Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Another traditional media company has invested in an online property to expand its digital footprint and capture the next generation of consumers. Refinery29 — the site that is, in its own words, “a modern woman’s destination for how to live a stylish, well-rounded life” — has raised $45 million in funding led by Turner, the Time Warner broadcasting giant that… Read More... →

Фонд содействия развитию венчурных инвестиций в малые предприятия в научно-технической сфере города Москвы (Moscow Seed Fund) подвел итоги пятого отбора инвесторов для совместных вложений в инновационные предприятия.  Как Firrma сообщили в фонде, к пулу партнеров присоединились: «Нума Инвест», ООО «Гурус Био Венче», «АТИ Глобал Инк», ООО «ФМФ Инвестиции», а также ряд известных бизнес–ангелов: Александр Бородич, Константин Синюшин, Гор Нахапетян, Богдан Яровой, Денис Полевщиков, Елена Вестер, Дмитрий Княгини... →

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Abhinav Shashank was working on an academic project at Harvard — figuring out how to pool together large data sets from hundreds of different sources and APIs and manage them — when his business colleagues started asking him to help apply those tools. The result was Innovaccer, a set of software that mashes together data from different enterprise sources and online data sets… Read More... →

Фонд Starta Capital назвал 10 проектов, попавших во второй набор его американского акселератора. Об этом Firrma сообщили в фонде.  Ими стали: Insense Pro – площадка для публикаций рекламы в аккаунтах Instagram-блогеров, Bnesis – маркетплейс и PaaS, где любой разработчик может выбрать сторонние сервисы, например, облако, платежные технологии и интегрировать в свое приложение/службу в течение нескольких часов,  Aerostate – стартап занимается прогнозированием качества воздуха для улучшения климатических услови... →

As LinkedIn inches closer to completing its $26 billion acquisition by Microsoft, smaller rivals have stepped up their game building viable alternatives for those who might want more independent products when it comes to managing contacts in their professional networks. FullContact — one such competitor — has now raised a further $25 million. The funding brings the total… Read More... →

The used car industry is an interesting business. The market is huge – 45 million used cars are bought each year in the U.S. But the biggest player, CarMax, only controls about 2% of the market – but is still valued at about $12 billion by Wall Street. So that makes the market not only ripe for disruption, but also extremely lucrative. Carvana is a used car dealer that thinks… Read More... →

Jon Miller is hoping lightning can strike twice in the marketing space. After the success of his previous marketing automation company, Marketo, Miller is returning to the world of targeted marketing tools with Engagio, which just raised $22 million in its latest round of funding. The Series B round, led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from FirstMark Capital and Storm Ventures… Read More... →

Memebox, an e-commerce company specializing in beauty products from Korea, has closed a significant $65.95 million Series C funding round to fuel further expansion. Read More... →

The use of Hadoop-based open source big-data technology continues to grow among enterprises, and today MapR Technologies, one of the bigger startups in the space, has announced another $50 million in funding to secure its place as a leading vendor and gear up for an IPO. The investment is being led by Future Fund — Australia’s sovereign wealth fund — and also includes… Read More... →

NextVR announced today that it has closed an $80 million Series B round, WSJ reports. With this latest splash of cash, NextVR is looking to expand beyond US markets and tackle Asian markets where demand for virtual reality content is growing. New Asian investors include CITIC Group, NetEase, CMC Holdings, Softbank Corp, VMS Investments Group, Founder H Fund, China Assets (Holdings) Limited… Read More... →

A startup called Farmers Business Network has raised $20 million in new venture funding to support the growth of its professional social network and data-sharing platform for agronomists. FBN co-founder and Vice President of Product Charles Baron said the company’s platform helps farmers do what they’ve always done offline at community meetings, old-fashioned barn raisings or in… Read More... →

Банк «Санкт-Петербург» вложит до $3 млн в в финтех-проекты конкурса GoTech. Об этом Firrma сообщили в GoTech. Банк учредил в рамках конкурса номинацию Fintech. Победители получат площадку для тестирования и внедрения своих решений в банке «Санкт-Петербург». Победитель номинации будет объявлен и награжден на форуме GoTech 6 октября. Эксперты банка также примут участие в инвестиционной сессии VC Corner, где проведут серию индивидуальных встреч с проектами-участниками форума.   Подать заявку на участие можно д... →

Компания ЗАО «ЦЕМГРАД-ТЕРМИНАЛ», одним из направлением деятельности которой являются грузоперевозки, инвестировала в украинский конструктор агрегаторов заявок на доставку тoвapoв из магазинов и ресторанов Delivery City. Об этом Firrma сообщили в компании. Сумма вложений не раскрывается. Привлеченные средства не превышают $500 тысяч. Сделка состоялась в июле 2016 года. Инвестиции будут потрачены на ребрендинг, маркетинговую поддержку и доработку функционала. Платформа Delivery City позволяет объединить магаз... →

If you’ve seen the Condé Nast’s website recently, you’ve seen the Socius platform in action. The startup just raised $400k from 500 Startups’ Nordic Fund and Raa Invest to pour fuel on its social storytelling and curation tool, helping brands leverage the crowd to tell stories from all angles. By using its technology, the idea is that brands will be able to maximize… Read More... →

Posted by larry.kimConversion rate optimization (CRO) has been around since the beginning of the web. Historically, a lot of the time and attention has been spent on the on-page elements — headlines, copy, calls-to-action, forms, and design — to increase conversions. Although optimizing on-page elements to maximize conversions still can and does have tremendous value, isn't there a better way forward? Absolutely! There are several ways to increase your conversion rate by as much as 5x. But the smarter way t... →

There’s another notable funding round for a fintech startup in Southeast Asia, after Singapore-based Funding Societies raised a $7.5 million Series A round for its take on marketplace lending. Read More... →

AngelList, the online platform for venture capital, is making a huge impact in the early-stage funding scene in the U.S. — it helped raise over $160 million for startups last year, for one thing — and now it is looking to expand its horizons to India. Read More... →

В Казани запущена сеть квантового интернета. Об этом сообщают «Известия». Пилотный проект запущен учеными Казанского квантового центра КНИТУ-КАИ и университета ИТМО на сети оператора связи ПАО «Таттелеком». Базовая технология, на которой строится сеть, изначально разработана в университете ИТМО. В дальнейшем планируется построить сеть по всей республике Татарстан. Задачей проекта является тестирование технологии, отработка механизмов интеграции квантовых каналов в существующую телекоммуникационную инфрастру... →

Tech unicorn and sharing economy darling Airbnb has informed the State of Delaware that it’s raising another heap of cash. TechCrunch independently verified that Airbnb indicated in a 28 page filing on July 28th that it has plans to bring in additional late-stage capital. Almost a year after its last raise of $1.6 billion, the company is said to be adding $850 million to its… Read More... →