Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Chinese startup Tantan, which is probably most comparable to Tinder, has raised $70 million in new capital as it looks to monetize its business for the first time and explore overseas expansion options. Three-year-old Tantan claims 60 million ‘validated’ users — i.e. not fake accounts — of which six million are active on a daily basis. Of those active users, 75 percent… Read More... →

Фонд Inventure Partners вложил $3 млн в онлайн-сервис грузоперевозок Deliver (ранее iCanDeliver). Это часть раунда на $8 млн, в котором ранее участвовал холдинг A&NN Group Александра Мамута и сингапурский фонд прямых инвестиций Amereus Group Максима Воробьева. Об этом Firrma рассказали в Inventure Partners. Inventure Partners вложил в стартап $3 млн. Привлеченные инвестиции будут направлены на продолжение географической диверсификации, масштабирование бизнеса и разработку новых услуг на базе существующей п... →

Growbots uses machine learning to provide sales teams with the right leads to kickstart their outbound sales process. The service, which argues that its product can save each member of a sales team a few days of work every month, today announced that it has raised a $2.5 million funding round from Buran VC, Lighter Capital and a number of angel investors. This brings the company’s… Read More... →

Rinse, the San Francisco-based dry cleaning and laundry delivery service, has closed a $14M Series B round of funding. This comes after a $6M Series A last year, meaning the startup has now raised about $23.5M in three rounds. The round is being led by Partech Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Javelin Ventures, Arena Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, and… Read More... →

The online tutoring market in the US is well-developed. Varsity Tutors raised $50m; Wiseant $20m; Tutor.com sold to IAC and InstaEdu was recently bought out. So it makes sense that this model would be big in other markets. This is the thinking behind MyTutor, a London-based edtech company that connects school pupils to high-performing university students for one-to-one, online… Read More... →

Rapid changes in the shipping industry has caught the attention of investors who are starting to pour large sums of money into the industry. And likely for good reason: as a future where trucks are run autonomously becomes ever clearer, the sensors and software behind that is going to have to be able to keep up. One company, Samsara, is working on just those kinds of sensors and products to… Read More... →

As it looks to expand beyond recruiting and job postings, Textio has raised $20 million in new funding led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Bloomberg Beta, Cowboy Ventures, Emergence Capital, and Upside Partnership. Read More... →

TrueLayer, a London startup that’s built a developer platform to make it easy for fintech companies to access bank APIs — and ride the PSD2 gravy train — has raised $3 million in Series A funding. Read More... →

Российский предприниматель, экс-совладелец «Вимм-билль-данна» Гаврил Юшваев владеет долями в немецком сервисе по доставке еды из ресторанов Delivery Hero и конкуренте Uber на рынке США – сервисе заказа такси Lyft. Об этом пишут «Ведомости». В Delivery Hero Юшваеву принадлежит 6%. В ходе предстоящего IPO предприниматель продаст 0,88%. После IPO пакет бизнесмена составит 4,5% (будет проведена допэмиссия). В том случае, если Delivery Hero разместится посередине объявленного ценового диапазона в 22–25,5 евро з... →

Soldo, the London-based fintech startup that offers a multi-user spending account, first launched for consumers and since tailored to businesses too, has raised $11 million in Series A funding. Read More... →

Основатель туристического сервиса Onetwotrip и бывший топ-менеджер Anywayanyday Петр Кутис привлек $4 млн на развитие своего нового проекта FinalPrice.... →

Look out HotelTonight. Oh, and Booking.com, Expedia, Skyscanner, Hopper and a few others. Coming out of LA there is a new kid on the block. FinalPrice, a new subscription-based travel app, has today both launched and announced its $4 million fund-raising from Almaz Capital, Sistema VC and private investors. For an annual $99 charge, the offer here is that users get access to “the best… Read More... →

Венчурный фонд Sistema VC корпорации АФК «Система» совместно с фондом Almaz Capital и рядом частных инвесторов вложили $4 млн в туристическое мобильное приложение FinalPrice. Об этом Firrma рассказали в пресс-службе Sistema VC. FinalPrice – мобильное приложение, которое работает по модели подписки и позволяет бронировать авиаперелеты, отели и аренду автомобилей по минимально возможной цене. Потенциальным пользователям будет необходимо оформить подписку, стоимость которой составляет $99 в год. Новое приложен... →

Financial services apps are all the rage these days and one of the latest to capitalize on the trend is Simply Wall St. which closed a $1.8 million round (2.4 million Australian dollars) in its latest round of funding. Interestingly, the financing came not from traditional venture investors, but from the firm’s own clientele of high net worth individuals who have been pushing for a… Read More... →

Ted Livingston, CEO of messaging app Kik, spoke on stage at TechCrunch’s event in Shenzhen, China on Tuesday. Moderator Jon Russell asked him about why the company is doing an initial coin offering (ICO), a newly popularized method of fundraising. It’s”a way to raise funding” and “a way to get money into the company,” he said about the ICO.… Read More... →

Мнение руководителя компании Callibri Ивана Шкири с примерами из личного опыта.... →

Премиальный сервис по доставке еды Foodfox провел второй раунд инвестиций, по итогам которого привлек более $5 млн. В раунде приняли участие несколько венчурных фондов, среди которых Target Global, и группа частных инвесторов, в том числе сооснователь Carprice Александр Черняк, а также основатели IT-бизнесов, имена которых не разглашаются. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде Target Global. Foodfox – агрегатор с собственной логистической платформой, позволяющей совершать быструю доставку еды. Среднее время дост... →

Pokemon Go has a big summer update, Vice Media raises $450 million, the FTC wants to block the FanDuel-DraftKings merger and Blue Apron is looking to raise $586 million in its IPO. All this on Crunch Report. Read More... →

AimBrain, a London startup that offers “biometric identity” as a service to help fintech companies and other financial institutions fight fraud, has raised £4 million in Series A funding. Read More... →

Aspect Ventures, the San Francisco-based early-stage venture firm founded in 2014 by longtime VCs Jennifer Fonstad and Theresia Gouw, has begun raising its second fund, and the outfit is looking to raise up to $175 million, shows an SEC filing. The firm hasn’t responded to questions about its fundraising plans, but we’d guess that investors will line up quickly to fund the firm.… Read More... →