Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

There are venture-backed shoes, razors, and glasses. So why not, toothbrushes? Quip has raised a $10 million round for its dental care business. Sherpa Capital and other unnamed fashion and entertainment investors participated. The New York-based startup is “a lot more than just an electric toothbrush,” said Simon Enever, founder and CEO. Quip is “looking to help fix or… Read More... →

Kano — the startup that teaches kids (and adults) about computers and coding by way of a variety of do-it-yourself hardware building kits — is announcing an important milestone in its growth today. The company has raised $28 million in funding, and ahead of the holidays, it will be using that investment to help spearhead a retail push in North America by getting the device into… Read More... →

Sunlight, a London startup that offers an employee learning and development platform to let companies offer more bespoke professional development, has picked up £500,000 in seed backing. Leading the round is Speedinvest, with participation from previous backers Seedcamp, and Annection, amongst a number of individuals. Read More... →

Razer looks to raise $500 million in Hong Kong IPO, Google releases a new hardware kit for Hangouts Meet and Netflix halts production on House of Cards. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

Just months after Grail raised a $900 million Series B round, the startup that aims to detect cancer early on is looking for additional funding, CNBC reports. Prior to the $900 million round, Grail raised $100 million last year to develop initial studies of its blood test technology. Citing sources, CNBC says Grail is mostly focused on sovereign funds. Grail has reportedly been in touch… Read More... →

Razer, the U.S.-Singapore firm that produces PCs and peripherals for gamers, is set to raise as much as $550 million from its Hong Kong IPO after it revealed its price range. The company first filed to go public in July, and today it confirmed that it plans to offer 1,063,600,000 shares at a range of HK$2.93-HK$4.00, that’s around $0.38-$0.51. If the full allocation sells at that top… Read More... →

Ada Health, the AI-driven app which works a little like an ‘Alexa for health’, has raised a $47M (€40M) funding round led by Access Industries, Len Blavatnik’s global investment group. Joining the round in the Berlin-HQ’d startup was June Fund and Berlin-based Cumberland VC. Fascinatingly, William Tunstall-Pedoe, the AI entrepreneur who came up with the Siri-like… Read More... →

Фонд Runa Capital вышел из американского стартапа SchoolMint, который предоставляет онлайн-систему записи в государственные, частные и чартерные школы. Стартап приобрела компания Hero K12, которая анализирует поведение студентов и школьников. Hero K12 купила Schoolmint в рамках инвестиционной стратегии, согласно которой, компания особое внимание уделяет приложениям для повышения эффективности работы школ. SchoolMint присоединиться к образовательной платформе EdTech Platform. По собственным данным, SchoolM... →

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Издательство бизнес-литературы «Альпина» полностью выкупило компанию Alpina Digital, которая работает в сфере корпоративных электронных библиотек, сообщает «Коммерсант». До сделки 45% в ООО «Альпина Диджитал» принадлежали разработчику мобильных приложений Redmadrobot, еще 10% – гендиректору Alpina Digital Александру Негруцы. По данным издания, возврат инвестиций Redmadrobot превысил 600%. По словам гендиректора «Альпины» Алексея Ильина, у издательства и Redmadrobot было разное видение развития проекта. В ... →

The Bay Area-based Wonder Workshop announced today that it has closed a $41 million Series C round of funding. The team has built a number of very cool little robots that kids can program on their mobile phone in a manner that helps them grasp at some computer science basics. Tencent Holdings, Softbank Korea, TAL Education Group, MindWorks Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, and VTRON Group… Read More... →

Former media chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. is starting a venture firm called Waverley Capital with longtime investor Daniel Leff, reports Bloomberg, which says the two are looking to raise up to $100 million. The idea: to target media investments. Media companies are an abiding passion for Bronfman, the former head of Warner Music. He led Seagram, the liquor business built by his uncle Samuel, into… Read More... →

Researchers at the University of Surrey and Dalian University of Technology in China have created a form of nanoparticle that can heat up and kill cancerous cells and then self-regulate to avoid burning healthy cells. The particles can raise their temperature between 42°C to 45°C, hot enough to kill cancer cells. Once they reach a set temperature they back off, ensuring that healthy cells… Read More... →

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Госкорпорация ищет инвестиции вместе со «Сколково». Победители могут получить до 5,3 млн рублей, а некоторые проекты – до 600 млн рублей... →

Инвестиции позволят Virgin Group ускорить отправку в космос первых туристов.... →

Татарстан давно известен как крупный технологический хаб и место появления интересных стартапов. По просьбе Firrma, специалисты казанского ИТ-парка подготовили рейтинг 10 стартапов этой поволжской республики, которые смогли привлечь больше всего венчурных инвестиций за время своего существования.  1. «СПУТНИК» – модуль для домофонов, радиоточек и телевидения, который оповестит обо всех важных событиях на предприятии, в районе или в городе, и предупредит в случае чрезвычайных ситуаций. Сумма: $900 тысяч  Инв... →

It may not be as cool as Elon Musk building a rocket ship to Mars, but every day 100 million kids ages 12 to 18 are using Brainly to ask and answer homework questions. That simple service, at that massive scale, has convinced a new investor to commit another $14 million to the company as it seeks to expand its presence further in the U.S. Brainly already has 10% of the market of kids in that… Read More... →

Taking on a giant like Nielsen, the $15 billion research firm, is no easy task. But tucked away in Southeast Asia, Snapcart is a two-year old company that is making progress by shining light on the black box that is consumer spending in emerging markets. Founded by CEO Reynazran Royono, who previously worked as a consultant for Procter and Gamble and Boston Consulting, the startup uses… Read More... →

Current announced today it has raised $5 million in Series A funding for its debit card aimed at kids that parents can control with an app. The company first introduced its Visa debit to the market in May. Kids can use the card to shop in stores or online using funds from their own bank account linked to the card, after receiving a digital allowance from mom or dad. The new round was led by… Read More... →