Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Lyft just announced that it has added an additional $500 million to its most recent funding round, a $1 billion raise announced in October. The now-$1.5 billion round includes participation from Fidelity Management & Research Compant as well as the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Fund. Lyft’s post-money valuation as of this add-on raise is now $11.5 billion, with the expanded round… Read More... →

Smartphones have made flipping through photo albums a relic of the past. It’s easy to peruse and share a digital photo archive, but some people miss looking through photos while sitting next to family and friends. At least that’s what motivated serial entrepreneur Alan Chan to create Joy, a smart photo album. He says that he realized “family photo-sharing is broken”… Read More... →

Have you ever bought something only to see it go on sale the next day? It may seem like bad luck, but you’re often still entitled to get that discount. Some retailers and credit card companies will even guarantee price drop refunds for up to 90 days. But it can be a hassle to keep track of price changes and to follow through and get your money back.  A handful of sites have been… Read More... →

Pi Charging, the company that won at TechCrunch Disrupt SF with its wireless charging tech, has closed a series A round of $11.4 million dollars. They disclosed the news for the first time while updating the audience at Disrupt Berlin on their progress since winning in SF. For those who might’ve missed it: Pi Charging is building a device (the namesake Pi Charger) that lives on your… Read More... →

Проект Universa Blockchain Александра Бородича вошел в консорциум Blockchain.aero, который занимается развитием городской авиации, объединяя производителей, поставщиков услуг и разработчиков ПО. Universa Blockchain присоединится к формированию модели сети городской авиации и системы с управляемой производительностью. Об этом Firrma рассказали в Universa. Консорциум Blockchain.aero планирует направить все детали работы аэротакси в блок-цепь: от качественных характеристик транспортного средства, координации ... →

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Canadian crypto company PlexCorp with violating securities laws by selling up to $15 million in an initial coin offering (ICO). ICO’s have seen explosive growth over the past year as fledgling companies have used them raise more than $3 billion in capital through various cryptocurrencies. However, experts have warned they can present… Read More... →

Raising a Series A is hard for a founder. Especially when you consider they’re usually doing it for the first time, while the VCs on the other side of the table are essentially professional negotiators getting pitched and doing deals every day. So to help give founders a leg up Justin Kan’s new legal tech startup Atrium is launching a program to help founders become better… Read More... →

There has been a veritable explosion of connected devices that people are using these days to interact with apps and the internet, from smartphones and computers, to cars, watches, home speakers and refrigerators. Now a startup out of Berlin called Contentful has raised $28 million to position itself as the platform to manage how all that information is delivered via a set of APIs. The Series… Read More... →

Code.org, the non-profit organization that aims to increase access to computer science education, has raised $12 million in philanthropic funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Infosys Foundation USA  and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The announcement came as part of a Computer Science Education Week kickoff event in San Mateo. Meanwhile, eight states, 76 school districts and 102… Read More... →

Инвестиционный фонд AD.RU вложит по $100 тысяч в победителей онлайн-конкурса Dating Contest среди стартапов в сфере знакомств . Об этом Firrma сообщил представитель фонда. Заявки на участие принимаются до 17 декабря. Участие в онлайн-конкурсе Dating Contest бесплатное. Отборочный тур продлится с 30 ноября по 17 декабря и по его результатам будет выявлено до 30 лучших проектов. До 22 декабря проекты встретятся с экспертами. Победители будут известны 25 декабря: они получат $100 тысяч от фонда AD.RU, поддерж... →

Onefootball founder and CEO Lucas Von Cranach, whose popular football app now has 25 million fans in 200 countries around the world, confirmed on stage today at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2017 that his company has raised more funding — including both an unreported Series B and C round. This would bring the startup’s total raise to date to over the $20 million publicly reported.… Read More... →

Партнерский материал В этот раз форум «Экосистема инноваций», который РВК устраивает в Сочи каждый год, по сути посвящен вопросу, что из себя представляет венчурный рынок страны сегодня и куда он будет двигаться дальше. Именно поэтому практически все круглые столы «заняли» венчурные инвесторы самый разных стадий – от бизнес-ангелов до фондов фондов и корпоративных фондов. По итогам первого дня вполне можно сказать, что они очень четко сформировали понимание и проблем, и точек роста, и рисков, и сильных стор... →

Social media has become critical to the online publishers. It drives a lot of traffic and helps brands build a following. But it also means that a lot of the engagement happens on another platform, like Twitter or Facebook, instead of the actual news site. New York-based Spot.IM saw an opportunity to help businesses from Time Inc. to NBC build out a better comments section, in order to… Read More... →

It’s been some time since we wrote about Graphic India, a new media startup that believes India should have its own home-grown answer to cartoon empires like Marvel. The 30-person company been busy developing its IP and bringing its creations to audiences via film and TV since we last covered it in 2015, when it raised $2.5 million from investors, and now it has added to that war… Read More... →

Бывший гендиректор соцсети «Одноклассники» Илья Широков оказался основателем онлайн-площадки для торговли китайскими товарами Joom, сообщает РБК. Приложение Joom появилось в июне 2016 года. Недавно была запущена реклама на федеральных каналах. Согласно рейтингам App Annie, на 29 ноября Joom занимал четвертое место среди Android-приложений в категории «шоппинг» в России и 150-е место — в США. В российском App Store у проекта сейчас 13-е место среди всех приложений и четвертое в категории «покупки».​ По данн... →

Алюминиевый холдинг Олега Дерипаски UC Rusal создаст инфраструктуру для центра обработки данных (ЦОД) на территории Надвоицкого алюминиевого завода (Карелия). В этом центре будут предоставлять высокотехнологичные IT-сервисы для анализа больших данных, машинного обучения и майнинга криптовалют. Инвестиции в проект не раскрываются. Об этом пишут «Ведомости» по ссылкой на сообщение компании. Эффективность работы ЦОДа будут обеспечивать доступная возобновляемая энергия Ондской ГЭС и холодный климат региона, по... →

Лучшие проекты получат инвестиции размером до $1 миллиона... →

Fractyl Labs, a Lexington, Massachusetts-based startup developing treatments for diabetes, has raised $44 million in Series D financing from a slew of VC firms, including GV, True Ventures, the IDO Fund, General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Domain Associates, Mithril Capital Management, Emergent Medical Partners, L.P., and Deerfield Management Company, L.P. Fractyl has been working on… Read More... →

Инвестиции в проект будут привлекаться через первичное размещение криптовалюты (ICO)... →

Arianna Huffington wants you to work smarter, not harder. She believes a corporate mentality that rewards burning the midnight oil is actually reducing productivity, by causing burnout. Lack of sleep could be costing the U.S. economy $411 billion per year, it turns out. So last year, the HuffPost founder and Uber board member, launched Thrive Global, a startup dedicated to reducing stress… Read More... →