Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Venture capitalists are in a rare pickle. Companies have raised more than $1.7 billion through initial coin offerings, or ICOs, this year, by selling their own customized virtual currencies. For the companies, the trend is a godsend. They can raise the money and use it to fuel new projects without having to give away a piece of their company to venture capitalists. People who believe in the… Read More... →

French startup Heetch has been around for quite a few years. While things were running smoothly, the company had to start over mostly from scratch. In March 2017, a court in Paris ruled that Heetch had been illegally operating a transportation company. The startup is now rising from the ashes and raising $12 million from Felix Capital, Via ID and Alven Capital to fund its new service. According… Read More... →

Куда идти за деньгами, если вы разработали искусственный интеллект?... →

Rovio, maker of the Angry Birds gaming franchise, saw a small pop of 4.3 percent in its first day of trading as a public company, but like the very birds that get catapulted in Rovio’s original blockbuster game, the rise was not to last. After pricing its IPO at €11.50 per share — the top of its range — to raise €30 million, today the stock opened on the Nasdaq Nordic… Read More... →

Angry Birds-maker Rovio Entertainment priced its IPO at 11.50 euros, at the top of its proposed range. It raises 30 million euros in proceeds. This values the company a little above $1 billion, just half of the $2 billion the company was previously said to be hoping for. The company previously raised at least $42 million in venture funding from Accel, Atomico, Felicis Ventures and… Read More... →

A quarter of Americans listen to podcasts each month, but far fewer make them. Anchor is a startup that is looking to change that with its app that makes it easy to record and distribute content. Anchor also has a discovery platform, which allows users to find audio across categories like news, sports, music and tech. The New York-based team is announcing $10 million in Series A funding, led by… Read More... →

Инвестиции получили 22 компании, в обмен на инвестиции ФРИИ получит долю в бизнесе финансируемых компаний в 7%.... →

Stockpile, the startup brokerage that’s bringing fractional share investing to mainstream investors, has raised $30 million to continue its mission. The company received its latest cash injection from the Fidelity-backed Eight Roads Ventures, alongside traditional venture funds like Mayfield, Arbor Ventures, Hanna Ventures, Wang Ventures, and others. “We’re on a mission to… Read More... →

Объединенная авиастроительная корпорация (ОАК) вложит 300 млн рублей в «Венчурный Фонд Сколково – Индустриальный I», созданный Российской венчурной компанией (РВК) и ООО «Сколково – Венчурные инвестиции». Такое решение было принято на совете директоров ПАО «ОАК», сообщила компания. «Одобрить концепцию участия ПАО «ОАК» в венчурном фонде, созданном АО «Российская венчурная компания» и ООО «Сколково – Венчурные инвестиции» в форме инвестиционного товарищества «Венчурный Фонд Сколково – Индустриальный I», в р... →

Белорусский стартап Healthy Networks, разрабатывающий автоматическую систему диагностики состояния легких на основе аускультации (анализа звука легких), привлек $100 тысяч от российского венчурного фонда Spacemind Capital. Привлеченные инвестиции будут направлены на подготовку к производству модели недорогого электронного стетоскопа и создание мобильного приложения, которое за несколько секунд проанализирует звуки легких человека и сообщит, были ли задетектированы опасные хрипы и для какой болезни они хара... →

Выручка онлайн-школы английского языка Skyeng в первом полугодии 2017 года выросла в 2,4 раза по сравнению с аналогичным периодом 2016 года и составила 341 млн рублей. Ежемесячная выручка компании составляет около 60 млн рублей. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании.  В январе-июне 2017 года количество активных учеников Skyeng выросло на 61% — до 11 300, количество преподавателей — на 115%, до 1420 человек. По собственным данным Skyeng, сегодня школа занимает 3% российского рынка онлайн-образования и 40% рынка... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) запустил 13 Акселератор. 23 компании из разных регионов России начали работу на площадке 21 сентября. Об этом Firrma рассказали в фонде. В 20 стартапов нового набора ФРИИ инвестирует по 2,1 млн рублей. Каждая компания оплачивает программу акселерации стоимостью 900 тысяч рублей. В обмен на инвестиции ФРИИ получит долю в бизнесе финансируемых компаний в размере 7%. В еще две компании ФРИИ инвестирует по 900 тысяч рублей, команды направят их на оплату программы акселера... →

It’s time to put an end to these dumb automatic customer support calls that ask you to press 1, then press 4, then press 2, then say “yes”… CallDesk is working on a virtual agent for customer support calls. Think something like Siri for customer calls. Point Nine Capital and EQT Ventures are investing in today’s funding round of $2.5 million (€2.1 million). There… Read More... →

Malicious hackers and security breaches that have exposed personal information of millions of people have pushed the issue of online security into the spotlight, not just for individuals but for organizations that do business with them. Now a company called Onfido, which has built a way to help websites verify people’s identities using a photo-based identity document, a selfie and… Read More... →

It’s a bank account and credit card built for the digital age. Chime is raising $18 million in Series B financing for its mobile-first approach to banking. Cathay Innovation led the round with participation from Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Homebrew and others. Without monthly fees or overdraft charges, Chime tries to appeal to the… Read More... →

Eden, the office management and tech support platform, has today closed $10 million in Series A funding led by Spectrum 28, with participation from Fifth Wall Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Canvas Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Eniac Ventures and other existing investors. Eden started out as a tech support service for both businesses and consumers. The… Read More... →

There’s a lot of talk about employees wanting much more flexible work schedules, and a lot of that is thanks to the emergence of companies like Lyft and Uber that allow people to work on their own schedules. But that ability still doesn’t exist for the rest of the world, especially when it comes to hourly jobs with rigid schedules. But that doesn’t mean that employees… Read More... →

The highest profile ICOs from a consumer internet company to date has come to a close after messaging app Kik raised nearly $100 million from its token sale. The exact amount is 168,732 ETH — around $47.5 million based on today’s $282 ETH price — came from over 10,000 backers. Combined with $50 million raised in a pre-sale for institutional investors the grand total is… Read More... →

French startup Eligo Bioscience just raised $20 million to develop next-gen biotherapeutics. Khosla Ventures is leading the round. This is also Khosla Ventures’ first investment in a French startup. Existing investor Seventure Partners is also participating, and the startup received a $2 million grant from the Worldwide Innovation Challenge. Eligo Bioscience has been working on a new way… Read More... →

ProsperWorks, a service that offers a set of Google-centric CRM tools, today announced that it has raised a $53 million Series C round led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from GV (the fund you probably still remember as Google Ventures). This new round brings the company’s total funding to $87 million, which, in ProsperWorks’ own words, makes t the “#1 funded… Read More... →