Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

A San Diego startup called Portfolium has raised $6.6 million to help college students get jobs where they are likely to succeed. Portfolium CEO Adam Markowitz said he was inspired to build what he calls the “largest student talent showcase,” after his own job-hunting success. A former rocket scientist, he was able to land a dream job working on NASA’s space shuttle… Read More... →

Woah, crikey, mate! AirTree Ventures just announced it has raised the largest venture fund Australia has seen to date. The fund will be split down the middle, half for an early-stage fund and half for an opportunity fund. AirTree will focus on founders and startups that have a connection to the land down under and is aiming to hand out cash at seed and series A and B stages. Read More... →

A startup based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, Phononic, wants to make refrigeration and temperature control far more efficient, and steadier, than is possible with traditional systems. Instead of relying on vapor compressors, fans, chillers or passive heat sinks, Phononic makes semiconductors that are smaller than a dime, and actively remove heat from the places or… Read More... →

Фонд развития интернет-инициатив (ФРИИ) вложил 60 млн рублей в big data платформу для электронной коммерции Metacommerce. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде. Также ментором и инвестором проекта является интернет-предприниматель Игорь Ашманов (совладелец Firrma). Инвестиции с его стороны составили «несколько миллионов рублей». Когда именно он вкладывался – не сообщается. Согласно ЕГРЮЛ, в ООО «Метахаус» 26% принадлежит Игорю Ашманову, основателю проекта Павлу Минченкову — 74%. Изменения внесены 8 июня 2016 года... →

GenieBelt, a European startup co-founded by Klaus Nyengaard, the former CEO of Just Eat, has built a project management and communications platform for the somewhat antiquated construction industry. And, now that the so-called ‘ConTech’ company feels that it has found market fit for its wares, it’s secured €2 million in new investment to ramp up marketing for the platform. Read More... →

It has been a slow year for tech IPOs, but cloud software maker Coupa has publicly filed. This is generally an indication that the company will debut on the stock market in a matter of weeks. The unicorn, whose largest shareholders include Battery Ventures and BlueRun Ventures, plans to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker, “COUP.” The company plans to raise roughly $75 million,… Read More... →

Beeswax, a startup founded by a trio of former Google ad executives, has raised $11 million in Series A funding. The company offers what it calls a bidder-as-a-service — a set of customizable technologies that allows customers to participate in real-time bidding for ad inventory. Beeswax’s offerings include access to ad inventory, bidding algorithms and analytics, but CEO Ari… Read More... →

С 23 по 24 сентября в Самаре пройдет международный слет бизнес-ангелов. О том, как посевному фонду из России найти свое место в «пищевой» цепи глобальной венчурной индустрии, рассказывает Людмила Голубкова, сооснователь и управляющий партнер Starta Capital & Starta Accelerator Это было бесконечно давно. Начало апреля 2013 года, весеннее солнце отражалось от  заснеженных обочин Ленинского проспекта. Щурясь от ярких лучей, мы с Алексеем Гириным вышли из здания Физического института Российской академии наук. Т... →

Salido, a startup that describes itself as “the restaurant operating system,” is announcing that it has raised $2 million in additional funding. This round from strategic investors doubles the $2 million in seed funding that Salido announced last year. Phil Suarez, who partnered with French chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten to launch well-known restaurants including ABC Kitchen and… Read More... →

Managing the App Store can be one of the most difficult experiences for new developers. Getting noticed is hard, the experience isn’t that great, and now Apple is allowing search ads. And to make things more interesting, there’s a lot of interest in different platforms beyond traditional apps — including messaging bots. Eventually, there will have to be a way to… Read More... →

Online merchants spend a lot of money on chargebacks, which are demands by credit card providers to reimburse for fraudulent charges. That’s why Signifyd created technology that assesses a transaction risk before the card is processed. The San Jose-based company is raising $19 million in venture funding for its fraud protection services. Investors include Menlo Ventures, TriplePoint… Read More... →

Стартап-акселератор iDealMachine и Университет ИТМО запустили совместную акселерационную в Санкт-Петербурге для IT и наукоемких проектов. Об этом Firrma сообщили в iDealMachine. Программа включает в себя экспертную и менторскую поддержку от команды и управляющих партнеров акселератора, топ-менеджеров IT компаний и владельцев бизнесов. Программа проходит на площадке Бизнес-инкубатора университета ИТМО. Акселератор будет набирать стартапы в течение всего года. В 2016 году проходит 2 сессии программы, каждая и... →

По центру Канзас-сити запустили трамвай, который привлек миллиардные инвестиции... →

С 23 по 24 сентября в Самаре пройдет международный слет бизнес-ангелов. В преддверии слета о том, как будет меняться этот рынок в ближайшем будущем, рассказывает в своей колонке Виталий Полехин –  президент Национальной ассоциации бизнес-ангелов, глава клуба инвесторов бизнес-школы СКОЛКОВО и управляющий партнер фонда посевных и ранних инвестиций Venture Angels. Сообщество услышит новые имена Всё больше частных инвесторов открывает для себя преимущества публичности и взаимодействия, главное из которых – воз... →

It’s like Craigslist, but with auctions. OfferUp is an app that makes it easy to buy and sell your goods. The fast-growing Seattle-based company is raising $119 million to continue its global expansion and continue hiring. The round is led by Warburg Pincus and includes funding from GGV Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and T. Rowe Price. OfferUp users snap a photo of their used items like… Read More... →

Индийский акселератор EDUGILD и ряд инвесторов (партнеров акселератора) профинансируют российский образовательный стартап ProctorEdu в обмен на 5% долю в компании. Также ProctorEdu собирается выйти на рынок Индии. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. В настоящее время проект проходит четырехмесячную программу акселератора EDUGILD, который стартовал 2 сентября 2016 года. Помимо экспертной и менторской поддержки, стартап получит инвестиции. Сделку об инвестициях планируется завершить в первый из четырех месяце... →

Nextail, a Spanish startup that has developed technology to help retailers better manage inventory levels and, ultimately, sell at higher margins, has closed $1.6 million in new funding. The round was led by Nauta Capital, with participation from existing backer Realiza. Read More... →

During the last year there has been considerable discussion regarding the current state of the venture capital industry: Are we in a bubble? Did that bubble pop? Why has there been a dearth of major technology company IPOs? How much higher can valuations skyrocket, yet why does it seem increasingly difficult for earlier stage startups to raise their Series A and B rounds? Read More... →

HashiCorp, which offers a number of tools that help developers write and deploy their applications (including the popular open-source Vagrant tool for setting up development environments), today announced that it has raised a $24 million Series B round. This new round, which brings the company’s total funding to $34 million, was led by GGV Capital. Mayfield, True Ventures and new… Read More... →

The typical investment in a U.S. seed-stage company rose in the first half of 2016, with many startups and their backers looking to shore up a longer runway before seeking Series A funding, according to CrunchBase data. Overall, the average seed round size in the first half of this year was $1.14 million, up from $947,000 in the same period last year. Median dollars for a seed raise in the… Read More... →