Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

JetSmarter has raised $105 million in Series C funding, at a $1.5 billion pre-money valuation, to build its marketplace for private jet services according to Sergey Petrossov, the startup’s founder and CEO. The massive funding round will be used primarily for global expansion of JetSmarter in Asia and Latin America, Petrossov said, and increasing the number of routes and… Read More... →

Компания привлекает инвестиции, чтобы ускорить развитие, хотя работает «в плюс». Нужны дорогие ресурсы — люди, в первую очередь.... →

A Bozeman, Montana startup called Blackmore Sensors and Analytics Inc. has raised $3.5 million to build Lidar systems that can help vehicles see more details about what’s in front of them than existing sensors do today. The company spun out of a research and development firm called Bridger Photonics that developed Lidar systems for micron-precise laser cutting and welding, originally,… Read More... →

Vancouver, Canada-based Mojio started out as a connected car gadget and platform that wasn’t unlike Automatic and similar services. That approach didn’t really work out for the company, though, and in late 2015 Mojio pivoted from targeting consumers to going after the B2B2C market with a focus on its platform play. In the process, the company’s founder and CEO Jay Giraud… Read More... →

Back in 2013 we covered the seed funding of Wallarm, a “next gen” web security startup which aimed to protect businesses from application level hacker attacks. The team of ex-white hat hackers had previously helped Russian companies like Mail.ru, Yandex, and Parallels to block security threats. It’s perhaps little surprise that, with Russia being a tough place to raise… Read More... →

Danish banking app Lunar Way is one of a plethora of startups in Europe attempting to update the retail banking experience with a mobile-first offering. Read More... →

Kakao, the Korean mobile and web giant, is beefing up its social media and content businesses after its Podotree affiliate raised 125 billion won (around $107 million). The deal values it at 500 billion won, Kakao confirmed, that’s approximately $428 million Read More... →

1. Инвестор вкладывает деньги в компанию, рассчитывая заработать денег. Любые фразы типа «вложение в будущее», «успех придет не сразу» в его мозгу автоматически транслируются в проценты годовых, которые он хочет заработать. 2. С учетом риска венчурных инвестиций планируемые проценты годовых должны выгодно отличаться от доходности «безрисковых» банковских депозитов и малорисковых финансовых инструментов. В середине таблички в приложении цветом выделены расчетные границы доходности, которые оправдывают риск п... →

French startup Molotov launched five months ago, but a key feature had yet to go live. Molotov users can now bookmark TV shows and movies in the cloud so that they can watch them later. That’s not all, the startup has also raised $23.3 million (€22 million). I’ve already written quite a few words about Molotov, but it’s worth reiterating that it’s the best way to watch… Read More... →

European startup studio eFounders is raising an additional $5.3 million (€5 million) from entrepreneurs and family offices. eFounders has been behind some very promising software-as-a-service startups, providing capital and financial resources for the first year or so before the startups can go and do great things on their own. In exchange, the startup studio takes a significant portion of… Read More... →

Hardware kits, internet-connected toys and robots that teach kids to code are now commonplace. But Osmo, an early entrant in IoT toys, is pulling ahead of the pack with funding and partnerships with top names in the field. Specifically, Osmo has raised $24 million in new venture funding from Mattel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Collab+Sesame the venture fund run in partnership by New York… Read More... →

Berlin’s startup scene is probably the most gossipy in Europe. And over the last year, one startup, removals platform Movinga, has generated more gossip than most. Read More... →

A startup called Waggle raised $2.3 million in seed funding to become the go-to destination for animal lovers and pet parents online, and for sharing all the cute pups and madcap kitteh adventures they have to offer. The New York City-based startup was incubated at Broadway Video Ventures, the venture arm of the production company behind premium comedy shows like 30 Rock, Portlandia… Read More... →

A mobile app that lets users find and book stylish workspaces on-demand, Breather, raised a Series C round of $40 million. The funding brings Breather’s total capital raised to $73 million. Menlo Ventures led the round joined by Valar Ventures, RRE Ventures, Slow Ventures and Real Ventures. Menlo Ventures’ Managing Director Venky Ganesan told TechCrunch, in an e-mail, that… Read More... →

It looks like the demise of food delivery startup Take Eat Easy is going to produce a number of interesting new startups, not least in its home country of Belgium. Read More... →

Компании Hyperverse и Insense второго набора акселератора Starta Capital получили инвестиции. Об этом сообщил основатель фонда Алексей Гирин в программе «Венчурные сделки».   - Hyperverse (ранее The Journey) – технология погружения в виртуальную реальность для игр. Компания привлекла $400 тысяч от частных инвесторов, связанных с Московской фондовой биржей. - Insense – площадка для публикаций рекламы в аккаунтах Instagram-блогеров. Команда привлекла дополнительные деньги от Starta Capital и ряда других инвес... →

Today, Ruvento is announcing a new $25 million seed fund for hardware startups in need of capital from Singapore, China and the U.S. The fund, managed by Slava Solonitsyn and Alex Toh, will write 70 percent of its checks between $100k and $500k. The rest of the capital will be reserved for follow-on investments of up to $2 million. Ruvento is not the first investor to take a… Read More... →

Стали известны победители премии РБК. Инвестор Николай Давыдов получил премию как лучший инвестор года по версии РБК. Премия была выдана за участие в сделке по покупке белорусского стартапа MSQRD социальной сетью Facebook и «своевременные инвестиции в приложение Prisma, созданное российскими разработчиками». Николай Давыдов был ментором в компании MSQRD при заключении сделки с Facebook. В финале премии Николай Давыдов соперничал в номинации инвестор года с владельцем «Русснефти» Михаилом Гуцериевым. Венчурн... →

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Jason Goldberg — a founder that may be as well known for his high-profile startups (Fab.com, Fabulis, Jobster) as his failures and pivots (Hem, Fab.com, Fabulis, Jobster) — earlier this year stepped up to the batting plate once again with Pepo, a group social messaging app that lets you post, read and interact with content based on specific interests. Today, he’s… Read More... →