Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

That Qualtrics IPO many have been expecting is on hold for now. The online market research platform has just raised its third round for $180 million at a whopping $2.5 billion valuation. The Provo, Utah-based company came from much humbler beginnings, bootstrapping the operation for a decade before finally taking financing from Sequoia and Accel in 2012. It has blown up since then, hitting… Read More... →

Full Harvest, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised $2 million in seed funding to reduce food waste at the farm level. Founded by Christine Moseley, formerly the head of business development for cold-pressed juice makers Organic Avenue, Full Harvest connects farmers with food makers who want to buy the fruit and veggies that grocers deem too ugly to sell in stores. While she was helping… Read More... →

Darkstore, the startup that enables brands to offer same-day delivery, recently closed a $1.4 million seed round from PivotNorth — the same firm that led the seed round for same-day delivery darling Deliv. As part of the deal, PivotNorth CEO Tim Connors will join Darkstore’s board of directors. Thanks to the new funding, Darkstore will expand from just three markets to seven with… Read More... →

Французский облачный сервис онлайн-игр Blacknut появится в России к концу текущего года. Как пишет RNS, об этом заявил основатель компании Оливье Аваро в интервью французскому изданию Les Echos. «Наша платформа полностью заработает к концу года. Сразу же после этого мы планируем выйти на рынки европейских стран, США и России», — сообщил он. Пользователи получат доступ к 200 играм приблизительно за €20 в месяц. Предполагается, что Blacknut привлечет 500 тысяч пользователей в ближайшие пять лет.  По прогнозам... →

Руководитель компании Front Матильда Коллин опубликовала в своем блоге на Medium презентацию, которая помогла заинтересовать инвесторов и закрыть раунд серии «А».... →

Indian health tech startup Lybrate has raised $3 million in new funding, according to a filing in the U.S., where it is incorporated. Lybrate declined to comment on the filing, nor would it provide details of the investors who participated in the round. Make what you will of that cagey response. The company last raised $10.2 million led by Tiger Global in July 2015, which is some time ago. Read More... →

Orbital Systems, a ‘clean-tech’ startup out of Sweden, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The company’s founder and CEO Mehrdad Mahdjoubi has developed new re-purification technology, in collaboration with NASA, that significantly reduces the amount of water and energy used when taking a shower. The same technology can also be used to save water in other domestic… Read More... →

Qwilr, an Australian startup that helps companies turn boring PDFs and other static sales documents into attractive websites, has grabbed $1.5 million to develop its product and expand its global reach. Sydney-based Qwilr raised $500,000 from Sydney Seed Fund and Macdoch Ventures in 2015, but its new financing is provided by Germany’s Point Nine, a VC firm that specializes in… Read More... →

Стартап собирает блокчейном $3,5 млн на строительство завода... →

First Circle, a fintech startup enabling SME lending in the Philippines, has raised $1.3 million. The capital was provided by Accion Venture Lab, which is attached to finance-focused non-profit Accion, and Deep Blue Ventures. First Circle previously raised $1.2 million last year, and it counts 500 Startups, IMJ, and Key Capital among its backers. SME lending is a given in most Western… Read More... →

Zen Rooms, a budget hotel network targeted predominantly at Southeast Asia, has closed a $4.1 million Series A round to expand its presence in the region. The company, which was first founded by Rocket Internet in 2015, said the capital was provided by Korea’s Redbadge Pacific and SBI Investment Korea, with participation from existing investor Asia Pacific Internet Group, the joint… Read More... →

When you have so much data that the real world doesn’t do it justice, why not toss it into virtual reality? Virtualitics is aiming to bring insight through isolation, visualization and manipulation, giving you a chance to get up-close and personal with your data while wearing a VR headset. Today, the startup announced that it has closed a $4.4 million Series A led by The Venture… Read More... →

Lyft has raised a total of $600 million in new funding, with a post-money valuation of $7.5 billion, the company announced via its blog on Tuesday. Reports had indicated the raise was in process, though the most recent figure pinned the total at $500 million, though that was prior to its closing. Lyft’s investment included new funding partners including Canada’s Public Sector… Read More... →

Don’t you love it when there’s a fragmented market with many different actors and outdated tech products? French startup FretLink is using all the tips in the startup handbook and applying them to a neglected industry — the trucking industry. FretLink a software-as-a-service marketplace connecting companies that need to send big piles of stuff with thousands of… Read More... →

Cleanly, the on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service started in NYC, has raised $5M in Series A funding. The startup had previously raised $2.3M in seed funding after participating in YC in 2015. The round was led by AddVenture, with participation from returning investors Initialized Capital and Altair Capital and Millhouse Capital as a new investor.  Since Cleanly launched two years ago… Read More... →

Создатели латышского сервиса Ask.fm Илья Теребин, Марк Теребин и Оскар Лиепинс запустили сервис по управлению контентом Arbitrum и вложили в него $500 тысяч. Об этом сообщает Techcrunch. Инвестиции были выданы через рижскую финансовую компанию Макса Теребина Balaclava Lab. Arbitrum – сервис модерации текста, изображений и видео, основанный Германом Гедгаудсом, ранее возглавлявшим отдел модерации и развития продукта в латвийском сервисе вопросов и ответов Ask.fm. Бета-версия Arbitrum была запущена в феврале ... →

Американский сервис с российскими корнями GeoCV привлёк инвестиции на сумму $1,8 млн от Runa Capital, Emery Capital и нескольких бизнес-ангелов из США. Об этом vc.ru сообщили в Runa Capital.... →

Международный сервис бронирования квартир Airbnb ликвидировал российское подразделение в конце марта 2017 года. Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант». Сервис работал в России под юридическим лицом ООО «Эйрбиэнби Раша». Все сотрудники (6 человек), отвечающие за российский рынок, остаются работать. Сейчас позиции распределены между Москвой, Берлином и Дублином.  Как пишет «Коммерсант», закрытие российского подразделения может быть вызвано, в том числе, ужесточением законодательства, потому что властям теперь будет сл... →

How can Popular Pays stand out in the influencer marketing crowd ? The key, according to co-founder Corbett Drummey, is to focus in content. The approach seems to have convinced investors, with Popular Pays announcing that it has raised an additional $3.1 million, which it rolled up with the $2 million it raised after participating Y Combinator into a $5.2 million Series A. The round was led… Read More... →

Lucid is announcing that it has raised a $60 million round led by North Bridge Growth Equity. It’s the company’s first outside funding since raising a relatively tiny $2.8 million back in 2011. Founder and CEO Patrick Comer said that in the years between, he deliberately wanted Lucid to “run really, really lean and pour every dollar into growth of product.” Now,… Read More... →