Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Инвестиции осуществляются по модели media for equity.... →

Рекрутинговый сайт Superjob запустил программу поддержки стартапов в области HR. В рамках проекта компания предоставит участникам рекламные возможности, а также, возможно, денежные инвестиции, сообщили vc.ru в Superjob.... →

Управляющий партнер фонда Starta Capital Людмила Голубкова делятся впечатлениями от поездки в Сингапур.  Инновационный хаб Сингапур – инновационный хаб нового уклада, город-государство. Находясь в центре того региона, который здесь называют South East Asia (SEA), Сингапур не принадлежит ни одной из соседних стран: Малайзии, Индонезии, Таиланду, Вьетнаму, Филиппинам. С Китаем соседские, но осторожные отношения. Австралия и Новая Зеландия находятся вне зоны экономического влияния Сингапура, занимая собственно... →

История о многочисленных провалах и одном возможном решении.... →

Конкурс мемов закончился, конкурс стартапов начался... →

Alibaba is doubling down on Southeast Asia after it paid close to $1 billion to raise its stake in e-commerce firm Lazada from 51 percent to 83 percent. The Chinese firm made an initial $1 billion investment in April 2016 at a valuation of $1.5 billion — this second deal raises that valuation to $3.15 billion, Lazada disclosed. The deal sees Alibaba buy shares from existing backers… Read More... →

When you hear about companies raising tons of money for “smart glass,” the first thing that hits your mind might be something augmented reality-related like the HoloLens. But View, which just closed a $200 million funding round after securing $70 million from BlackRock, is using smart glass to make better windows that adjust to the outdoor environment. The internet-connected… Read More... →

Self-driving technology startup Drive.ai has raised a $50 million Series B funding round, led by NEA and with participation from GGV and previous investors, including Series A lead Northern Light. The new funding will help the company pursue its evolved business strategy, which now focuses on creating retrofit kits that can be used to add self-driving capabilities to existing commercial and… Read More... →

Your.MD, an AI-driven health information service delivered via a bot, has raised $10 million in new funding. Read More... →

The U.K.’s Oxford University continues to be a hotbed of AI talent, fuelling not just academic research into AI but also the ambitions of startups and large technology companies alike. The latest Oxford-based AI startup to make headlines is Diffblue, a University of Oxford spin-out that is applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to software development. Read More... →

As AI slowly seeps into various sectors, it was fairly inevitable that we would start to see the “AI for X” startups begin to appear. Thus “AI for small business social media” is now a thing, in the shape of PromoRepublic, a US/Finnish/Ukrainian startup which has now raised a $1.2M investment round. More specifically, they bill themselves as a “WIX for a small… Read More... →

Today’s Stories Binary Capital co-founder Justin Caldbeck quits as Matt Mazzeo steps away from the firm Pandora co-founder and CEO Tim Westergren will step down according to reports  Houzz raises a huge $400M round at a $4B valuation  Avis signs on to manage Waymo’s self-driving vehicle fleet in Phoenix  MIT’s new drones switch between flying and driving for… Read More... →

Posted by lkolowichYou just ran what you thought was a really promising conversion test. In an effort to raise the number of visitors that convert into demo requests on your product pages, you test an attractive new redesign on one of your pages using a good ol’ A/B test. Half of the people who visit that page see the original product page design, and half see the new, attractive design.You run the test for an entire month, and as you expected, conversions are up — from 2% to 10%. Boy, do you feel great! Yo... →

Oars + Alps, the men’s grooming line for fellas too fancy to buy their organic soaps and moisturizing supplies from Dr. Bronner’s bar soaps, Tom’s of Maine and/or Kiehl’s, has raised $1.3 million in a seed round of financing. Read More... →

Личный кабинет и приложения «Тинькофф банка» и сервиса «Тинькофф инвестиции» оказались недоступны для пользователей около 16:00 по московскому времени. В компании пообещали исправить сбой в течение часа.... →

OMG Digital, the Ghana-based media startup dubbed the “BuzzFeed of Africa,” announced today that it has raised $1.1 million in seed funding. Its main site, OMG Voice, already has versions for Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya, and the new capital will be used to expand into more countries. Read More... →

Metro Group и другие компании инвестировали в сервис 12 млн фунтов стерлингов... →

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has pledged to continue to invest in India as it bids to keep pace with rivals in the country that have landed large investments from big name backers. SoftBank and Alibaba have pumped close to $2 billion into Paytm lately while India’s original online retailer, Flipkart, won the backing of prestigious trio Microsoft, eBay and China’s Tencent via a recent… Read More... →

Wireless networking may be getting a high speed boost across Nigeria as YCombinator alumnus Tizeti looks to expand in the region. The company has raised $2.1 million in new financing from a slew of African and American venture firms to continue its expansion through Lagos and across Southern Nigeria. Alphabet may have scrapped its ambitious project to wire Africa (and the globe) with visions… Read More... →

The race to digitise the loyalty card just got a shot in the arm with the news that Yoyo Wallet, the European-based mobile payment and customer loyalty platform, has raised a £12 million Series B round, led by the US wholesale and food retail giant Metro Group. The round is joined by the UK-based Woodford Investment Management and Touchstone Innovations. The deal is subject to FCA approval.… Read More... →