Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Инвестиционный фонд Altera Capital увеличил долю в компании Group-IB, которая заниматся борьбой с киберпреступлениями, с 10 до 25%, сообщают «Ведомости». Фонд выкупил 15% компании у одного из акционеров. По словам представителя Group-IB, свои доли продавал менеджмент компании. Сумма сделки не раскрывается. По словам представителя Altera Capital, фонд нарастил доли, видя перспективы отрасли и компании. Другой инвестор компании — фонд Run Capital основателя Qiwi Андрея Романенко, в сделке не участвовал. Ему... →

AxleHire, a last-mile logistics startup that facilitates deliveries for companies like HelloFresh, Freshly, Sunbasket, La Boulangerie and others, has raised $4.3 million from Acorn Pacific, RGA Ventures and others. AxleHire, which started back in 2015, is doing over 150,000 shipments per month and bringing in $750,000 in monthly revenues. By April, AxleHire expects to hit $1.5 million in… Read More... →

Springboard is a platform that helps people advance their tech skills, and ultimately career. Today it took a step further to realizing its own potential after it landed a $9.5 million Series A round to develop specialisms. I wrote about the U.S.-based service nearly two years ago when it was just starting out and it had gobbled up a $1.7 million seed round. Then, Springboard had brought… Read More... →

В 2018 году компания планирует подписать контракты в России и на Ближнем Востоке, пишет Axios... →

It’s probably no surprise that billionaire Richard Branson is going to be taking a more active role in Virgin Hyperloop One, considering the company adopted the “Virgin” moniker after Branson’s global co. became a key backer earlier this year. Now, Axios reports that he’ll be made chairman of the company, as it takes on an additional $50 million in funding to help… Read More... →

Bringing small scale Nigerian farmers to a broader market has netted the new startup Farmcrowdy $1 million from investors including Techstars, Cox Ventures and Social Capital. Farmcrowdy’s digital platform connects investors to farmers through sponsorship packages to fund higher yields for a share of the returns. The app allows the sponsors to “Farm Shop” screened… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Almaz Capital вложил $250 тысяч в библиотеку «гифок» Hyperkey. Сделка была заключена в виде конвертируемого займа в марте этого года. Об этом Firrma сообщили в Almaz Capital. Hyperkey — библиотека «гифок», созданных на основе эмоций человека. С помощью Hyperkey пользователи сервиса могут создавать GIF и наклейки, чтобы использовать их в чатах с друзьями. У компании есть собственная коммуникационная платформа IMessage, на которой пользователи могут использовать «гифы», которые после отправки ... →

It looks like Wag may get another huge injection of cash following a big financing round earlier this year, according to a report by Recode, and also based on what we are hearing. We had heard a bit ago that Wag was looking to raise around $100 million, which the Recode report also suggests. But it now looks like Softbank is in talks to invest around $300 million in the dog-walking app… Read More... →

Described to me as “American Idol meets musical.ly,” startup Spotlite recently raised over $10 million from Sequoia Capital and BlueRun Ventures. The plan is to use the funding to build out the product, make key hires, and expand its marketing and advertising efforts. Spotlite is a direct-to-fan music platform for artists who want to make money and have direct access to their… Read More... →

Airwallex, an Australia-based fintech startup that helps banks and businesses handle cross-border transactions at scale, has closed a $6 million investment ahead of a planned Series B next year. The new funding comes from Square Peg — a VC firm located in Melbourne, the same city as Airwallex HQ — which joins Tencent, MasterCard, Gobi Ventures and Sequoia China as backers of… Read More... →

Среди самых предпочитаемых ниш для вложений российские инвесторы назвали искусственный интеллект, машинное обучение (эти понятия инвесторы не разделяют) и финтех-стартапы. В этом году в топ-3 также вошли проекты в области блокчейна и криптовалют. При этом ряд экспертов называют блокчейн в числе наименее перспективных ниш. Большинство опрошенных считают, что в ближайшее время ажиотаж вокруг ICO спадет, «пузырь лопнет и останутся только по-настоящему интересные проекты». Об этом говорится в исследовании «Венч... →

The FCC kills net neutrality, Snapchat launches Lens Studio and Squarespace reportedly raises $200 million. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

In the eight years since Frederic Descamps and Jordan Maynard launched their last gaming startup, the industry they helped shape now brings in more than $100 billion in revenues globally. There’s been a resurgence in gaming on PCs. User-generated content has produced a string of wildly popular hits. Those trends are exactly what the two are hoping to harness with Manticore Games. Read More... →

Squarespace, the 14-year-old platform that makes it easy for essentially anyone to build their own website, is raising about $200 million from General Atlantic, valuing the company at a $1.7 billion valuation, Bloomberg reports. The plan with the funding is to buy stock from early employees and investors, giving them a way to cash out if they’re not trying to wait around for an… Read More... →

Boston biotech startup Gingko Bioworks has announced the raise of $275 million in Series D funding to build out its Bioworks3 production facility. The funding comes from previous investors Viking Global, Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund, Cascade Investment, Bill Gates, as well as new investor, General Atlantic. The company previously raised over $154 million, bringing the total up to… Read More... →

Instana, a company that helps enterprises monitor and manage their microservice deployments with the help of automation and artificial intelligence, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series B round led by Accel, with participation from existing investor Target Partners. This brings Instana’s total funding to $26 million to date. Launched in 2015, Instana bills itself as… Read More... →

Helpster, a two-year-old startup that connects blue-collar workers with employers in Southeast Asia, has closed $2.5 million in new funding. The startup operates in Thailand and Indonesia with around 50 staff split between Bangkok and Jakarta. It aims to disrupt the temporary worker industry, which is dominated by giants like Adecco and Manpower, by vetting its workers closely and using… Read More... →

Paddle, a U.K. startup that offers software companies a single platform for the entire software sales process — including trials and licenses, payments, and analytics — has raised $12.5 million in further funding. Read More... →

Teabox, the company pioneered the concept of selling tea to direct to consumers online, has served up $7 million in fresh funding to grow its five-year-old business. This new infusion of capital — last tea joke, I promise — is a Series B round that takes Teabox, which has head offices in India and Singapore, to just shy of $15 million in funding to date. The round was led by… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд FinSight Ventures и венчурная компания из Люксембурга Digital Space Ventures вложили $1,5 млн в российскую финтех-компанию SBDA Group, известную в России под брендом Rubbles, в ходе раунда А. Лид-инвестором раунда выступил фонд FinSight Ventures. Об этом сообщает пресс-служба «Финама». Сделка была закрыта в ноябре этого года, сколько вложил каждый из фондов не раскрывается. Привлеченные средства SBDA Group направит на совершенствование и диверсификацию продуктового портфеля, увеличение числ... →