Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Общественная организация «Опора России» совместно с венчурным фондом Softline Venture Partners начинает прием заявок от команд, создающих IT-решения, для участия в бизнес-акселераторе. Команды-победители смогут получить инвестиции в размере от 10 млн рублей. Об этом Firrma сообщили в группе компаний Softline. В акселератор приглашаются команды с готовыми решениями для рынка или прототипами. Прием заявок открыт с 4 октября по 1 декабря 2017 года включительно. Акселерация проектов будет проходить с декабря п... →

Late last month, Spanish media got wind that the Barcelona-based on-demand delivery app Glovo had closed Series B funding, but now the company is making the news official. The startup, which offers a service similar to Postmates in the U.S., has raised a €30 million round led by Rakuten Capital, and Cathay Innovation. Existing investors Seaya Ventures, Entreé Capital, Caixa Capital Risk,… Read More... →

ICOs are said to be the new way to raise money. We’ve seen companies raising millions by selling tokens. Against the money raised, the tokens they gave were created and sold on the Ethereum blockchain — meaning that all the trade happened on the Ethereum blockchain and the tokens created are tracked on the Ethereum blockchain. But that is changing. Read More... →

As tech giants like Apple and Facebook prepare to spend billions of dollars on movies and TV, longtime Hollywood executive Jeffrey Katzenberg is looking to write some big checks for original content, too. Katzenberg began his career at Paramount Pictures (where he worked on Star Trek: The Motion Picture), but is best known for running Disney’s motion picture division during the period… Read More... →

Recursion, a drug discovery startup out of Salt Lake City, Utah has announced a $60 million Series B round, led by Data Collective (DCVC). Recursion started out in 2014 on a mission to identify one-hundred new treatments in 10 years. That’s a lofty goal, considering the discovery for just one drug can traditionally take decades and tens of millions of dollars, with a high rate of… Read More... →

MessageBird, a cloud communications platform that counts publicly listed Twilio as a competitor, has raised a hefty $60 million in Series A funding. The round is being led by Accel in the U.S., with Atomico, the VC firm founded by Skype’s Niklas Zennström, leading in Europe. Read More... →

The recent Equifax hack is yet another reminder that major corporations are still leaving themselves susceptible to attacks. There are countless cybersecurity startups looking to fix this problem, but HYPR believes its decentralization approach is key. Its authentification technology secures traditional passwords and also biometrics like fingerprints, faces and voices. The New York-based… Read More... →

Boxee co-founder Idan Cohen’s most recent stint may have been in the smart TV space — but now he wants to build a box that’ll help you grow some lettuce outside your home. That might seem weird, but after many dinners spent feeding guests with vegetables grown from his roof, he and his team are now launching a smart planter called GROW. Initially starting as a hobby to… Read More... →

From travel visas to sponsoring green cards, today’s companies deal with a lot of documents to keep up with the demands of a global workforce. A Chicago-based startup called Envoy Global has built enterprise software for processing the relevant paperwork. It also works with a law firm to offer companies legal advice pertaining to immigration and visas. Envoy Global has raised a $21… Read More... →

Венчурный биотех-фонд Primer Capital вложился в компанию Bendit Technologies Ltd., разрабатывающую микрокатетеры для малоинвазивных эндоваскулярных вмешательств. В раунде приняли участие пять инвесторов, сформировав сделку на сумму $3,55 млн. Об этом Firrma рассказали в фонде. Полученные инвестиции будут направлены на запуск продукта на европейском и американском рынках. Компания Bendit Technologies Ltd. разработала конфигурацию малых и гибких микрокатетеров, которыми возможно управлять в сосудах с выраже... →

Truphone, a mobile company that made a name for itself through low-cost international mobile voice and data plans, is taking a very big step forward in a strategy to catapult itself into the future of communications: the company has picked up a massive £255 million ($339 million), funding that it will use to retire its debt and double down on providing data connectivity for connected… Read More... →

Российская платформа для сбора оценки рисков и перспектив ICO-кампаний Dolphin Blockchain Intelligence привлекла от международного акселератора Startupbootcamp €500 тысяч в обмен на 8% компании. Стартап был оценен в €6 млн, сообщает Cnews. Dolphin BI стал единственным российским проектом, который вошел в десятку команд, отобранных Startupbootcamp в акселерационную программу FinTech & CyberSecurity в Амстердаме. Всего в отборе приняли участие более 500 проектов из 73 стран. Полученные средства компания нап... →

Российская платформа для сбора оценки рисков и перспектив ICO-кампаний Dolphin Blockchain Intelligence привлекла от международного акселератора Startupbootcamp €500 тысяч в обмен на 8% компании. Стартап был оценен в €6 млн, сообщает Cnews. Dolphin BI стал единственным российским проектом, который вошел в десятку команд, отобранных Startupbootcamp в акселерационную программу FinTech & CyberSecurity в Амстердаме. Всего в отборе приняли участие более 500 проектов из 73 стран. Полученные средства компания нап... →

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... →

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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%.... →