Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

Okta is setting an increasingly ambitious target for its IPO, now officially pricing it at $17 per share set for its debut tomorrow — and looking to raise as much as $187 million in the hopes that it can capitalize on the newly-open IPO window. There’s been a wave of companies going public in the past quarter alone, with Snap having a largely successful IPO and Yext filing to… Read More... →

Фонды Runa Capital и Maxfield Capital снова инвестировали в медицинскую платформу DrСhrono. По словам представителя Maxfield Capital, фонд принял участие в сделке, чтобы избежать размытия доли. Общая сумма раунда А составила $12 млн. Лид-инвестором выступил Runa Capital. В раунде также участвовали FundersClub и гендиректор Quicken Эрик Данн. Runa Capital и Maxfield Capital уже вкладывались в стартап в 2014 и 2015 годах. В 2014 году объем раунд составил $2,69 млн. Основным инвестором выступил фонд Runa Capit... →

Фонды Runa Capital и Maxfield Capital снова инвестировали в медицинскую платформу DrСhrono. По словам представителя Maxfield Capital, фонд принял участие в сделке, чтобы избежать размытия доли. Общая сумма раунда А составила $12 млн. Лид-инвестором выступил Runa Capital. В раунде также участвовали FundersClub и гендиректор Quicken Эрик Данн. Runa Capital и Maxfield Capital уже вкладывались в стартап в 2014 и 2015 годах. В 2014 году объем раунд составил $2,69 млн. Основным инвестором выступил фонд Runa Capit... →

A couple of early stage venture capital outfits have infused medical practice management platform DrChrono with $12 million in Series A financing to help the eight-year-old company compete with EHR incumbents in bigger health organizations like Athena Health and Allscripts. DrChrono has largely taken over as the backend platform of choice for small medical practices, handling everything… Read More... →

Volkswagen is doubling down on China and AI in one fell swoop after the automaker announced a $180 million investment in Chinese startup Mobvoi to bring smart technology into its cars. Unlike a regular capital raise, VW’s money is going into a joint-venture that will “develop and apply AI technologies to automotive industry” rather than Mobvoi itself, the companies said in… Read More... →

Crunchbase — the database spun out from TechCrunch that charts startups, other tech companies, the people who work for them, and those who fund them — has secured some new funding of its own — $18 million — and with it, a new plan. The company is announcing a new service called Crunchbase Enterprise for business intelligence. And in addition to this, it’s… Read More... →

Основатели финансового сервиса Frank присоединились к команде Snap в ноябре 2016 года. Они написали на своей странице в Facebook:  «В ноябре прошлого года Эван Шпигель пригласил нас в Snap Inc., чтобы построить нечто такое, что никто еще не делал до нас. Мы приняли этот вызов и вместе с партнерами по всем нашим безумным начинаниям Anna и Maria Либерман присоединились к Снепчат. Так что вам не показалось, мы все действительно переехали в ЛА, хотя по-прежнему часто бываем в Долине». Также из записи следует, ч... →

Купонные сервисы Biglion и «Групон рус» (сейчас Frendi), совладельцем которых является инвестиционная компания ru-Net Леонида Богуславского, будут объединены. Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант». В феврале 2015 года в купонном сервисе Biglion произошел акционерный конфликт между основателями Олегом и Ириной Савцовыми и компанией ru-Net, которая является инвестором проекта. Олег и Ирина Савцовы утверждали, что директор ООО «Биглион» Илья Зеленов расторг контракты субаренды с дочерними структурами ООО «Биглион Трей... →

Michael Kim is pretty much killing it. Seven years ago, when he first approached investors with the idea of creating a fund-of-funds that would invest in seed-stage, or so-called micro VC, funds, they were cool to the idea. In fact, it took Kim — formerly a partner with the venture firm Rustic Canyon Ventures — roughly two years to raise the firm’s $28.5 million debut… Read More... →

In the ticketing world you have hotels.com and booking.com for hotels, CarTrawler for car hire and Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport for airlines. All of these have a similar business model called open distribution. But event ticketing platforms are only just beginning to realise that this is the direction in which they should head. One of the reasons secondary ticketing is so rampant (around $10bn… Read More... →

It’s actually a pretty great URL: Bus.com. It’s also a much better brand identity than Sharethebus, which is the old name of the company that just raised a $5 million Series A round from Jackson Square Ventures and BMW’s i Ventures investment arm. Bus.com is the destination you’d expect to head to for what the company does, which is organize charter bus trips for… Read More... →

European VC firm 83North (formerly Greylock IL), which since 2008 has focused on backing startups in Europe and Israel, has closed its fourth fund — taking $250M in a raise that it says was both oversubscribed and its largest to date, and bringing its total capital under management to $800M. Read More... →

AdAsia, a one-year-old online advertising startup based in Singapore, has closed a $12 million Series A round from Japanese investor JAFCO. The company was founded in April 2016 by CEO Kosuke Sogo, the former managing director of Japan’s MicroAd in APAC, and COO Otohiko Kozutsumi, who had been with MicroAd Vietnam. It offers a single digital platform that integrates elements such as… Read More... →

CheckRecipient is a London startup that uses machine learning to help prevent emails being sent to the wrong recipient. Read More... →

Former 500 Startups accelerator company Pluto AI is announcing $2.1 million in fundraising today from Fall Line Capital, Refactor Capital, Unshackled Ventures, Comet Labs and additional angels. Pluto is taking advantage of the sensorification of modern water treatment plants to extrapolate insights that can save operators precious time, money and water. The Pluto analytics… Read More... →

PhenixP2P, one of the five finalists in our 2016 Disrupt London Battlefield competition, today announced that it has raised a $3.5 million Series A round led by KB Partners. With this, the company has now raised $5.5 million for its real-time video streaming solution that promises to offer far lower latency and a better user experience than similar services. Read More... →

Vimcar, a startup out of Berlin, is developing a clever tech solution to help small to medium-sized companies manage their car fleets. Read More... →

Cohesity, a company that helps enterprises to store and manage all of the secondary data they create outside of their production apps, today announced that it has raised over $90 million in a Series C round led by GV (aka Google Ventures) and Sequoia Capital. Sadly, the company’s investor’s won’t let it disclose the exact number, except that it’s over $90 million (and… Read More... →

Find-a-doctor app Amino has raised $25 million in a Series C round of venture funding, according to CEO and co-founder David Vivero. Highland Capital led the investment joined by Accel, Aspect Ventures, CRV, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, and Pilot Wall Group. A ZocDoc competitor, Amino gives users the ability to search for doctors who are most experienced in treating their… Read More... →

Ирина Цветкова, адвокат и основатель портала для инвестиций в судебные дела Platforma, рассказала Firrma о набирающем силу тренде инвестиций в судебные разбирательства.  Еще несколько лет тому назад словосочетание «инвестирование в судебные дела» вызывало в России недоумение. Оно считалось уделом отдельных энтузиастов, занимавшихся инвестициями в штучном исполнении.  Впрочем, в США и других западных странах этот инструмент масштабировался в индустрию тоже только в 2000 годах, хотя появился несколькими деся... →