Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

ClimaCell, a weather forecasting technology that uses wireless networks to create incredibly granular predictions, has raised $15 million to develop new products and expand beyond the U.S. The Boston-based company’s service has broad applications across government and business, offering ways to better prepare for the increasing number of severe weather events that are occurring… Read More... →

Вечная конкуренция с Apple, социальная реклама и инвестиции в науку.... →

Pokémon Go creator Niantic has raised a new $200 million in funding, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Series B raise was led by Spark Capital, and includes participation from Founders Fund, Meritech, Javelin Venture Capital, You & Mr. Jones and NetEase, Inc. Spark partner Megan Quinn is also joining Niantic’s board as part of the new financing deal. Niantic is known for its… Read More... →

Lyft is seeking to raise an additional $500 million, over and above the $1 billion it raised in a round led by Alphabet venture arm CaptialG last month. The $500 million is an extension of that round, the company told Axios, and is not yet closed. But it should add to Lyft’s overall valuation once closed, bringing its post-many total to $11.5 billion. The round extension would allow Lyft… Read More... →

Portea Medical, one of India’s biggest platforms for home healthcare visits, has raised $26 million in Series C funding to expand its service range. The round was led by Sabre Partners and MEMG CDC, with participation from returning investors Accel (which led Portea’s Series B two years ago), the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation and Qualcomm Ventures. Read More... →

The fallout from Uber’s disclosure yesterday of a massive data breach affecting 57 million users and drivers that it concealed for a year continues: The UK’s data protection watchdog has put out a strongly worded statement saying the company’s announcement “raises huge concerns around its data protection policies and ethics”.  Read More... →

Возможность получить инвестиции от 10 миллионов рублей... →

Принадлежащий Александру Мамуту холдинг Rambler & Co намерен до конца года запустить свой онлайн-кинотеатр. Об этом сообщает РБК со ссылкой на источник, знакомый с планами интернет-компании. В свою очередь, собеседник издания, близкий к Мамуту, рассказал, что холдинг действительно сейчас изучает этот вопрос и до конца года должен принять решение, стоит ли инвестировать в создание подобного видеосервиса. Источник РБК отказался оценить возможные инвестиции Rambler & Co в создание собственного онлайн-кинотеат... →

Фонд «Сколково» вместо венчурного фонда для биомедицины создаст фонд для агротехнологий объемом 3 млрд рублей, пишут «Ведомости».    Летом РВК и «Сколково» объявили о создании трех фондов: для инвестиций в хайтек, индустриальные технологии и биомедицину. Для их управления была создана Skolkovo Ventures, дочерняя компания фонда «Сколково». Сейчас вместо биомедицины сайт Skolkovo Ventures анонсирует фонд для инвестирования в агротехнологии: биоудобрения и пестициды, инновационные продукты питания, кормовые д... →

Группа компаний «Галактика», специализирующаяся на проектах в космической сфере, купила стартап «Лин Индастриал», который разрабатывает сверхлегкие ракеты для запуска в космос микроспутников. Об этом сообщают «Известия». Покупка ООО «Лин Индастриал» была завершена 8 ноября, сумма сделки не раскрывается. Как стало известно изданию, сделка проходит в два этапа. Сначала «Галактика» получает долю в 15% в обмен на инвестиции в развитие компании — около 150 млн рублей. В случае выполнения обязательств «Галактике... →

In Blade Runner 2049, one of the more interesting stylistic choices was how the film imagined futuristic augmented reality. While the Microsoft and Googles of our real dystopian world are currently approaching AR tech with headsets and smart glasses, Blade Runner 2049 relied entirely on external projection to augment its world and the people in it. This vision of the future may still seem a… Read More... →

Do you like hats? If you do, maybe you already contributed to The Boring Company’s ability to dig a network of underground tunnels. Since Elon Musk started selling The Boring Co. hats, featuring the logo on the front (which he once claimed was designed by director J.J. Abrams), the company has apparently sold $300,000 worth of the march. That’s a lot of hats: At $20 per,… Read More... →

Candid, the dental startup that aims to straighten your teeth for less than the cost of braces and Invisalign, recently raised a $15 million Series A round led by Greycroft Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, e.ventures and some existing investors. The plan is to use the funding to beef up Candid’s operations and grow its customer base, the company said in a press release.… Read More... →

A company called Confido raised a small ICO by selling special CFD designed to allow “safe and trustless cryptocurrency payments. According to ICODrops they raised their goal of about $400,000 and quickly disappeared, taking the cash with it. The site is currently a parked web server that points to nothing. The apparent founder and former eBay employee, Joost van Doorn, posted a message to… Read More... →

Uber and Lyft have made it easier to get around town, but the service isn’t designed for young people. Unaccompanied passengers under the age of 18 are forbidden from ordering cars. So how are children supposed to go from one activity to the next when their parents are busy? Well, there’s carpools or nannies, but a ridesharing startup called HopSkipDrive is combining these concepts… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Altair Capital Игоря Рябенького вложился в Gagbot, мобильное приложение для создания подписей к фотографиям и картинкам с помощью нейронных сетей. Общая сумма раунда составила $500 тысяч. В сделке также приняли участие частные инвесторы, имена которых не раскрываются. Об этом Firrma рассказали в Altair Capital. Привлеченные инвестиции будут направлены на развитие и масштабирование проекта на рынке США. Приложение Gagbot помогает автоматически создавать остроумные мемы и подписи на основе ... →

Венчурный фонд AddVenture инвестировал $4,5 млн в онлайн-сервис уборки квартир Qlean, сообщают «Ведомости» По словам управляющего директора фонда Максима Медведева, сервис оценен в $80 млн. Контрольный пакет акций остался у основателей проекта. До этого фонд вложил $1,2 млн в проект в марте 2015 года, затем в марте 2016 года — $3,5 млн при оценке в $14,5 млн. Средства были направлен на тестирование новых продуктов, выходы на новые рынки (например, услуг для бизнеса). Новые инвестиции пойдут на развитие са... →

Tech In Asia, the Singapore-based media and events startup, has closed $6.6 million in fresh funding. The lead investor is a name that may not be too familiar to regular readers (yet) and that’s Hanwha, a Korean conglomerate which started out in explosives in 1952 but has since expanded into a range of verticals including (now) a focus on tech in emerging markets. With $55.5 billion… Read More... →

Code2040, founded by Laura Weidman Powers and Tristan Walker, recently raised $5.6 million to advance its diversity and inclusion efforts in technology. The latest funding comes from The Knight Foundation, The Sara and Ev Williams foundations and others, and brings Code2040’s total funding raised to over $7 million. Code2040’s Fellows program, which first launched in 2012,… Read More... →

Stitch Fix went up just 1% on its first day of trading. After pricing at $15, the company closed at $15.15. It’s also below the opening trade of $16.90. The company also didn’t raise as much money as it had been hoping for. It raised $120 million, after pricing at $15, below the expected range of $18 to $20. The company also reduced the size of its IPO. Stitch Fix markets itself… Read More... →