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China’s Ofo and Mobike may be the Uber of bike-sharing thanks an early head start and more than $1 billion in cumulative funding that’s financing aggressive international expansions, but that isn’t deterring smaller players. Hong Kong’s Gobee Bike, one such upstart — which literally operates in the shadow of those two Chinese giants — just announced a $9… Read More... →

Фонд председателя совета директоров Mail.Ru Group Дмитрия Гришина Grishin Robotics вложился в разработчика системы аренды велосипедов в Гонконге Gobee.bike. Общий раунд инвестиций составил $9 млн. Также в сделке принял участие Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund. Об этом Firrma рассказали в Grishin Robotics. Gobee.bike — разработчик и владелец сети «умных» велосипедов в Гонконге. Проект был запущен в апреле 2017 года Рафаэлем Коэном, основателем мобильного приложения HotelQuickly для срочного бронирования отелей в Ю... →

Российский стартап Meet For Charity, который разыгрывает встречи со знаменитыми и успешными людьми в благотворительных целях, привлек $250 тысяч от американского инвестора русского происхождения, управляющего партнера инвестиционного фонда Armor Capital Management Бориса Жилина. Средства были привлечены в формате конвертируемого займа. Об этом Firrma рассказала автор идеи и основатель стартапа Ольга Флер. Социальный стартап Meet For Charity был запущен в Москве в апреле 2016 года и сейчас работает на платфо... →

Back in December, we’d reported that NextView Ventures, one of few seed-stage venture firms in Boston, was looking to raise at least $50 million for a third fund, per an SEC filing that was processed at the time. Today, the firm says it has closed the fund with exactly that amount in capital commitments. It’s a slight step up from the firm’s second fund, which closed with… Read More... →

Asian streaming company M17 Entertainment, which recently merged with Singapore-based dating startup Paktor, has closed a $40 million Series A round. This new funding will be used to increase M17’s roster of streaming talent — the company agrees contracts with its streamers and celebs, much like a talent agency — and expand into new genres, such as reality TV, variety shows… Read More... →

Asian streaming company M17 Entertainment, which recently merged with Singapore-based dating startup Paktor, has closed a $30 million Series A round. This new funding will be used to increase M17’s roster of streaming talent — the company agrees contracts with its streamers and celebs, much like a talent agency — and expand into new genres, such as reality TV, variety shows… Read More... →

Filling up your car can be a hassle, especially when there are lines at the gas station. It also costs too much because part of it is covering real estate costs. A startup called Booster thinks it has a solution for this and is partnering with major employers to send its gas trucks to office parking lots. The company says it can save you time by filling your tank while you’re at work… Read More... →

What’s worse than going to the doctor? Taking your pet to the doctor. Not only is it a major hassle to actually transport your dog or cat to the vet, but you usually end up paying way too much for way too little time spent with the actual veterinarian. But Vetted wants to change this. The startup provides on-demand veterinary services to your house for a flat $99 fee. To help achieve… Read More... →

Президент девелоперской компании «Инком» Сергей Козловский инвестировал 60 млн рублей в российский IT-проект «Бонусный клуб», который занимается разработкой и внедрением технических решений для программ лояльности. Об этом Firrma рассказали в пресс-службе девелопера. Привлеченные инвестиции были направлены на создание первого собственного продукта «Бонусного клуба» — единой бонусной карты «Сахар», позволяющей совершать покупки в 786 интернет-магазинах и конвертировать бонусы в рубли. Напомним, в феврале 2... →

San Francisco-based startup Juvo wants to help mobile users in emerging markets to improve their financial standing by combining data and identity to provide micro-loans. It’s an ambitious goal, and to help achieve it, the company has raised $40 million in funding led by NEA and Wing Venture Capital. Read More... →

Sawyer, a two-year-old, Brooklyn-based startup that aims to become the OpenTable of children’s activities, has raised $6 million in new funding led by Advance Venture Partners. Others who contributed to the round include Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, 3311 Ventures,  Female Founders Fund, and earlier backer Collaborative Fund,  as well as unnamed investors from the company’s $1.5… Read More... →

As e-commerce giants like Amazon continue expanding their on-demand offerings, retailers are struggling to keep up. CommonSense Robotics wants to make near-instantaneous deliveries accessible to smaller businesses with micro-fulfillment centers that can be built inside existing retail spaces. The company announced today that it has raised $6 million in seed funding from Aleph VC and… Read More... →

Carspring, the London and Berlin used car buying platform founded by Rocket Internet, has picked up £5 million in Series B funding. Backing the round are Rocket Internet itself, along with Channel 4’s Commercial Growth Fund, which offers media in the form of TV advertising in return for equity. Read More... →

Lost My Name, the London-based startup that uses tech to create and publish personalised story books for children, has raised $8.5 million in Series B funding. It is also revealing an upcoming tie-in with the Roald Dahl Estate, owners of IP such as Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. Read More... →

There’s a problem out there in Developer Land in that developers of apps in iOS, Android and other platforms have to manually set up every step for their application. It means they can easily customize things, but that then creates more maintenance costs. The ideal solution would be the automation of all the mobile building, testing and deployment, allowing developers the ability to… Read More... →

Ding, a London-based hardware startup, has raised more than £263,000 (~$345k) via the Seedrs equity crowdfunding platform as it works to get its first product — a wi-fi connected doorbell — to market this year. Read More... →

SimplyCook, the recipe kit with a flavoursome difference, has raised £2 million in further funding. Investors in the round are Maxfield Capital, Episode 1 Ventures, 500 Startups, and a handful of unnamed U.K. angels. Read More... →

Carwow, a platform to that helps you buy a new car, has closed $39 million in Series C funding. The round was led by new investor Vitruvian Partners, with existing investors Accel Partners and Balderton Capital also participating. At today’s exchange rate it brings total funding to approximately $62.6 million. Read More... →

Journalists wanting a neat way to back up and showcase their writing should take a look at Authory: a new service that promises to save your work from tumbling into a digital abyss — i.e. being buried 10,000 leagues down, folded under the ceaseless deluge of new data, where few eyeballs stray. Read More... →

Google объявил о запуске благотворительного проекта c бюджетом в $50 млн, целью которого является подготовка кадров для «работы будущего». Первыми инвестиции получат США и Европа. Эти средства пойдут на обучение людей, ищущих работу, и повышение квалификации уже трудоустроенных специалистов. По словам главы благотворительного фонда Google.org Жаклин Фуллер, инициатива призвана подготовить достаточное количество кадров для новых […]... →