Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Российский стартап Qlothes привлек $200 тысяч от венчурного фонда Артема Геращенкова Gekos Venture Capital. Об этом Firrma сообщил сооснователь Qlothes Александр Мясоедов и подтвердил Артем Геращенков.   Сделка состоялась в ноябре 2016 года. Другие подробности сделки не раскрываются.   Qlothes – российский сервис по персонализированному подбору гардероба. Компания основана осенью 2016 года Александром Мясоедовым и Романом Поповым. Пользователю достаточно загрузить фото в полный рост и указать параметры — ро... →

Bike sharing has taken a turn in the U.S., following trends in China. The new mode is “dockless,” where companies distribute bikes around a city or campus to be rented per trip instead of dispensing them from one station. The bikes are tracked via GPS, and can be located by users, paid for and unlocked using their smartphones. Best of all, whenever riders are done with one of… Read More... →

Reali wants to change how people buy and sell their homes and now it has $5 million more to work on this, thanks to a Series A investment lead by Signia Venture Partners. The company also today announced that it is expanding beyond to the entire San Francisco Bay area, including the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, and that its app is now available on Android, too. The… Read More... →

Meta SaaS is a product that helps you cancel other products. Like Cardlife and Cleanshelf, Meta SaaS looks at all of your software-as-a-service subscriptions and tells you which ones you use and, more important, which ones you don’t. Founded by Arlo Gilbert and Scott Hertel, the product raised $1.5 million in seed from Mark Cuban with participation from Barracuda Networks, Capital… Read More... →

Стали известны подробности сделки по продаже разработчика облачных сервисов Grid Dynamics Виктории Лившиц китайской компании Automated Systems Limited (ASL), подконтрольной Beijing Teamsun Technology Co. Ltd. (Teamsun). О сделке Firrma писала в декабре прошлого года.  По данным «Ведомостей», фонд «ВТБ – портфельные инвестиции», созданный с участием капитала Российской венчурной компании (РВК), продал свою долю в компании в размере 22,4% за $29 млн. Общая сумма сделки составляет $128 млн. ASL заплатит $118 м... →

DJI releases its $499 consumer drone, Unity raises $400 million, SurveyMonkey adds Serena Williams to its board of directors and SoftBank has a $4 billion stake in Nvidia. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

Bulletin, the startup that describes itself as “WeWork for retail space,” is announcing that it has raised $2.2 million in seed funding. The idea is to give businesses — particularly online brands — access to brick-and-mortar retail space without the cost or commitment of a traditional lease. Those businesses can rent out sections of a Bulletin store on a… Read More... →

Circle Media, the company behind Circle with Disney – a device that helps parents enforce their home’s internet rules and restrictions – has raised $10 million in Series A funding, the company announced this morning. The round was led by early stage venture fund Relay Ventures. There was other private equity investment in the round, but the parties didn’t want to… Read More... →

Facebook announced today it’s expanding its online fundraising tools – basically, Facebook’s own take on a GoFundMe-type service – to include support for community fundraisers as well as those for sports teams. The company had first launched its personal fundraising tools in March of this year, allowing users to raise money for educational, medical or pet medical… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Starta Capital и ряд частных российских инвесторов вложат $450 тысяч в стартап Bino, создавший приложение для работы компаний с «тайными покупателями». Об этом Firrma рассказали в компании. «В июне 2017 закрываем посевной раунд на $650 тысяч, из которых $450 тысяч вложат Starta Capital и частные инвесторы из России. На $200 тысяч мы все еще ищем инвестора», – сообщил Сергей Зверев, директор по технологиям Bino. Полученные средства будут направлены на доработку продукта (той части, которая кас... →

Consumers increasingly are going online to search for insurance, and when they do, PolicyGenius wants to be right there to help them find the right policy. To expand its offerings and support more customers, the company raised a $30 million Series C funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners. Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Target Global вложился в польский стартап DocPlanner, позволяющий записаться на прием к врачу в режиме онлайн. Общий объем инвестиций составил 15 млн евро. Также в раунде приняли участие чешская компания Enern Investments и британская One Peak Partners, сообщает Business Insider. Полученные инвестиции будут направлены на расширение проекта в Латинской Америке, добавление нового программного обеспечения для врачей, увеличение продаж и развитие маркетинга. Кроме того, компания откроет новые офи... →

DocPlanner, the European online booking platform for healthcare appointments, has raised €15 million in Series D funding, just ten months after announcing a larger Series C round of $20 million (~€18m). Leading the round is existing investors Enern Investments, and Target Global, in addition to London-based One Peak Partners. Read More... →

Инвестиции в проект составили 100 тысяч евро.... →

Quiqup, a London-based delivery startup that operates a ‘shop on your behalf’ app similar to Jinn in Europe or Postmates in the U.S., in addition to a growing B2B business, has raised £20 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is Jobi Capital, a New York-based fund, with participation from Transmed, a leading distributor of fast-moving consumer goods, and existing investors. Read More... →

Netherlands-based Minibrew has raised $2.8 million in seed funding after completing a successful $350,000 crowdfunding campaign to bring some smarts to the home-brew process. The Minibrew is a little keg with a big brain. When we first met the company in 2015 they offered a whiff of high tech to the brewing process, adding a monitored brew vessel and mobile app to the age-old technique of… Read More... →

OpenDoor, Oscar Health, Palantir and now Merlon Intelligence. Bradford Cross, founder of the venture capital firm Data Collective is joining the ranks of VCs who have caught the entrepreneurship bug, abandoning a cushy lifestyle for one with considerably more volatility. His latest startup, Merlon Intelligence, services banks, helping them cut down on risk and put a stop to money laundering. Read More... →

If you’re looking to buy something, but don’t want to pay for it yet, Blispay thinks it has the solution for you. The startup works with small and mid-sized businesses to help retail customers defer payments for six months. Baltimore-based Blispay has been gaining traction and raised an additional $12 million in funding after raising about the same amount last year. FirstMark… Read More... →

Embrace.io says it can help developers understand the performance of their apps — and determine whether things like bugs or slow load times are actually driving users away. The company just announced that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding led by Eniac Ventures, with participation from The Chernin Group, Techstars Ventures, BoxGroup and others. CEO Eric Futoran (pictured… Read More... →

People may well remember 2017 as the year that blockchain broke. After years of development and flickering just outside of mainstream consciousness and acceptance, record high prices for the most popular blockchain-based cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and newcomer Ethereum, and an embrace of the technology’s core principles by some of the world’s largest institutions may mean that… Read More... →