Свежие новости и отзывы о Инвестиции

First Circle, a fintech startup enabling SME lending in the Philippines, has raised $1.3 million. The capital was provided by Accion Venture Lab, which is attached to finance-focused non-profit Accion, and Deep Blue Ventures. First Circle previously raised $1.2 million last year, and it counts 500 Startups, IMJ, and Key Capital among its backers. SME lending is a given in most Western… Read More... →

Zen Rooms, a budget hotel network targeted predominantly at Southeast Asia, has closed a $4.1 million Series A round to expand its presence in the region. The company, which was first founded by Rocket Internet in 2015, said the capital was provided by Korea’s Redbadge Pacific and SBI Investment Korea, with participation from existing investor Asia Pacific Internet Group, the joint… Read More... →

When you have so much data that the real world doesn’t do it justice, why not toss it into virtual reality? Virtualitics is aiming to bring insight through isolation, visualization and manipulation, giving you a chance to get up-close and personal with your data while wearing a VR headset. Today, the startup announced that it has closed a $4.4 million Series A led by The Venture… Read More... →

Lyft has raised a total of $600 million in new funding, with a post-money valuation of $7.5 billion, the company announced via its blog on Tuesday. Reports had indicated the raise was in process, though the most recent figure pinned the total at $500 million, though that was prior to its closing. Lyft’s investment included new funding partners including Canada’s Public Sector… Read More... →

Don’t you love it when there’s a fragmented market with many different actors and outdated tech products? French startup FretLink is using all the tips in the startup handbook and applying them to a neglected industry — the trucking industry. FretLink a software-as-a-service marketplace connecting companies that need to send big piles of stuff with thousands of… Read More... →

Cleanly, the on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service started in NYC, has raised $5M in Series A funding. The startup had previously raised $2.3M in seed funding after participating in YC in 2015. The round was led by AddVenture, with participation from returning investors Initialized Capital and Altair Capital and Millhouse Capital as a new investor.  Since Cleanly launched two years ago… Read More... →

Создатели латышского сервиса Ask.fm Илья Теребин, Марк Теребин и Оскар Лиепинс запустили сервис по управлению контентом Arbitrum и вложили в него $500 тысяч. Об этом сообщает Techcrunch. Инвестиции были выданы через рижскую финансовую компанию Макса Теребина Balaclava Lab. Arbitrum – сервис модерации текста, изображений и видео, основанный Германом Гедгаудсом, ранее возглавлявшим отдел модерации и развития продукта в латвийском сервисе вопросов и ответов Ask.fm. Бета-версия Arbitrum была запущена в феврале ... →

Американский сервис с российскими корнями GeoCV привлёк инвестиции на сумму $1,8 млн от Runa Capital, Emery Capital и нескольких бизнес-ангелов из США. Об этом vc.ru сообщили в Runa Capital.... →

Международный сервис бронирования квартир Airbnb ликвидировал российское подразделение в конце марта 2017 года. Об этом сообщает «Коммерсант». Сервис работал в России под юридическим лицом ООО «Эйрбиэнби Раша». Все сотрудники (6 человек), отвечающие за российский рынок, остаются работать. Сейчас позиции распределены между Москвой, Берлином и Дублином.  Как пишет «Коммерсант», закрытие российского подразделения может быть вызвано, в том числе, ужесточением законодательства, потому что властям теперь будет сл... →

How can Popular Pays stand out in the influencer marketing crowd ? The key, according to co-founder Corbett Drummey, is to focus in content. The approach seems to have convinced investors, with Popular Pays announcing that it has raised an additional $3.1 million, which it rolled up with the $2 million it raised after participating Y Combinator into a $5.2 million Series A. The round was led… Read More... →

Lucid is announcing that it has raised a $60 million round led by North Bridge Growth Equity. It’s the company’s first outside funding since raising a relatively tiny $2.8 million back in 2011. Founder and CEO Patrick Comer said that in the years between, he deliberately wanted Lucid to “run really, really lean and pour every dollar into growth of product.” Now,… Read More... →

Attest, a London startup that has built a market research platform to enable companies to get market insights quicker and more often, has picked up $3.1 million in further funding. Oxford Capital, and Episode 1 led the round, with participation from a number new angel investors including London Business School Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing Paddy Barwise. The company says it… Read More... →

Following months of rumors, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has confirmed that it has raised $1.4 billion in new funding at a post-money valuation of $11.6 billion to battle Amazon and Alibaba. The deal includes some big name strategic investors: China’s Tencent, eBay and Microsoft, which joint existing Flipkart backers that include Tiger Global, Naspers, Accel and DST Global. The… Read More... →

Saleswhale, a Singapore-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to let companies automate their sales emails, has raised a $1.2 million seed round. The capital was provided by VC firms Monk’s Hill Ventures, Gree Ventures and Wavemaker Partners with a number of angel investors. Those include early Dropbox hire Albert Ni, Pieter Walraven (who founded now Google-owned… Read More... →

Mic has raised $21 million in new funding, which co-founder and CEO Chris Altchek said will accelerate the digital publisher’s investment in video news. The company says it currently reaches 66 million unique readers and viewers each month, and that 75 percent of its daily views coming from video — particularly impressive when you consider that it launched its first video… Read More... →

It’s no secret that data is the hot new revenue source for automakers, who are seeing additional profit opportunities bloom as vehicles become more connected and they can retrieve a ton of useful data that’s incredibly valuable when deployed correctly. Israeli startup otonomo has been on top of that trend since its founding in 2015, with nine automakers worldwide using its platform… Read More... →

Венчурный инвестор Александр Румянцев вложился в музыкальный сервис GrammyGo.com в обмен на 10%. О сделке Firrma рассказал сооснователь проекта Андрей Пастухов. GrammyGo.com основан лидером музыкальной группы VIA CHAPPA Ильей Тавлияровым и главным менеджером проекта HitStarter Андреем Пастуховым, которым сейчас принадлежит остальные 90% стартапа. Сервис помогает «раскрутится» начинающим музыкантам с помощью рейтингов музыкальных произведений, которые составляются слушателями. Алгоритм сервиса ранжирует трек... →

You never think about it until it’s too late. Say you’ve built an amazing company selling the stoat-hair drink coasters from Iceland. Your ecommerce and marketing game is on point, your website is ready, and you get your first order. You realize that you don’t have any boxes. Your stoat-hair coaster business is ruined. Luckily there’s Packhelp. Packhelp is a Polish… Read More... →

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... →