Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Renoviso thinks it can take the hassle out of home redecorating.  Instead of searching for the right contractor, Renoviso determines which local partner can help you on projects like replacing your windows or getting new floors. And the Boston-based startup is now raising $3.5 million in funding to execute their vision. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with existing… Read More... →

Московский физико-технический институт (МФТИ) анонсировали запуск фонда посевных инвестиций с негосударственным финансированием. Основным инвестором фонда стал ABRT – фонд бывших выпускников МФТИ. Об этом Firrma рассказал начальник управления инновационного развития МФТИ Дмитрий Гомер. Известно, что условия для стартапов будут чуть лучше, чем предлагают на венчурном рынке (гибкое финансирование, более низкий процент долей, который получает фонд). Это связано с тем, что фонд будет оказывать финансовую поддер... →

Posted by MiriamEllis‘Barnacle SEO’ was a term first popularized by Will Scott in 2011 to describe the process of attaching your business to existing high-ranking entities (like major directories) and then promoting them as a means of dominating search engine results for desired terms. Today, we’re going to take that novel concept in a different direction, with the goal of increasing brand awareness for single, multi-location, and enterprise local businesses by latching onto existing influences in any given... →

Redwood City-based Glint has raised $27 million in a Series C round of venture funding for software that helps companies figure out how their teams are experiencing problems, or why and when solid employees may leave, undesirably. Glint replaces the traditional 360-review tools used by corporate HR teams and executives with short, anonymous surveys sent out once in a while to specific groups… Read More... →

A group of five engineers and product people get together, raise some angel funding, build a startup, make little to no money and sell for $10 million. What just happened? Common narratives assert that it’s the tech bubble; it’s a naive acqui-hire; it’s collective irrationality. Maybe it’s something else altogether: a fundamental shift in how we compensate the extreme… Read More... →

New York-based real estate startup Compass is raising yet another round of funding, this time at a valuation above $1 billion. The new financing was led by Wellington Management Capital and brings the total capital raised to $210 million. Existing investors IVP, Thrive Capital and Founders Fund also participated in the round. While there are a number of real estate sites including Zillow… Read More... →

Cozy, a platform to streamline interactions between property managers and renters, closed an $8.5 million Series B today led by American Family Ventures, with participation from Social Capital, General Catalyst and all other investors that participated in the company’s $1.5 million Series A in 2012.  Despite the fact that our homes are becoming “smarter” by the day, the… Read More... →

Digital hospitality platform Velocity announced this week that, following its $16 million Series A last year, the company raised $22.5 million led by DIG Investments. The company creates curated dining experiences for time-poor diners looking to expand their horizons. The money will be invested in expansion to 29 cities over the next three years, with a heavy focus on the U.S. Read More... →

30 августа российская компания Flashsafe объявила о старте продаж «бесконечных» USB-накопителей. По словам разработчиков, устройство передает зашифрованные данные на облачный сервер и сохраняет анонимность пользователя. Редакция vc.ru связалась с руководителем компании Flashsafe Алексеем Чуркиным и узнала об истории проекта.... →

When it comes to keeping track of diabetes, the manual process can be a bit of a pain. Healthtech startup Health2Sync, which launched at the Hardware Battlefield at CES 2014, wants to change all that with a cheap accessory that connects to most standard glucose meters and syncs your blood glucose levels straight to your phone. The company announced today it has secured a $3 million Series A… Read More... →

How much food should you feed your dog? Pet owners everywhere have asked this question at one time or another – and probably multiple times during the course of their dog or cat’s life. That’s partly why pet tech company Petnet was able to secure its new $10 million Series A funding round, led by strategic investor and partner Petco. Petnet, which was founded in 2013, wants… Read More... →

Система электронных торговых площадок B2B-Center отберёт проекты, предлагающие решения для эффективного онлайн-взаимодействия компаний в сегменте B2B, на конкурсе GoTech. Выбранные стартапы будут внедрены на электронной торговой площадке B2B-Center, получат инвестиции до 2 млн рублей и ресурсы для выхода на открытый рынок. Подать заявку на участие можно до 11 сентября на сайте конкурса. B2B-Center ищет решения для бизнеса на любой стадии (даже на стадии идеи) в следующих областях: торговые площадки и b2b-ма... →

India-based home design and furnishing company Livspace has closed a $15 million Series B round which will be used to fund an expansion into new cities. Read More... →

Игорь Калганов, основатель и генеральный директор компании «33 Слона» написал для Firrma колонку, в которой объяснил, в каких случаях стартапу может потребоваться технология блокчейн.   Первая волна хайпа вокруг блокчейн-технологии сменилась спокойным оптимизмом, работой внутри банковских консорциумов и привлекших рекордные инвестиции стартапов. IT-тусовку еще потрясают бури вроде недавнего вывода $53 млн из фонда DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), оперирующего виртуальной валютой. Тем не менее, о... →

Инвестиционная группа LetterOne Михаила Фридмана вложила $50 млн в телекоммуникационную компанию FreedomPop. Об этом пишет Financial Times. Инвестиции направлены на расширение международного присутствия. По словам генерального директора и основателя компании Стивена Стоколса, в планах компании выйти на рынки 8-10 стран в течение года. FreedomPop – интернет-провайдер и оператор мобильной связи, который предлагает клиентам подписывать бесплатные контракты на пользование услугами. Когда у покупателей заканчива... →

The funding environment is so overheated that it often seems like no idea is too silly to attract investment. You might be surprised by how many companies struggle to raise money — even those that manage to bootstrap their way to a million dollars (or more) in revenue. Read More... →

Posted by EricEngeThere sure is a lot of interest in SEO ranking factors: There have been major studies done on this, notably by both Moz and Searchmetrics. These are groundbreaking pieces of research, and if you're serious about SEO, you need to understand what these studies say. That said, these are too complex for most organizations to deal with. They need a simpler way of looking at things. At Stone Temple Consulting (STC) we deal with many different types of organizations, including some of the world's... →

Bruno Guez has spent decades in the music business — he hosted a show on public radio, founded Quango Music Group and even worked as the creative director of music at Cirque de Soleil. Over that time, he said he’s watched as changes in the music industry outpaced the tools available to artists and labels. “There were no modern platforms for the B2B segment of the… Read More... →

Los Angeles startup GOAT (incorporated as 1661 Inc.) has raised $5 million in new venture funding to grow its mobile-only marketplace for used and collectible sneakers. The GOAT app features everything from Adidas’ Yeezys to Nike’s Jordans and Flyknits, in men’s or women’s sizes, new and used condition. Instead of operating like an open marketplace such as E-bay, letgo… Read More... →

The Brazilian Airbnb for pet-sitting, DogHero, has raised $3.1 million in financing as pet care spending in Brazil starts to take bigger and bigger bites out of consumers’ wallets. Brazil already accounts for $8.16 billion in global spending for pets, according to Brazilian pet care association Abinpet. And the country’s pet-owners are beginning to open their wallets for more… Read More... →