series C round from NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Felix Capital. It brings the total outside investment to $82 million. A source close to the situation tells us […]... →

Cubigo, a tech startup aimed at addressing the senior living market, recently closed a $4.5 million Series A round led by Urbain Vandeurzen with participation from Transvision. Cubigo is also rolling out its services in five senior living communities in Florida, California and Ohio. Across those five communities, Cubigo’s platform will reach 100,000 residents. To […]... →

Food security is one of the grand problems facing the planet this century. The UN has estimated that food supplies need to increase by 50% to cover the population growth expected over the coming decades, while climate change is expected to cut crop yields by a quarter. Nearly a billion people today lack sufficient food. […]... →

Российская компания-разработчик грузовых дронов SKYF выйдет на японский рынок. Уже подписано соглашение о сотрудничестве с Carceil Inc, японской аэрокосмической консалтинговой фирмой. Партнеры будут работать вместе в таких областях применения дронов, как тушение пожаров в высотных зданиях и строительство. Об этом Firrma рассказал представитель SKYF. Первоначальной задачей компаний станут разработка технических требований к новым модификациям SKYF и определение коммерческих условий продвижения SKYF в Японии... →

Scotty Labs, a tele-operations company that is working on technology to enable people to remotely control self-driving cars, has raised a $6 million seed round from Gradient Ventures with participation from Horizon Ventures and Hemi Ventures. Gradient Ventures is an early-stage venture fund housed within Google. “Usman and I founded Scotty on the belief that […]... →

Siren, a startup that has develops fabric with embedded microsensors, has unveiled its product, a sock for people with diabetes. Siren also announced a $3.4 million investment from DCM, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund. Powered by its Neurofabric technology, the diabetic sock can monitor foot temperatures with the idea that those with diabetes will be […]... →

Bram Cohen invented torrenting. Now he’s building a cryptocurrency called Chia that doesn’t waste electricity like Bitcoin, and top investors are lining up. Chia has just raised a $3.395 million seed round led by AngelList’s Naval Ravikant and joined by Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock and more. The money will help the startup build out its Chia […]... →

Posted by efgregWe all work hard building our businesses.We put in the sweat equity and all the tears that can come with it to build something truly great. After another day hustling at the office or typing furiously on your keyboard, you might be wondering… what is the end game here? What are you really going for? Is there a glowing neon sign with the word “Exit” marking the path to your ultimate goal?For the majority of businesses, the end goal is to eventually sell that business to another entrepreneur w... →

LetsGetChecked, an Irish startup that offers a health test kit service so that you can take various common laboratory tests from the comfort of your home, has picked up $12 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is Optum Ventures, the independent venture fund of health services provider Optum, and Qiming Venture Partners, the […]... →

Кировский завод, фонд «Сколково» и венчурный фонд и стартап-акселератор iDealMachine запустят акселерационную программу для индустриальных стартапов. Партнеры отбирают проекты в области цифрового сельского хозяйства (agrotech), сельскохозяйственного машиностроения, промышленного интернета вещей (IIoT), индустрии 4.0, big data, energytech, security, gadgets, robotics, e-commerce, transport. Программа пройдет на площадке технопарка «Сколково» в Москве. Предполагаемый объем инвестиций в проекты, успешно законч... →

CardUp, a Singapore-based startup that enables users to make large, recurring payments by credit card even to recipients that don’t accept cards, has raised $2.2 million SGD (about $1.7 million) led by Sequoia India and SeedPlus. This is CardUp’s first institutional investment round and will be used to expand its business serving small- to medium-sized […]... →

Oscar Health, the startup run by Josh Kushner (yes, brother of Jared), has raised $165 million at a reported valuation of $3.2 billion, CNBC’s Christina Farr reports. The funding comes from Alphabet’s Capital G investment company and Verily life sciences corporation, Founders Fund, and others. Oscar’s goal is to outpace existing industry-leading insurers including UnitedHealth […]... →

Just a day after General Catalyst, the 18-year-old venture firm, revealed plans in an SEC filing to raise a record $1.375 billion in capital to shower on startups, another firm that we’d said was likely to file any second has done just that. According to a fresh SEC filing, Lightspeed Venture Partners of Menlo Park, […]... →

Most investors don’t like to admit that they’re chasing the latest buzzwords or fads or hot companies, but a new firm called Bedrock Capital says it’s on a mission to do the exact opposite — founders Geoff Lewis and Eric Stromberg told me they’re searching for “narrative violations.” So rather than just writing a check […]... →

Braintree, the division of PayPal that provides payment services to e-commerce and other online businesses, is making its latest move to help raise its game against competitors like Stripe. It is launching a new solution called Extend, a set of tools to integrate Braintree payments more closely and easily with other services that online companies […]... →

LA-based space startup Relativity has raised $35 million in Series B funding, in a new round led by Playground Global, and including existing investors Social Capital, Y Combinator Continuity and Mark Cuban. The funding will help the startup expand its automated, 3D-printing process for manufacturing rockets quickly and with greatly reduced complexity, with the ultimate […]... →